#zenos at burger king

[leafykat]

zenos at burger king

[voidsentprinces]

Having gotten through the Rite of Succession arc of Dawntrail. I feel like, Stormblood really did itself a disservice by dividing it between Ala Mhigo and Doma. We could of gotten an expansion this strong for Lyse to grow into being a leader of the Revolution had they maintained focus and stuck with the regions of Ala Mhigo. How Garlemald's reign effects each region and understanding the history. By giving us an "Oh shit, you're not suppose to be able to free Ala Mhigo yet" 12% through and then sending us trouncing around Kugane, the Ruby Sea, Doma, and the Azim Steppe for 65% of the story. Before sending us back to Ala Mhigo and padding the ever loving shit out of the last 23% of the story. Really makes me angry, that Lyse didn't get the shot she could of had that Wuk is for Dawntrail.

It was not done right, in my eyes. And the improvement from Shadowbringers and Endwalkers narrative learning has shown me what they could of done with Stormblood. Which feels as rough around the edges as A Realm Reborn. And every time they bring back a character from Stormblood. They don't seem to really know what to do with them or they're caught in the condensced roughness of a Post-Patch where no one really gets to shine. Not even an Arc villain like Elidibus who mostly accomplishes everything off screen. (Though I imagine thats because of COVID so another example is Golbez just kind of being a nothing burger)

She should of gotten it similarly, Conrad or Meffrid should been allowed to slowly bring her to the larger regions of Ala Mhigo in its entirety. Learn of its people and beast tribes living in the realm and how they reflect on their relationship with the Mad King's reign, the uprising that followed, and how they have functioned for the last 20 years under Gaius's rule and how the recent arrival of Zenos and the increased presence of Fordola and her Skulls have oppressed them further.

But, Void, that would mean Doma would of had to wait for another expansion.

I hear you, but you know how Yoshi P is big about the sky as influence for a story? Well Stormblood was suppose to be colored by the afternoon and you know what comes between Stormblood's afternoon and Shadowbringer's night? Dusk. Doma could of been fully explored and realized with the addition of either larger Othard or Dalmasca as a point where we throw off Varis and fight him properly with Zenos defeated at the end of Stormblood. We could of still had Bozja which would continue our march to free regions from Garlean rule. This would of still allowed them to save Hingashi for later expansions as they seem to want to. And Dusk is the time between the nights coming and the days loss. The House of the Fierce operating in shadows now free to wander in the remaining light left by the freeing of Ala Mhigo previously, without Zenos to cause issues. We could of fought Varis, Asahi, Yotsuyu, and Elidibus through this expansion.

Just as the war machine starts boiling to ahead with Ghimlyt Dark we carry onto Shadowbringers and Endwalker in a similar fashion. Just as the world begins to ready to fully face off against the Garlean Capital. A new world is endangered by the revival of Emperor Solus who is, of course, Emet-Selch starting machinations in the First. We carry on as we do and of course, we never get to march on Garlemald because Zenos eventually reclaims his body, kills Varis, banishes Elidibus who we defeat on the First and Garlemald collapses in on itself.

It would of also of granted the Twins a wider area to bounce off of and with when they eventually bring what they've learned from Dawntrail back to the remnants of Garlemald and let them proceed wherever they're going with that.

But, hey, hindsight is 20/20 as they say. I just wish Lyse had gotten a better chance as Wuk Lamat and Erenville are getting cause...boy...Stormblood is ROUGH and Dawntrail is showing how far its grown to pull a similar arc with a similar character. Though I will admit that Dawntrail has the benefit of letting us explore each character in an era of long peace and not one of oppression and strife. So what do I know, eh?

[worstcharacterpoll]

Thanks for playing! Here's the summary (long post incoming)

[Image description: A 32-entry tournament bracket in black and red titled "Tumblr's most hated." It is a visual representation of the summary described below. Notably, Ross as the "winner" is wearing a Burger King paper crown, and Walter White and Mort as revival contestants have steel chairs edited in next to them. End ID]

First round summary with bracket links (see the individual posts for vote counts, percentages, and comments):

Vriska Serket (Homestuck) vs. Pearl (Steven Universe); Vriska won

Rex (Victorious) vs. Rick Sanchez (Rick and Morty); Rick won

Ansem the Wise (Kingdom Hearts) vs. Gul Dukat (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine); Ansem TW won

