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ritterum · 6 months

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Sush and the Bandit King

It was customary, during the years of ivory and palm, for the kings of Shemakha to retreat from their palaces and go forth disguised into the kingdom, that they might themselves ascertain the plights of the smallfolk. Sush, King of the Persimmon Throne, was on one such outing when he and his valets were accosted by bandits near the lawless fields of Nisat. Being the hour after dawn, the King could scarcely defend himself, as the rising sun shone true into his eyes, and so with grudging heart, he chose to yield to his captors. They in turn, recognizing the high personage of their prisoner, bound the King and his companions with rope and made to ride for their leader, though offering their captives every small courtesy out of respect for their station.

Soon enough, passing behind some cliffs, they arrived at the lair of the Bandit King, who himself received Sush and his companions in a warmly lit cavern that was bedecked in carpets, cushions, jewelled trinkets, and such luxuries as a village headman could ill afford. “Good fortune arrives at my threshold!” said the Bandit King, “and I have the privilege of calling the Radiant One my honored guest. Come: tarry a while, set aside the burdens of kingship, and let us present you with the hospitality of Nisat, whom you have denied the pleasure of your visage for so long.”

Seeing that no good would arise from a struggle, Sush acquiesced.

Later that day, the Bandit King led Sush through bustling hamlets and verdant farmland. Every storehouse was filled to the top with grain, and herds of fat cattle frolicked about the fields. “What plenitude flows through barren Nisat!” marveled the King, “and what lofty heights her children shall now certainly attain!”

“‘Tis the work of the Bandit King,” scoffed one of the outlaws. “Sixteen times did they refuse his guidance, and sixteen times did he strike them with the iron! And lo, by his patience, he has achieved what the scribes of Shemakha could not: to bring a watchful eye to defiant Nisat, that she may flourish with no worries of stumbling on her own feet.”

The King heard this, and was humbled.

The following day, the Bandit King again rode with Sush, this time through the towns and trading posts, where teams of highwaymen patrolled the streets, collecting tributes from the docile townsfolk and supervising the exchange of goods in the markets. “What order rules in unruly Nisat!” exclaimed the King. “And what remarkable discipline her people observe!”

“All naught but for the hand of the Bandit King,” sneered one of the entourage. “Sixteen times did they strike down his command, and sixteen times did he raise it high again! Lo, he has achieved through persistence what the armies of Shemakha could not: that is, to establish lawfulness in Nisat, that her children obey his authority without question.”

Hearing this, the King was humbled.

On the third day, the Bandit King yet again made to ride with Sush; but ere they could leave the shadow of the cliffs, he pulled the King aside and inquired of him subtly: “O Radiant One, thou hast beheld the prosperity and stability which have governed Nisat since I enacted my rule. Two places remain which I have not shewn to thee; the hour, alas, permits only a visit to one. Pray: first permit me the honor of thine appraisal, and by this thine indulgence, thou mayest determine the object of our visit.”

And the King knew that by these two choices, the Outlaw meant: freedom, or death.

“Thy friendship and hospitality I must extol,” said he to the Bandit, “and o’er these two passing days, thou hast grown as close to me as mine own brother. O! surely the Wheel has guided me down this slope, in order that our paths may cross. Verily, as thou hast gained a friend in my Self, so have I found an able administrator and governor in thee, who hast accomplished that which the force and splendor of Shemakha have not: namely, to bring wayward Nisat under thy firm rule.

“Such a deed cannot be compensated with praise alone - nay, thou shalt have a hundred of my finest steeds, and fifty bolts of my finest dyed silks, and as many chests of jewels as a train of servants can carry. But most importantly, thou shalt have the earldom of this land, and the power to enact laws in my name; and thou shalt have the authority to appoint headmans from among thy people, according to thy wishes. All this shall I decree.”

And the Bandit King’s head was filled with images of the comforts of noble life. “Thy wisdom knows no bounds, O Radiant One,” he said. “Come: I will shew thee the royal road.” And he charged his men with the safety of Sush and his valets, that they may arrive at the royal palace unmolested; but he himself rode at the fore with Sush, and they conversed and bantered as brothers do.

