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i just think its funny to imagine swisstopher giving all the other ghouls the zoomies. he comes barreling down the hall at Top Ghoul Speed and runs up the wall, does a kick flip off the ceiling, and by the time he hits the ground again theres already two more ghouls poking their heads out of their rooms
he goes ekekekek at them and zooms off, they look at each other, shrug, and take off after him.
by the time copia or seestor notice, (well, more like by the time they are fast enough to actually see what all that racket is) they have a whole flock of em. theres ghouls in the rafters. on the roof. leaping on the tables in the dining hall. and swiss is SO fucking proud of himself :)
#dorito.txt#ghoul headcanons#swiss's secret is he always has the zoomies#in this scenario. he even gets mountain and omega involved in zoomy shenanigans#(stratus (who adores omega) yanked him out of his room and demanded he join them)#(swiss is taking credit anyway)
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Hello there! How are you doing? I'm a new follower and I just wanted to say that I love your writing so much.
If you're up to writing this, you don't have to: could you please write the ghouls/ghoulettes or Sleep Token vessels/vesselettes with a gn reader who just has a collection of the 90s furbies (if you don't know what those are, they're these electronic toys that would interact with you. However, they'd randomly turn on and start talking. Even if the thing didn't have batteries) on display in a shelf...
But, instead of looking like this:
The furbies look like this (if you want more pictures then just search for cursed furbies and you'll find the most cursed looking things ever):
I love cursed furby pictures, they're so funny to me. Anyway, if you do want to write this, please take as long as you need to write it. I hope you gave a good day/night/evening and don't forget to take care of yourself!
omg Y E S
swiss
creeped the fuck out by it.
"uhm baby..why do you have a homemade demon in your room?"
why do you have that when you can have him?
just don't get him involved and you're good.
sodo
admires your room.
"good work. my mate, making nightmares."
would steal one to scare the shit out of papa.
papa thought it was one of his rats but mutilated.
rain
*shifts uncomfortably*
he doesn't like them, but he can cope.
don't leave him in a room with one. he'll either cry or hang from the ceiling light to avoid interaction with it.
phantom
"babe what the everloving fuck are these?"
how on earth did you disembowel a furby?
might join you if he's riled up.
aether
"these are my C H I L D R E N ."
he loves his goofy goober and their possessed furby collection.
to creep out the other ghouls, he will bring it backstage to a show and run his claws through its fur while cackling.
mountain
doesn't make eye contact with them.
he's not scared, he's just a little concerned.
once growled at one because it touched him during a blood moon.
"HOLY FUCK-"
omega
doesn't care
"whatever makes you happy, puppy."
watches with love in his eyes whenever you spook a ghoul.
alpha
looks at you with judgment in his eyes.
"kitty, how did you discover this as a hobby?"
stares at your collection for a long period of time.
ifrit
encourages the behaviour.
"i will raise hell and its deepest darkest pits with you, my sweet little lamb."
makes you sit on his lap while you make them.
aurora
Y E S .
"i want to make one with you."
don't question it, let her do it.
she will make some absolute abominations.
cirrus
cool.
might encourage the behaviour, depending on how bone chilling the furbies are.
"..what did you do it? it looks boiled."
she means that in the nicest way possible.
cumulus
scared tbh.
"i don't really want to pet that. but it looks nice??"
will do everything but touch one.
mist
"fuck yeah."
makes amazing ones.
give her credit, she will hang one up on the Ministry chandelier.
vessel
he's seen worse.
your creations don't even scare him, he likes them
thinks they're hilarious.
ii
what the fuck.
he'll hold one at arms length and no closer than that.
they creep him out.
iii
heehee
fucking loves it.
they're so out of pocket, and so is he.
iv
nice.
don't stop making them, they're entertaining.
makes some in secret.
vesselettes
stand there for 37 seconds exactly, then walk towards them and adopt them.
#my writing#sleep token x reader#vessel sleep token x reader#ii sleep token x reader#iii sleep token x reader#iv sleep token x reader#ghost band x reader#nameless ghouls x reader#nameless ghoulettes x reader
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I think a while ago you had a post that was like the batkids fav siblings and you had Tim and Damian as each other’s (I think? I’m pretty sure my memory is Swiss cheese tho) anyway I love the idea of Tim teaching Damian about like ruthless business things (I know nothing about ceos or the business world but I feel like Damian would love to be apart of a hostile take over)
I feel like Tim, who grew up surrounded by businesspeople before assuming the role of a CEO at 17, would want anything but that life for Damian. Because let’s be honest: you need to have a certain level of willingness to toy with people in order to make it far in corporate, and the whole point of having younger siblings is so they can be better than you.
So instead, here are some things he teaches Damian instead:
How to play the drums for the entire London Calling album
How to adequately feed a teenage superhero team
How to fake a British accent
How to look good in clothes that don’t belong to you
How to beat the bosses in Elden Ring
How to use their small size to their advantage when tailing someone
How to get the lighting just right for a photograph
How to swallow your pride and ask for help
How to tell when someone’s having a bad day
And Damian uses what he learns to:
Wake Tim up at 4 AM with Lost in the Supermarket
Use Tim’s credit card to order Uber Eats for the kid heroes
Copy whatever Tim says in a British accent
Steal Tim’s clothes and wearing them better
Beat Tim’s high score in Elden Ring
Secretly follow Tim to take more notes
Capture candid shots of Tim and Bernard
Slip into Tim’s room at midnight when he doesn’t want to be alone
Wait outside Tim’s door until it opens, however long it takes
#ask#anonymous#tim drake#red robin#damian wayne#robin#batfamily#batfam#batboys#batbros#batkids#batsiblings#batman family#dc comics#headcanon#tw just in case
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Princess Mountain 2k23
But make him sloppy, Com. Sloppy princess in a pretty flower crown.
This is all your fault.
Credit for the earth magic idea goes entirely to @kroas-adtam.
He's having a hell of a time figuring out whose hands are where. He thinks Dew's still kneeling between his legs, the hands on his thighs are warmer than usual, dry, as they stroke up over the muscle and squeeze.
And judging by the taste of clove cigarettes, the fingers petting over his tongue, belong to Swiss.
He could open his eyes and make sure, but god they feel so heavy. His head has gone hazy and soft. There's cum slicked in the crease of his hip that he's pretty sure is his own, he can feel it drying in the hair on his belly too.
He drifts under their gentle touch until Dew's hands--they have to be Dew's--slip higher. He feels the press of two fingers as they slip easily into him.
Mountain's eyes snap open. Dew's on his belly between Mountain's spread thighs. His movements are languid as he shifts. And it takes Mountain a second to realize what he's doing.
He's--oh--he's dragging his fingers through the cum that's leaked from inside of him and is pushing it back in. Mountain shudders with it. Dew's eyes are glued to his own fingers. Mountain comes back online. He pulls his head away from Swiss' fingers with a slick noise. His lips slick with drool.
Swiss drags those wet fingers down Mountain's throat, over his collarbone, and down to circle one of Mountain's nipples.
He's sensitive, impossibly so. He feels his cock give a feeble twitch, exhausted, just like the rest of him.
"Wasn't Aeth here?"
"He went to get his princess some water," Swiss says.
Mountain feels his face heat. Some part of him wants to hide from this. But what's the point. He's spread open, leaking cum on Swiss' comforter, with two of Dew's fingers in his ass, pressing in lazily.
"You always make such a mess," Dew whispers, there's very little of his usual teasing in it, it's almost reverent. And despite the fact that the mess Dew's playing in isn't technically Mountain's, it gets the reaction Dew wants anyway. Mountain's stomach clenching, another kick to his suddenly re-hardening cock.
Dew bites softly at the inside of Mountain's thighs as he swirls his finger through the mix of his, and Swiss, and Aether's spend dripping from Mountain's abused hole.
"You want more already, huh?" Swiss asks, he cards his free hand through Mountain's hair, brushing his fingers around the base of one of his horns. "Three of us not enough for you? Maybe we should call Rain? The girls? Get everyone to treat you real good? You can just lay back and take it."
Mountain hisses. If anyone asks, he'll tell them it was because of the way Dew's teeth are digging a mark into his thigh, and not from Swiss' words. It will be a lie.
The door opens softly. Aether slides into the room, bottles of water in his arms.
"Are you back with us, princess?" Aether purrs as he sits the side of the bed opposite Swiss. He runs his cool fingers over Mountain's ribcage.
Mountain nods, "yeah."
"So fucking pretty, isn't he, Aeth?" Swiss' voice is a whisper. It's tinged with uncharacteristic awe.