Kylo Ren (Star Wars) vs. Kokichi Ouma (Danganronpa); Kylo won

Scrappy Doo (Scooby-Doo) vs. Sheldon Cooper (The Big Bang Theory); Sheldon won

Pierre (Stardew Valley) vs. Mort (Madagascar); Pierre won

Seraphine (League of Legends) vs. Heimskr (Skyrim); Heimskr won

Jurgen Leitner (The Magnus Archives) vs. Andre Glacier (Miraculous Ladybug); Andre won

Walter White (Breaking Bad) vs. Light Yagami (Death Note); Light won

Buck Cluck (Chicken Little) vs. Ross Geller (Friends); Ross won

Bramblestar (Warriors) vs. Starlight Glimmer (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic); Bramblestar won

Goro Akechi (Persona 5) vs. Pariston Hill (Hunter x Hunter); Pariston won

Katsuki Bakugo (My Hero Academia) vs. Berdly (Deltarune); Katsuki won

Angel Dust (Hazbin Hotel) vs. The Impostor (Among Us); Angel won

Olaf (Frozen) vs. Hooty (The Owl House); Olaf won

Zenos viator Galvus (Final Fantasy XIV) vs. Tony Stark (Marvel Cinematic Universe); Tony won

In the second round, I brought back Walter and Mort because they lost by slim margins in the first round. Here's the summary:

Vriska Serket (Homestuck) vs. Rick Sanchez (Rick and Morty); Rick won

Ansem the Wise (Kingdom Hearts) vs. Kylo Ren (Star Wars); Kylo won

Sheldon Cooper (The Big Bang Theory) vs. Pierre (Stardew Valley); Sheldon won

Heimskr (Skyrim) vs. Andre Glacier (Miraculous Ladybug) vs. Walter White (Breaking Bad); Andre won

Light Yagami (Death Note) vs. Ross Geller (Friends); Ross won

Bramblestar (Warriors) vs. Pariston Hill (Hunter x Hunter) vs. Mort (Madagascar); Mort won

Katsuki Bakugo (My Hero Academia) vs. Angel Dust (Hazbin Hotel); Angel won

Olaf (Frozen) vs. Tony Stark (Marvel Cinematic Universe); Tony won

Round 3 was when I got marked as spam and shadowbanned (I know it wasn't actually a "shadowban," but that's the term) so there were less votes overall in this round. But I don't think redoing the round would have altered the results, and they still got over 1k votes each.

Rick Sanchez (Rick and Morty) vs. Kylo Ren (Star Wars); Kylo won

Sheldon Cooper (The Big Bang Theory) vs. Andre Glacier (Miraculous Ladybug); Sheldon won

Ross Geller (Friends) vs. Mort (Madagascar); Ross won

Angel Dust (Hazbin Hotel) vs. Tony Stark (Marvel Cinematic Universe); Tony won

In the semifinals we were down to four live-action white dudes which I find kind of sums up what kind of character people on tumblr hate on its own. These were a week long because I was still shadowbanned but I think I got my blog restored partway through this round.

Kylo Ren (Star Wars) vs. Sheldon Cooper (The Big Bang Theory); Sheldon won

Ross Geller (Friends) vs. Tony Stark (Marvel Cinematic Universe); Ross won

And then there were two, and I did my best to create art for the finals so please check it out in the link.

Sheldon Cooper (The Big Bang Theory) vs. Ross Geller (Friends)

Ross won. It wasn't even that close. So as promised, he was publicly executed. In Skyrim. Because what else would it be.

Personally I never watched Friends so Ross sweeping was not what I expected lol. There were some characters I put on opposite ends of the bracket because I thought the finals would be Vriska vs. Bakugo or Kylo vs. Tony or something like that. But it turns out people really hate annoying sitcom dudes, at least from the sample size that voted in this poll.

I'm doing another tournament soon and I'm currently taking nominations so please check out @youngersiblingstournament if you're interested :) thanks for playing!

[tytarax]

This is a huge headcanon and OOC n the continued chaos of the reader and Daishinkan! ❤

Daishinkan and Zeno keep up all the chaos and trolling that the reader adheres to, because before Goku and also the Reader came along, life was probably boring.

Do you remember those episodes with the opening match where the wolves from universe 9 fought against universe 7? Imagine the reader is sitting with the members of the 7th universe on that flying platform, the fights maybe are interesting, but it's boring to watch and the reader has forgotten why they(?) came here. And the reader starts flirting with Daishinkan during the fights? - "Grand Priest, what about a date after this performance?" The reader says it so relaxed that everyone is horrified, Beerus shaking, Vis giggling

All of Priest's attention (or half the attention) is on the battle, but he looks at the reader with a smirk: - oh, that would be interesting. Any suggestions on where to go?

