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SPRING!

Spring has sprung and I've got an itchy trowel hand. I'm dying to get stated in the gardens. Raise your hand if you think I need at least one raised bed for herbs.

I chose those baseball players because it's also baseball season! Opening day is March 28th. Hit 'em where they ain't boys! Name that movie. Here's a hint.

If I sound chipper today, it's because I am. I HAVE A DAY OFF! Hallelujah! This job has become all-consuming and honestly, not fun. With spring in the air I'm longing for home and time spent playing in the dirt. The flower beds in the front of the house wave me off every morning and greet me every night - and I miss them!

Those gorgeous irises ae from Stoner Creek Elementary where I spent many years working. When a tornado wiped out the school some of my sweet teacher friends dug up and divided irises from the grounds. My dear pal, Dina, gifted me with several and they're thriving. The tulip bulbs were sent by my sister-in-law last December. I put them in the ground and, lo and behold, all 40 bloomed! Isn't it special when you can look at parts of your gardens and feel a rush of love for the people who made it possible? Double the pleasure. Our high today is just 47 and there's a chilly wind blowing, but the sun is bight and skies are blue. No complaints from me. I spent a little time cleaning up winter debris from the flower beds and making plans for what I'll grow this year. Every fall I swear I'm not planting sunflowers again, and every spring I come across seeds that I saved and I'm pulled right back in. Of course I'll plant them. They did really well on the east side of the house last summer, so that's where they'll go again. I surrounded them with zinnias for extra color (is there anything easier to grow than zinnias?) and the grandgirl liked making bouquets with them. I'll do that again. My Zepherine rose bush arrived last week and went into the ground, crossing my fingers that she'll really show off. Of course, this is her first year so I shouldn't expect too much. I shouldn't, but I will. I need to do a lot of things with my time off, but I have a feeling most of it will involve dirt. I'm okay with that. I just want to wear old t-shirts, make things grow, and feed the birds and squirrels. I've become an old swamp witch. There are worse ways to spend my time, right? I've got a roast in the crockpot, I'll roast some broccoli and mash some taters for dinner. We eat a lot of salmon and salads, generally avoiding red meat, but I thought the mister deserved a big hunk of cow meat tonight. He has been absolutely wonderful about keeping things tidy and making dinners. I know, I know women do invisible work for decades and no one ever applauds or thanks them. We're criticized when we don't do it all, but never thanked. Still, I appreciate that he's not leaving everything for me to do, so I will shower him with beef. I know it's been forever since I posted, and I really hate it. HATE it. I ask myself at the end of every nine hour day at the library why I'm doing this. I just wanted to volunteer somewhere and meet some nice people.

I know that most folks don't see what happens behind the scenes in a library, it seems like quiet people just sit at desks and check books in and out. There's constant work to be done, lots of big plastic tubs of books coming and going that have to be processed, inter-library loans,etc. I also spend time at the information desk which is always wild. Some of the questions that people call with would blow your mind. I enjoy working in the children's room, that's always fun. I really love when I can put the right book into a kid's hands and they come back and ask for more like it. Shelving never ends...ever. I'm already working on April's displays , two in the main library and one in the children's room. I just really wish that the days weren't so long. This week is a short week for me and I am delighted. Next week will be long. If they'd just have me come in from 9 to 1 daily, I could knock out all of my work plus others' tasks and still have a life. I work every hour that I'm there, others do not. If I have down time I will float around and pick up the slack in other areas. If everything is caught up, I'll clean. I never thought I'd be that senior citizen that complained about "young people today", but my gosh there's a whole lot of dead weight on staff. Seems like everyone has a special reason why they can't complete a task or show up for work. Ugh. They're all making more than me and getting health insurance, why am I the only one worried about the work getting done? I'm the part-time granny! Okay, I'm not going to end this happy blog post with whining about work. It has been good for me to get out and meet people, I'll stick with the positives. I skipped lunch today because I was working in the yard and now I'm feeling snacky. Since we're having a big dinner I guess I'll just have some cucumbers or a cup of yogurt. That'll keep me from wasting away to normal. Might even sit down and watch some murder tv. I've really been missing my shows! I have to catch up on all of the heinous things people do to one another. I wouldn't be surprised if someone calls the library asking how to dispose of a body, I'll just consider this research. I'm off for a couple of days so I'll blog again tomorrow. Hooray!! I miss the old days of steady blogging. Until then... Stay safe, stay well, HAPPY SPRING! XOXO, Nancy

For the Fantasy Asks (for whichever wip you feel fits best):

WITCH - What sparked the idea for this world?

and only natural to follow a witch with a

CAULDRON - Give me a fantasy food!