"Gorgeous," Aether murmurs in the same tone, he holds Mountain's gaze. Mountain wants to look away, the shame burning in his gut right along side his arousal makes him want to bury his face in Aether's chest and never come out. He doesn't. He focuses on the feeling of Dew's fingers still sliding in and out gently. Of the press of his sharp teeth to a new spot on Mountain's thigh. Decidedly physical sensations that take his mind away from--
"...don't you, princess?" Aether asks him.
Mountain swallows, he missed the lead in to the question, he has no idea what Aether's asking him. Aether just smiles at him as Mountain flounders.
"I said," he starts again, "You take it all so well. Don't you, princess?"
"I--yes?"
Swiss chuckles, he leans close, running his nose up along the side of Mountain's face.
"You do," Swiss confirms, "so fucking good for us."
Dew hums in agreement, dragging his teeth and tongue away from Mountain's thigh. "Should take a picture of him like this, Aeth. Show him just how pretty he is."
The heat rises higher in his face. Mountain starts to slip again under the gentle press of their hands.
Dew's being distracting now, his fingers reaching deeper to curl upwards. He's hard against his hip, pulsing in time with Dew's strokes.
He sinks into their words, their touches. Suddenly, he's bombarded with the smell of wildflowers. His eyes snap open, and he moves to sit. He's so rarely loses control of his magic around others. But he can feel it now, the ebb of it in his veins. He knows what happened, knows he's sprouted flowers in his hair, circling his horns, and probably around the perimeter of his head.
Swiss barks out a shocked laugh. He strokes his fingers through Mountain's hair, around the base of his horn. Mountain feels a small tug.
And then Swiss is spinning a vibrant blue flower in front of Mountains eyes.
"Look at you now," Swiss grins, "gave yourself a crown and everything. I guess you really are a princess."
Mountain whines. Humiliation tugs at his gut. Dew's fingers pause, shoved deep inside of him. Aether puts a hand on his chest and pushes him softly back down to the bed.
"It's ok, princess," Aether says softly. He cups Mountain's jaw in his hand. He strokes his thumb over Mountain's lips and he immediately parts them, letting Aether press in just enough to bump into his teeth. "Just lay back and let us take care of you."
#comet writes#princess mountain#kro#ficlet#sloppy flower princess mountain#mountain x aether x swiss x dewdrop#mountain ghoul#ghost fan fic#ghost fan fiction#the band ghost fan fiction#nameless ghouls fan fiction#he's sloppy all right#is this what you wanted kro#written in a fever dream#and not even close to edited
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Mushy May Day 1: Beach Day
It’s the first real hot day of the year. Everybody in the band pack agrees to finish their chores without hassle and head down to the lake near the abbey. The sun blazes down from high in the sky, and the junebugs hum and whine.
Rain is the first one to strip down to a pair of tiny, form-fitting shorts and take a running dive off of the end of the pier. The water, despite the hot sun, is still nearly icy. It doesn’t bother him at all. He’s in his element, he’s home.
The ghoulettes throw a pile of towels down on the pebble beach and wade in, giggling as Swiss tosses an innertube onto the water and tries to follow, immediately hissing at the cold temperature. He gets over himself and splashes in after them.
Aether settles down on the beach, book under one arm, another pile of towels under the other. He’s content to dip his toes in as Mountain sits down next to him, laying back onto the grass.
Dew is the last of them out. He trods out to the end of the pier and sits cross-legged, watching longingly out as the girls laugh and try to tip Swiss out of his tube out in the middle of the lake. He tries to hang on and shrieks as he fails, landing with a splash between Cirrus and Sunny. Cumulus laughs, pushing her wet hair out of her eyes.
Rain spends a good ten minutes just sitting at the bottom of the lake, his hair and the reeds around him swaying gently. He doesn’t need to worry about being able to breathe, his gills flaring to life the moment he submerged. But he comes to the surface anyway, ready to join his pack and play.
But when he surfaces, gasping in a breath he doesn’t really need, he sees Dew. Everyone else has grouped off. But his Dewey’s all on his own. He doesn’t even look up when Rain chirps in his direction. He cocks his head, diving back underwater and swimming back to shore.
He pops up in front of Dew, who startles hard. “The water’s really nice, Dew.”
From the shore, Aether shakes his head, and Rain hears his voice filter into his mind. He hasn’t been in the water in years, Rainy. Not since before you were summoned.
He waves a hand through the water in front of him, back and forth. “You don’t have to come in, but it’s nice.”
Dew reaches down to brush a strand of wet hair out of Rain’s face. His hand is sunbaked and warm against Rain’s clammy skin. “Maybe, it’s been a while. Can’t breathe underwater like I used to.”
“It’s alright,” Rain says, reaching up to take Dew’s hand, ignoring the scars where his gills used to be. “I won’t let anything happen. Just want to swim with you. I’ll take your kitchen duty for a week if you do.”
Dew, to give credit where credit is due, pretends to think about it. Rain knows how much he hates doing dishes. “Two weeks of kitchen duty.”
“Deal.”
Dew pulls off the oversized tank top he stole from Swiss, revealing milky pale skin and pink scars underneath his pecs. He takes a deep breath and unfolds his legs, letting them dangle over the end of the pier. He winces as his toes touch the cold water. “Promise me you won’t let anything happen?”
Rain nods, reaching out and extending his pinky finger. “I promise, Dewey.”
Dew takes a deep breath and locks his own pinky with Rain’s. He shuts his eyes and shoves himself off of the end of the pier with a splash.
Rain darts forward to hold him up, keeping his head above water. Dew slings an arm over Rain’s shoulders, even as he’s hissing like an angry cat at how cold the water feels, and they move away from the pier, into the lake proper.
On the shore, Mountain and Aether scramble to their feet. “Rain!” Aether yells, even from a distance looking panicked. “What did you do?”
“Dew, are you okay?” Mountain calls out, less panicked than Aether but still tense.
“I’m good, Mount!” Dew yells back as he turns to face them. “And Aeth, I went in on my own free will, asshole!”
Aether and Mountain’s postures relax, though neither of them return to their seats quite yet. Aether cracks a smile. “Love you too, Dew!”
Rain continues to take them out further into the lake, shifting so that he’s laying on his back. Dew still clings to Rain’s chest, resting his head right over his heart. Rain reaches one hand out and smooths it over Dew’s hair as they float. He’s honored that Dew trusts him with something as big as this, and his heart swells with the thought. They’ll head back to shore the moment Dew asks, but for now, they’re both content to float under the summer sun.
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Hi so I had the sudden 3am fanfic/headcanon prompt idea, as many of us do, of Swiss suddenly noticing his Imp isn’t stressed and is actually feeling happy/content/is purring (however tf they are connected) so he goes on a search for little dude and finds him in the lap of some sibling of sin who is scratching behind the ears and under his chin, cooing about how sweet and cute he is, wondering outloud why he’s so dusty and who his ghoul is.
While Swiss is just standing there like 🤯/😳 cause while he doesn’t know how to act around his imp, he’s never seen anyone, much less a sibling, be able to even get near little dude, let alone pick him up and pet him cause little man seems to have anxiety.
So he’s immediately like gimme your secrets and their like no, but sit tf down and maybe I will
Anyways enough rambling from me, I said all of this in an attempt to ask can I please have permission to make this into a small one shot on my page, I WILL GIVE ALL CREDIT FOR THE IMP AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT IS DUE. APOLOGIES IF I AM BEING ANNOYING LORD LAMP PLEASE DONT FEED ME TO THE IMPS
-checking the mailbox-
Oh. Oh, yeah, yeah, hold on...
I don't think I could feed you to the imps even if I wanted to, they're so damned picky. One moment...
-sounds of crashing and something breaking-
One second.
-comes back out with Swiss!Imp-
I'm cool with it, just take care of the little guy until it's time for him to head home, yeah?
He deserves some scritches and cuddling.
That is to say, I'm okay with this.
#Lamp rambles#shitghosting#nameless ghouls#swiss ghoul#ghost band#ghost bc#the band ghost#ghouls are just weird cats#imps are just weird cats
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Tell me about security, Makoto. This is going to be useful information, I'm sure.
Right, you were telling me that before. This is the front chamber. We can just sorta walk in, and from here we can use this intercom to buzz Huesca, for business purposes or to irritate him for fun.
Fascinated by the couches on either side of the room. What possible function could this room serve that necessitates cushy reclining opportunities? If anything, I'd think they make it easier to hang out for a bit and wait for Huesca to come out so you can harass him in person.
Is that why he stopped leaving the lab?
Okay, but why tho.
No, I get that. You go through the door and the deadly killing machines turn you into swiss cheese. Huesca was clear on that point.