Both Zenos who are totally not mad at the man and participate in this clowning around - "McDonald's!" - "Burger King!"

Reader: "After the date!"

Gohan at one point, not withstanding: "perfect date, Mr. Priest sitting next to you while you work on your coursework"

reader: oh

I can totally see Daishinkan and Zeno having a blast with the reader causing all this mayhem. Life probably did get pretty boring before they showed up! And the idea of the reader flirting with Daishinkan during the matches is hilarious. Imagine the shock on everyone’s faces—Beerus losing his mind, and Whis just laughing it off.

Daishinkan’s smirk and his playful response about where to go on a date are perfect. And the Zenos chiming in with their fast food suggestions is the cherry on top! 🍔🍟

Thanks 4 sharing! This made my day

[fandaniel]

my favorite genre of fan art is zenos and fandaniel at a burger king

[nidhoggslayers]

For a Zenos... burger king zine

[elfyourmother]

Finally completed the royal chateau this weekend, with Gisele’s bedroom and the cellar salon finished. 

I...severely ran out of item slots and so the lowest level is much sparser than I’d like, but I was at least able to get the dining table to my liking, and it’s the focal point of the room. Those of you who remember the old table at the S might notice Aymeric has an actual meal now instead of his tea set (the alpine supper, same as Ysayle, despite sitting at the literal head of the table in the fanciest chair as king), and there are two more places set at this table than before. Stephanivien in true engineer fashion has a cup of coffee and a plate of burritos. The giant burger is for Zenos just because it’s funny.

Since it’s an FC house I’m utilizing the individual rooms as a spa bath and bedrooms for as many of the elfpile as I can, but other than the bath that’s more of a long term project.

[brookston]

Holidays 9.8

Holidays

Actor’s Day

Asturias Day (Spain)

Blondie Day

Blue’s Clues Day

Colorism Awareness Day

Community Day (Spain)

Day of Aid Workers

Day of the Battle of Borodino (Russia)

Extramadura Day (Spain)

Festa Della Rificolona ends (Paper Lantern Festival; Florence, Italy)

Fiestas de Santa Fe begins with the burning of the Zozobra (New Mexico)

Hazelnut Day (French Republic)

Iguana Awareness Day

International Day of Journalists

International Literacy Day (UN)

Kosrae Liberation Day (Micronesia)

La Vierge de Meritxell (Feast of Our Lady of Meritxell; Andorra)

Mariä Geburt (Liechtenstein)

Martyrs’ Day (a.k.a. Massoud Day; held on Shahrivar 18) [Can be 9.8 or 9.9]

Matki Boskiej Zielnej (a.k.a. Fest of Greenery; Poland)

Meritxell Day (Andorra)

National Actors Day

National Ampersand Day

National David Day

National Dog Walker Appreciation Day

National Double Merle Awareness Day

National Essential Medicine Shortages Awareness Day

National Iguana Awareness Day

National Lissencephaly Awareness Day

National Neighborhood Day

National Pardon Day

Onam ends (India)

Pardon Me Day

Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nurses Day

Pledge of Allegiance Day

Solidarity Day of World Heritage Cities

Star Trek Day

Turkmen Bakhshi Day (Turkmenistan)

Victory Day (Malta)

World Gravity Day

World Physical Therapy Day

Worldwide Cystic Fibrosis Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Bacon Burger Day

Date Nut Bread Day

2nd Friday in September

Carry Nation Festival begins (Holly, Michigan) [Friday after 1st Monday thru Sunday]

Farmer-Consumer Awareness Day (Washington) [2nd Friday]

Fiesta de Santa Fe begins (New Mexico) [1st Friday after Labor Day]

Great Canadian Beer Festival (Victoria, BC) [2nd Friday & Saturday]

King Turkey Race (Minnesota) [2nd Friday]

Knabenschiessen begins (Switzerland) [2nd Friday thru Sunday]

Nae Nae Day [2nd Friday]

National Dog Walker Appreciation Day [1st Friday after Labor Day]

National Folk Festival begins [2nd Friday thru Sunday]

National 401(k) Day [Friday after 1st Monday]

Popeye Picnic begins (Chester, Illinois) [2nd Friday thru Sunday]

Stand Up to Cancer Day [2nd Friday]

Independence Days

Alsann (Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]

Andorra (Nation founded, 1728)

Macedonia (from Yugoslavia, 1991)

Seybold (Declared; 2018) [unrecognized]

Feast Days

Adrian and Natalia of Nicomedia (Roman Catholic Church)