--@ceph-the-ghost-writer

hi Ceph! thanks for the ask (that i've let sit in my inbox for ages 😅). i'll answer for the world of The Art of Empty Space:

witch

the story of AES, i guess! i don't really tend to start with worldbuilding; most of the time, i have an idea for a story (or, more often, for a character or dynamic) and build the world around it. if the world i build for one story happens to work with another, great; more often, though, each story has its own world. so this particular world came from my spur-of-the-moment decision to write a "beauty and the beast" type story, which promptly spiraled out of control into something else (as tends to happen).

cauldron

seafood fritters are a specialty of the southern province, and Lienzo's favorite food. they're intended to be versatile, and can be made by mixing any type of seafood (although firmer seafoods tend to work better) into a thin batter (optionally with shredded vegetables to bulk it out) and frying on a griddle with any high-smoke-point oil. in Lienzo's hometown of Minadore, they're most often made with sea snails. this sea snail version is especially popular in midsummer, when the mooncrabs drift in for their mating season. the snails, having eaten bioluminescent crab eggs and larvae, will glow as well (and continue to do so for several hours after death). these fresh 'moon fritters' are commonly served on the summer solstice.

Personal Mission | Purple Realm AU

Summary: you miss spen time with your wife and now you have a special mission for you both

Pairing: Agatha Harkness x Female!Reader

Type: Fluff

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Agatha's POV

I woke up and feel a gaze on me i turn around to find my wife stare at me "Jeez, Y/n you scared me!" my voice is raspy. She didn't seem to notice me "Y/n honey, ae you alright ?", she finaly looked at me and ran her hand in my hair before kiss my forhead "Aggi, do you have anything plan for this week ?" she asked softly "mmm…euh no honey. Strange want me to help hil with something but i can cancel why ?" "okay can you reshuldish it for the next week?" she kissed me before i could reply she leave for the bathroom.