But. Like. Why not lock it anyway? What's being accomplished by not locking it? You said Huesca hasn't left the lab in months so it's not like it'd inconvenience him to lock the door. What's the purpose of leaving it unlocked?
Did your evil lab architect accidentally forget to put a lock on this door? So now the deadly trap chambers are the Villain Lair Design equivalent of brushing yourself off from a faceplant and going, "I, uh, I meant to do that."
Went so hard on designing the three deadly trap rooms that one of them isn't actually a trap at all; It's just there to insulate the rest of the lab from the fucking traps.
Y'all know there are a copious amount of deadly traps that don't get bored and wander? This seems like an unnecessary risk to take.
Weird judgment call to make. Any intruder that manages to penetrate this deep into y'all's business is worth interrogating. Can't interrogate a corpse. Huesca seems more concerned with weird spite than his own self-interest.
...given our brief conversation with the man, that checks out.
So you'd need to go full scuba to get past the gas. Can't trust a filter; You need a fully-sealed oxygen supply.
And not just the mask; We're talking full diving suit. Big goofy helmet and everything.
*snaps fingers* I've got it. Shachi killed Dr. Huesca. Case solved. :P
So. It's. Like. Most gases, then. I guess that can be considered a failure, sure. Huesca's in there kicking himself for not managing to create gas that retains its shape indefinitely.
Which means a Person of Interest could be killed by this room but still go on to do things that will affect the case before they go. We need to keep that in mind.
The hell does that mean? What kind of offensive capabilities does a room full of death deep in your facility offer? Do you hand out invitations to political enemies like, "Hey, come get state secrets, they're in this one specific room! It's going to be left conspicuously unguarded because it's Yomi's birthday and everyone's off celebrating! Now's your chance!"
What kind of hideous Resident Evil dystopia is poor Fuckboy working in? Even though the lab is guarded by the ultra-deadly super-gas emitters, you still have to play laser Simon to even enter the lab.
Why is the keypad the floor? That's so obnoxious. This hallway was designed by rich assholes with no concern for the employees that would have to work here.
...so, Amaterasu, basically. That checks out.
Which means there's no password reset if he forgot it. Maybe that's why he never leaves the lab anymore. If he admits that he should have written it down somewhere, he'll lose the bet and have to pay Yomi 3,000 shien.
Definitely safer to stay in the lab forever and normalize shitting down the garbage chute. It goes straight to the incinerator; It's fine. Huesca lives here now.
He's lying to you. He wants to kill intruders for funsies. Severity of punishment doesn't act as a deterrent; Likelihood of getting caught does. As much as I hate to give Yomi credit for anything, the officers patrolling the halls are doing more to deter intrusion than a secret gas chamber they wouldn't even know about until it's too late.
Huesca is one of those guys who buys a semiautomatic rifle and the highest caliber ammunition he can find "for home defense", then gets excited and breaks out his gun every time the house creaks. He'll swear up and down that it's for self-defense, but the way he gets that gleam in his eye when he talks a little too-enthusiastically about the kind of damage his weapon can do is a bit unsettling, isn't it?
I just assumed. It'd be a pretty shitty deathtrap if the gas chamber's activation immediately flooded Huesca's lab and killed him dead on the spot.
Do you have to clear all nine? Like, step on every panel, but in a specific order? Because if so, there's a very finite number of combinations that are possible.
Oh my god he has a bathroom with a washing machine and everything. I thought I was joking but no, he really did move in permanently.
Well that's anticlimactic. So this lab is immensely lethally secure but only so long as there's someone in it. If the doc steps out for five minutes, you can walk right on in and wait for him.
Maybe that's why he stopped leaving. He realized that the security features only protect the lab when he's inside of it; A fatal error in its design that he doesn't want to own up to.
And there we have the answer to the mystery of the couches. They are, in fact, for lounging around and waiting for Huesca to come out so you can harass him with nonsense. A favored pastime of Makoto's.
Look at how this couch is perfectly sized to his exact proportions. This is Makoto's Harassing Couch.
So he was told to stop working on something, so naturally he sealed himself in his lab and worked tirelessly as you do when you quit a project. That's what you're going with, Makoto?
Come on, man. You're not this stupid. Well, at least we now have the full details, so we can--
Deal with whatever this asshole's on about now. What's up, man? Did you finally remember you were supposed to have me buried in the backlot behind the office? Too late now, I've already met your fancy researcher. We're friends now.
You can go ahead and ask him but you'll have to phrase it in ten words or less. Given how much you love the sound of your own voice, I'm not sure if that's something you're capable of.
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Castletown Café Episode 25: Darkburger
This recipe has been a long time coming. A whole year, in fact. I didn’t get around to it last summer, but this summer, it’s finally here. Lots of work went into these as both the buns AND patties were made from scratch, meaning this is another double recipe episode!
Although the Darkburger is, according to Ralsei, a little on the burnt side, these vegetarian burgers are a different kind of dark. Black beans are an essential ingredient to these flavorful patties, and squid ink is used to make the buns pitch black.
Using squid ink to dye food black is not that unheard of in many parts of the world, from Japan to the Mediterranean. I knew from the get-go that I wanted to try this out to make these burgers look like they came from the Dark World.
The ink doesn’t really change the flavors of the buns much, although it may give them a slight umami taste. I didn’t find it all that noticeable, however, especially when combined with the burger’s fillings: the black bean burger patty, the creamy Kewpie mayonnaise, the crunchy lettuce, juicy tomato and the sharpness of the Swiss cheese.
Since I ventured into new territory with burger buns and black bean burgers, both things I’d never made before prior to making this episode, the recipes are not mine at all and I take no credit, even if I did take liberties with Sally’s Baking Addiction’s black bean burger recipe (I omitted the Worcestershire and feta cheese, while adding jalapeno, a little ground cayenne pepper, and a tablespoon of Kewpie mayonnaise).
Now I just mentioned Kewpie mayo twice. It’s my favorite mayonnaise brand. This Japanese mayo comes in a squeezable bottle and uses only the egg yolks as opposed to the whole egg. It’s so flavorful! It may not be easy to find at your local grocery store, however, so you may have to go online for it, or look for it at an import store.
I even found a recipe for squid ink burger buns, and I’m glad I did, because it wouldn’t have been fun or easy to figure that out myself! Baking is an exact science and requires every measurement, technique, and ingredient to be just right! One mistake and the whole thing can come out wrong. Especially with yeast!
Fill these burgers up with whatever condiments you like. Ketchup? Mustard? Pickle? Onion? Go wild. Personally, I’ll only take onion if it’s caramelized or pickled...anyway, my fillings of choice will be featured here in this recipe, but you add what you prefer!
What I did was make the black bean burger patties first, then stored a couple in the refrigerator while freezing the others. The next day, I made the buns, and froze most of them. This way I can always thaw some buns and patties whenever I feel like fixing one for dinner! And also because I wasn’t making them for a party.
When it’s time to fix em, I just reheat the patties over the stove, or even in the microwave. It’s amazing how well they take in the microwave...because the beans are dry, they don’t explode!
DARKBURGER BUNS
Based on: Squid Ink Burger Buns by Alpha Foodie*
1/2 cup warm milk
3/4 cup warm water
1 tablespoon squid ink
2 tablespoons sugar
1 & 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast
3 cups bread flour
1 & 1/2 tsp salt
2 eggs
100 grams softened butter (a little over 7 tablespoons)
Sesame seeds, for topping
*This recipe also called for 1 & 1/2 tsp star anise powder, but I omitted that.
Heat up the milk and water until warm, but not too hot. If it hurts a little to touch, that’s too hot. Combine your milk and water in a bowl and add the sugar, squid ink, and yeast. Give it 10 minutes to bubble and ferment. It’s fun to watch!
Combine the flour and salt in a large mixing bowl, then add in ONE of the eggs plus the squid ink mixture, and keep mixing until a dough begins to form.
Stir in the butter, a little at a time, until fully incorporated. Your black dough will now be slightly glossy.
Grease another large mixing bowl with softened butter and place your black dough in it. Cover with a tea towel or cheesecloth and set aside in a warm place for about an hour and a half.
Once your dough has finished proofing, divide it up into 8 to 12 balls. It’s recommended to weigh them with a kitchen scale to get a desired weight to keep them all the same size. I divided them into 8 balls and ended up with humongous buns - but unfortunately I didn’t write down the weight and so I don’t remember what the weight was....I suggest about 100 grams, though.
Place these balls on a parchment-paper covered baking sheet and cover again, leaving them for another 30 minutes.
