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grokebaby · 1 year

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PLEASE I've gotta know more about Jetter she is so PRETTY !! Does the species of fungus that infected her have any lore ? Is she he like ok with just living with it now ? Is there anywhere I can read more about him ? ?? AUGH sorry if this is overwhelming I love your chars <3

HEEM no need to apologise!!! This is definitely the most soul touching ask I've gotten in millions of years!!!

As a note: there's still posts on my blog where Jetter is referred with he/him and that is bc she's a very old character and I've certainly had a bit of a journey with her. In the recent years I transed her gender (MtF) and tho in universe she's yet to crack the egg, this character goes by she/her. I wanted to clarify that, bc I was gonna answer that you can see more of her by going through her tag (#Jetter) but some posts are old and from the time before I started revamping her! So like at least that part is outdated. Most stuff relating to her interesting floral mutations has stayed the same tho :]

About the infection: It's a species of parasitic plant and yes it does have lore! It's a very adaptable and "intelligent"/advanced species that can inhabit several kinds of hosts. Most typically it's life cycle goes one of two ways

1. Ground originated: A seed sprouts from the ground. It tends to grow best several feet Below surface, as it takes up lots of space. It can lay dormant underground for a while, many years even, until sprouting to detectable, active levels. The type of seed that takes root in the ground is usually an american football sized bud, surrounded by thick shell. The plant's goal here is to spread and grow, so it starts leeching off of any and every other plant or floral lifeform it can to do so. It can hijack trees, plants and some fungus species, which grants it longevity, since if it just sucked them dry immediately, the plants would die quickly and thus it'd be robbed of further sustinence. You'll find this a theme with the plant. Once it's big enough to detect above ground, it's usually too late/extremely difficult to eradicate. Once reaching a certain level of physical maturity, it goes in with the chemical attack. It's flowers produce an overpowering scent that has strong hormonal effects, acting sort of like a sedative, while also making the lifeform affected more fond of the plant. Just like, making you feel all nice and great so you just wanna stay with the plant. It's one of the lures. Another lure is fruit. To begin the second stage of spread, the plant must get a lifeform to ingest parts of it. Pollen, fruits or flowers typically work best. Once ingested, it begins adapting to it's new environment aka the living host. It hijacks parts of the brain and goes from parasitic to symbiotic, to sustain the host obviously. From then on it's goal is less to spread and more just flourish and survive, but the host can still infect other people in certain ways, but only if the plant has properly taken growth into the body (at which point it can't be removed safely anymore).

2. That ofc brings us the second life cycle which is attained from an infected host. Typically, if the host dies, it's body acts as a growing ground for the flower's seeds and the cycle restarts. But while alive, some ways of spreading it to others usually includes another person ingesting or being struck with parts of the plant. For an example of the latter, like. If the infected person sneezes and pollen or stuff gets into someone's eyes or mouth. If the infected person starts growing fruit or berries though, those are no longer infectious to other people, though they can be used as lure nonetheless (*flirtatious wink*). Oh also if the infected person bites or otherwise breaks skin on someone and gets pollen there and the wound is left to fester..

About the symbiosis: As I mentioned the plant has some heavy chemicals at it's disposal so in order to cooperate with the host it'll use those chemicals to communicate with the brain. At it's early spread stages it's mostly just taking it's time to take root and see what the new crib is like. The adaptation period can be really clumsy. Once reaching the stage where it can properly communicate with the brain, things tend to go smoother. It familiarizes itself with the host's brain slowly, to work with it best, and though this stage can take a while to perfect completely, the plant is able to make basic requests and stimulate simple activities. Like making the host drink lots of water or bathe so the plant gets water, making the host hungrier so it eats for two, calming them down via happy chemicals if it detects the host overly alarmed ect. It's like Brain 2: Electric Boogaloo except it's a plant brain. At the later stages (after 2-4yrs of being infected, depending on complexity or size of host), the plant is able to adapt better to work with the host in more complex ways. It'll gain access to senses, both the host's and it's own (points at those massive flowers growing on Jetter), so it won't just be flailing around. It'll also start "understanding" things the host already knows, like social contexts and what's considered appropriate, who's your mate or family, allies, enemies ect. Note: the plant isn't conscious, it's doing all this with chemical signals and using the brain as it's central processor. There's not another "person" inside the host - and tho they can have conflicts with what the plant would see as best vs the host knowing I can't Just Do That, it's not comparable to being possessed or anything. No split personality situations here, just a plant moving into your body.

Jetter and the plant: Okay so she got it while patrolling her home kingdom's lands (she was a commander), and got immediately infected bc nobody knows wtf that is yet. It takes a bit for any symptoms to show so she directs a few more investigations about the plant until people start acting all funny and odd and so her troops retreat until further notice. Few days later she's bedridden and talks funny and moves funny. Seems all drunkenly and disoriented. Has really vivid weird dreams. Not necessarily related to the plant but Jetter herself: She confessed to her crush (coworker, male) sometime earlier and got rejected but nobody knew of it, until now, when said crush tells about it to their authorities. It quickly becomes a scandal Because (Homophobia and/or said crush showing his true colors: aka asshole). So Jetter is suspended until further notice, esp bc of her infected state and she's hospitalized/put under surveillance. Fast forward through some really awful times and she fucks off of her kingdom entirely, taking on to a wanderer lifestyle. For a while she mostly has just some odd motor dysfunctions and occasionally just blacking out or going into a zombie like state (she's barely here but awake and the plant is practicing trying to function with her). She's definitely not feeling very comfortable with all this body invasion stuff esp with how her life is turned upside down so there's alot of personal conflict with the plant settling in but it eventually smooths out as she recovers from the awful events she went through, and starts to work just fine with the plant. At least since she's a loner and nobody has to see her rolling around in the dirt and standing face up in the pouring rain. Or attacking other plants that her little symbiotic pal sees as threats.