Adrian of Nicomedia (Christian; Saint Feast Day) [brewers, middle England's brewers guild] *

Carnot (Positivist; Saint)

Corbinian (Christian; Saint)

Disibod (a.k.a. Disen or Disbode; Christian; Saint)

Eusebius, Nestablus, Zeno, and Nestor (Christian; Martyrs)

Feast of Honor for Lada and Leda (Bread & Harvest Festival; Slavic Pagan/Asatru)

Feast of ‘Izzat (Might; Baha’i)

Feast of Papa-Lea (God of Kava Drinking)

Il-Vittorja (a.k.a. Feast of Our Lady of Victories; Malta)

Jill St. John Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Mead Day (Pagan)

Mimi Parent (Artology)

Monti Fest (Mangalorean Catholic; Parts of India)

Morty Moot Mope (Muppetism)

Nativity of Mary (Roman Catholic Church, Anglo-Catholicism)

Our Lady of Charity (Christian; Saint)

Our Lady of Covadonga (Christian; Saint)

Our Lady of Good Health of Vailankanni (Christian; Saint)

Our Lady of Meritxell (Andorra; Christian; Saint)

Ozias Humphry (Artology)

Paradoxically Non-Paradoxical Day (Pastafarian)

Sergius I, Pope (Christian; Saint)

Vicious Sex Day (Pastafarian)

Virgin Mary Day

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Fortunate Day (Pagan) [36 of 53]

Prime Number Day: 251 [54 of 72]

Shakku (赤口 Japan) [Bad luck all day, except at noon.]

Premieres

Ally McBeal (TV Series; 1997)

Blue’s Clues (Children’s TV Series; 1996)

Bone Machine, by Tom Waits (Album; 1992)

Boys Town (Film; 1938)

The Breadwinner (Animated Film; 2017)

Brigadoon (Film; 1954)

Cat's Cradle, by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (Novel; 1963)

Cold Comfort Farm, by Stella Gibbons (Novel; 1932)

Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely, by Frank Sinatra (Album; 1958)

Havana, by Camila Cabello (Song; 2017)

Hitchhiker, by Neil Young (Album; 2017)

Hold Your Fire, by Rush (Album; 1987)

iCarly (TV Series; 2007)

I Just Can’t Get You Out of My Head, by Kylie Minogue (Song; 2001)

It (Film; 2017)

Jeannie (Animated TV Series; 1973)

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, by Susanna Clarke (Novel; 2004)

Lovelorn Leghorn (WB LT Cartoon; 1951)

Make Me, 20th Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2015)

Mouse-Warming (WB LT Cartoon; 1952)

Never for Ever, by Kate Bush (Album; 1980)

Nurse Betty (Film; 2000)

Psycho (Film; 1960)

The Pure and the Impure, by Colette (Novel; 1932)

Second Foundation, by Isaac Asimov (Novel; 1953) [Foundation #3]

The Sirens of Titan, by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (Novel; 1959)

Star Trek (TV Series; 1966)

Suffer, by Bad Religion (Album; 1988)

Today’s Name Days

Adrian, Mariä Geburt (Austria)

Hadrijan, Maja, Marija, Sergije (Croatia)

Mariana (Czech Republic)

Maria (Denmark)

Mariann, Marianna, Marianne (Estonia)

Taimi (Finland)

Adrien, Béline (France)

Adrian, Mariä Geburt, Otmar (Germany)

Despoina, Genethlios, Skiadeni, Tsampika (Greece)

Adrienn, Mária (Hungary)

Immacolata, Maria (Italy)

Amirs, Ilga, Ilgonis, Nelda (Latvia)

Daumantė, Klementina, Liaugaudas, Vytautas (Lithuania)

Allan, Alma, Amalie (Norway)

Adrian, Adrianna, Klementyna, Maria, Nestor, Radosław, Radosława (Poland)

Natalia (Russia)

Miriama (Slovakia)

Cinta, Covadonga, Fuensanta, Meritxell, Natividad, Nazaret, Nuria, Sagrario, Sergio (Spain)

Alma, Hulda (Sweden)

Maria, Mary (Ukraine)

Adria, Adrian, Adriana, Adrianna, Adrien, Adrienne, Hadria, Hadrian, Hadrien, Joachim, Joakima, Joaquin, Joaquina (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 250 of 2024; 115 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 4 of week 36 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Muin (Vine) [Day 3 of 28]

Chinese: Month 7 (Geng-Shen), Day 23 (Wu-Chen)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 21 Elul 5783

