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mcuntainbcrn · 1 month
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//update:
to add to the ever growing list, my dad had a cardiac event today and after sending a catheter up his leg to check for blockages, it was discovered by doctors that he had several major blockages…so a multiple bypass surgery is on the docket for Monday
i am not okay but i am trying my best to pretend i am for the sake of my mom and sister
going to be on sporadically over the next few days to distract myself as i am very aware of how little i can actually do in this particular situation…still, i am going to request that people please be gentle with me for a bit as i am hanging on by a literal thread right now
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//hello there friends - it's been awhile, and i know i owe quite a lot first of all, i'm sorry it's taking me so long - a lot has been happening all at once
i'm getting ready to lose my home
i'm trying to brace myself to lose my last living grandparent
i've got some friends staying with me [and we're learning that yeah, we're friends, but we absolutely should not be roommates]
and did i mention that the unit above mine has a pretty severe leak? ask me how i know!!!
work has been busier than ever and i'm doing about 90% of what walks through the door these day
so i'm essentially running on empty all that to say that i'm going to sit down this weekend and attempt to crank out my drafts, but that i can't make any promises if anyone doesn't want to continue anything, i completely understand
i love you all to death and i hope your 2024 is going much, much better than mine
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mcuntainbcrn · 1 month
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//hello there friends - it's been awhile, and i know i owe quite a lot first of all, i'm sorry it's taking me so long - a lot has been happening all at once
i'm getting ready to lose my home
i'm trying to brace myself to lose my last living grandparent
i've got some friends staying with me [and we're learning that yeah, we're friends, but we absolutely should not be roommates]
and did i mention that the unit above mine has a pretty severe leak? ask me how i know!!!
work has been busier than ever and i'm doing about 90% of what walks through the door these day
so i'm essentially running on empty all that to say that i'm going to sit down this weekend and attempt to crank out my drafts, but that i can't make any promises if anyone doesn't want to continue anything, i completely understand
i love you all to death and i hope your 2024 is going much, much better than mine
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mcuntainbcrn · 1 month
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//hello there friends - it's been awhile, and i know i owe quite a lot first of all, i'm sorry it's taking me so long - a lot has been happening all at once
i'm getting ready to lose my home
i'm trying to brace myself to lose my last living grandparent
i've got some friends staying with me [and we're learning that yeah, we're friends, but we absolutely should not be roommates]
and did i mention that the unit above mine has a pretty severe leak? ask me how i know!!!
work has been busier than ever and i'm doing about 90% of what walks through the door these day
so i'm essentially running on empty all that to say that i'm going to sit down this weekend and attempt to crank out my drafts, but that i can't make any promises if anyone doesn't want to continue anything, i completely understand
i love you all to death and i hope your 2024 is going much, much better than mine
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mcuntainbcrn · 2 months
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*v i b r a t e s a t a f r e q u e n c y t h a t c o u l d s h a t t e r g l a s s*
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Friend is back?! Friend?! F r i e n d !
@mxthbladed
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mcuntainbcrn · 2 months
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Friend is back?! Friend?! F r i e n d !
@mxthbladed
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mcuntainbcrn · 2 months
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“Wisdom is chasing them…but they’re faster.”
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mcuntainbcrn · 2 months
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“My, what a lively spectacle…not to quote you, but do go for distance, dear.”
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mcuntainbcrn · 2 months
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Thankfully, his energy was relayed to her through the ground itself, so she felt him approaching ever since he rose from his desk within the Akademiya, so it wasn't a surprise when he moved into the bathroom; she hadn't intended to join him initially...but considering he rarely made any requests of her, and the fact that he'd been fairly miserable, it made the decision to divert from her original plan fairly simple.
"If you wish me to, then certainly." she turned around to start removing her own garments - yes, they may have been together for awhile, but she still wasn't fully comfortable with the largest scar on her body being brought into view,
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Finally arriving home, shutting the door behind him Al Haitham let out a sigh of relief.
