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residentdormouse · 4 months

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Alright guys, so I'm starting to post this on AO3 to give myself some accountability. Hopefully this will put me back on a writing and posting schedule. Probably won't be as rigid and regular as I had with Spiral and Diving, but dammit, I'm going to try.

'Close to the Vale'

Rating: M. //. Chapter 1 of ??? //. Words: 1,367

Chose not to Use Archive Warnings, cause I'm going to give myself room to discover as I go. Alcoholism/drinking is abundant.

Things are not as they seem in Marsden, Pennsylvania. After personal tragedy, and a few contentious encounters, Faith Lochren found a comfort in being alone at local dive bars and balcony overhangs. Found contentment in ignoring the outside world to live with the echoes of her past. But all things come to an end, and when an out-of-state couple shows up in town searching for their missing brother, she reluctantly agrees to help in their pursuit. Delving into the seedy underbelly of the town once more, Faith and her companions find themselves inserted into a mysterious conspiracy that threatens to change the world as they know it.

If anybody would like to be tag-listed for updates, let me know. I'll be happy to do so.

#Close to the Vale #original works on AO3 #is this a bad idea?#eh.... maybe #but I'm going to try it anyway #Mouse is back on her nonsense

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sexiestpodcastcharacter · 6 months

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Sexiest Podcast Character — Round 8|Ζ (Final Round)

EDIT: Carlos the Scientist is from Welcome to Night Vale.

#Round 8 #Glenn Close #Glenn Close DnDads #Carlos the Scientist #Carlos Robles #Dr. Carlos Dave Robles #Dungeons & Daddies #Dungeons and Daddies #Welcome to Night Vale #I can't be perfect and polls are uneditable.

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xxbranch-dressingxx · 6 months

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Thorn Vale loves his niece and nephew so much that watching them go far beyond what any stoat before has accomplished makes him think "Lila is BRIGHTER THEN THE SUN, and Jaysohn is swifter then the wind! Im a prophet bc i prophesied these two wonderful young stoats and they happen to be my family" like. it made me want to cry so much.

#burrow's end #demension 20 #D20 #d20 burrow's end #thorn vale #maybe its bc i wasnt really close to all my aunts or uncles growing up #bc drugs

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mispelled · 6 months

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Would you guys hate me if I told you I drew most of this before the poll was over

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twomystdunstans · 6 months

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Carlos, KILL.

(vote 4 Carlos here ^^!)

#Lovelace is the opposite of let’s go lesbians she has an army of gay men she can summon at will #carlos the scientist #carlos wtnv #carlos robles #lovelace #captain lovelace #isabel lovelace #glenn close dndads #dndads glenn close #wtnv #welcome to night vale #w359 #wolf 359 podcast #wolf 359 #dndads #dndaddies #dungeons and daddies #Nightvale #wtnv carlos

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nvoc · 4 months

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GENSHIN IMPACT ; chenyu vale

#genshin impact #genshin #dailygaming #gamingscenery #gamingedit #vgedit #genshinimpactedit #genshinedit #genshin impact scenery #chenyu vale #liyue #.c #.gif #.genshin impact #gif #happy 4.4 peepz #i got both xianyun and nahida pretty close to one another 🙏#32 pulls apart i think #new year luck on my side fr

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getvalentined · 1 year

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Okay, maybe you people do understand the lights above the Arby's.

Goodnight, tumblr. Goodnight.

#cecil gershwin palmer #wtnv #welcome to night vale #cecilsweep #art tag #*dusts off this character design*#man it's been a while huh #great work everyone #don't look at this too closely #i went from sketch to this state in literally like 90 minutes #it's a MESS #but I had to do SOMETHING

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moonshynecybin · 4 months

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The height difference between Marc and vale will always be personal to me

drives me literally insane lol

#pic from marc's twitter btw. he captioned it vale giving me some advice smiley face emoticon.#callie speaks #motogp #asks #rosquez #whyyyyy are you standing that close. like whyyyy

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muxas-world · 24 days

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So who do we go from 2022 marc saying he wants nothing to do whit valentino and just respect him

"You go you way i will go to mine"

To 2023 saying "beutiful years what we got toggeter "and saying maybe to having a dinner but just doesn't depend on you

#so sorry but im still obses cause who #what shiperp #my pr brians is telling me that he is triying to creat a narrative of cordial of vale is the one who wanst noting whit me #but again why doing a pr campung in 2022 were you adres alot stuff and close the dorr to a reconciliation whit valentino #motogp #valentino rossi #marc marquez #rosquez

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residentdormouse · 4 months

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Find the Words...

... (and the theme)!

Dangerous game you're playing @mrsmungus, tagging me in this. I can hear the train whistles in the distance, and feel the vibration in the tracks... Gotta get my ticket ready, I suppose.