Presently they came upon a detail of the royal guard that was keeping watch over the border. “You,” said Sush, pointing to the fleetest-of-foot. “Mark my words well. Make haste and call the captain of the guard, and tell him that these men are under my protection. We ride to the royal palace, and he is to escort us there, for these men are under my protection, and I am to invest them with titles and honors. So have I decreed.”

So the fleet-footed one made haste and reported to the captain of the guard, who was in the barracks outside the Great City. The captain hearkened well, and asked: “Did the King specify the men to be His honored guests?”

The messenger replied: “No, my lord.”

The captain then asked: “Did the King extend His gracious hospitality to these men?”

“He did not mention it, my lord,” said the messenger.

Then the captain sighed, and said: “The King is in peril, and these brigands have brought Him here under duress. Only those welcomed under the banner of hospitality are truly safe from His wrathful sword. We must not tarry.” So he gathered a handful of his most seasoned troops, and rode to meet Sush’s party without delay.

He found them not far off, encamped at the Pool of Feathers (where hermits of old once washed stone-salts off petrified men), and as he approached them, the Bandit King hailed:

“Ho! Who is it that draws nigh?”

“The King’s escort, whom He has summoned hither,” replied the captain, as his soldiers slipped into the foliage and encircled the party. Then he turned to Sush, who sat on the ground quietly. “I understand that these men are under Your protection?”

“No longer,” proclaimed Sush, standing up. “I rescind my protection.”

At those words, the royal guards leapt forward and slaughtered the bandits, swift as the summer’s lightning, and the thud of their bodies against the ground was like the steady drumming of sudden rain. Scarce had the corpse of the Bandit King hit the ground when Sush issued a new command.

“Go at once to the fields of Nisat,” he ordered, “and take my retinues with you. Dispatch the outlaws there as you did here, and you will find that they have left the peasants broken and ready to accept the rule of the law. So shall we bring Nisat under the crown, once and for all.”

Thus did Sush, of the Persimmon Throne, subdue the region of Nisat and unify her people under Shemakha, where they would remain for many generations, lending glory to their kings.

Runao’s Commentary:

Mud transforms into sturdy brick as it is beat down by the sun, and brick softens into mud in the cool comfort of water. Trials harden every man equally, but this is not enough - bricks are made to be stacked upon each other, without freedom or consent, and the disciple must constantly ask themselves: who is the bricklayer, and who is the laid brick?

#fiction i guess #brick #hour of brick #loom of hours

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lotus-pear · 1 month

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top 10 moments before disaster (dazai is about to step on his toes)

#day 9547860367 of drawing them in the hopes that the next chapter will be ada reunion. we will see.#ALSO HELP slamming my head into a brick wall i'm gonna get cancelled for glasses erasure one day istg. i'm sorry kuni #watch me once again exaggerate a barely visible height difference in canon bc idgaf dazai should get to be short for once in his life #anyway i hope skk eats shit i want knkdz back i miss them so fucking much #i pray and beg and sob every night kneeling at my bedside for dazai to go home and see his husband and son again #bungou stray dogs #bungo stray dogs #bsd #dazai osamu #osamu dazai #kunikida doppo #doppo kunikida #kunikidazai #knkdz #kunizai #lotus draws #uughhhhh posting at ungodly hours AGAIN this is gonna catch up to me one day istg

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peachsayshi · 8 months

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nanami knows he's fucking strong. when he's the slightest bit rough with you, you respond with "too much, ken~" in such a pretty, breathless voice, that the man can't help but smirk because my god, you're just too cute for him to handle -

he litters you with sweet kisses before murmuring "m'sorry, my love -" as he eases his movements, "this better?"

(dw you're going to walk away nice & sore~)

#MY MAN IS A BRICK #nanami thirst hours #nanami x reader

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stardestroyer81 · 4 months

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✨🍕Happy first anniversary to Pizza Tower!!!🍕✨

More specifically, the full release of Pizza Tower! This wonderful game has been a large part of my life in this past year, such as being the sole reason why rats are one of my favorite animals now alongside influencing my artstyle to be a smidge toonier!

