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yossariandawn · 4 years

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Tagged by @astarkey and @alwaysupatnight , thank you! I do love interesting questions! I’m combining these because it would take me days to think up 22 questions. Here are the rules:

Rule 1: post the rules Rule 2: answer the questions the person who tagged you asked and write 11 new ones Rule 3: tag 11 people and link them to the post Rule 4: actually tell them you tagged them

Edit: I didn’t realize how long this got, so I’m fixing it so I can put some of it behind a cut. My questions first so people can decide if they want to play along!

My Questions:

1. Set two fictional couples you love on a double date, and tell me how would that play out? One word answers are acceptable if you prefer.

2. Do you like candles? If so, what’s your favorite candle scent?

3. What’s the perfect fic you’ve been craving that wish someone else would write already?

4. If you could have an 15 minute conversation with any fictional character, who would you choose?

5. Above question continued, what would you talk about?

6. What’s one weird thing you loved as a child?

7. Any songs that make you always think of a character?

8. How well can you swim, and do you enjoy swimming?

9. Recommend me a new show, movie, or song!

10. What’s your favorite food that you make?

11. Draft the perfect Zombie Apocalypse Survival Team, 5 characters from any show or movie.

and now I’m tagging @sandalaris, @fortysevenswrites, @starkidmack, @captain-k-jones, and if you follow me and want to be tagged in this kind of thing in the future, just tag yourself and I’ll know to send them your way! I never know who wants to play, and there’s never any pressure to do any I send, I promise! 💖

EDIT: adding @alwaysupatnight YOU ARE NOW OFFICIALLY TAGGED

and now for my answers behind the cut:

@astarkey’s questions:

1. Favorite fall activity? Anything outside, to be honest. It’s my favorite time of year! I do love reading in my hammock with a blanket before it gets too cold, though I’m not sure that counts as an activity.

2. Favorite song at the moment? Well, the one I’m most obsessing on is one I’m vidding right now, so I’m keeping that a secret. BUT, I’ve been listening to Setting Sun by Lord Huron a lot recently ever since @alwaysupatnight mentioned it in an ask about Culebra Seth. I hadn’t heard it before and I fell right in love with it.

3. Last movie you saw in theaters? Oh, it has been awhile since I actually went to a theater. I wanna say it was the first IT movie, cause I remember taking my brothers to see that. If I went after that I guess it didn’t leave an impression on me.

4. Favorite emoji/smiley? I really like 🥳 cause look how excited it is! Close second is 😎 because it makes me think of the Geckos when I use it.

5. Cold weather or hot weather? Cold weather, as stated above!

6. Are you a past, present, or future person? Hmm, I’m going to say present. I am a bit of a worrier by nature, so I intentionally try and keep myself grounded by staying in the moment as much as possible, so I’m not obsessing over what I did or about what could happen next. I’m reasonably successful with it.

7. From where you’re sitting, what’s the closest object on your right? Water bottle.

8. What’s something you’re weirdly afraid of? (For example, a hair dryer, airplanes, a microwave, etc.) Ok, so this going to sound very weird, but it’s grasshoppers. don’t mind spiders, hornets, bees, any of the normal creepy crawlies, they don’t bother me at all, but I have such an intense irrational reaction to grasshoppers, like a real fight or flight thing kicks in for me. I understand they can’t hurt me, but I don’t trust those little sideways hoppers AT ALL. Also, I used to spend a lot time catching (and releasing) bugs when I was a small child, and one day one BIT ME, which I didn’t know they can do, and the betrayal was so great that I have never forgiven them. And then if you want to see something that’s even more untrustworthy, google the spider cricket sometime. I don’t see as many of those, but my friend had some living underneath her porch one year, and they are terrible. (also harmless)

9. Favorite snack food? Soft pretzels with cheese are always a good time. And now I want one, dang it.

10. Favorite color to wear? Blue! I love blue so much.

11. Stargazing in an open field, watching the ocean tides on a lonely beach, or late night drives on the highway while listening to good music? I’m going to pick stargazing in an open field, because that sounds the most relaxing to me at the moment! But the other two also sound lovely.

@alwaysupatnight‘s asks:

1. Have you started any new hobbies this year? Vidding. if I’m allowed to stretch the definition of a year about 1 month past haha. I’ve also done a ton more “creative" writing since joining tumblr, all these asks and tag games are the most I’ve ever organized my thoughts and put them out there for others to actually see (excluding non voluntary things like schoolwork and work) It’s been a lot of fun to do both, and really allowed me to push myself out of my comfort zone.