Islamic: 21 Safar 1445

J Cal: 10 Aki; Threesday [10 of 30]

Julian: 25 August 2023

Moon: 35%: Waning Crescent

Positivist: 27 Gutenberg (9th Month) [Carnot]

Runic Half Month: Rad (Motion) [Day 11 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 78 of 94)

Zodiac: Virgo (Day 17 of 32)

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 9.8

Holidays

Actor’s Day

Asturias Day (Spain)

Blondie Day

Blue’s Clues Day

Colorism Awareness Day

Community Day (Spain)

Day of Aid Workers

Day of the Battle of Borodino (Russia)

Extramadura Day (Spain)

Festa Della Rificolona ends (Paper Lantern Festival; Florence, Italy)

Fiestas de Santa Fe begins with the burning of the Zozobra (New Mexico)

Hazelnut Day (French Republic)

Iguana Awareness Day

International Day of Journalists

International Literacy Day (UN)

Kosrae Liberation Day (Micronesia)

La Vierge de Meritxell (Feast of Our Lady of Meritxell; Andorra)

Mariä Geburt (Liechtenstein)

Martyrs’ Day (a.k.a. Massoud Day; held on Shahrivar 18) [Can be 9.8 or 9.9]

Matki Boskiej Zielnej (a.k.a. Fest of Greenery; Poland)

Meritxell Day (Andorra)

National Actors Day

National Ampersand Day

National David Day

National Dog Walker Appreciation Day

National Double Merle Awareness Day

National Essential Medicine Shortages Awareness Day

National Iguana Awareness Day

National Lissencephaly Awareness Day

National Neighborhood Day

National Pardon Day

Onam ends (India)

Pardon Me Day

Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nurses Day

Pledge of Allegiance Day

Solidarity Day of World Heritage Cities

Star Trek Day

Turkmen Bakhshi Day (Turkmenistan)

Victory Day (Malta)

World Gravity Day

World Physical Therapy Day

Worldwide Cystic Fibrosis Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Bacon Burger Day

Date Nut Bread Day

2nd Friday in September

Carry Nation Festival begins (Holly, Michigan) [Friday after 1st Monday thru Sunday]

Farmer-Consumer Awareness Day (Washington) [2nd Friday]

Fiesta de Santa Fe begins (New Mexico) [1st Friday after Labor Day]

Great Canadian Beer Festival (Victoria, BC) [2nd Friday & Saturday]

King Turkey Race (Minnesota) [2nd Friday]

Knabenschiessen begins (Switzerland) [2nd Friday thru Sunday]

Nae Nae Day [2nd Friday]

National Dog Walker Appreciation Day [1st Friday after Labor Day]

National Folk Festival begins [2nd Friday thru Sunday]

National 401(k) Day [Friday after 1st Monday]

Popeye Picnic begins (Chester, Illinois) [2nd Friday thru Sunday]

Stand Up to Cancer Day [2nd Friday]

Independence Days

Alsann (Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]

Andorra (Nation founded, 1728)

Macedonia (from Yugoslavia, 1991)

Seybold (Declared; 2018) [unrecognized]

Feast Days

Adrian and Natalia of Nicomedia (Roman Catholic Church)

Adrian of Nicomedia (Christian; Saint Feast Day) [brewers, middle England's brewers guild] *

Carnot (Positivist; Saint)

Corbinian (Christian; Saint)

Disibod (a.k.a. Disen or Disbode; Christian; Saint)

Eusebius, Nestablus, Zeno, and Nestor (Christian; Martyrs)

Feast of Honor for Lada and Leda (Bread & Harvest Festival; Slavic Pagan/Asatru)

Feast of ‘Izzat (Might; Baha’i)

Feast of Papa-Lea (God of Kava Drinking)

Il-Vittorja (a.k.a. Feast of Our Lady of Victories; Malta)

Jill St. John Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Mead Day (Pagan)

Mimi Parent (Artology)

Monti Fest (Mangalorean Catholic; Parts of India)

Morty Moot Mope (Muppetism)

Nativity of Mary (Roman Catholic Church, Anglo-Catholicism)

Our Lady of Charity (Christian; Saint)

Our Lady of Covadonga (Christian; Saint)

Our Lady of Good Health of Vailankanni (Christian; Saint)

Our Lady of Meritxell (Andorra; Christian; Saint)

Ozias Humphry (Artology)

Paradoxically Non-Paradoxical Day (Pastafarian)

Sergius I, Pope (Christian; Saint)

Vicious Sex Day (Pastafarian)

Virgin Mary Day

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Fortunate Day (Pagan) [36 of 53]

Prime Number Day: 251 [54 of 72]

Shakku (赤口 Japan) [Bad luck all day, except at noon.]