I was processing what's happening before texted Strange to let him know i would not avaible all the week. I was lost in my thought, i didn't hear Y/n came back, she dropped two suitcase in front of our bed "Babe, can you make breakfast i'll joind you after i finishe this." she asked and i nodded, it's curious it's not her thing to make plan without let me know but i wanted to ler her explain me herself. So i kiss her and make my way to the kitchen.

~~~~~~~~ Y/N's POV

I was in the bedroom and started to pack some of our favourite clothes in the suitecase, i stoped when i found an old SHIELD suit. It reminded me a lot of memories, the first time we met, the first time i asked her out and our first kiss. I knew i should tell her what i have planed but i have to keep the secret. It will be amazing, at leat i think. I finished to pack everything and rushed to the kitchen when i find the witch, she was making pancake and i hugged her from behind "okay, do you want to tell me what's happening now ?" she asked but she seemed happy "i have a mission and i nedd you to come with me" i replied. She turned around to face me she was inspecting my gaze "i swear you'll not have to fight" i smiled and kissed her "okay but why you didn't go with kate or wanda if you need a witch" i pouted "i can't want to spend time with the most beatiful witch on earth?" she laughed.

I sat on a chair "but you will have to get ready in hour" i said, she looked confused "i let some cloths on the bed" "you chose my clothes ? okay, what's happening babe" i faigned the dumb "i just bought new wloth yesterday and i want to see you in them today" i smiled, it's not a lie i really bought her ne clothes yesterday when i was doing shopping with Kate. She looked suspicious but she didn't said anything.

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Agatha's POV

I finished to prepared myself and head to the bedroom to found a beautiful dark blue dress on the bed, i changed myself and when i was looking in the mirror that remind me something. I rushed to front door when i saw Y/n with the suitcase, she was ready to go she had the keys in her hand and when she looked at him her eyes shone "Honey, you're amazing. i don't heve the words" i blushed it's been more than 15 years since we're married but she always find a way to treat me like the most precious woman in the entire univers. She held me her free hand "Mrs.Harkness if you let me" i took her hand and she led me to the car, she waited until i was seat before went back to the hous to brought the suitcase and locked the door.

She sat, buckeld her belt and started the car, she was driving since five minutes "okay, i checked there is nothing special this week and Wanda tell me you don't have any mission sheldush for the month so, do you want to tell me what's happenig ?" i asked her. She didn't get her eyes from the road but she smiled "Okay, i just want to spend more time with you. I was always busy the last month and we didn't had the time to have night date or just time to ang out so i took my week off for us" my eyes started to be wet "but Y/n, sweetheart you don't have to do anything special. i know you were busy i didn't mind i promise" "yeah i know but i think we need too. i mean of course i love spending time Kate and the other but i wanted just be with you, just only two".

Oh man, i love her so much. i was not ready to hear this, i knew she love spend time and even if i tried to distracted myself for the past month i missed spent time with her too. "I love you Y/n. But i have a question" "yeah?" "why did you buy me a new dress ? don't get the wrong idea, i love it, it's beautiful but the last time i checked it was pretty expensive" she stopped at a red light, she grabbed my hand and kissed it "Agatha, you know nothing is too expensive for you" she winked before she lean to catched my lips with hers. "i'm lucky you're not Stark's sister" i said and we laughed "if i was i would give all the most beatiful thing in this wilrd to let you know how much i love you" "but you already did" i replied and she looked confuse "you gave me your heart and it's the precious thing in the entire multivers" i laid my hand on her tight "i love you so much Y/n"

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a/n: you'll have the next part in two week sorry. i prepare something special for the velentine' week.

LOCATION: THE SHRINE OF MÅNE TIMESTAMP: Wednesday 11th of January @oh-chung-ae It had been almost two months since Helia had showed Chae the Empty Spot, and since then five large ones had opened up all over Fenrir's Wood, some empty, some buzzing. But they had all scared her, more than that small spot she had opened the other up to. She had called him a few hours after the discovery of Casey Connor and the flying empty spot, and vowed to be truthful with him. She recognised the two Witches who had found the young Casey, and set her best people on them - the ones that were like her. Then she had made her way to the Little Duck, maybe to inform Nishant Doshi of the situation of Reza, maybe because she had wanted to share it with someone. It turned out the latter was more on her mind as she walked in. "Ah, am I on time for your dinner break?" She asked, smiling at Chae as if nothing was the matter.

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Mafia’s POV:

“Well. Uh. That didn’t work.” “No.. no, it didn’t.”

The three Mafia members sat in the Mafioso’s house, glancing back at one another. Their plan to have Ollie executed failed, & it instead ended up with Dawn getting executed instead. Needless to say, it was very tense tonight.

The Mafioso tapped a pencil against the table, thinking of who to kill. They looked at the list of town members. “I’m going to kill the person at house #4 tonight.” they said. “You can stay home tonight, Janitor dude.”