Taking his boots off and leaving by the front entrance he made his way to where the baths were. A lavish investment that Al Haitham was glad Kaveh added at a time like this. Before entering he disrobes, tossing the clothes into a hamper to be cleaned later. Grabbing a towel to put around his middle, despite the two being very comfortable and familiar with their bodies he didn't want to catch Maggie off guard.
Stepping in and over to where she was setting everything up. "You'll join me as well right?"
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mcuntainbcrn · 2 months
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"Last I remember was cultivating some hybrid plant species with the dendro archon within the Sanctuary of Surasthana...the rest until now is all blurred together." even now, her head still ached as she rose up from the bed; a slight shifting of blankets and sheets was enough to reveal that her clothing had not survived her transformation back to her usual size, shreds of the ruined fabric sliding off her bare shoulders.
"She must be worried sick." not like she could go anywhere presently, however - not until she managed to acquire some new clothes and she wasn't about to request her former partner to procure her any...if anything, she owed him the cost of the hotel room and various other expenses she had no doubt accrued.
"...why didn't you just pass me off to someone else?"
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The arm that had been around her shot up to show he wasn't holding her anymore. Maggie was still wrapped up in the blankets and he prayed that she magically got her normally clothes back because no way in hell did those small clothes stay intact.
"You tell me." It was the truth and she'll know it.
Sitting up to look down at her still in that soft blanket. "I was just in the fortress when I found a small little child hiding behind some crates smelling exactly like you. I took you to Neuvillette, he didn't know. I heard somewhere leylines can cause weird affects but still." It sounded so crazy and stupid when he said it out loud.
"I wasn't going to leave you alone so I decided to help you when you were small." No going to disclose they were looking for her dead family and the poor child figured that out sobbing in his arms.
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mcuntainbcrn · 2 months
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"Don't...you...fucking...dare." friend or not, she would not hesitate to smack the archon turned bard around the head with their own lyre if they even entertained the notion of making a ballad dedicated to her rather hectic love life.
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"Awwwww but you know how I love a good story! Perhaps I can make it into a song. The people have been loving the romance ballads I've been cooking up." Gotta give the people what they want.
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mcuntainbcrn · 2 months
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"I often ask myself the same...however, there is a very clear difference between us - you were actively working towards making lives better; even if you had your missteps, you were still making your best effort to ensure their continued safety, happiness, and doing all in your ability to avert a catastrophe."
It was an odd thing, really - someone with as bleak of a perspective towards things offering words of comfort to anyone.
"In light of such circumstances...I think you've more than earned the right to exist in whatever way you wish going forwards; many may question it, insert their own opinions...but they never had to endure even a fraction of what you did, or know how crushing the weight of harboring such a secret is."
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Furina grabs at her upper arms, a new habit she is doing when the guilt was too much. "It was hard, so many times I wanted to scream to the heavens for help or to tell someone so I didn't feel alone."
Too many times to count she stood in front of Neuvillette's door, wanting to go inside and tell him everything. All so she wouldn't feel alone and confide in someone who trusted her the most...now that trust was broken.
"I just...am I even allowed to live life happily as a human? When all I did why lie and probably made a lot of people's lives hard over the years." Furina didn't want to get started on the people sent to Meropide because of one of her silly laws...
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mcuntainbcrn · 2 months
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Her window of opportunity to think and plan an exit strategy had officially closed - he had shifted to that massive, more bipedal form and had begun scaling the tree, trying to reach those more delicate, brittle branches she had perched herself on; out of time.
She launched herself out of the boughs the second she felt the tips of those claws graze her ankle, diving into the water that surrounded it; so much for not giving him the chance to chase her down - even with the trick she'd picked up from the whopperflowers, he had her scent locked on and would easily be able to keep up and eventually outpace her like this.
If she stayed underground, he would dig her out; her only hope was to try and swim for shore and squeeze herself into a crevice only big enough for her that he couldn't instantly pluck her out of.
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What could he do to make her come down? Or what to do to get up there and begin begging for forgiveness?