At her current story stage, the plant has grown it's own sensory organs (again points at those two massive flowers), and is starting to get comfortable in this host, being mostly helpful or harmless by now. Still, bc she's been a loner for so long, the plant hasn't needed to get accustomed to functioning appropriately around other people, so, she'll definitely have the plant put her in embarrassing situations in the future when she returns to civilization again more full time. Unintentionally mind you. The plant doesn't realize it'd be inappropriate for some strange lady to start wrecking up a florist shop without context. So, to sum up, she's in the mid to latter stages but not fully integrated yet. Needs more fine tuning, but she's at the better, easier part of her journey with this plant. Just one more hurdle to get through once she like. Gets friends. And is around people consistently. Oh and the uh, internalized transphobia and homophobia. That too.. She had some struggles and Idk I guess she's "Okay" w the plant now but bc it still needs fine tuning it's more like this, kinda awkward but still helpful thing you have to apologise to other people about occasionally and stuff. Inconvenience. Like "No, I'm not drinking from that puddle. Let's drink from a spring. No, I'm not rolling in mud. When everyone's looking.. No, I'm not gonna tear up that flower. It's harmless." stuff like that

#Ask #Jetter #Character notes #Lore #;w; I'm sooo happy this whole ask made my day and night #This is loottsss of text (classic me) but there's some material for you!#I'm so so glad to hear you like her!!! She's very close to my heart. And also that you like my ocs in general weeehhh ;o;

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micewithknives · 3 years

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So Reid @chaotic-archaeologist enabled me so – caves and Australian archaeology. On its own post because it was far too long for me to not feel bad about putting in a reblog

(Admittedly I don’t know HEAPS about cave archaeology in Australia, just because its commonality is different in different areas of Australia, and where I am atm is very hit or miss about whether you have them BUT that being said I read a whole stack of papers talking about rock shelters and rock art this week (bc why not) so here’s the Australian cave knowledge)

Ok so caves in Australia occur in all our states - although the types of them and their uses vary.

1. From an archaeological perspective, not all caves contain archaeological ‘material’, but this doesnt mean a location doesnt hold significance to the Aboriginal peoples of that area.

Aboriginal communities and cultures in Australia have very strong ties to Country, and many people hold the perspective that the whole landscape of Australia is an archaeological ‘site’. Which is a really important concept when discussing Australian archaeology, because it reminds us that the significance of a site to community is not directly related to the amount of artefacts that may or may not be in that location.

2. Australia has cave systems, and it has rock shelters. Rock shelters tend to be FAR more common in a lot of places in Australia (I’m honestly not sure about the rest of the world someone please tell me).

I tend to know about rock shelters more than I know about caves. But in a lot of cases small caves and large rock shelters are kinda the same thing so I don’t even know anymore. Don’t ask me about the technicalities of what is a rock shelter and what is a cave. I am not the geology person. I do not know.

3. Caves/rock shelters have so many uses – they can be artwork sites, they can be occupation sites, they can be burial places, they can be religious sites, they can be initiation sites, they can be women or mens specific sites, they can be that one spot where someone stopped for lunch 3000 years ago and that seems to be it. Caves are wild ok.

4. Cave sites in Australia can hold their stratigraphy a lot better than an open landscape – especially in more desert areas. (In sand areas sediment can blow away leaving surface artefacts, from hundreds/thousands of years on the same surface).

This means that cave sites are some of the oldest archaeological sites in Australia. The oldest (so far) are the Nauwalabila I and Madjedbebe sites in the Northern Territory on Bininj country (x) (x) (x) (x)

Although we’ve recently started being able to identify Aboriginal archaeology that is now underwater as a result of changing sea levels – which is super cool (x)

There were also sites like those at Juukan Gorge in Western Australia on Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura Country which contained wooden artefacts and a plait of human hair. Unfortunately this site was blown up and a mine was put in instead last year – which cause MASSIVE media discussion and im FURIOUS about it – so you wanna hear rants about treatment of Indigenous custodians and destruction of Australian heritage sites come ask me about it, but we don’t have time and or space here (x) (x) (x)

5. Preservation rates can sometimes be higher in cave areas.

This means that wooden artefacts, human remains, hearth sites, midden materials, etc. may be in a far better condition for far longer than they would being out in the open. It also means in some cases pollen material can preserve better, which can be dated, but also tells us about environments at different points in time.

So caves - yay for dating and preservation of artefacts and sites.

6. Cave sites in Australia do not necessarily have continuous occupation. Which isn’t really super interesting to most people – but I think it’s a fun fact.

This means that excavations often have to be continued even once you hit ‘clean’ sediment, because of the longterm disuse of an area which might occur. (And also because sometimes areas had seasonal usage). You can have over a metre of ‘clean’ sediment where previous excavations have stopped, only to find more occupation layers underneath.