Premieres

Ally McBeal (TV Series; 1997)

Blue’s Clues (Children’s TV Series; 1996)

Bone Machine, by Tom Waits (Album; 1992)

Boys Town (Film; 1938)

The Breadwinner (Animated Film; 2017)

Brigadoon (Film; 1954)

Cat's Cradle, by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (Novel; 1963)

Cold Comfort Farm, by Stella Gibbons (Novel; 1932)

Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely, by Frank Sinatra (Album; 1958)

Havana, by Camila Cabello (Song; 2017)

Hitchhiker, by Neil Young (Album; 2017)

Hold Your Fire, by Rush (Album; 1987)

iCarly (TV Series; 2007)

I Just Can’t Get You Out of My Head, by Kylie Minogue (Song; 2001)

It (Film; 2017)

Jeannie (Animated TV Series; 1973)

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, by Susanna Clarke (Novel; 2004)

Lovelorn Leghorn (WB LT Cartoon; 1951)

Make Me, 20th Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2015)

Mouse-Warming (WB LT Cartoon; 1952)

Never for Ever, by Kate Bush (Album; 1980)

Nurse Betty (Film; 2000)

Psycho (Film; 1960)

The Pure and the Impure, by Colette (Novel; 1932)

Second Foundation, by Isaac Asimov (Novel; 1953) [Foundation #3]

The Sirens of Titan, by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (Novel; 1959)

Star Trek (TV Series; 1966)

Suffer, by Bad Religion (Album; 1988)

Today’s Name Days

Adrian, Mariä Geburt (Austria)

Hadrijan, Maja, Marija, Sergije (Croatia)

Mariana (Czech Republic)

Maria (Denmark)

Mariann, Marianna, Marianne (Estonia)

Taimi (Finland)

Adrien, Béline (France)

Adrian, Mariä Geburt, Otmar (Germany)

Despoina, Genethlios, Skiadeni, Tsampika (Greece)

Adrienn, Mária (Hungary)

Immacolata, Maria (Italy)

Amirs, Ilga, Ilgonis, Nelda (Latvia)

Daumantė, Klementina, Liaugaudas, Vytautas (Lithuania)

Allan, Alma, Amalie (Norway)

Adrian, Adrianna, Klementyna, Maria, Nestor, Radosław, Radosława (Poland)

Natalia (Russia)

Miriama (Slovakia)

Cinta, Covadonga, Fuensanta, Meritxell, Natividad, Nazaret, Nuria, Sagrario, Sergio (Spain)

Alma, Hulda (Sweden)

Maria, Mary (Ukraine)

Adria, Adrian, Adriana, Adrianna, Adrien, Adrienne, Hadria, Hadrian, Hadrien, Joachim, Joakima, Joaquin, Joaquina (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 250 of 2024; 115 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 4 of week 36 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Muin (Vine) [Day 3 of 28]

Chinese: Month 7 (Geng-Shen), Day 23 (Wu-Chen)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 21 Elul 5783

Islamic: 21 Safar 1445

J Cal: 10 Aki; Threesday [10 of 30]

Julian: 25 August 2023

Moon: 35%: Waning Crescent

Positivist: 27 Gutenberg (9th Month) [Carnot]

Runic Half Month: Rad (Motion) [Day 11 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 78 of 94)

Zodiac: Virgo (Day 17 of 32)

[yaldabaoth]

There’s a Zenos at Burger King zine goin around on twitter so I joined in

[osekkaiyaki]