“Got it!” the Janitor gave them a thumbs-up. “What should I do?” the Consort asked. “Uh..” the Mafioso thought, looking at the list again. “How about you distract the Investigator? House #9?” “Alright, I can do that.” they nodded.

& so, the Mafia headed out to go do their thing. The Mafioso went to house #4, the Consort went to house #9, & the Janitor went home.

Witch’s POV:

The Witch yawned as they walked to their target’s house. Tonight, they planned on controlling Bennie. Their last attempt to control someone was kind of a flop, but it still worked out for them a little bit? If the Witch had known Penny was a killing role, they could have made her shoot someone else. 

They approached Bennie’s house & knocked on the door. Ae answered the door rather quickly.

“What’s u-”

Before Bennie could finish his question, the Witch started reciting the spell. When they were finished, Bennie’s eyes had turned purple. 

“Alright, go use your night ability on, uh.. the guy who lives in house #2.” the Witch commanded.

“Understood.” Bennie nodded, grabbing her gas can & walking down to house #2.

The Witch sighed, heading back to their own house. The sound of a gunshot stopped them in their tracks. They whipped their head around to see someone aiming a gun at them. They had shot, & missed.

“Damn, I really suck at shooting this thing, huh?” they mumbled. “Yea, you’re a bit shit at it.” the Witch replied.  “Wh- hey! I’m not shit!” the shooter scowled. “Watch this!”

They shot 3 more bullets at the Witch, & they dodged each one.

“Wha- how?!” “Skill issue.” the Witch shrugged

The person crossed their arms. “Fine. You live for now.” 

They walked away as the Witch sighed with relief, going back to their own house.

Arsonist’s POV:

It had been about an hour after the Arsonist lost consciousness. They now found themself outside of house #2, holding a gas can. It seemed to be already doused, despite the fact that they had no memory of dousing it.

The last thing the Arsonist remembered was answering the door for someone. It was a bit dark, but they could tell who it was: Marina.

The Arsonist thought back to the note they had received.

“As an Arsonist, you can douse anyone who visits you at night.”

Marina had technically visited them, & therefore they were free to douse her! They grinned, heading back to their own house to grab another gas can (the one they had was already empty) so they could go & douse Marina’s house.

Ollie’s POV:

A knock at the door had woken up Ollie. They weren’t sleeping well anyway, so maybe a quick break from sleeping would do them some good. They hopped out of bed & opened the door, rubbing their eyes.

Two hooded figures stood before them. One of the cloaks was green, & the other was purple.

“Hello..?” Ollie mumbled. “Greetings, Ollie.” the person in the purple cloak said. “It’s a pleasure to meet you.” the green one said. “Uh.. who are you?” they asked.

The two figures entered Ollie’s house. “We can’t reveal our names just yet, but you can call us G & C.”

“Anyways,” C pulled out a file with some papers in it. They handed it to Ollie. “We’ve been.. observing you for quite a bit. Quite honestly, we feel bad for you.��� “That’s why the boss specifically requested that we help you.” G nodded.

Ollie grabbed a hold of the file. They looked at it, but didn’t open it just yet.

“We’ll be back tomorrow night to discuss.. more. Have a lovely night.”

The two of them left Ollie’s house, closing the door on their way out. Ollie sat down on their couch, holding the file in their hand. They opened it up, looking through the papers in it.

Most of it wasn’t entirely useful to Ollie, but there was a couple of papers in the file that caught their eye. One was a map of an underground system underneath the town. The other was a list of everyone in the town, & their assigned role. Ollie looked closer at it. They grinned, & started giggling to themselves. The giggling turned to laughing, & the laughing turned to cackling. 

Tomorrow was going to be an interesting day for the Jester.

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Hi! Don't worry I know it's hard working full time... I'm in the same boat as you 🥲

It was a super intense chapter and I still can't believe it's real. I'm still shocked and I don't even know what will happen next?? Will the witch appear? Will Shin ae and the others find out about what happened that same night?? I can't wait!

I think, SO MUCH, about how much more I'd be able to do if I only worked 32 hours a week, if we could just survive without having to spend this much time working, aaahhhhh ;______; I've been trying to balance my life, get some exercise going, cook more, study Korean a little more intensely, and it turns out there is NOT enough time in a week for all of this, but I'm trying lmao. I wish I could just transfer my thoughts into posts (I once debated if I thought I could do a podcast just dedicated to talking about the episodes and my 800 million thoughts but idk if I could actually bring myself to do it LMAOOOOO)

Anyway YESSSSS god it was SO intense and I feel like I'm still reeling from it? It feels like so much happened in that episode, because of how much it gave us. I can't get over how emotional it was?

I'm gonna place a little read more here, so I can get into some of my spoiler-y thoughts!

I am, frankly, horrified by the idea of Yui appearing and I hope she doesn't, but also I feel like if Rand took off to bring clothes to Kousuke, she might not be far behind, right? Something I forgot to mention in the big thought dump post I just posted is Kousuke's reaction to reading that letter from Nessa in the Bible - and how dark his expression looked. It's rough enough that he's facing one of his fears - disappointing Rand, again lol - and Rand's out here calling "my son" to Nol and pulling out all the paternal care that he's never shown Kousuke before, but god that letter from Nessa is full of so much warmth and love. Reading that will absolutely bring awareness to him that Nol wasn't so much a mistake, that Nessa wasn't the result of skirt-chasing as much as someone Rand loved, and cared about, and showed that love to, something Kousuke has never seen from Rand towards himself or even Yui. I think he's spent his whole life thinking that Nessa destroyed the sense of family, but for him to find out that Rand had kept that this whole time, that it had, at some point, been passed to Nol? How does he recover from that? How does he deal with the realization that it was true: that Rand was far too busy for his own family, but still found time to start another family, with someone he truly loved.