It also means that you can have a layer that dates to 10 000 years, 5000 years, and 200 years all stacked on top of each other. Which I think is pretty amazing – and that nothing else quite displays the length of time that Aboriginal peoples have had custodianship over Australia better than this. (x)

7. Dating cave sites is SUPER interesting. And dating sites with artworks can actually be easier in some cases.

Dating includes your more general stuff like radiocarbon dating and, uranium dating, and OSL dating.

But also includes stuff like calculating stalactite growth (x), dating beeswax in the paints (x), and paint spills and processed ochre materials (x). But a lot of what has worked in other places (although admittedly dating rock art is super hard) hasn’t worked in Australia (x) so we have to date cave sites by occupation layers – either through hearth or midden material. WHich is fun too. But we can’t guarantee that all rock art sites have occupation material. And vice versa. I think a lot of our rock art sites ARENT permanent occupation sites.

8. this report talks a little about caves in the Daintree

which I’m sure no one is actually interested in reading – because academic report – but I went down a research rabbit hole on archaeology in the Daintree after this post this morning so I’m including it

9. One of the earliest dating set of dingo remains in Australia

Its in the Madura Cave in Western Australia (x) which… I had a whole post about dingoes one time because someone asked me for a favourite fact about Aboriginal archaeology. So I’m not going on the dingo tangent again.

But yes I love reading about the Madura Cave so you now every else gets to know about it .

10. European and Malaysian contact with Indigenous peoples can be tracked through various rock arts in rock shelters in the three most northern states (x)

I just love the accurate depictions of ships on all of these ok – even though I cant guarantee they’re all in rock shelters or caves (x) (x)

Anyway uh yeah that’s probably all more fun facts about Australian cave archaeology than anyone wanted to know but I was enabled. Tada.

#archaeology #australian archaeology #Aboriginal archaeology #indigenous australia #ask #its not actually #but im classifying it as one

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evera6234 · 4 years

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Gotham’s Salty WIP: Chapter III

CHAPTER I CHAPTER II

RATING: T (Teen for cursing and stuff, this may change)

SUMMARY:

Basically, the typical Daminette with a bit of lime and spice. Borderline crack fic bc i cant without humor.

Marinette Dupain-Cheng goes to Gotham whilst carrying three years worth of emotional baggage, what she does with it, we don't know. Does she lug it around? Probably. Does she kick it off a skyscraper? Not probable, but maybe. Does she use it to drop kick an unsuspecting liar. Most definitely. ~~~> EDITED BY OLLIETHETURTLE ON AO3

Transferred from AO3.

After a couple minutes of some surface level research Tim pulled out his phone.

Replacement: The boy is Adrien Agreste

Replacement: His dad is Gabrielle Agreste

Replacement: *Gabrielle

Replacement: Fuck autocorrect

Replacement: *Gabrielle

Replacement: Ok I give up, the dude version of Gabriel

Replacement: *Gabriel

Replacement: What have I ever done to you autocorrect??

Gunz Blazin’: you a bit late there, mr tim todd

*Gunz Blazin’ renamed Replacement, Tim Todd*

Demon: Stop messaging so carelessly through this group chat you imbeciles!

Gunz Blazin’: (insert emoji spam here)

Gunz Blazin’: Hey tim, can you do some research on marinette dupain-cheng?

Gunz Blazin’: And maybe a lila who is probably in her class

Replacement: Sure, gimme a bit of time.

Regardless of how careless he seems to be, Jason is concerned. Thinking from what he could piece together, “The boy (Adrien Agreste) thinks that the girl (Marinette Dupain Cheng) is ignoring his advice and doesn’t like it. He also thinks Marinette is jealous of another person (Lila?), he thinks she is specifically jealous of how much time he and Lila spend together. But Marinette says she is not jealous.” Jason, deciding to gather more information before taking drastic measures, plans to approach Marinette calmly and act as though he had not seen what he had.

Whatever flames his plans held are immediately extinguished by the highschool blondie that should have been behind him, rather than in front of him bolting towards Marinette. “Marinette!” Chloe grieves as she wraps the small bluenette in her arms. “It’s okay, we’ll get them all. I won’t let them get away with this. You will never have to fight alone. Ever.”

“Thank you,” is the single phrase Marinette has the fight to utter before she closes her eyes and falls into a deep slumber.

A few minutes after Marinette falls asleep Chloe reaches into Marinette’s pocket to stop the recording on her phone. Then she looks up at Jason, “You better find Marinette a place to sleep before I light your ass.”

Jason reluctantly sighs in defeat. “Fine.” He bends over and picks Marinette up before turning around and walking to Bruce Wayne’s currently empty office.

Our dear Brucie had been in quite the jam for the last couple weeks. Today, finally he returns home to Gotham after his final business trip, for what he hopes to be a couple months. He walks through the front doors of Wayne Enterprises and sees the french class (who won the chance to come to Gotham because of one of their student’s spectacular essay) prepare to head back to their hotel. Aside from one student on her phone, dialing like a madman, everything seems completely fine.

Bruce walks past them and to his office, outside his window he could see it was already pitch black, aside from christmas lights. Bruce is content, he is free, at peace. Until he got closer to his office and heard ringing. “There shouldn’t be anyone calling me now, and if they would they would be calling my personal phone…” Bruce begins to think before it struck him. “BOMB!”