@angryspacegirl @letoballz

It felt as if Venan had been laying there for hours, before she could compose herself enough to get to her feet let alone conjure the thought of doing so. She made her way to Scorin, who thankfully hadn't fallen victim to the fissures in the ground, and fell to her knees next to her friend to begin healing her. She quickly found that her curative energy didn't come to her as easily as usual. Like trying to pull-start a stalling lawnmower, the energy flowed from her fingertips after a few attempts, but it was far weaker and held more of her concentration. After ten straight minutes of focused healing, Scorin was well enough to regain consciousness and sit upright, meanwhile, Venan was left drained from the menial ordeal. "So did we win?" Venan couldn't even bring herself to shoot her an incredulous expression. "Does it look like it?" "Well, we're alive aren't we?" Scorin observed, getting to her feet and dusting off her gi. "I mean, you look like shit but besides that we and the planet are still here." "That's not the point!" Venan's voice shook as she stood, and she made a move to either hit, or grab the Saiyan, but thought better of it and her arm flopped back to her side. "He's out to possess the universe, not destroy it, he's not stupid. What happened there was just him messing with me. That was nothing. And now that we've let him leave here, we're effectively fucked." Scorin listened with a mild expression, before opening her mouth for her suggestion. "Well we could do what we were supposed to and fuse right?" Clenching her fists and biting down on her lip, Venan did her best not to violently retaliate, as if she had the drive or energy to in the first place. "YES SCORIN, THERE'S THAT." As much as she would rather give up, the thought of at least getting to die while showing the universe she tried was an ideal outcome in the likely chance that they didn't succeed. "We may still have that, if you're still sharp on the training." "Hold up though," Scorin interrupted. "Genuine question, still gonna help, but...if it's not his aim to destroy anything...then who really cares if he wins or not? Does it really matter who's in charge of what at the end of the day? Especially considering he's pretty confident in his abilities to sort things out right...wouldn't it be...better?" "Not when the King of Everything finds out and takes it upon himself to destroy the universe." Scorin stared, not bothering to ask questions and comprehend who and how higher powers ran things and shrugged. "Fair enough." "Just give me a few to realign my energy, then we'll go over the dance a few more times to be extra sure, then we'll go."

When they arrived on the Sacred planet of the Supreme Kais, they found it deserted. Venan wasn't about to waste her energy scrying the universe for him, and plopped herself down onto the grass to meditate, something she hadn't done in centuries. Even Scorin knew it was an odd motion for her, more used to seeing the Kai in training passed out or loafing rather than sitting and using time to concentrate. "So what exactly are you doing?" "Trying to reestablish a spiritual connection to myself." Venan explained, hastily forming her now uneven and frizzed out hair into smaller, sloppier versions of her usual twin braids before closing her eyes and settling herself. "Never took you for a very spiritual person." Scorin scoffed, crossing her arms and idly watching her. "I was, being spiritual doesn't always mean i have to be burning incense or meditating or you know, what most mortals think." In truth, Venan never did enjoy meditating. She could never fully clear her mind and tended to avoid any instance where she would be alone with her thoughts. "I just always have been, my hair has been a root connection to that, which is why I've never adopted a more traditional hairstyle, and why this now is such a big deal." "Eh, I wouldn't know anything about that." Scorin shrugged. "Just do your thing...where do you suppose he is? You sure this is the place?" "That's kind of hard to do when you keep talking. I don't know why he's late, but I know it's here."