Preheat your oven to about 392 degrees Fahrenheit or 200 degrees Celsius (my oven is colder by a few degrees so I rounded up to 400 degrees F), and beat the remaining egg with some water. Brush the egg wash over each bun so it’ll be nice and glossy, then top with sesame seeds.
Bake for about 15 minutes, depending on the size of the buns. While you won’t be able to see any browning as they’re pitch black, it’s a good idea to check anywhere after 10 or 12 minutes have passed.
Once the buns have coole, place in the freezer for later use, or enjoy right away. These don’t have a long shelf life, but the freezer preserves them well, and they should thaw just fine.
DARKBURGER PATTIES:
Based on: Sally’s Baking Addiction’s Black Bean Burgers*
*I made a few slight modifications from the original recipe!
2 cans canned black beans, oven-dried
3 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 yellow onion diced
1/2 to 3/4 bell pepper, diced and finely chopped
1 jalapeño, minced
1 & 1/2 tsp cumin
1 tsp chili powder
1/4 tsp paprika
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
2 eggs
1/2 cup panko
1 tbsp Kewpie mayonnaise
1 tbsp barbeque sauce
1/2 tbsp ketchup
1 heaping spoonful flour
Salt and pepper, to taste
Preheat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit, open cans of black beans and drain (easiest by pouring the beans into a spaghetti strainer). Spread on a baking sheet. Bake for 15 minutes or until dry. Let cool.
Chop garlic, onion, pepper, and jalapeño. Sautee in some olive oil over medium heat until soft, about 6-7 minutes. Let cool.
With paper towels, blot out excess moisture and oil from the veggies. Add veggies, spices, condiments, panko and eggs, stir to combine. Mix in the black beans, mashing with a potato masher but not thoroughly smashing EVERY bean. Stir in flour.
Form patties using 1/3 cup of mixture on a parchment-paper lined baking sheet and bake at 375 degrees F for 20 minutes: 10 minutes on one side, flip burgers, and bake for another 10. Serve, refrigerate, or freeze once done.
DARKBURGERS:
Squid ink burger buns
Black bean burger patty
Iceberg lettuce, washed and dried
Thinly sliced Roma tomato
Pre-sliced Swiss cheese
Kewpie mayonnaise
Ketchup
Heat up black bean patties however you’d like. For the stove I recommend medium heat, with a touch of olive oil for moisture. Trap in heat by placing a lid over your pan, which will assist in the re-heating process. I suggest giving it at least 10 minutes. Give it another 5 if it’s still not hot enough! At the last minute, top your patties with the cheese to get it nice and melty.
Slice bun in half horizontally. Spread insides with a mixture of ketchup and Kewpie mayonnaise. Place the patty with melted cheese on the bottom bun and top with lettuce and tomato.
Top with the top bun and enjoy!
Sources:
Samira, Alphafoodie, “Natural Squid Ink Black Burger Buns - Alphafoodie”. Link: https://www.alphafoodie.com/natural-squid-ink-black-burger-buns/
McKenney, Sally, Sally’s Baking Addiction, “The Best Black Bean Burgers I’ve Ever Had - Sally’s Baking Addiction”. Link: https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/best-black-bean-burgers/
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I'm just going to get this out of the way...
All you ever do is ignore the obvious and just flat out insult people who were never in the wrong with a dumb meme. (I mean, memes are funny, but not your's)
People have different opinions on comics and the games and that's okay. You can't just be a hardass to Sonic fans who like media or characters you don't like.
Like, I follow people who don't like Sonamy but do I bash on them because of that? Uhhh, no. I don't. Because I respect other people's different opinions, despite the fact it's not like mine.
You, however, do not. And that is sad.
Also?? I am convinced you are homophobic, because I just noticed you didn't bring up the fact Tangle and Whisper are a thing now. Knowing you, I should've known that that was the case.
Sorry for being honest, I guess, but you're probably the most butthurt person in this hellsite. I didn't make my blog just to see your dumb posts about you criticising fans and people who work at SEGA who are doing their job.
If your life is based on constantly ignoring valid points or looking at the negative side of things in the fandom or being snarky and rude to people who just simply disagree with you, there's a good reason why a lot of people block you.
I hate to disappoint you, but unfortunately, you're an asshole.
I tried so hard not to get in your way, but your posts have been bothering me every time I look up Sonic's name because I want to see funny posts, cool fanart and all that awesome jazz.
You are just one of those people who drains out all the fun and makes fun of the fandom for simply ENJOYING stuff that you don't.
I want you to understand that. I'm not here to attack, I'm just telling you how you make me feel.
You're the living embodiment of the No Fun Allowed panel from the Archie comics, and I don't think that you'll change for the better anytime soon.
Also, don't even think about responding with a meme or your usual: "I have no idea what the hell your talking about, therefore I'm right. Checkmate."
Cause that just proves you don't care.
I know you're reading this, but choose to think I'm wrong. I know, but I'm posting this to you anyways because maybe someday, you'll reconsider how you act towards certain people.
Or maybe you won't, and I'm certain at the second option.
Really sorry, but you're just not a good person.
Either leave the fandom or grow up, which ever comes last.
Credit where it's due, you're not being a punk-ass and going Anonymous. That said, your claims are full of more holes than a fine Swiss cheese.
• "All you do is ignore the obvious and insult people who were never in the wrong..."
You're making shit up. Have you SEEN the sorts of things I get in my inbox? Oh wait, of course you (supposedly) haven't. That would require admitting that the other side of a coin exists, and that these people you claim are "innocent"... simply aren't. The only ones "ignoring the obvious" are the jackasses who make shit up about the games they never played.
• "Memes are funny, but not your's"
There's no apostrophe in "yours". Next!
• "People have different opinions on the games and comics, and that's okay."
No shit, Sherlock. You say that, yet, whenever someone (ie folks like myself, @darklightheart, @crusherthedoctor, or @aquillis-main) lists any and all grievances or problems said comic has from our perspective (with reason), the fandom takes a defensive stance almost immediately and swarms our inboxes with their own brand of unsavory behavior... but said fans are "innocent" according to you, right?
• "Also, I'm convinced you're homophobic because I just noticed you didn't bring up the fact that Tangle & Whisper are a thing now."
Did you break your back and pull every single muscle in your body or something, because that's a goddamn massive leap of logic you just made based on literally nothing.
• "...you're probably the most butthurt person on this hellsite."
• "I didn't make my blog just to see you criticizing fans and people at SEGA who are doing their jobs."
No, you made your blog to cry your way into people's inboxes about people not doing it enough.
• "If your life is based on constantly ignoring valid points and looking at the negative side of things in the fandom..."
Like those so-called "innocent fans" who blow up the inboxes of multiple users on this site to do that very thing? Yeah, no. Try harder.
• "...your posts have been bothering me every time I look up Sonic's name..."
Translation:
• "I'm not here to attack..."
Could've fooled me.
• "...I'm posting this to you because maybe someday, you'll reconsider how you act towards certain people."
So, what you're saying is the next time soy boy stans like you bombard the inboxes of myself and other users for the express purpose of trying to silence other people's opinions, we're supposed to just acquiesce? Yeah no, you're living in a bubble.
• "Really sorry, but you're just not a good person."
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Which is your favorite act of each circus skill Cirque du Soleil has ever included? Favorite trapeze act, favorite silks act, dance, icarian games, miscellaneous, etc.
Sweet you menace. You knew this would both delight me and derail my day. I am powerless but to respond.
(Disclaimer that categorizing and even identifying all circus acts is both impossible and a credit to the medium itself, this is neither a comprehensive list of acts nor a comprehensive list of my favorites, etc. etc.)
Adagio/acro/hand to hand - Adagio Quatuor, Luzia
Sensual, emotional, graceful expression of conflict, perfect set, perfect song, perfect voice. Check out 3:50-4:13 for what I personally think is the best moment in the entire show. Can't explain it. It just gives me chills every time.
Aerial hoop - Cerceaux, O
There is a lot of great lyra acts in Cirque, some with markedly stronger overall choreography and difficulty level, but this song in this setting, when the brides come in... this one is unmatched.
Aerial straps - Tlaloc, Luzia
Cirque is utterly oversaturated with aerial straps acts. But this one is real magic.
(like a billion more beneath the cut)
Balance - Rola bola, Kurios
How is there no decent video on hand?? Anyway this act is a heart attack no matter how many times you see it.
Banquine - Banquine, Quidam
You already know there's no other. 1:44 if you want goosebumps. The ghost twins are handled with such tender delicacy, and yet they're both totally hollow and interchangeable. Absolutely incredible.