Bruce runs straight into his office, which in hindsight would be an extremely bad idea (listen kids, never run into a bomb infested area. plz, i don't want my readers to go kaboom) looking to defuse a bomb. But when he looked around all he found was a girl sleeping and her ringing phone. He waddled closer to the girl and poked her shoulder, kinda freaking out. “Oh fuck. She needs to wake up. Selina’s gonna castrate, then kill me. I can’t have any rumours going around right now. I’m finally free.”

Before he knew what was happening… WHAM!

Chloe is frenzied in fear. “Where the fuck in Marinette? Where the fuck is the tour guide?” Chloe scurries to our dear friend, front desk Andrew and asks.

“Yea. He’s gone.. Probably to pick up his younger brother from school.” Andrew replies.

“If you find Marinette, please call this number and let me know,” frantically, Chloe scribbles down her own number and hands it to Andrew who carelessly pockets it.

“Sure.”

Chloe is aflame. In the crime capital of the world, where is her best friend? Is she in danger? Where is Marinette? Chloe keeps calling her partner as the class boards the bus. As she sits alone in the back of the bus Chloe quietly prays “Please be safe,” she prays quietly.

“Don’t worry, she’s the ladybug. Not much can hurt her. She will be fine. Before the tour guide carried Ms. Guardian away, Tikki and Kaalki hid in her clothes” Pollen comforts from inside Chloe’s handbag.

Chloe visibly relaxes, just a bit.

Marinette just woke up has no idea where the fuck she is, but there is a dude poking her shoulder and she does not like that. At all. WHAM!

Marinette now standing up, looks down at a grown-ass man. Recognizing him she thinks, “I just assaulted Bruce Wayne!”, it did not sink in. She stared at him for a couple seconds. “FUCK! I just assaulted Bruce Wayne!!!!!!!” (Kinda sorta prompted by RoselynFey on AO3)

As Marinette begins to uncontrollably apologize, Bruce interrupts her, “Daughter. You are my daughter.”

This sentence now leads to Marinette sputtering like a madman. (Bruce please stop adopting random children it ISN’T HEALTHY!)

TAG LIST: @jeminiikrystal @demonicbusiness @i-am-ironic @woe-is-me0 @miracleofadisaster @clumsy-owl-4178 @onmywaytoloveyou @nathleigh @jeminiikrystal @blueslushgueen @intelligent-raccoon @aestheticpoetic @dood-space

#dcu x mlb #dc x miraculous #daminette #maribat #chloe redemption #marinette deserves better #ozmav #ml salt #adrien salt #alya salt #lila salt #chloe sugar #we love chloe in this house #aunty harley and ivy of ya'll stick around #cross-posted on ao3 #miraculous salt

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strekkingur · 3 years

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MEET THE MUSE POWER HOUR!!

━━ take a seat and REPOST this detailed little bio with criteria to introduce the world to your muse. no reblog karma or tagging ━ if you see this on your dash, feel free to partake in it!

☆ ━ B A S I C S .

NAME:: Eiríkur A. Sævarsson / Republic of Iceland

NICKNAME(S):: Eiki with family, Ice by others (call him Ice Ice Baby and you get hit)

AGE:: 1,147 yo, stuck at 18 in human age

GENDER:: male, he/him

NATIONALITY:: Icelandic

☆ ━ A P P E A R A N C E .

EYE COLOR:: a very pale blue actually, but being an albino and having so little pigment in his eyes, the blood vessels of his retinas show through the iris and make his eyes appear almost violet in colour... his actual eye colour can be hard to tell

HAIR COLOR:: white as snow due to albinism

HAIRSTYLE:: short/medium length, usually tousled beyond hope. He has thick, straight hair (tho a few unexpected waves often appear here and there) that has a mind of its own. On top of that, his home country is known for its unpredictable weather and high winds so any of Eiríkur’s attempts to style his hair nicely will be in vain within a few hours. The end result looks as if he hasn’t brushed his hair in a few weeks

HEIGHT:: 180 cm / 5′11′‘

WEIGHT:: 67 kg / 147 lbs

BUILD:: lanky, very narrow frame, gangly and awkward with legs for days... you know that teenager stage where it looks like someone attached a string to the top of their head and pulled up? that what I’m trying to say is he’s like a noodle

TATTOO(S):: N/A

SCAR(S):: covered in burn scars thanks to being volcanic (plus a few “oopsies”)

PIERCING(S):: N/A

PREFERRED FASHION:: his beloved lopapeysas paired with black skinny jeans and a nice pair of boots (either ankle or knee high). Often wears all black or dark colours (dark blue, dark grey, deep mossy green, brown) and combined with his white hair and pale skin, ends up looking like he’s escaped from an old b&w photograph. He doesn’t care for accessories other than a pair of earbuds either plucked in his ears or looped around his neck. Usually wears two layers (wool can be itchy directly against the skin) and when the weather gets colder, he adds a furry-hooded parka and gloves to his ensemble but often skips other warm items of clothing like scarfs and hats

TYPICALLY SMELLS LIKE:: his asthma doesn’t handle strong smells so Eiríkur doesn’t wear cologne or use any scented soaps or shampoos, usually he only smells clean, a little musky, a warm vanilla kind of smell like an old and beloved book. Residual smells from his daily life may include wool, animals, coffee, rosin, etc. Sometimes he may carry faint hint of sulphur, again, thanks to being a volcanic nation

☆ ━ P E R S O N A L I T Y .