I just had to draw a little something for it, and it's definitely one of the most detail-intensive Pizza Tower drawings I've made yet! 💙✨

#⭐ Star's Art ⭐#Pizza Tower #Peppino Spaghetti #Gustavo Pizza Tower #Brick the Rat #Brick Pizza Tower #Pepperman #The Vigilante #The Vigilante Pizza Tower #The Noise #Fake Peppino #Sprite Art #Aseprite #Coolness #Y'know what time it is?#I T ' S P I Z Z A T I M E ! ! !#I understand that I made mention that the drawing I had planned for today wouldn't be too big #... but then I drew at least 50% of it in a two and a half hour timeframe yesterday #And I would like to retract my earlier claim on how big this drawing is XD #I knew that I wanted to do a cute little drawing based off Pizza Tower's title cards...#Though I went for a more somber scene rather than something fast-paced #It's the easy-going celebration Mr. Spaghetti deserves!#Drawing the titles and coloring this was plenty fun too #It ended up being good practice— I'll need it when I draw more title cards in the future!#If you haven't already by now I highly suggest you give Pizza Tower a whirl #It honestly deserves a spot in my top ten favorite video games with all it has to offer!#Including rat... 💞🥰

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sgtmickeyslaughter · 14 days

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Springtime Embrace

watercolor - 9" x 11"

my submission for the gallavich fanart masquerade event! this was super fun, thank you to the organizers, voters and other artists!

i thought i could fool people by switching up mediums, but im not sure if that worked. it was fun though! I haven't done a lot of traditional drawing and painting since i started on the ipad about a year ago and ngl i felt like an ipad baby crying for my layers and undo button and sweet, sweet blue light exposure but im happy with how it came out in the end!

#sgtmickeyslaughter #gallavich #ian gallagher #mickey milkovich #gallavich fanart #shameless #catch me wandering my neighborhood at golden hour to get that brick picture #art

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hellish-cruelty · 10 months

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Who are you callin' busted, buster?

Blade Runner 2049 (2017), A Clockwork Orange (1971), Hereditary (2018), The Darjeeling limited (2007), Chinatown (1974), Breaking Bad (2008 - 2013), Titane (2001), After Hours (2020), L.A. Confidential (1997), Brick (2005)

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whereismyhat5678 · 5 months

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HOLY. SHIT.

I don’t even wanna separate these?? TAKE THE WHOLE SHEET I’M SO PROUD OF IT WHAT????

I was playing around with expressions and OMG, I think I unlocked something???

It was mostly from yesterday’s post, I liked the way I drew Pizza Head so I decided to try drawing him again (since it’s been a while) AND GOD I LOVE THESE‼️‼️‼️ Seriously started out rough but then I just kind rolled with it! I like it! I like it a lot‼️ 😆😆

Also since I drew Brick yesterday as well, I decided to change the way I draw him, just a bit 🤏

Today was so fun AAAHHH!!!! 💞💞💞💞💞💞

#Pizza Tower #Looking at these so proud 😌😌#I was on the coach for what- 3 hours? It was worth it- 💀#I think the way I’ll draw Brick for now on is what he looks like in game but the legs look just a TINY bit like baggy pants #Like have you ever seen animated animals have those legs that look baggy and the feet underneath #I’ve seen it somewhere I know I have but I don’t have a good example…Still I tried to make it look sorta like that-#And I like it! I think he’s looks adorable!! 😄😄💕💕#For Pizza Head I wanted to give more life in his expressions and poses #I think I did it well enough before hand but I want to express MORE of it #Like the better parts of it- Him looking smug him looking angry him looking annoyed etc #I like the one I colored and the one where he’s singing to himself- THAT one I had fun with he looks great 😂#I also like the one where he’s doing a raspberry #I did that one without a sketch!!#I’m basically trying to focus more on the expressions I think. I had the most fun with them and that’s the thing that made me realize I #need to put more life into him. He needs to be flexible #Sorry if I rambled to much- 😅 Just spilling my ideas. Hope you don’t mind 😂#Doodles #Pizza Head #Brick #Gustavo #Gustavo and Brick

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ricky-mortis · 10 days

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A portrait of Sir John Herschel because I‘m normal about Pulp Musicals