The rules are simple - find a sentence, or excerpt, that includes the words you're given and paste it in, and include a link to the finished story of you want. But honestly, guidelines at best - do what you want.

My words to find: honey, calm, trust, shimmer, darkness, fall, crime, portable, stain, crisp.

(It's not a slam, but I heard honey crisp apples shimmering in the darkness of a calm fall night, and I'm stubbornly sticking with the Autumn theme.)

No Pressure Tags: @imagine-you @cxttlefishcxller @asirensrage @athenswrites (don't feel the need to join in if you don't want, but saw your writblr post, and figured I'd send you one) And of course, sending this right back at you, @mrsmungus. Tag, you're it.

As always - OPEN TAG - if you'd like to join in!

Your words are: White, Cold, Snow, Frost, Ice, Gloves, Hat, Cocoa (or Tea), Blanket, Snuggle/cuddle (or any variation of this)

Excerpts below the cut...

I only have a small amount written ahead for my original story WIP 'Close to the Vale', so most of this will probably still be from the 'Wonderland' fanfiction series ('Something Like a Spiral' and 'Just Keep Diving Down'. I'll give Close first priority though.

Honey: (I was worried about this, but apparently my 'Diving' OC Lauffey has a proclivity for using this word. That said, I also found it in a section that allows me to post 'Fuck off, Flagg' and I can't resist.)

While outwardly charming, maliciousness shown through in the minute details on his face. She should have known this was going to be a big game to him. Cat and mouse, it was his favorite. Fortunately, it seemed like the typical roles were reversed at the moment. "Fuck off, Flagg." "Always so rude. You catch more bees with honey, you know…" If she could have kept all her other memories and just erased him, took away everything about this nightmare of a man, well it would have been a tempting offer. The bubbling anger building up inside her was now a known response to interactions with him. Fear was somewhere close behind, though she wasn’t looking to give him that satisfaction anymore.

Calm: (Two chapters down in 'Close' - Not used in connection with who I thought it would be though...)

"You know him?" The reply was calm and level headed. The same could not be said of the more visible distressed man to his right. "Please. If– If you know anything that could, I mean, anything that help us find—" The picture of another younger man was thrust at her. Same raven hair, same chocolate eyes. Slight differences, but clear relation. Brother most like. He had a striking smile, and she would have been charmed if not for the small tattoo on the inside of his left wrist. Plain as day, just as Paul had said. She may not know this particular man, but she knew where he’d be.

Trust: (found in a short section I wrote for farther ahead in 'Close'. This could potentially change a fair deal. First drafts and all.)

“And you were just going to politely ask me to leave everything. My life? My home?! We were only there to look for you, you know.” “Yeah, I know. Trust me, I fucking know.”

Shimmer: (wow... it's a Flagg day I suppose - pulled this from 'Spiral')

He moved close enough that only inches remained between them, and a chill emanated from his presence. Conflicting to the nature of their conversation, he gently brushed a stray lock of her hair back behind her ear. "I don't need to be your enemy." Despite the chill, his breath was hot against her face, and she braced herself for any attack that followed. But it never came. In a shimmer of smoke, he was gone. Nothing. Emptiness. She let out the breath she didn't realize she was holding. "But I have no problem filling the role if that's how you want to play the game."

Darkness: (Might as well let him run with it... Another Flagg burst from 'Diving')

She didn't know where it came from, certainly didn't call for it, but sympathy for the man in front of her shook her resolve momentarily. For somebody with a positive nature, lighter memories are going to pull first. Bright memories to shine through. And there was most likely a larger abundance of them. It's what makes them who they are. Flagg was an embodiment of darkness. What must have happened to turn somebody into this? How does one make a monster such as him? What memories haunted him most? This paired with Rayna’s lack of delicacy. Ruthlessness. "I'm sorry."

Fall: (Not the fall I was imagining, but its all 'Close' has so far.)

Once outside the stuffy office, she found herself easily falling in step next to him. Silence dominated the first few feet. To say she didn’t know where to begin was an understatement. When she came here, she hoped to be leaving with these papers, but not under these circumstances. Not through this exact chain of events. That said, she certainly wasn’t complaining about the change in course. Damsel in distress was not her M.O., but if it led her here, it couldn’t be all bad.

Crime: (Not going to lie - very first draft and not even a completed chapter of 'Close' - has the potential to change a LOT. But I did say I was giving this first crack.)

Why wasn't the general public angry? The security cameras picked up a tattoo on the man leaving the building at the estimated time of the crime. A tattoo known to be a mark of the downtown gangbanger shitheads that were a thorn in many sides. A menace in their own backyard. Shouldn't they want a resolution? A safer community?

Portable: (From 'Spiral' again. Flagg is really showing up today...)