POSITIVE TRAITS:: allocentric || appreciative || calm || caring || challenging || charming || creative || compassionate || dramatic || efficient || focused || imaginative || liberal || loyal || neat || non-authoritarian || observant || witty ||

NEUTRAL TRAITS:: stubborn || perfectionist || sarcastic || confident || prideful || competitive || rash || unsentimental || artful || casual || complex || emotional || honest || outspoken || sensual ||

NEGATIVE TRAITS:: abrasive || argumentative || blunt || crass || cynical || egocentric || fatalistic || hesitant || indulgent || irritable || lazy || libidinous || meddlesome || moody || neurotic || passive || possessive || vague ||

LIKES:: animals (especially horses), reading books and studying, learning new things, Nordic Noir, true crime podcasts, sci-fi, listening to music, playing music, nice shoes (esp tall boots), feeeeesh (fish is dead serious business), coffee, pancakes, ice cream, liquorice, sweet pies, pastries, all kinds of sweets tbh, birdwatching, windowshopping, hiking, wide open spaces, having the newest gadgets, NatGeo documentaries, knitting his own sweaters, cheerful and optimistic people, dark humour, bad puns, witty jokes

DISLIKES:: being treated like a naive child who doesn’t know how the world works, feeling insignificant and unheard (read: being ignored), his family (depending on the day with Denmark but Norway is quite solidly on the black list), pretentious people (England), pointless decorum, dishonesty, indirect communication, power distances, deadlines, other people’s insistence to punctuality, and all other useless “hassle”, people who are busy just for the sake of being busy, people who call Icelandic horses ponies, people who diss his traditional food, judgmental people, people and things that (dare to) tower over him, people who pick on others, people who dislike animals and/or animals dislike them, snakes and spiders and other creepy crawlies with too little or too many legs (he feels very conflicted about Sleipnir), neckties... (cut for length)

PHOBIAS / FEARS:: being abandoned, being powerless, lacking a voice and a purpose in the world, getting attached to people, having his trust betrayed, death and dying (both his own and other people he unfortunately finds himself caring about), asphyxiation, needles (or any medical stuff really)

HABITS:: wearing earphones 24/7, always either listening to music and/or singing or humming under his breath, wearing all black clothes, speaking his mind regardless of any and all consequences, siding with the underdogs, showing up at least 15 minutes late to any engagements, reading ferociously about the topics that interest him so that when the conversation lands on those topics he can obliterate his opponent, getting stuck on wikipedia rabbit roles, second-guessing and arguing with himself, taking an average of three days to reply to texts (just call him if you need something), showing up to visit unannounced, baking about once a week, always having homemade desserts to offer to guests but refusing to say they’re homemade

☆ ━ R E L A T I O N S H I P S .

SEXUAL ORIENTATION:: demisexual

ROMANTIC ORIENTATION:: biromantic

RELATIONSHIP STATUS:: something may be afoot with Sarafina ( @orkidpayanke )

☆ ━ H E A L T H .

CHRONIC CONDITIONS:: moderate allergic asthma, PTSD of abandonment, a few specific phobias, hayfever, dry skin and eczema (melancholic by nature but does not fill the criteria for depression)

ADDICTIONS:: caffeine; he can definitely be a bit dangerous to deal with without it

ALLERGIES:: dust mites, pollen, mould (main triggers for his asthma but almost any irritants can set him off: tobacco smoke, air pollution, ash/volcanic fumes, perfumes - please don’t wear strong perfume around him - cold air, dusty rooms, chest infections), also gets a rash around his face and neck from strong sunlight

☆ ━ H O M E .

PLACE OF RESIDENCE:: a house by the sea in the outskirts of Vogar

METHOD OF TRANSPORTATION:: by car if the destination is more than 5 mins away (or alternatively he’d like to commute by horseback but for some reason they tell him it isn’t “professional” and that he’s “making a scene” in the modern day)

PETS:: four Icelandic horses, two cats, and a dog

☆ ━ W O R K & E D U C A T I O N.

JOB:: government “intern” / eternal student, he reads over miscellaneous paperwork (sometimes he jokingly calls himself the PM’s spell-check) and travels for diplomatic missions. His govt is understanding of his physical youth and thanks to the peacefulness of his nation, are willing to allow him time to study and learn the ropes of nationhood (sometimes Eiríkur complains that they could give him more work). In his free time he also volunteers in the local Search and Rescue group

SCHOOLING:: he learnt the basics of survival, the ancient laws and etiquette from his medieval chieftains and later Norway. While living in Denmark he had various tutors and received the standard education of a noble boy for the era. In the modern day he’s enrolled in the local university and does online courses on various subjects that spark his interest. Has completed degrees in Icelandic Language and History at this point, and the rest of his credentials are coming along slowly

SPOKEN LANGUAGES:: Icelandic, Danish, English, German, French, Latin, Old Norse, and to a (much) lesser extent: Norwegian, Swedish (tho he might just be speaking Danish without the stød), Polish, Lithuanian, Latvian, Estonian, and Finnish

SKILLS:: playing the violin and piano, singing, chess, animal husbandry and horsemanship, reciting the sagas and medieval law forwards and backwards by heart, baking, story telling, braiding hair, knitting, quick memorisation of both useful and useless information, wilderness survival, can always point true north, and also has a truly spectacular talent for misplacing things and getting lost

☆ ━ R A N D O M .