2. Read any good books lately? Not recently, I have several checked out I need to get to soon before I have to return them.

3. Favorite color of nail polish to wear? Or if you don’t wear nail polish, the color of the laces on your fave pair of sneakers? I don’t wear nail polish most of the time, though I will let children paint my nails when they want, since they seem to love doing that. And my favorite sneaker laces are just the standard white they came with. I’m pretty causal and laid back fashion wise.

4. Faerie, mermaid, angel, or vampire? This is so broad! Am I reading/watching something they’re in, fighting them, auditioning them as room mates?! I’m going to go with Vampire (Mermaid as a second choice)

5. What is your MBTI type? INFJ

6. What does your phone case look like? (Describe or post a pic) It’s black, no design. I’m so boring an practical!!!! I picked it out based on reviews, I drop my phone way to much.

7. What is your dream vacation? Camping, with people I like. Maybe a road trip out west.

8. Would you tell us a little about your current WIP? (writing, art, gifset, whatever the project!!) Working on a new vid, I’d let myself get stuck finishing one up, and realized maybe I needed a break from that one. It’s a SethKate one I’ve wanted to do ever since I heard the song, and I’m just going to do it. It’s not AU? That’s all the spoilers for now.

9. What is the best movie you’ve seen this year? I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE, BUT YES. Prospect was amazing, and does when that title! Runners up would be Priest, Crawl (I love disaster movies so much) and Knives Out.

10. What are your opinions on the child from The Mandalorian series? Really cute! I have only seen like 3 episodes, but I have seen all the gifs, (especially today 🤣) and look at the tiny adorable space baby with powers 🥰

11. What is your zodiac sign, and do you think it fits your personality? I am an Aquarius, I have no idea honestly. Maybe? Is there an official description I can read somewhere?

#tag games #replies #personal

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astrology-with-charu · 4 years

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Full moon of March or the Virgo full moon illuminating the night is called “Worm Moon”, strange name but it’s called so cause ground at this time of the year has thawed enough & becomes soft enough for worms to leave imprints for birds to come feed off them.

Nature is nurturing, brutal, raw & useful all at the same time just like this full moon.

Its messaging is simple - what’s your usefulness in the foodchain of life - where do you know in your heart that you are a 10 on 10 or can be a 10 on 10 cause the world at this hour doesn’t need another 5 by 10. What is your excellence - not in eyes of another - what do you know in your heart, in your soul that you can deliver to 100% of your whole being. What can you give your relentless obsession to ?

Cause nature is about to give us all a superpower so as to speak - relentless obsession in plenty with upcoming Jupiter Pluto conjunction. In Capricorn these two stalwarts together can create an obsession to deliver something materially successful. So knowing what we know what we are about to get - where do you want to funnel this through to ?

Everything else has gotto go - eliminated detoxed cancelled out of our life, cause we are going to become 10 on 10 on something we have proactively decided on. This full moon give so much power back in our hands but at the same time there is a fated dissolution that will momentarily weaken us.

Every loss feels weak in the knees for a moment even if we chose that loss - so when you close that door be kind to yourself - give yourself a moment to bury it, clean out the space it left, the gap it’s left for you to now decorate with what you want.

Neptune opposition always reveals life’s fallacy - it dislodges a part of our ego, removes something we were attaching our fake sense of self with, reveals a truth if we leave our body & mind pure, clean, devoid of anger / toxins / thoughts for a minute. It screams - this is not working for you.

Virgo moon knows how to make sense of this scream - it goes into solution mode instead of helplessness.

It finds a way to both detox something that isn’t working for you, a pattern, a person, a job, a project, a way of thinking , a source of income or ease or comfort - while creating usefulness out of this angst. It kicks our butts, doesn’t let us sit on our sense of loss or our angst - get to work, it says.

You know what you are good at - get to work, it says. We have no time to loose.

20° Virgo is the degree of totalisation of purpose & effort. Fake structures fall down - we see clearly where we have to go - we put our relentless obsession into it.

It’s time when when Mother Earth reveals the imprints of path of our own personal worm 🙂 - path to what we want - you have to ask the questions. Every problem is another solution, another opportunity, another answer. Mercury is turning direct - solutions begin. Get your share of it all!

History

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This full moon is culmination of last 6 months of work.

It’s also where solar eclipse of Sept 2015 happened so a chapter of life that began in Sept 2015 & was fully activated by May 2016 might be coming for next level of growth or closure.