#yall don’t understand this took so long- amongst the five different versions this went through it took a total of 22 hours #and it’s finally done #god I love sir John Herschel #truly THE guy ever #it’s crazy because I started this way back in the beginning of April and finally picked it back up on Wednesday right before they announced #pulp 4 which I’m so fuckin excited about by the way #oh my god it’s going to wreck me I’m so pumped #and now I gotta get ready for pulp fortnight #but yeah I really wanted to draw him and I wanted to try something more elaborate that some of my typical stuff #I was going to do the shit where artists do the shading in greyscale and then overlay the flat colors but I decided fuck that #because I like to enjoy drawing and as I found out I DO NOT enjoy that #also for some reason doing realism and drawing curt is SO much harder than what I typically do #it took sooooooo long to get him down and make it actually look like him #oh hey fun fact about this drawing before I do my fun fact- I used a screenshot of Duke as a reference for this #ok now for a real fun fact #fun fact: Asteroids can sometimes have moons and rings of their own #alright now I’ve got a billion other drawings to go work on because the grind never stops yall #sir john herschel #john herschel #pulp musicals #the great moon hoax #the brick satellite #the ghost of the antikythera #Curt mega #my art #god yall I love pulp musicals #I’m so insanely pumped for pulp 4 it’s going to be the raddest thing ever #EVERYONE WHO IS READING THIS NEEDS TO GO LISTEN TO PULP MUSICALS PRONTO /nf #PLEASE (its on Apple Music and Spotify)

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lionbearfox · 14 days

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eternal shogun

#genshin impact #raiden ei #my art #WHEW #WE GOT THERE. EVENTUALLY.#14 HOURS ON THIS BAD BOY ‼️‼️#the background felt like bashing my head a brick wall but we FINISHED and i reluctantly like the final project so it was worth it!!#man. this project is a Lot of time and effort #but also a lot of fun!#three to go! focalors next :)#i'm already pretty far into her portraits colors but i haven't started on the bg at all 😶‍🌫️#ah well #we shall persist regardless #id in alt #click fir quality i'm sure tumblr'll slaughter it

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unexpectedbrickattack · 1 year

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YEAHH i love the idea of them going through the forest together tryin to just. get deliveries done but they keep getting stopped by gnomes that keep coming up to peppino like "hehehe.. omg hii" and hes getting increasingly confused and nervous. by the end hes just steamrolling through crowds of gnomes at top speed to finish his delivery job while tucked under his arm is a very pleased looking gustavo

😭😭😭 hes making it worse and he doesnt even realize it bc hes effortlessly carrying Gus around while running at mach speeds WHILE carrying all of these deliveries like he is so strong and fast and powerful and every other good thing u can think of and the whole time hes like ‘i fucking hate it here, I never know peace in this fucking forest’

#man who wants to exist in peace: ‘why can no one leave me the fuck alone’#where is brick u ask? its his day off #hes doing rat things like sleeping for 16 hours #which means its ‘show off the human’ day

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evilfarmin · 1 year

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hunter when anything happens to him. at all.

#the owl house #toh #thanks to them #hunter toh #hunter golden guard #hunter noceda #luz toh #luz noceda #flapjack toh #flapjack #art?#if it sucks hit da bricks. real winners disappear into the forest for hours or perhaps weeks at a time

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lotus-pear · 4 months

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GUYS GUYS JUST HEAR ME OUT ON THIS ONE i propose skk hair color swap👹👹👹 just imagine how much more powerful chuuya would be w dark brown hair…… man would be the stereotypical mafia boss character he would look so good omfg and dazai alr gets bullied so what’s making him a ginger gonna change lmao. but like does this make sense?????????????? i can visualize this w perfect clarity and idk if that’s a good thing or not

#someone draw this pls pls pls pls pls pls I WILL PAY YOU #JUST DM ME UR PAYPAL #i’d do it myself but i unfortunately have my apush test to be studying for 💔#hrrenghhhh anyway i’m insane i need to be put down #i’m gonna look back at this in a few hours and wish i could slam my past self’s head against a brick wall #bsd #skk #actually we’ve all seen ginger dazai bc of that one bones meursault art I WANT TO SEE CHUUYA W DARK HAIR THIS IS NOT A WANT IT IS A NEED

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anna-scribbles · 8 months

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regained my 12 year old swag(read an entire new percy jackson book in one sitting)