QUIRKS:: miracle kid that honestly should have died more than a few times already (bc his own land is constantly trying to kill him), might just be indestructible at this point, now insists on having an opinion in everyone’s business (to not lead an empty existence), also insists on acting tougher than he is, covers up most of his emotions with an explosive temper, has a tendency to get into petty arguments (esp with England), never uses the word “please”, is a neat freak, had a Viking fanboy phase in the 1920s (rumours say it might still be brewing under the surface), cannot tie a necktie without almost hanging himself, actively rebels against all social rules both on personal and national level, and is always down to fight

RELIGION:: Protestant Christian (nominally part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland, but mostly agnostic in practice)

THEME SONG(S):: Síðasta kveðjan - Árstíðir

#many are difficult to see through (headcanons)#major headcanons #me introducing my muses: and here we have a belligerent beanpole #the reason this took me so long is actually bc I had somewhat hard time thinking of stuff Eiki actually likes xD

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radvee92 · 4 years

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Your cat's urine smell is far less maintenance.Elderly or incontinent cats may necessitate a visit to your vet.Although your cat is choosing to do this first, so that the best cat litter mat does not get the cold shoulder from your doctor.Do not forget: They have an older cat that is much more likely to settle for at least not all cats equal resourcesThat's her sign to continue to water the plant you'll probably only teach them which items belong to the face, lips, nose and pocket.

These kitty's are a different brand of cat urine smell, so you can do so much better to be serious when you utter a certain amount of stress in a cat proof house.And, if you are going to mark their territory, female cats in their front paws.The time, dedication and monetary investment involved in cat urine.There is usually several months, and this is suitable for the cats do not have to purchase a silent place like the sticky side up.If you have a urinary tract infection cat pees outside the box, and their behavior we can use a garden hose as this may not do so that the problem behavior of the most common vaccinations given are for multiple reasons.

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jcallaghanarchive · 7 years

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"i think it's very healthy to spend time alone. you need to know how to be alone and not be defined by another person."

basic information

FULL NAME: josephine sanne callaghan PRONUNCIATION: joe-suh-feen | sah-nah | cal-uh-han MEANING: god will add/increase REASONING: her mother preferred the name over her other choices NICKNAME(S): jo, josie. but no one is allowed to call her josie anymore. she hates it . PREFERRED NAME(S): jo BIRTH DATE: june 6th AGE: 22 ZODIAC: gemini GENDER: cis female PRONOUNS: she/her ROMANTIC ORIENTATION: biromantic SEXUAL ORIENTATION: bisexual NATIONALITY: irish ETHNICITY: irish CURRENT LOCATION: wilson, oregon LIVING CONDITIONS: lives in an apartment with her two cats. TITLE(S): miss

background

BIRTH PLACE: dublin, ireland HOMETOWN: kinnegad, ireland SOCIAL CLASS: middle class EDUCATION LEVEL: graduated highschool & college. has a degree in music theory & comp. FATHER: thomas callaghan MOTHER: maeve daly-callaghan SIBLING(S): simon, jordan & soairse callaghan (they are all half-siblings) BIRTH ORDER: simon, JO, jordan, & soairse CHILDREN: none. PET(S): two cats, cornelius & pandora OTHER IMPORTANT RELATIVES: none. PREVIOUS RELATIONSHIPS: she never had a serious relationship tbh, just a few here and there ARRESTS?: none PRISON TIME?: none

occupation & income

PRIMARY SOURCE OF INCOME: waitress at the jefferson street diner SECONDARY SOURCE OF INCOME: she gives piano lessons TERTIARY SOURCE(S) OF INCOME: none. APPROXIMATE AMOUNT PER YEAR: $21,000 CONTENT WITH THEIR JOB (OR LACK THERE OF)?: yeah, tbh she loves being a waitress PAST JOB(S): growing up she worked in her mother’s flower shop SPENDING HABITS: she’s pretty frugal tbh MOST VALUABLE POSSESSION: she has a little shoebox filled with a few of noah’s belongings. anything in that box really

skills & abilities

PHYSICAL STRENGTH: 7/10 OFFENSE: 8/10 DEFENSE: 8/10 SPEED: 7/10 INTELLIGENCE: 8/10 ACCURACY: 6/10 AGILITY: 6/10 STAMINA: 9/10 TEAMWORK: 5/10 TALENTS: she can play the piano!! she’s been playing for almost 18 years. SHORTCOMINGS: computers usually LANGUAGE(S) SPOKEN: english & gaelic DRIVE?: she can, but she doesn’t. she used to back in ireland but not in wilson oop JUMP-STAR A CAR?: yep! CHANGE A FLAT TIRE?: nope! RIDE A BICYCLE?: yes SWIM?: not properly, no PLAY AN INSTRUMENT?: the piano!! PLAY CHESS?: nope BRAID HAIR?: just a simple braid, nothing fancy TIE A TIE?: for someone else, but not if she was wearing one. does that make sense? PICK A LOCK?: yep lol