By Sign

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I spoke for each sign in the March vids but let’s quickly look over what part of your chart is coming to light for a detailed work & focussed delivery over next two weeks at the very least. Check for Rising/Sun/Moon - Rising being the most befitting.

♈️ #Aries - Work environment & Heath routine

Detailed work project might come to focus for completion - just remember it’s better to get something done versus waiting for it to be perfect. Overall health habits might come to focus & it might be a good time to say good bye to a few things coming in the way of you getting ready for your season. This might be a good time to review if the work you are doing or your work environment is working for you or not - how you feel about your work feeds your health & what you feed your body feeds your work - mind & body are fully connected. The role your thinking or negative work environment or critical coworkers plays in upkeep of your health is clear to you so what is it going to be ? What works what doesn’t is clear so be surgical about it. Work projects that are clearly not you move away from them - you don’t have your health you don’t have anything. Good time to do a cleanse of body, work environment & projects. The work you connect with is fulfilling as it makes you feel of use of great utility - it’s your 10 on 10 & you know it so just go for what you know you can deliver your best on and go about the business of doing it - with patience, consistency & details. Coworkers or your directs might change.

Around 20° Aries or around 9 Apr born could be looking at a key work or health shift and should use this time to make the move 🏃‍♀️

♉️ #Taurus - passion project, speculative gains, love, children

Completion of a creative project, improving it, adding details to it, making it meaningful, useful, more valuable. Giving birth to a passion - a business, a creative outlet, a love, a child where you are taking a calculated risk on yourself. In a few cases health of loved ones including a pet could come to focus - to improve it or you might be working through a hobby that improves your health - a useful hobby - that keeps you mentally & physically happy by connecting you to your child within. This is great full moon on reap rewards of a speculative trade you made after a lot of deliberation, cause Taurus your bets in life are fairly well calibered. It’s a good time to encourage creativity of your child if you have one or of the child within you - planned, practical, detailed creative outlet is just what the doctor ordered & it will feel great once done. Don’t worry about it too much or try to get it too right - it’s like the last leg of labour - just push!

~20° Taurus or ~9 May born will benefit the most & should showcase their talents at this time - you can woo the crowd Taurus 💕

♊️ #Gemini - home, family, parenthood, parents

Home changes, domestic chores & duties, being a dedicated parent or child, your secured base comes into focus & all work comes from home base. It’s the classic work from home full moon - getting things set up at home, office equipments or work station or furniture or fixed assets required of practical business use for you to be able to manage your work & family life in balance. Detoxing home chores, making it all efficient & healthy, getting garden vegetables or the garden itself to home! Fixing, cleaning, organising - through push or pull getting it all in order. Making a secure base - stronger firmer - so it can support your new work life. Boost up that immunity this season & don’t worry about confusion about life path - it’s onfolding as it should - have faith in where life’s taking you. Check in on parents & do something to equip them with better health - a health tip, a recipe, a routine - they would appreciate the gesture. Parents don’t beat yourself up, you are doing well & can be extra critical of yourself - channel it to organise what nags you - I have a list for that !

~20° Gemini or ~ 10 Jun born might be shifting home or setting up an office at home - critical career and home shifts! 🏤📠

♋️ #Cancer - thinking, talking, writing - A message, a news 📞📨

Oh worrier you! Direct all that thinking thinking into a project - a communication, reading, writing, commercial dealings, a pitch - detailed proficient skillful. Practical solutions you have, have a commercial utility so put your thinking cap on to see how to make that idea commercially viable, how to market it, pitch it. Your analytical skills peak so leverage that to find solutions - practical, commercial, skillful. Else all that overthinking will keep you worried & up. Walk, pace, stay active, research health ideas. Possibly a marketing project, an important communication, a pitch, a commercial dealing, a contract is on verge of completion - good time to work on that. Get engaged more with your surroundings, neighbours, siblings - setting things to order, learning from your surroundings, using the information you are receiving to make something meaningful out of it. Study, take in lot of info, you can get through lots of details & make sense of it, present it meaningfully & gain commercially out of it. If you stand still you will worry so keep at it.

~20° Cancer or around 11 Jul born will benefit the most.