Pacing around on four legs across the small strip of land keeping the willow afloat in the middle of the lake. All creatures having but disappeared in fear of the large creature. Wriothesley was getting more and more agitated as he still couldn't get up the tree.
Though as the clouds parted from the sky revealing more of the full moon, granting him more power the form took to two legs and now he had the large hands to begin climbing, and climb he did.
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mcuntainbcrn · 2 months
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@mmriesoftvat cont. from here: [x]
"Apologies for troubling you." he had said she could call on him at any time, but still - given the role she knew he filled, there was always the potential she could have pulled him away from active combat to satisfy a curiosity that could have waited.
"I've been feeling a lot of movements around the perimeter of the Karst recently, and have noticed many of what appears to be numerous gifts left in their wake, littering the area, and have heard many voices speaking of lanterns...I can't pretend I'm looped in to this nations customs, but I wanted to speak to you on the matter if such things aren't as benign as they appear to."
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Even saying it out loud made her feel a touch ridiculous, but paranoia was something that had, more often than not, navigated her away from danger in the past...better to question someone knowledgable and feel foolish than ignore it and be proven an even greater fool.
"...do you happen to know about what may be the catalyst of such behaviors?"
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mcuntainbcrn · 3 months
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“Step away from the boy before you get to experience for yourself how it feels to have your veins filled with corrosive sap.”
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mcuntainbcrn · 3 months
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"Wonderful; I'll escort her into Liyue via Sumeru myself - that way she can see the nation as it truly is, rather than through the lens of a foreign dignitary."
No doubt if the visit was announced, the Qixing would be all over her; and while such fanfare would be acceptable and well deserved during her birthday, she knew the little god would much prefer to be able to enjoy the festive period more authentically.
The smile only spread as she gave the lapels of his jacket a light tug as she went up on her toes, pressing a kiss to the corner of his lips, "Thank you...she's keen on seeing this world with her own eyes, but wants to make sure she isn't imposing; she's quite the thoughtful little thing."
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mcuntainbcrn · 3 months
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"That's my hope as well - I know expecting everyone to get along is foolish, but of all the non-human entities I've crossed paths with, you two are the ones I would think would have the best chance of being amicable."
She gave her a small smile, "...and of course, I'll be there with you to act as a buffer in case things get awkward for either of you."
"No trouble at all - I think you'll find his company rather pleasant." truthfully, she had anticipated someone far, far colder, more analytical; not that he didn't have a sharp with and a discerning mind, but he was far more compassionate and emotional than one would think when the word Judge was involved.
That aside, it was a bit amusing to consider that the sweet little sprout and the dragon who wielded the hydro authority were so close in age, "Indeed - I believe it will work in your favor; given that, you two should be able to converse and empathize with one another...I think you two may become good friends."
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mcuntainbcrn · 3 months
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"Ironically, she may find great fascination with your work as well - especially in regards to prisoner reform; still, go with your gut and with what will be more comfortable for the both of you." there was a very good chance she would be fond of the warden as well, truthfully - he was amicable, had a good sense of humor and was a lot more intelligent than he let on.
"She's quite gracious, and glad for any consideration - a very humble little thing." such praise in regards to gods was virtually unheard of from her, given her feelings towards divinity and omniscia - but the soft spot she had for the little god was obvious, "Even knowing Neuvillette's intent to judge the seven...I doubt he would do much of anything to harm her, especially considering what she endured at the hands of her own people; they may wind up getting along famously."
"I think he'd actually enjoy the rainforests...speaking of which, Sumeru's archon requested I ask his permission to visit Fontaine - she doesn't want to overstep, but she's been incredibly curious to see the nation with her own eyes."
She bit back a laugh at the various stickers left on the seat of his trousers - he really let the melusines go wild during his birthday, and it appeared as though he missed more than a few; one of the many ways he proved himself to be far, far too kind.
"Perhaps the two could meet, and have a bit of a cultural exchange as they did with Inazuma not long ago."
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