Food, drink, frivolity. Everything was planned out thoroughly. The pavilion was decked out with small lights. A portable generator Glen had found was fired up. But her mind was on her task: Ad Hoc Committee welcome and rundown on the darker agenda. Find out what Larry knew about Flagg, and fill in what blanks she could.

Stain: (Yup, just letting him take it over I suppose... From later in 'Diving' Also snagged a bonus 'shimmer'.)

“It's over now. Do you think anybody here cares about…" her hands waved quickly about him, highlighting his new appearance. "Nobody cares here. Not about that. But that?" Another movement to indicate at her wounds. To the new red stains on her clothing. "That behavior we do care about, and will not be tolerating, do you understand? This is a place of acceptance. All kinds. And we do not fight our own here." A shimmer of bright red flashed over his eyes before it fell to the duller shade. The rigidity in his stance faded away. All outward appearances were reverting back to the carefree persona he usually adopted, as if he were unaffected by the actions surrounding him. Actions from those he surely considered beneath him. But he had shown his cards. He cared. And he hurt.

Crisp: (Well now it just feels weird not having Flagg. Pulled from the last section of 'Diving'.)

Her duster was hanging on the coat rack, and she grabbed it before heading back out. So much for taking a breather from it all, not that she had breath to take. The show must go on; best get back to it before somebody started ad-libbing something she wouldn’t be prepared to say yes to. The night air was crisp on her skin, and she welcomed the cold for a moment. Feeling it on her face was a welcome change from the mornings. Layers upon layers to protect from the hazards of being her. Daytime hours were meant to be her reprieve; she wasn’t built for this nonstop push, but there was little option. Protection was what mattered now. Moving people away, stopping the internal fighting, trying to find what weakness that could be exploited. The thoughts swirled in her head as she walked the dirt path towards the outskirts, but they didn’t have long to sink in. Rumination ended with an explosion, and a burst of light.

#you started this #and I will take no responsibility #for running off the tracks #or on if we're keeping the analogy #alitteration station is just down the tracks #from these theme schemes #mouse is back on her nonsense #mouse's tag games and reblogs #Close to the Vale #Jumping to Wonderland #Something like a Spiral #Just Keep Diving Down

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sexiestpodcastcharacter · 4 months

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Bonus Poll #6 — Champions

#Bonus Poll #Isabel Lovelace #Glenn Close #Glenn Close DnDads #Carlos the Scientist #Carlos Robles #Dr. Carlos Dave Robles #Wolf 359 #Dungeons & Daddies #Dungeons and Daddies #Welcome to Night Vale

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pralinesims · 7 months

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He looks so good with blood on his face.

#ts4 #my sims #my pictures #simblr #cas #vale #i mean it's very close to his default look #but i LOVE how “natural” he looks like a vampire? like it just fits sooo well

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mispelled · 6 months

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"Ooouuuhhhoo but how can I choose between two blorbos" WEAK. draw them fighting.

Anyway vote for Glenn

#this is why it's great when i know both contenders for once #mispelled draws #misp draws #dndads #wtnv #welcome to night vale #carlos the scientist #carlos dave robles #glenn close #glenn close dndads #sexiest podcast character poll

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kingofthering · 3 months

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baby Mav, Pecco, Luca, Cele & Bezz in February of 2016

#y: 2016 #look how cute all of them are #I’m so close to making a google sheet to figure out who was at vale’s little race which year #maverick viñales #luca marini #pecco bagnaia #valentino rossi #celestino vietti #academy boys

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thevoiceofdesertbluffs · 4 months

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"I know what I have to do with this knife."

“I have to put it… into a body!”

“I have to put it into a body over and over,” he says, “until everything comes out.”

#wtnv #welcome to night vale #wtdb #welcome to desert bluffs #kevin wtnv #kevin wtdb #wtnv spoilers #wtnv 241 #gart #this episode. I am too fucking tired for coherent words right now but holy fuck.#amyways i imagined mini kevin's eyes big and bright and his little tail wagging as he said the knife thing so. drawiiiiing #also tried something different w the eyes because i wanted how big they are to be shown... giggles #he is holding that TOO CLOSE to his FACE !!!

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giraffecatfish · 8 months

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Waddup, im jared im 19 and i never fucking learned how to do anything with my hands

Patches with suggestions from this post:

Plus a db pin i made for exercise. I planned to use two quotes with opposite energy, but couldn't pick two that would be both short and recognizable enough. This is the closest i could get, with "sleep like there's no one watching" being ominous nonsence, and "weird at last" being sort of triumphant and meaningful to me (started coming out this year, so i AM weird at last).

Gonna try to make some other quotes from that post when i figure out how to do small letters. Thanks for your suggestions

#wtnv #night vale #welcome to night vale #“trees! they are us” was a close contender but it NEEDS to be in cursive and i can barely do print #giraffe does things

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