Bars of any kind (Russian, uneven, tournik, high, etc.) - Uneven bars, Amaluna
Very nearly tournik here, but I just love the Amazons so much and feel like this entire show was shafted so I'm sticking with it.
Bungee - Bungees, Zed
There is basically no linkable footage of this act anywhere but it wins because of the set and song. And they're galaxies!!!
Contortion - Contortion, Kurios
Wish I could find decent footage of it onstage because it looks so cool with its proper base and setting. But I just love how energetic this act is, and the skill level is nuts.
Cradle (Russian, aerial, other, etc.) - Bateau, O
Aerial cradle meets parallel bars meets sheer genius.
Dance - Dance Interlude, La Nouba
This was very nearly Dei Ex Machina from Mystere because I'm obsessed with the new Monarch bird, but. There's a chance nothing else in the world matters besides this song.
Diabolo - Diabolo, Kooza
Who's doing it higher, faster, and better than this tbh. Plus his costume is just adorable.
Fire - Fire Knife Dance, Alegria IANL
This artist in particular takes the cake. You can feel his passion and joy. A perfect match for this act and show.
Flying trapeze - Flying trapeze, Mystere
It's categorically the best flying act in the entire world. Really nothing more to it. I've trained with a few people in the act too, so it has a very special place in my heart. 1:33 for an uprise that gives me a heart attack every. fucking. time.
Handbalancing - Handbalancing on canes, Varekai
This act lends itself very beautifully to different moods. I'm particularly fond of this chilly interpretation - La Promise is so mature here, so in control of herself and her surroundings.
Interlude - Dans L'Air, Quidam
Probably guessable. I never shut up about this one. Favorite moment in all of my Cirque experience. There is nothing like those lights coming up bright and hot as the red curtains stretch out, not before not since.
Juggling - Juggling, Amaluna
Love Cali, love Viktor Kee. No one on earth moves like him.
Non-juggling manipulation - Batons, Ka
Misc. aerial - Cloud swing, Quidam
Favorite Cirque act of all time. All time ever. I don't imagine anyone is clicking through all of these but if anyone chose just one, I'd want it to be this. The women with their ropes. Boum Boum trapped beneath the net. The bassist. The fact that Cirque hasn't touched this act once since it was retired in Quidam. Everything about it is perfection.
Misc. other things that swing - Swiss rings, Volta
I'll never forget seeing this live. A real shining jewel in a show that never got to become what it could have been.
Non-juggling manipulation (hoops, batons, ribbons, etc.) - Batons, Ka
Duhhhhh 😁
Russian swing - Russian swing, O
What really makes this act are the tiny interactions between artists. Everyone has a story and a reason to celebrate. The Russian swing itself becomes almost secondary to the setting it creates. Perfect example of a successful ensemble act.
Silks - Aerial contortion in silks, Quidam
Again, are there any others? This act is simply vicious.
Static trapeze - Triple trapeze, Varekai
Again, duhhh 😁. I wanted to be one of them so badly when I was younger.
Teeterboard - Korean plank, Mystere
Kind of a cheat because it's also powertrack but come on this act rules.
Trampoline (wall, power track, etc.) - Powertrack, La Nouba
Utterly devastating in its effectiveness. I truly do not care that today's powertrack acts are a million times more complex or high in skill level. This is precision and simplicity at its finest, and every dash of characterization shows the magic crammed into every moment of La Nouba. So many modern shows have never and could never in their wildest dreams. Lose my shit at 6:50.
Unicycle - Unicycles, Drawn To Life
No real footage because Disney is the worst. I don't even like unicycles and I adored this act.
Wheel (cyr, German, crossed, etc.) - Roue cyr, Corteo
Yet again it's that act/song combo that does me in. The precision this act demands! The bizarre darkness of the entire thing! I'm just obsessed.
Wheel of death - Wheel of death, Kooza
No one else should even try tbh. Even Ka can't match the energy, and the intimacy of the big top takes this act to the absolute maximum.
Wire - Tightwire, Amaluna
I don't really care for wire acts too much but I really liked this one! I was bummed when it was removed. It lent shape to the world in a really nice way.
#I'm exhausted thank you so much for this!!!#super fun#remembered a lot of forgotten faves#cirque du soleil#replies#suddenlyalright
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My Top Posts in 2022:
#5
List of Amusing Beckett Facts We Learn in the Year of the Scarab Trilogy, which I read so you don't have to (really, it's Bad Art)
About mid-March, I finished the Year of the Scarab Trilogy and…honestly, it's second worst White Wolf book I've ever read. To save everyone the pain of drudging through it, I wanted to share screenshots, but typing those up inflicted psychic damage. So, instead, here's a list of cool Beckett fun facts. If you have a specific question about the Trilogy and its plot, characters etc, my ask box is open.
Beckett gets ensnarled in the novel's plot because he wants to interview Mother Inyanga about her personal history and the history of Kindred, as she knows it. She agrees to the interview if Beckett writes a book report on the Chicago hunter community.
Beckett handles his financials through a "small, private Swiss bank" in Geneva. It's called Witz-Kohn, which I think translates to "joke?" Anyway, Manfred Von Reis handles his account. The bank wires Beckett money on demand and auto-pays off his credit card bill every month. Cuthbert has a credit card!
Beckett flies American Airlines, first class preferred. I'm guessing Cesare's character was invented later. For reference, the novels take place February 2001 to March 2001. Don't worry: there IS a prophecy-written-on-the-subway-walls-esque joke of "hehe what if an iconic American tower blew up would that be fucked up or what"
Beckett has learned "some thaumaturgical rites." Unclear how many. He uses two rituals in the book. One's a tracking spell, which he uses to find a person who previously ingested his blood. The other enchants a murder victim's finger to point at whoever murdered them. That ritual sounds creepy, and the author intended the scene to be a ~creepy blood magic~ moment. But what happens is Beckett pinky promises to avenge this dead Gangrel, and braids his own hair into a necklace, so he can wear the pinky close to the skin. That's like Addams Family wholesome, bro.
Beckett thinks email is pretty neat. He frets that laptops are too big to meld into him when he transforms, so he hasn't purchased one yet.
Beckett (on accident!) finds Menele's haven, and our Gangrel boyo just. Turns right the fuck back around. He goes through all this effort to find who's emitting this massive, looming Presence over Chicago, only to decide he will Not Mess With That, No Thank You.
Beckett lectures not once but /twice/ on how Caine can't possibly be real. He gets miffed when someone inevitably interrupts him.
Becket clarifies he's not after the Heart of Osiris (the book's MacGuffin) for power, but for knowledge. His ultimate goal is to repatriate the Heart to the Egyptian supernatural community. Once it's clear the Heart's headed to Egypt anyway, he ends his pursuit.
Beckett starts the novel with No Fear and ends the novel with One Fear that Menele's influencing his actions. Like, he has a whole crisis over it, as a treat. Given what happens in the Diary, Beckett and Chicago really don't mix well.
Beckett has a cabin in upstate New York, not far from the Stillwater Reservoir. The cabin stands on an outcropping far from the nearest road and is only accessible via game trails. The nearest town is Big Moose. Towards the end of the story, Beckett spends upwards of a month there, recovering from a weird ghost stabbing. He's cranky about it.
Beckett gets his first mobile phone in March 2001. He asked Von Reis to shop around for satellite phones, buy what Von Reis thought best, and ship the phone to Beckett at his PO Box in Big Moose. I didn't realize that was a thing you could ask a bank to do for you(?). After carefully reading the instructional booklet front to back, Beckett made his first call to Nola.
I'm mildly dazzled by Beckett's Look™️ throughout the book. He wears a sheepskin jacket, which he changes to a leather one once it gets too ratty. Of course there's the little round, red sunglasses. His hair is long enough to braid, loop around his chest to the opposite shoulder, and dangle an enchanted pinky from. Nola gives him a silver charm bracelet, which he likes aesthetically. My brain shorted out.
In the novel's epilogue, Beckett searches for hidden tomes around the fjords of Norway. The books belong to an elder Kindred, and nobody knows exactly what they're about. Theories include (a) journals of the Kindred's contemporaries from the time of Carthage's fall; (b) a translation of the precursor to the Book of Nod; (c) Lapplander mating customs; or (d) musings on vitae's powers, a treatise that might bestow insight as to where Kindreds' abilities came from and what else Kindred might be capable of. Beckett thinks (d).
Thanks for reading! Onto Nights of Prophecy.
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#4
Hello???
HELLO????
"William Shakespeare loves waking up to the sight of Vincent's face" and "Leonardo fucks Comte to the point of exhaustion" is not what I thought I'd learn today, but here we are.