But all of you can take advantage of this - get something out - a message, a contract, a written detailed work, an important confirmation. You are good, don’t be so self critical, your skill set are valuable, as are your words, let people hear you 📡

♌️ #Leo - Money money money 💰

Analysis, catharsis, synthesis of material resources - where is it going, where will it come from & voila finally it’s here. Budget analysis or reviewing an asset you wish to invest in, closing on a source of income, reaping rewards from your skills by getting a income or raise. This is focus on all physical & material resources - money, assets, physical body, food you ingest aka diet, your skills that are yielding income - what’s working what’s not & how to find new solutions to enhance it all. Can we refine our skills, improve our tools that we are using in work, shift our dietary habits, get a useful resource that enhances value of work done. You are closing on a means to make more material resources & yes organising your Budget / balancing that check book (who does that anymore 💁🏻‍♀️) makes you feel less worried & more sure. It adds to your confidence if you know where your next time will come from & go to. So it’s time to gift yourself some peace of mind - refine your finances & skill sets - you might find a good opportunity to make a few bucks or get independent financially if you were hoping to do that. You have great taste so it might be good time to acquire an asset that’s of good quality - no one knows quality better than a Leo! Knowing value of things is a skill set too & a commercially important one!

♍️ #Virgo - All about you 🌕

Happy full moon Virgo - we get one full moon a year & this is yours! What a time, you are surely in focus & this brings your career, life path, your purpose into focus - we go out of balance to get something that gives meaning to life, we go where others don’t dare to go, it’s tough, it looks like a lot of work but where no one can find any solution - A Virgo finds an opportunity, a way, a gainful opportunity - practical, lucrative, materially useful solution with tangible results. What you are finally bringing home - serves others in practical ways as well as makes you feel fulfilled. It’s a good time to detox your diet as well as work on your physical health as your physical body will also come into focus & you will feel a whole lot better bringing this win home when you feel physically in your element as well, the perfectionist that you are. It’s a full moon that’s evolving your life from one chapter of life to another - see what you want to take with you in this next chapter cause you want to go in lighter, more efficient. Life happens when we are out of balance but you want to not proactively carry elements that bring you out of balance - so cut out a few things you know won’t serve you in your next chapter - critically surgically remove a few & bring this home. It’s yours! 🧿

~20° Virgo or ~12 Sept born would feel this full moon strongest - bearing fruits of last 6 months of work - closing on an old chapter of life as they fully transition to a new one!

♎️ #Libra - Healing, regeneration, selfless service, spirituality & hidden hand of support

I do more in my sleep than you do in your waking lifetime - says a Libra this season. Time to do a bit of work behind the scenes as you are getting ready mentally, physically psychologically for your full moon reveal after 7 April when what you have worked on comes to light. Do the detailed work that most people don’t know Libras do when no ones watching - perfect it, detail it, make it more useful. It’s also a great time to heal physically & spiritually through - good sleep, good nutrition, a retreat, selfless service, volunteering, doing things to help others. Being in nature, with pets, using natural herbs or alternative healing can help you rejuvenate & heal. This is a good time when your mind might overactive in sleep - what’s bothering it, are in search of your place in the universe or is it just that meal you ate too late close to sleep (total no no for a Libra sleep) - mental well-being is important so if something is bothering you mentally you will find a solution provided you give yourself time - an active yoga session, a spiritual practice, retreating a bit can give you answers. While your subconscious is active, your angels are active too - they are trying to bring solutions to you - show yourself some care & compassion and take a beat - you will hear them 👼

♏️ #Scorpio - Network, friends, gains, rewards, vision

Time to bring a visionary project home - gains from an investment made over last 6 months or more - on a platform, in a network, a fan base, a financial or physical investment - it’s time for gains & recognition after a long detailed toil. Your vision is you make something of service, of practice usefulness that can help support many but do you have the resources for it - the right connections, the network, the support of business associates, the fan base - it’s time to get what’s needed to make it happen. Ask & it’s given - complain & you possibly won’t gain - that’s just the rules of society and as quickly we can adapt to the rules of the society we function in the easier for us to get things moving. Being surgical, focused, detailed about what’s needed for you to make it happen is the best approach about now. Go detailed, planned into it & get rid of the fluff whats useful what’s not - not every dream is worth the chase. It’s excellent time to bring your network reach to next level to make your vision happen, it might require you to deal with a few critical people but you keep Eye on The goal - you know it’s worth it and it’s best to silence the critics with your work. And don’t go alone - take all the suppprt you need to make it happen - you would need to ask for it - objectively, surgically. Two weeks of focussed work to make a futuristic, higher vision happen - bullseye 🎯

~20° Scorpio or ~12 Nov born benefit most - make it happen Scorpios it’s reward time!

♐️ #Sagittarius - Career, life path !