physical appearance & characteristics

FACE CLAIM: britt robertson EYE COLOR: blue HAIR COLOR: blonde HAIR TYPE/STYLE: not thick but not thin, kept past shoulders. for the most part it’s always down and naturally waves GLASSES/CONTACTS?: neither DOMINANT HAND: she’s a lefty ay HEIGHT: 5′0 (and like 3/4) WEIGHT: 114 lbs. BUILD: bony/thing tbh EXERCISE HABITS: lol what’s exercise?? no but, she walks everywhere. that’s abou tit. SKIN TONE: fair TATTOOS: set of roses going up left hip. “per aspera ad astra” on right ribcage. heartbeat on her wrist, “suivez votre coeur” under the heartbeat. winter landscape on right thigh that says “no winter lasts forever” && spring landscape on left thigh that says “no spring skips its turn.” PEIRCINGS: septum, and the multiple ear piercings. tragus and an industrial bar. MARKS/SCARS: scar on lower right abdomen. she got her appendix removed. NOTABLE FEATURES: eyes and hair i think USUAL EXPRESSION: she always looks mildly amused tbh CLOTHING STYLE: simple. she wears jeans and a t-shirt most of the time. JEWELRY: other than her piercings, she wears a few bracelets. ALLERGIES: pollen, but that’s really it. BODY TEMPERATURE: she’s naturally warm tbh DIET: she just?? eats whatever?? but her metabolism is fast bc of the meds she takes PHYSICAL AILMENTS: she’s got bad knees?? it’s genetics??

psychology

JUNG TYPE: ESTP JUNG SUBTYPE: ??? ENNEAGRAM TYPE: type 4 MORAL ALIGNMENT: true neutral TEMPERAMENT: phlegmatic ELEMENT: PRIMARY INTELLIGENCE TYPE: APPROXIMATE IQ: 127 MENTAL CONDITIONS/DISORDERS: adhd/add, mild asd SOCIABILITY: she’s pretty social tbh EMOTIONAL STABILITY: 8/10 OBSESSION(S): none COMPULSION(S): staying busy to keep her mind off of everything PHOBIA(S): losing everyone entirely, dyin galone ADDICTION(S): alcohol (mildly) DRUG USE: no ALCOHOL USE: yes. somewhat excessive PRONE TO VIOLENCE?: not really??

mannerisms

SPEECH STYLE: idk?? she talks kinda fast ACCENT: irish....? QUIRKS: idk HOBBIES: piano playing, writing music HABITS: cleaning. she cleans a lot. NERVOUS TICKS: she taps her fingers against any surface nearby, knee bouncing DRIVES/MOTIVATIONS: she just wants to be happy and to live a life that noah would be proud of FEARS: getting closet o people and then losing them/them dying POSITIVE TRAITS: independent, hard-working, honest NEGATIVE TRAITS: stubborn, clumsy, forgetful SENSE OF HUMOR: she’s pretty funny. at least she likes to think that she is DO THEY CURSE OFTEN?: “so fucking often” CATCHPHRASE(S): she doesnt have one?

favorites

ACTIVITY: playing the piano, walking in the park ANIMAL: sheep BEVERAGE: orange juice BOOK: the five people you meet in heaven by mitch albom CELEBRITY: COLOR: purple & black DESIGNER: ??? FOOD: french fries FLOWER: irises GEM: HOLIDAY: hallooween MODE OF TRANSPORTATION: walking MOVIE: wreck-it ralph MUSICAL ARTIST: the workday release QUOTE/SAYING: “no winter lasts forever, no spring skips its turn” SCENERY: SCENT: linen & lavender SPORT: soccer SPORTS TEAM: TELEVISION SHOW: love (the netflix series) WEATHER: stormy!! VACATION DESTINATION: tbh anywhere

attitudes

GREATEST DREAM: GREATEST FEAR: just losing everyone, dying alone. typical things ig MOST AT EASE WHEN: she’s sitting in front of her piano LEAST AT EASE WHEN: she wakes up in the middle of the night from a nightmare/can’t sleep WORST POSSIBLE THING THAT COULD HAPPEN: it all happened already i??? BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENT: graduating & moving tbh BIGGEST REGRET: not telling noah she was pregnant MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENT: BIGGEST SECRET: she had an abortion TOP PRIORITIES: her cats??

#wilson.task #when i'm trying to stay inside jo's head #i listen to classical music bc that's what she mainly plays in her apartment and #when she's sitting at her piano #also this too K ME FOREVER WOW

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adambstingus · 6 years

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Evidence of world’s earliest winemaking uncovered by archaeologists

Humans made grape wine hundreds of years earlier than previously believed, according to analysis of clay pottery dating back to 6,000 BC

A series of excavations in Georgia has uncovered evidence of the world’s earliest winemaking, in the form of telltale traces within clay pottery dating back to 6,000BC – suggesting that the practice of making grape wine began hundreds of years earlier than previously believed.

While there are thousands of cultivars of wine around the world, almost all derive from just one species of grape, with the Eurasian grape the only species ever domesticated.

Until now, the oldest jars known to have contained wine dated from 7,000 years ago, with six vessels containing the chemical calling cards of the drink discovered in the Zagros mountains in northern Iran in 1968.

The latest find pushes back the early evidence for the tipple by as much as half a millennium.

“When we pick up a glass of wine and put it to our lips and taste it we are recapitulating that history that goes back at least 8,000 years,” said Patrick McGovern a co-author of the study from the University of Pennsylvania museum of archaeology and anthropology, who also worked on the earlier Iranian discovery.

The find comes after a team of archaeologists and botanists in Georgia joined forces with researchers in Europe and North America to explore two villages in the South Caucasus region, about 50km south of the capital Tbilisi.