109 notes - Posted October 5, 2022
#3
Source: https://twitter.com/outstarwalker/status/1016805107986587653
Artist: https://twitter.com/outstarart
112 notes - Posted March 26, 2022
#2
Jean's route: You have atoned enough. You deserve love and joy.
Arthur's route: Failure neither defines, nor determines the worth of, a life.
Will's route: Your productivity doesn't determine your value. We love you for you, not your art.
Charles's route, probably: Some people deserve to get murdered.
333 notes - Posted February 9, 2022
My #1 post of 2022
Have you ever wanted to run away from your problems? Kiss girls?? Become a werewolf???
Now you can!!!*
Experience the heartwarming terror of Moonrise! In a video game made by a queer woman and for queer women and sapphic folk, this supernatural celebration of queer femininity takes you into the darkness and lets you own it. Use your compassion and sense of responsibility to make connections and fall in love. Or use your newfound fangs and claws to rip, shred, and tear through your problems. Is this the start of a satisfying, shape-shifting life full of romance, or the blood-soaked birth of a new deity of the forest? You decide!
Play as a trans woman, cis woman, or nonbinary person; lesbian, bisexual, pansexual, or asexual. Polyamory options included!
Date your nonbinary best friend, the ruthless Rogue leader, or the lycanthropic goddess amongst werewolves.
Build up your Empathy, Bloodthirst, Snark, Responsibility, Uncanny Valley, and Defense to survive lethal encounters and protect those you hold dear.
Pledge allegiance to the tradition of the Masquerade or the desperate, volatile Rogues.
Expose the supernatural underground to the blistering light or keep their secrets in the deep dark.
Embrace the feral monster within or hold fast to your humanity.
Get your spooky time on for the low, low price of $1.99. Available on iOS and Android, plus inside the Hosted Games app!
Play the demo here: https://www.choiceofgames.com/user-contributed/moonrise/
*Moonrise is a 49,000-word urban fantasy interactive novel by Natalie Cannon, where your choices control the story. It's entirely text-based—without graphics or sound effects—and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. Cannot guarantee real life girls or werewolf transformation.
337 notes - Posted October 25, 2022
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Shower thought: What’s the deal with Velcro, anyway? How long has it been around?
The hook-and-loop fastener Velcro was conceived in 1951 by Swiss engineer George de Mestral. Ten years later, he founded the Velcro company in 1951.
Wikipedia: Hook-and-loop fastener:
Columnist Sylvia Porter made the first mention of the product in her column Your Money’s Worth of August 25, 1958, writing, “It is with understandable enthusiasm that I give you today an exclusive report on this news: A ‘zipperless zipper’ has been invented – finally. The new fastening device is in many ways potentially more revolutionary than was the zipper a quarter-century ago.”
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A number of Velcro Corporation products were displayed at a fashion show at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York in 1959, and the fabric got its first break when it was used in the aerospace industry to help astronauts maneuver in and out of bulky space suits. However, this reinforced the view among the populace that hook-and-loop was something with very limited utilitarian uses. The next major use hook-and-loop saw was with skiers, who saw the similarities between their outerwear and that of the astronauts, and thus saw the advantages of a suit that was easier to don and doff. Scuba and marine gear followed soon after. Having seen astronauts storing food pouches on walls, children’s clothing makers came on board. As hook-and-loop fasteners only became widely used after NASA’s adoption of it, NASA is popularly – and incorrectly – credited with its invention.
The patent expired in 1978, which is why we have hook-and-loop fasteners from many companies today.
Each Space Shuttle flew equipped with ten thousand inches of a special fastener made of Teflon loops, polyester hooks, and glass backing. Hook-and-loop fasteners are widely used, from the astronauts' suits, to anchoring equipment. In the near weightless conditions in orbit, hook-and-loop fasteners are used to temporarily hold objects and keep them from floating away. A patch is used inside astronauts' helmets where it serves as a nose scratcher. During mealtimes astronauts use trays that attach to their thighs using springs and fasteners. Hook-and-loop fasteners are also used aboard the International Space Station.
Also:
Velcro jumping is a game where people wearing hook-covered suits take a running jump and hurl themselves as high as possible at a loop-covered wall.
David Letterman popularized the game in 1984, and it’s still widely played where alcohol is served.
Pop culture references to Velcro are amusing.
The zipper was patented in 1892.
Wikipedia:
The zipper gets its name from a brand of rubber boots (or galoshes) it was used on in 1923. The galoshes could be fastened with a single zip of the hand, and soon the hookless fasteners came to be called “Zippers”.
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Sofia sighed as she closed her laptop. It was official. The money was in a Swiss bank account under a fake name. A distant but generous relative of Sofia's who would leave her millions of dollars in cash.
At least, that's what the feds would be told.
--
"Did you hear? Ted's getting a divorce."
"Ted? In accounting? No way. Do you know why?"
"No clue, but the poor guy looks devastated lately. I heard he's falling behind in his work, too."
"Gosh, that's terrible. Maybe we should take him out after work some day this week. Cheer him up, yeah?"
Sofia glanced over her shoulder at the two women gossiping in the break room. They shamelessly acted as if she wasn't in the room with them, but that didn't bother her. After all, she had no interest in making friends or socializing. She was there for one thing, and these women had just handed it to her on a silver platter.
She simply stood up, using her napkin to dab away the crumbs at the corner of her mouth. The women continued their chats as Sofia silently left the room, plans of her next heist dancing around in her head.
--
For a moment, Sofia considered looking at job listings. This was the fifth job she quit in four years. She needed something new, right? Another place to work. Another target with profits hidden behind a sloppily thrown together security system, just begging to be stolen.
...
Another job. Another work orientation. Another set of demanding bosses and annoying coworkers. Another commute to a dull, depressing office building. Another day slaving away at a pointless career, selling hours of her life she'd never get back.
And all for what? More money? Sofia already had money. Lots of it. Her obscenely large penthouse was a testament to that. Of course, none of her finances were acquired legally, but who cares?
Sofia pinched the bridge of her nose and hung her head low as her glasses slid off her face.
Clatter.
Her glasses bounced off her desk and onto the hardwood floor, the echo reverberating across the room. Sun had long set by now, and Sofia hadn't bothered to turn on the lights. The city's bright lights illuminated her penthouse slightly, the long shadows cast on the floor seemed to accent how empty it was in there.
Her apartment was spotless as always, thanks to the housekeeping services that came every Tuesday and Thursday.
... Or was it Mondays and Wednesdays? If you asked Sofia, she would have no idea. It didn't matter to her. All she knew was that she paid people to keep it clean. The details were irrelevant.
Instead of bending down to pick up her glasses, Sofia merely slumped lower in her chair. She hadn't thought about what life would be like once she was actually rich. Her first heist was to push the limits of her luck and just see if she could do it. The rush she felt was indescribable. It was probably the first time in her life that she felt alive. Truly alive.
She became addicted to that feeling, thieving whatever she could. With every new job she started, she managed to embezzle god knows how many dollars from them and pin the crime on someone else.
But just as suddenly as it came, the rush went away.
No matter how much she stole, that feeling never came back to her. Embezzlement became mundane to her. It was boring. The outcome was always the same. She would get away with it in the end anyway, right?
"Whatever." She groaned loudly as she reached out for her phone. Looks like this would be another evening wasted, scrolling through social media until she fell asleep. Just as she did yesterday evening, and the evening before that, and the evening before that...
What a bore.
It wasn't like people posted anything that was particularly interesting to Sofia, anyway. Her feed was mostly filled with insufferably vain influencers, all vying for her attention in the form of likes and comments.
"Ugh." She sneered in disgust as she watched a video of a street magician doing some kind of dance, if it could even be called that.
"This shit should affect your credit score." She commented before scrolling away to the next video.
"Get ready with me to go on a first date!" The blonde influencer perked, her hair perfectly slicked back and face covered with the "no makeup" makeup look, presumably so she could pretend that she was naturally that pretty.
"I hope you get stood up."
And so the evening continued, Sofia leaving a trail of spiteful comments on every video she watched. The bright lights from her phone flashing across her deadpan expression.
Her attention was caught by the next video-- a news report featuring a familiar face.
"A former hedge fund accountant faces several years in prison after he’s accused of stealing millions of dollars from the firm he worked at."
"Ted Arlen, 52, is charged with a single count of felony embezzlement. Prosecutors say he's currently going through a divorce with his wife, the stress of which drove him to steal over $50 million dollars from his workplace."
Sofia barely took a second glance at the story. Of course Ted got arrested. Sofia was the one to make sure that the poor, lonely divorcee was listed as the last one to access their company's financial data before she stole it all. It was all part of her plan, and it worked out perfectly. Again.