This is a big one Saggitarians - you are being asked to decide & deliver on the one part or project you decide you will deliver on. You are in focus as is your work & leadership style. Yup Sagittarians take their work very seriously & are one of most detailed oriented leaders - they need to find a problem & fix it and God knows they are good at it. You are organised & meticulous and it’s time to focus it on closing on a job or a project or a business launch. It would feel like critical time when you are in middle of critical life shifts - it might feel like you don’t have time for it all but you are better at it than you think. Read about it, gather information, analyse, present your knowledge, your analysis it’s where you shine - your brilliant problem solving mind. Some jobs or projects have outlived their usefulness in your life - you need a job or project which makes you feel of value, of service, it’s gotto use your brilliant mind, keeping you engaged, using your specialised skill set. Work changes are in cards put your best foot forward - don’t hesitate, it’s a rewarding full moon. Take a critical step forward 🧗

~20° Sagittarius or ~12 Dec born could especially experience a critical career shift

♑️ #Capricorn - work travel, education / teaching, international dealings

Tools for expansion of mind come to pass - a travel, an international dealing, a mentor, a publication of purpose & impact. You are given a chance to present your ideas & plans in details possibly to people of different backgrounds & culture. Great work involving editing, publishing, advertisement comes to focus as you are sharing your higher knowledge & inspiration with others. This is tine for useful adventure if there was any - a trip is taken or a travel of mind is taken by interacting with people of different backgrounds or culture to expand your mind & knowledge - it can be of big help in your career progression or finding your purpose in life. You might be perfecting your publication or work to showcase or feeling very inspired to share your ideas as well as learn from people of different ideology as you. You are open, working hard as usually do but now with a purpose an intention in mind - something has you inspired - an idea, a thought, a mentor, a new spiritual practice that has opened your mind to more possibilities. Share what’s on your mind, go into details, walk them through your mentors, publish in your specialised field, take a course or on job training, use this sense of adventure to take a few bold steps - it will help you go to the next level of career growth. Don’t say no to options 🏄

♒️ #Aquarius - merging talents, earning resources from others, power, turning point!

You are turning a corner - coming out of a situation that looked tough - making value out of what might have looked like a crisis because of staying objective through it all & making use of resources presented to you. You are great in bringing talents together, merging complementary skills & gaining from it. It’s time to analyse the situation & make lemonade out of lemons. Merge talents & resources to create more, earn from sources other than regular income - enhance your earnings through commissions, funding, detailed financing opportunities. Dig deep into your subject of speciality & deliver a tangible output from it which has financial tangible value. It’s A Great time to turn a corner - move away from what’s been holding you back whether you knew that or not but may be something got too small for you or you became bigger than the boundaries you were operating in & it’s time to cut the cord. Good time also to renew your health, do a cleanse, clean your body (colon & liver) & subconcious of toxins - you will feel very empowered to do it & stick with the shifts. Spouse’s income or shared resources can come to focus as well as matters related to tax, inheritance, insurance - you will fix it, deal with it. Helping someone can help you with a problem you might have - it might give you power to transition out of your own situation. If financial matters have been confusing take help of a trusted partner or spouse or dig in deep do some research - it’s a full moon full of solutions - you will find a way 🎢

~20° Aquarius or ~11 Feb born can experience a big shift - your power move!

♓️ #Pisces - Partnership, contract, commitment!

I do! says Pisces after much much deliberation about life & such in past few weeks as a commitment comes to focus - a business or personal contract comes to fruition. Complementary skills of a professional auppprt staff or partner can come to focus as you both figure out how you complete each other or not. Your one on one relationships & client dealings might come to focus as a demanding detailed work might come to focus. It could be fruits of last 6 months of work. But you would be discerning in your partnerships & let the ones that don’t work for you anymore go which could include close friends, support staff, skilled but possibly irksome coworker / consultants/ help staff. It’s time to streamline the ship & land it in a tangible gainful place so as you streamline your contracts you are bound to land at a more gainful place - psychologically & physically as you have given this a lot of thought in last few weeks. A meaningful contract or work or partnership or client deal might come through after much hardwork & pay off handsomely. Stay positive, focussed & release what you know by now doesn’t work as you have enough to work with & for. Draw a line where it needs to be drawn & move forward on the commitments that make sense commercially & partners that complement your skillset - it’s a tandem tango tough to execute but beautiful when immaculately done like now! 👯

~20° Pisces or ~10 Mar born will experience a critical shift in partnerships & contracts

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handmadecp · 4 years

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Viking Pouch..finished.