How do you deal with that?!

Genuinely, honestly cannot even predict if Shinae and everyone will find out about this. Maybe Kousuke will storm back to the house to get Hansuke, Yujing, and Meg and get the fuck out of there? Maybe someone will come outside to check on them? Maybe they'll go back to the party to get a phone? Or, well, Rand probably has his on him and there's the car, anyway, so maybe he'll take Nol and rush off to a hospital, but I can imagine Kousuke getting left behind, or not wanting to go because, well? Would you? lmao that would be the most awkward car ride and chances are Rand is furious and anguished.

It would be really interesting to see how everyone else will react, though. Shinae is so good at trying to remain neutral and see things from both sides, and considering she was there to witness Nol egging Kousuke into punching him, she knows HOW things went down, but would her opinion change if she knew that Nol was more injured than he let on? Or would she focus more on herself and blame herself for letting him leave and not insisting he stay and get looked over? I know this could be a pivotal event that changes her thoughts on Kousuke, but again, because she was actually there and bore witness to how it played out, does that give her more room to see him in a different light than Rand might?

More than any of that, I think they'd probably all feel a lot of horror - and maybe, again, guilt for not insisting he stay, but also, isn't that complicated? Because they already know who Nol is, what he's like, it's not the first time he peaced out on them like this, so how much could they have actually changed his mind?

One thing is for sure, that was NOT a good first impression on Minhyuk lmaooooooooo

I do think a part of me wants to with or hope that somehow Nol's friends could go see him in the hospital - because he's clearly going to have to be treated before he serves his time, he's going to have to heal before that - and maybe let it be a last demonstration at "you don't have to do this alone you have friends and we care about you even if you're stupid and reckless and too selfless for your own good" so that he can get sent off with that warmth but idk if that's just TOO hopeful for what we're playing at.

I think we are right on the cusp of the first timeskip, though. I don't know if I think it will be this episode - I think there's a lot of loose ends that need to tie up, first, right? - or within a few episodes, but I feel like this has really set the stage for the bigger timeskip when we get there. I think the part that remains the biggest mystery to me right now is: how is all of this going to affect Kousuke? Will he retreat further into his fabricated reality, or will this be one of the first threads snipped to free him?

SO excited to see tonight's episode, aaaaahhhhhh!!!!!!!!

NO WAY TO TURN BACK NOW. Welcome to Fenrir’s Wood ADI, you’ve been accepted for the role of EUN CHUNG-HEE, please refer to the member checklist and send your account to the main in 24 hours.

[ ma dong-seok, cis-man, he/him ] Hey, isn’t that EUN CHUNG-HEE? I thought they went away for the summer? Did you hear they might be a WITCH? What I do know for certain is that they’re 53, and they’re PRINCIPLED, PASSIONATE, ALTRUISTIC and PERFECTIONISTIC, OVERLY PROTECTIVE, and STUBBORN. They’re originally from JEJU ISLAND, SOUTH KOREA, and have been in Fenrir’s Wood RECENTLY living in GRANT PARK. I wonder if they still work at WIN GARAGE as the OWNER. Best if they stay safe for now. ( adi, GMT+8, he/they, 30s, removed for discretion ). * wc for Oh Chung-Ae's caretaker, all roles at Win Garage filled.

NO WAY TO TURN BACK NOW. Welcome to Fenrir’s Wood KIM, you’ve been accepted for the role of OH CHUNG-AE, please refer to the member checklist and send your account to the main in 24 hours. 

[ lee jae wook , cis-man/he/him ] Hey, isn’t that OH CHUNG-AE. I thought they went away for the summer? Did you hear they might be a WITCH? What I do know for certain is that they’re 24, and they’re RESOURCEFUL and STUBBORN. They’re originally from JEJU, KOREA, and have been in FENRIRSWOOD for THREE YEARS living in GRANT PARK. I wonder if they still work at THE LITTLE DUCK as the OWNER. Best if they stay safe for now. ( kim, pst, she/her, 28, removed for discretion )

× WITCHING HOUR — FAR CRY 5

( JUST TO LOSE CONTROL, JUST ONCE )

biggest peggy killer this side of hope county, aren't you?

tag dump 1!!

tags , tags

❪ countenance . ❫   she ‚ lazarus in scarlet . bearer of blessings & curses . 

❪ ooc . ❫ bass boosted tears for fears .

❪ act i . ❫   witch’s pyre will take the forest & consume . conquer .

❪ about . ❫ father ‚ i no more am a nightmare .

❪ prompts . ❫ it’s midnight . . . witching hour !

❪ aes . ❫ shrouded in sheep’s clothing ‚ havoc underneath .

❪ hc & metas . ❫ prophet of chaos & monstrosity . a girl ripened in ash .

❪ v . the lost boys . ❫ hunger : vicious ‚ to bear & to be feared .

PANSY PARKINSON as ALICE from ALICE IN WONDERLAND

“But I don’t want to go among mad people," Alice remarked. “Oh, you can’t help that," said the Cat: “we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad." “How do you know I’m mad?" said Alice. “You must be," said the Cat, “or you wouldn’t have come here."