Contrary to his boasting, Grendine had managed to get himself lost. In fairness, before he had been banished to the demon realm he hadn't had much experience in teleporting outside of or between universes. The only time he had been to Universe Seven's Sacred Planet had been side travelling with his instructor. He inwardly cursed himself for not planning this part a little better. It wouldn't matter however, as in due time he managed to right himself and get where he needed to be. As he appeared on the Sacred world, his mental image of how this plan was going to go shattered. Not only had he been beaten there, but his primary target wasn't even present. He accosted Venan, "Where is the Supreme Kai?! His attendant?!" "Gone, summoned for an event by Lord Zeno." Venan explained, bringing herself to her feet. "And when he returns, it will be like nothing happened here." Grendine grimaced, it seemed like not only was this going to be a chore, but that the very person he had meant to usurp wasn't even around. Everything about this plan was just getting more and more ridiculous. He masked his indignancy behind a sassy quip, "Love what you've done with your hair. I don't see how you think you can do anything at all being weaker than last time, even if you do this funny little mortal fusion." He scoffed, "I'm actually kind of curious to see it now, so this will do well to pass the time until...Shin was it? Returns." Venan shot Scorin a side glance, and she didn't have to be asked, before shooting her energy up in a golden aura around herself. Even in Venan's current weakened state, Scorin still needed the boost of energy the Super Saiyan transformation lent her to level off with the deity as required by the dance. The motion of the dance was embarrassing enough when they practiced it in public, let alone doing it in front of the villain they aimed to be defeating with their new fusion. unfortunately, time would be wasted had they performed it before his arrival. Grendine watched, floating in a relaxed, seated position as they performed the odd, synchronized display.  In spite of performance anxiety, the few day's practice, most likely coupled with the dire necessity did well in ensuring the duo completed the dance flawlessly. The two converged in a flash of light, and when it subsided, only one entity remained there standing. The figure appeared to resemble the Scorin more, with skin tone, dark Saiyan hair, whose short braids defied gravity, and long, despite oddly coloured, purple tail. Her slightly pointed ears, Potara earrings, and crooked grin portrayed Venan's qualities.  Grendine gave the fusion a slow clap, descending to his feet. "That's some fashion there." He nodded to the Metamoran garb that came with the ritual. "It's about as passé as humans trying to copy our art of fusion to begin with." The fusion purposely ignored him, too busy admiring herself and her newfound physique. Pleased with herself, she didn't bother allotting any more time to small talk, and launched herself without warning at the demon.  Before he could summon his wall of ki bullets to absorb the blow, Grendine was propelled backwards by a flying double kick to the gut that sent him pin-balling back into many of the large planet's tall rock formations. The fusion darted right after him not skipping a beat, kicking off of and destroying the rock formations he hit as she followed. Grendine managed to right himself before slamming into the final pillar of rocks, summoning a rain of multi-coloured bullets in layers around him, on top of a multitude of them aimed to home in on his attacker.  The girl effortlessly dodged the barrage aimed at her, and pointing her fingers like a gun, sent a beam of crackling white energy up and through his protective layer, exploding them all around him on impact. Thoroughly singed, Grendine fell to his knees, his staff clattering to the ground next to him. The fusion blew smoke from her fingertip and approached, leaning down to grab the disgraced demon by the scruff of the neck and haul him upwards. She opened her mouth to speak, but changed her mind and gave him a vicious headbutt between the eyes, followed by spitting down on him. "This is it huh? I can feel it, you don't have anything left. Underneath all the flash, you're really actually pretty weak huh?" Her voice was gravelly, but also high, in a most obnoxious tone.  Grendine could do nothing but sneer back, hair a mess that had flopped off to the side while his face and now bent nose ran with blood. "This is kinda underwhelming isn't it? I'm not even five minutes in and it's over...I've got over twenty minutes left in this body...and I've got a lot to get back at you for...don't I?" With her free hand, she reached up and fondled one of his Potaras as she continued. "I'm not going to kill you until we go down the list. Who was first? Kandai!" She took a firm hold on the earring, and wrenched it from his ear, eliciting a howl of pain from her victim. He was quickly silenced with a punch in the mouth, the earring still enclosed in her fist. "And that impacted Shin and myself," She brought her fist down on his nose again, twice for emphasis. The crunching of the cartilage bringing the crooked grin back to her features. "There's all the mortals you've messed with too isn't there? And my friends, and my job, Morgan, I'm going to throw another in there just in case I lose that promotion at Daddy Burger for having to deal with this shit." Each point brought her fury down on Grendine's face, until he didn't have the strength to hold his arms up in defense anymore.  "And then there's Serori. You fucked up real bad messing with people close to me Gren, I'm saving the best for last." He didn't receive a punch for this mention, and could barely keep his vision in focus as he watched his attacker turn her gaze towards the sky. "You know, I've taken a lot about this job for granted, but I've never noticed until now just how many moons this planet has." Her tail swished behind her excitedly, and her grip on his collar faltered, her attention clearly elsewhere. Soon Grendine was free of her grasp as she began experiencing muscle spasms, though he hadn't the energy to attempt any form of escape. All he could do was watch through bleary, swollen eyes as she began to transform. Defying nature, her frame grew immensely, with seemingly no strain on itself, and began sprouting fur the same colouration as her tail. By the end of this physical reconstruction, her appearance was that of a giant purple monkey. Through most likely the same magic that had brought them there, her clothing managed to resize itself to fit.  Letting out a triumphant roar that seemed to shake the planet, the fused warrior spoke, voice now deep and booming as accommodated by her new body.

"I DON'T CARE WHAT IS DESTROYED IN THE PROCESS THESE LAST FEW MINUTES ARE GOING TO BE WILD."

[leafykat]

I know I've only just seen your burger king zenos but I just wanted to say I desperately want a print of it to put up on my future ffxiv wall

LOLLLL thank you!!!!!! its definitely on the list of things to make prints of

[fandaniel]

The double date location is burger king. Fandaniel has taken a crown. I keep a close eye on Zenos to make sure he doesn't take a crown and get any raging desires to rule over the pitiful world of ants. Fandaniel throws a fry at me and I tell him if he wants a fight we can take it outside. You tell me that's not necessary and we should just enjoy our meal. Zenos folds an intricate origami dragon out of a napkin then immediately crushes it

huge fan of all of this. especially the burger king setting. and the detail about the origami dragon and crushing it... what a crazy double date. i had a great time. thank you