It was such a bore, honestly. Her whole life, she'd always been extremely lucky. She never had to try at anything; she always succeeded. At this point, she half-wished she would get caught.
Feeling herself get more irritable, she curled up into a tight ball, hugging her knees underneath her chin. She shut her eyes tight, purposefully trying to block out her surroundings.
Just what the fuck was she supposed to do with all this money? She had already spent millions on her penthouse, countless sports cars, designer goods-- all things that were supposed to make people happy.
So why did she still feel so empty?
She let out a long sigh as she contemplated her plans moving forward. Getting a new job was pointless. She hated working. She hated people. And at this point, she was starting to hate money. But what else was she supposed to do with her life?
Shaking her head as if to physically dispel her thoughts from her mind, she bent down to pick up her glasses and walked over to the window to look at the street below.
At 50 stories up, the people on the street looked like no more than ants. She couldn't make out their expressions or specific actions, but she could tell that they were having fun.
Lovers going on dates. Workers coming home to their devoted families. Friends meeting at bars for drinks. Families making a trip to the park.
An indescribable emotion swelled within Sofia as she tightened the grip on her phone. Turning around, Sofia was of the mind that she would just to to bed early. After all, such troublesome thoughts and feelings wouldn't be able to bother her when she was asleep.
But as she headed to her bedroom, the emotion she felt began to spill over and before she knew it, she had hurled her phone at the window. Hard.
The loud shatter of glass told her that something had broken. Either her phone or the window. Maybe both. She didn't care. Her breathing now ragged and frenzied, she had become someone unrecognizable as she tried to push down this unknown emotion deep into her heart.
Most people would call this feeling "jealousy".
If Sofia had sat down to think about it, maybe she would come to the same conclusion. But instead, she chose to ignore it. Now filled with contempt, Sofia shot dirty glances around the room. Everything she had stole, everything that she had bought, it was all for nothing. It was an absolute and utter waste.
Just like her life.
The hate and anger in her heart continued to grow and consume her, sucking all of her thoughts in like a black hole. There was nothing left in her mind anymore than the desire to just say "fuck it" and leave it all behind.
Pausing slightly, she suddenly came to the realization that that was something she could do. She sure as hell wasn't going to get another job, but that didn't mean she had to stay in this hellhole, either. She had no obligations to anybody or anything. She could choose to walk out right now and there would be no consequences.
And so, without a second thought, she did. Not even bothering to look back, she stormed out of her penthouse, slamming the door behind her. She was so sick of that fucking place and swore to never go back.
It can go to hell, for all I care. She spat venomously. I hope this place burns to the ground.
--
Sofia wasn't sure how long she walked. It didn't seem that far to her, but she suspected the anger in her mind had clouded her judgment. All she knew now was that she was exhausted and somewhere far away from home.
Not that it mattered. She meant it when she decided to leave her life behind. She wasn't sure where she was going to go next, but it sure as hell wouldn't be home.
Her legs buckled from underneath her as she processed just how tired she really was. Palms skidding across the pavement in an attempt to catch herself, she swore under her breath as she felt the sting of broken skin shoot up her arms.
"Damn it." She examined her hands gingerly as she swept away the small pieces of gravel embedded in her skin. Her hands were bleeding slightly, but she decided to ignore it. It would stop on its own eventually.
Letting out a deep sigh, she looked around at her surroundings for a bit before deciding to lay flat on the disgusting, grimy sidewalk. It was hard, uncomfortable, and she's pretty sure her hair was getting caught in a wad of gum someone had spat out earlier-- but it didn't matter. Despite it all, she couldn't help but feel a sense of newfound freedom in her actions.
She closed her eyes, the rumbling of the subway underneath her lulling her to sleep. Maybe it was just the spite speaking, but Sofia managed to convince herself that the sidewalk was just as comfortable as her bed at home. Maybe even more comfortable.
Sofia rolled over onto her side, and a sharp pain in her scalp told her that her hair was definitely caught in that gum. She reached behind her and harshly yanked her hair forward, the force of which peeled the gum straight off the concrete. She was pretty sure that it was still in her hair, but she didn't give it a second thought. After all, she couldn't feel it. So why did it matter?
As she danced closer and closer towards slumber, she began to wonder what she should do tomorrow. Then she realized there was only one thing to do.
Whatever the hell she wanted.
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Waste disposal in a climate-neutral way in Switzerland: is that even possible?
The CO2 emitted by Swiss waste incineration plants is to be stored abroad in the future.
Disposing of waste in a climate-neutral way is actually not possible in Switzerland – the incineration plants would have to be switched off for this. This in turn would mean that municipal waste would have to go back to a landfill. Landfills, however, produce huge amounts of methane - a gas that is even more harmful to the climate than CO2.
So what can be done to become climate-friendly anyway? Robin Quartier, Managing Director of the Association of Operators of Swiss Waste Recycling Plants[1], says: "We need a technology that makes it possible to extract CO2 from the cycle - in waste disposal, but also in other industries in which decarbonization is almost impossible. » The International Energy Agency (IEA)[2] shares this view: In a report, it emphasizes that it will be impossible to achieve the goals of the Paris climate agreement without the use of technologies that capture CO2 from exhaust gases. “Carbon Capture and Storage”[3] (CCS) is the magic word. The idea behind it: If the formation of CO2 cannot be avoided, it should instead be extracted from the exhaust gases and stored underground.
The Swiss federal government expects a total of 7 million tonnes of emissions per year in Switzerland for the year 2050 that cannot be eliminated, mostly from the cement industry, waste incineration and agriculture. If Switzerland still wants to achieve the net zero target, these remaining emissions must be offset elsewhere.
Pioneer facility in Zurich
Waste recyclers want to be the first in Switzerland to demonstrate how this could work. Disposal and Recycling Zurich (ERZ)[4], for example, no longer wants to simply release the 22,000 tons of CO2 that are produced when the sewage sludge[5] is burned into the air. Instead, around 90 percent of the emissions are to be separated and liquefied using an appropriate system. The biogas processing plant on the same site has a potential of a further 9000 tons. Since sewage sludge is part of the natural carbon cycle, the CO2 produced when it is burned is considered climate-neutral. If this is separated and stored for the long term, the amount can even be credited to the greenhouse gas balance as a negative emission.
“First of all, we want to test this new technology on the market – so that we can then use it on a much larger scale in waste incineration in a few years,” says René Estermann, Environmental Protection Director of the City of Zurich. He expects that the comparatively small amount of CO2 in Switzerland will be reduced - for example by storing it in recycled concrete, as produced by the Bern-based company Neustark.[6]
However, if larger quantities are separated, the greenhouse gas will have to be stored abroad. And that is a difficult project. "As long as it is not clear who will take our CO2 - and at what price it will be transported and stored - we cannot invest in large separation systems," says Robin Quartier, waste recycler. However, they are in close contact with foreign providers of CO2 storage facilities and logistics companies.
Estermann is planning a trip to Scandinavia shortly; he wants to explore where Zurich's CO2 could one day be stored in the long term. The Norwegian storage project Northern Lights[7], in which the energy companies Equinor, Shell and Total are involved, is well advanced. Huge storage capacities under the seabed are to be made available there for European CO2 emitters as early as 2025. Other countries such as the Netherlands, Denmark, Great Britain, Iceland and Italy are also planning to enter into large-scale CO2 storage in the coming years.
But it is uncertain whether Switzerland can benefit from this development: "Countries that develop storage capacities on their territory reserve these capacities for their own industry," says Quartier. Hardly anyone is interested in Swiss CO2, especially since it has to be transported over long distances with a logistical infrastructure that is not even available. “That makes finding a suitable storage location a challenge.” However, waste recyclers from other regions of Switzerland also rely on CCS technology. For example, the Linth waste incineration plant[8] in the canton of Glarus is planning to commission a separation plant for at least 100,000 tonnes of CO2 per year by 2030. The operators have already shown in a study that washing out CO2 from the exhaust air on this scale is feasible. In total, the emissions from the Waste Incineration Plants[9] amount to around 2 million tons, which corresponds to around 5 percent of the total CO2 emissions in Switzerland.
If the separation system is implemented, the waste disposal industry will fulfil the core objective of an agreement that it concluded last year with the then Federal Minister Simonetta Sommaruga. According to the timetable, financing must be clarified by 2025. By 2035, the separation capacity is then to be increased to 400,000 tons per year. In addition, an infrastructure is to be set up in parallel so that the separated CO2 can be transported away and stored forever.
Switzerland probably unsuitable for storage sites.