The sites offered a glimpse into a neolithic culture characterised by circular mud-brick homes, tools made of stone and bone and the farming of cattle, pigs, wheat and barley.

Earliest evidence of winemaking found in Georgia

Researchers were particularly intrigued by fired clay pots found in the region – likely to be some of the earliest pottery made in the Near East. Indeed, one representative jar from a nearby settlement is almost a metre tall and a metre wide, and could hold more than 300 litres. What’s more, it was decorated with blobs that the researchers say could be meant to depict clusters of grapes.

To explore whether winemaking was indeed a part of life in the region, the team focused on collecting and analysing fragments of pottery from two neolithic villages, as well as soil samples. Radiocarbon dating of grains and charcoal nearby suggested the pots date to about 6,000–5,800 BC.

In total, 30 pottery fragments and 26 soil samples were examined, with the inside surface of the pottery ground down a little to produce a powder for analysis. While many of the pieces were collected in recent excavations, two were collected in the 1960s; researchers have long suspected they might bear traces of wine.

The team then used a variety of analytical techniques to explore whether the soil or the inner surface of the vessels held signs of molecules of the correct mass, or with the right chemical signatures, to be evidence of wine.

The results, published in the Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences, reveal that for eight of the fragments, including the two previously unearthed, the team found traces of tartaric acid – a substance found in grapes in large quantities. Tests on the associated soils largely showed far lower levels of the acid. The team also identified the presence of three other acids linked to grapes and wine. Other evidence indicating the presence of wine included ancient grape pollen found at the excavated sites – but not in the topsoil – as well as grape starch particles, the remains of a fruit fly, and cells believed to be from the surface of grapevines on the inside of one of the fragments.

A drone photograph of excavations at the Gadachrili Gora, Georgia. Photograph: Stephen Batiuk

While the team note that it is possible that the vessels were used to store something other than wine, such as the grapes themselves, they note that the shape of the vessels is suited to holding a liquid and that grapes or raisins would have degraded without trace. Moreover, there are none of the telltale signs that the pots were used for syrup-making, while grape juice would have fermented within a matter of days.

The findings suggest the sites were home to the earliest known vintners, besting the previous record held by the traces of Iranian wine found just 500km away and dated to 5,400-5,000 BC. Older remnants of winemaking have also been found at the Jiahu site in China’s Henan province, dating back to 7,000BC, but the fermented liquid appeared to be a mixture of grapes, hawthorn fruit, rice beer and honey mead.

With their narrow base, the large clay pots used do not stand up easily, suggesting they might have been half buried in the ground during the winemaking process, as was the case for the Iranian vessels and which is a traditional practice still used by some in Georgia.

Davide Tanasi, of the University of South Florida, said the results of the study were unquestionable and that the findings were “certainly the example of the oldest pure grape wine in the world”.

The excavations in Georgia were largely sponsored by the National Wine Agency of Georgia.

“The Georgians are absolutely ecstatic,” said Stephen Batiuk, an archaeologist from the University of Toronto and one of the study’s co-authors. “They have been saying for years that they have a very long history of winemaking and so we’re really cementing that position.”

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allofbeercom · 6 years

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Evidence of world’s earliest winemaking uncovered by archaeologists

Humans made grape wine hundreds of years earlier than previously believed, according to analysis of clay pottery dating back to 6,000 BC

While there are thousands of cultivars of wine around the world, almost all derive from just one species of grape, with the Eurasian grape the only species ever domesticated.

The latest find pushes back the early evidence for the tipple by as much as half a millennium.

The sites offered a glimpse into a neolithic culture characterised by circular mud-brick homes, tools made of stone and bone and the farming of cattle, pigs, wheat and barley.

Earliest evidence of winemaking found in Georgia

A drone photograph of excavations at the Gadachrili Gora, Georgia. Photograph: Stephen Batiuk

Davide Tanasi, of the University of South Florida, said the results of the study were unquestionable and that the findings were “certainly the example of the oldest pure grape wine in the world”.

The excavations in Georgia were largely sponsored by the National Wine Agency of Georgia.

from All Of Beer http://allofbeer.com/evidence-of-worlds-earliest-winemaking-uncovered-by-archaeologists/

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samanthasroberts · 6 years

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Evidence of world’s earliest winemaking uncovered by archaeologists

Humans made grape wine hundreds of years earlier than previously believed, according to analysis of clay pottery dating back to 6,000 BC

While there are thousands of cultivars of wine around the world, almost all derive from just one species of grape, with the Eurasian grape the only species ever domesticated.

The latest find pushes back the early evidence for the tipple by as much as half a millennium.

The sites offered a glimpse into a neolithic culture characterised by circular mud-brick homes, tools made of stone and bone and the farming of cattle, pigs, wheat and barley.

Earliest evidence of winemaking found in Georgia

A drone photograph of excavations at the Gadachrili Gora, Georgia. Photograph: Stephen Batiuk

Davide Tanasi, of the University of South Florida, said the results of the study were unquestionable and that the findings were “certainly the example of the oldest pure grape wine in the world”.

The excavations in Georgia were largely sponsored by the National Wine Agency of Georgia.

Source: http://allofbeer.com/evidence-of-worlds-earliest-winemaking-uncovered-by-archaeologists/

from All of Beer https://allofbeer.wordpress.com/2017/12/25/evidence-of-worlds-earliest-winemaking-uncovered-by-archaeologists/

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