The fact that such a storage site could also be created in Switzerland is a distant dream of the future. The Federal Office of Energy (BfE)[10] estimates that such a geological storage facility will be ready for operation in 15 to 20 years at the earliest. The federal government is working on a national program to explore the underground. Initial work on this has already begun: a deepdrill hole[11] of the company Nagra that is no longer required is being tested to see whether a test for the injection of CO2 would be possible.
Cyrill Brunner from the Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Sciences at ETH Zurich[12], however, dampens overly high expectations. "Even if there are initial estimates, we still know too little about whether the geology in Switzerland is suitable for storage." CO2 will probably have to be transported and stored abroad to a greater extent in the future. Together with the Swiss Cleantech Association[13], Brunner has written a report that explains what is needed to advance the topic of CO2 removal in Switzerland.
In the coming years, the liquefied greenhouse gas will only be transported to the storage site by rail and ship. According to the federal government, however, it will hardly be possible to transport more than one million tons of CO2 by rail and road every year. "Therefore, pipelines have to be built from the source to the storage site - coordinated at European level," says the scientist. The first networks are currently being planned in Germany. According to Brunner, it is crucial that the projects are coordinated internationally at an early stage. The federal government is already holding corresponding talks.
If Switzerland wants to capture and store CO2 on a large scale, it would have to build a pipeline network over a thousand kilometres long nationwide in order to connect the country's thirty largest emitters to such a network. This is the conclusion of an ETH study that was carried out on behalf of the BfE two years ago. Cost of the infrastructure project: around three billion Swiss francs.
For the time being, however, it would also be cheaper. For example, it is currently being examined whether a pipeline could be installed in the tunnel for the planned construction of the underground freight train Cargo Sous Terrain - this on the route from Zurich to Basel. “Some of the country's largest emitters – cement works as well as waste incineration plants – are on this route. The critical amount of CO2 could be fed in correspondingly quickly,” says Zurich Environmental Protection[14] Director René Estermann. In Basel, the gas from Switzerland could then be fed into the European pipeline network.
It is still unclear who should bear the high costs for the "disposal" of the CO2. It is conceivable that the polluter pays principle will be applied. For private households, this would mean in concrete terms that waste fees would probably double. In order to prevent waste tourism, a national solution would have to be found.
Diplomacy is required
What makes Robin Quartier optimistic: compared to natural gas, the transport of CO2 is much easier because it does not explode and does not require a fine-meshed distribution network. He says: "There are no insurmountable technological obstacles to connecting Switzerland to the future European CO2 network." The political challenge is greater: as with electricity, Switzerland will have to convince its neighbours to provide sufficient capacity in their lines to be able to transport Swiss CO2 to the major ports. "Without bilateral agreements with the EU, that will probably not be possible," says Quartier. The EU dossier[15] should thus be expanded to include a new area for negotiation.
Source
David Vonplon, Abfall klimaneutral entsorgen: Ist das überhaupt möglich?, in Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 28.07.2023, https://www.nzz.ch/schweiz/abfall-klimaneutral-entsorgen-ist-das-ueberhaupt-moeglich-ld.1748391?reduced=true
[1] The Verband der Betreiber Schweizerischer Abfallverwertungsanlagen (VBSA) ( Association of Operators of Swiss Waste Recycling Plants) is a leader in the field of Swiss waste management. The members of the VBSA are executives and operators of various waste plants. The association is committed to sustainable, environmentally friendly and professional waste management. https://vbsa.ch/verband/ueber-uns/
[2] The International Energy Agency (IEA) is a Paris-based autonomous intergovernmental organisation, established in 1974, that provides policy recommendations, analysis and data on the entire global energy sector. The 31 member countries and 13 association countries of the IEA represent 75% of global energy demand
[3] https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/data-product/ccus-projects-database
[4] Entsorgung + Recycling Zürich (ERZ)
[5] Rerad also: https://www.tumblr.com/earaercircular/723530588800368640/energy-and-phosphorus-from-sewage-sludge-new?source=share
[6] Neustark is a leading provider in this rapidly growing field, having developed a solution to permanently store CO₂ from the air in recycled mineral waste such as demolished concrete. https://www.neustark.com/en/about
[7] Along the Norwegian coast, Northern Lights is the first cross-border value chain project to offer European industrial companies a solution for safely and permanently storing their CO2 emissions 2600 meters under the seabed. https://totalenergies.com/projects/carbon-capture-and-storage/northern-lights-first-major-carbon-capture-and-storage-project
[8] In more than 40 years, the Kehrichtverbrennungsanlage (KVA) Linth has developed from a simple waste incineration plant to a modern thermal power plant. Our philosophy is to constantly improve. The plant has therefore been rebuilt twice since it opened, most recently in 2011. The original KVA Glarnerland and later KVA Linthgebiet became the KVA Linth in 2014. The addition "energy + recycling" refers to the diverse added value. https://www.kva-linth.ch/anlage
[9] Kehrichtverwertungsanlagen (KVA)
[10] Das Bundesamt für Energie (BfE)
[11] Deep drilling allows a direct insight into the geological underground and its structure. Since 2019, Nagra has been investigating the rock strata in the potential siting areas for a deep geological repository Jura Ost, Nördlich Lägern and Zürich Nordost. The deep drilling campaign is complete. https://nagra.ch/wissensforum/tiefbohrungen/
[12] Students in the Master's in Atmosphere and Climate ( Master in Atmosphäre und Klima) acquire a detailed understanding of climate processes and their interactions - from the molecular to the global scale, as well as from short-lived phenomena to changes over millions of years. https://ethz.ch/de/studium/master/studienangebot/systemorientierte-naturwissenschaften/atmosphaere-und-klima.html
[13] The Wirtschaftsverband swisscleantech (trade association swisscleantech) has around 600 members from all sectors. Our members are committed to the climate and have therefore signed our charter. Together we move politics and society and ensure that Switzerland becomes CO2-neutral by 2050 at the latest. This is how business works in a climate-friendly way. https://www.swisscleantech.ch/verband/
[14] Zürcher Umweltschutz. Municipalities, companies and private individuals can find important information about the environmental situation, legal requirements or good practice examples here. We show how companies and plants can be operated in an environmentally friendly and safe manner - and how to deal with non-native species. https://www.zh.ch/de/umwelt-tiere/umweltschutz.html
[15] Institutional and legal issues - a self-determined takeover of EU law (acquis)
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✨ 🌈 💌 for the fic writer ask game !! <3
What's a fic you've posted you wish you could breathe life into again and have people talking about it? (or simply a fic you wish got more credit)
There’s def a couple answers to this. More than most is probably my part 3 to the Swissdew series I made a couple weeks ago. That was probably the deepest I’ve delved into some things and although I’m more than grateful for the attention that small series has gotten, I think I expected/wanted more discussion on exactly the kind of trauma I was getting at. But there’s more to come from that so I’m not upset, the positivity it’s received has been more than I can ever ask for.
In a much lighter sense probably any of my nsfw work. It’s a funny realization that I much rather write smut but I think I’m genuinely just much better at angst. Oh well! I’m having fun anyways
is there a fic that you worked *really fucking hard on* that no one would ever know? maybe a scene/theme you struggled with?
Again, a couple answers. I try to work really hard on everything I do (as do all fic writers LMAO)
One of them is def Thunderstorms it was one of my first fics to get any kind of popularity and I remember rewriting it so many times. Just re reading and trying to perfect it because of the deeper meaning it has to me personally. It’s one I really want to come back to at some point.
Another very weird one is probably my lollipop rambles which I rewrote a lot and really mulled over for no reason, more than my usual shenanigans
share something with us about an up-and-coming work (WIP) that has you excited!
Oh dear lord again so many answers. So so much of my work makes me excited to share it. There’s a like 5k swisstom collab that’s been super hard at work for a hot second that I actually cannot wait to be able to share. But for now I’ll share a kinktober snippet from day 20. Because I am so so very excited about it.
(Religious bs under the cut)
"Swiss please, please just touch me"
The cackle he lets out shoots ice down phantoms spine
"Oh honey who said I was going to touch you? You did this to yourself."
"What?"
"Go on, touch yourself, stroke yourself on that pew you just spent so long cleaning yeah?"
He can't bring himself to do it. Hoped Swiss would take control and he couldn't be the one to blame. But being made to get himself off in the chapel?
Horrifying, disgusting, blasphemous
"Please do it Swiss I- I can't"
"Oh and why can't you? Can't touch yourself knowing this is where you worship? Knowing you've prayed in that exact spot? Can't do it can you... must feel so dirty huh"
He just nods
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