Hi Guys, here are the build along pics for the Viking Pouch. Firstly, credit for the Pattern goes to Dark Horse Workshop, he makes great Patterns and shares his knowledge of Leather Crafting gained through years in the Business at reasonable prices, why not drop by Youtube and check out his vids.

Ok let’s get into it. If you are a beginner you could still make this lovely pouch, if you don’t know how to ‘Saddle stitch’ you can use a ‘Running stitch’ which is as easy as it gets. from his ETSY shop. Obviously this is a pouch made from a created pattern bought from D.H.W. Using the pattern as shown in this pic’ I drew them out onto a 2mm thick veg tan leather and made the marked holes where required.

Using the picture on the pattern I first wet / cased the leather, not soaked, just want the water to seep about half way down into the leather, then let it sit for about five mins as you don’t want the paper getting soaked, then using a ‘Stylus’ type tool or a pen without ink in it draw over the pattern until it is on your leather as shown here.

Next I used a Swivel knife to carve the Lines into the leather, for newbies…it just takes lots of practice but if I can do it most others can.don’t give up.

Using the swivel knife. (note the nifty wrist strap…another easy project for beginners or more experienced alike. )

Carving all done ready for tooling.

The B802 Beveler that I mostly use, I do use some smaller ones if in tight areas but if I find a really too tight area I just leave it, because once all the dying and polishing is done you really wouldn’t know that it wasn’t intentional.

More cutting with the swivel knife, there are good videos on YTube you can watch to learn how to use these, not difficult really, just takes practice.

Carving done..lightly dampen the leather again, wait until color is almost back to normal then start tooling. As you tool, there should appear a dark brown line, this is made by the water

Errm..what can I say..except..practice practice practice..on scrap..before trying it on your expensive pieces of leather.

Next I did the background with a ‘Stippled’ back ground tool, just my personal choice.

Back ground finished.

Next I used a small paint brush to ‘paint’ the dye into all the smaller areas of the design background as seen here, then used a bigger brush and a Dauber to fill the bigger area, I did about three coats to get the shade i wanted, remembering that as I add the resolene later it will go a shade darker still.

I had to use another small paint brush to put resolene on just the design as a ‘resist’ to the dye that was yet to go on so that it wouldn’t stick to the design, I put two coats on at first letting each coat dry completely before adding the next or else it ‘pulls’ off the previous coating. When those were dry I coated the whole thing in one layer of resolene..again ..let it dry. The used a dark brown Gel antique dye to cover everything then ‘imeadiately’ after applying..get off as much as possible from the design itself…this is what the coats of resist were for….so the design stays bright. Then let the antique dry.

meanwhile I coated the back with resolene to ‘fix’ the dye so it won’t come off.

Here I’m adding those layers of resolene.

Using a sponge when it was time to coat the whole thing in resolene..made it quicker.

I used dividers to score a line around the edge, then I used a stitch line groover to make a sunken line. In the sunken line I then made the holes for stitching.

I did the same thing to the back section.

Here I’m using my burnishing machine to burnish the edges of tall the leather to make them smooth and help seal the edges.

Using the divider again I scored another stitch line either side of the gusset ready to make the stitch holes.

Using the stitch hole tool on the gusset. the gusset is a piece of quality Kodiak leather…it’s expensive so you can use anything you find thats soft enough.

Finally I was ready to put it all together, I started by using a ‘Running’ stitch to attach the gusset to the front section. I wanted a ‘Rolled edge so I face the ‘front’ of the gusset to the ‘front’ section of the pouch, stitched them together by going along one side then back along thr other direction to fill the gaps, tying it off inside when finished. Then, when stitched I bent the leather back over the hard edge..creating the ‘Rolled’ edge look.

Here I’m stitching the gusset to the front section with a running stitch.

here you see the result, the Kodiak leather is bent back over the hard edge creating a lovely rolled effect.

Next, attaching the two belt straps using brass rivets.

Showing the reverse..of the rivets on the inside.

Getting there.

The back is looking better already. I love it when the build comes together.

Fitting a piece of leather lace through the four holes to createthe ‘closure loop’ I then attached two wooden beads for decoration, tied knots and split the lace ends for effect.

The Closure Loop.

Then onto connecting the back section with flap by stitching to the gusset, again..a running stitch.

Using a Dremel I drilled two holes through a Deer Antler tip to use as a closure with the ‘Loop’. Please don’t hold it like I did I advise you to hold the antler tip in a Vice before drilling. this was my choice and I do not recommend doing it this way. That said…be prepared for a bad smell..Antler stinks when you drill it.

Finally, stitch the Antler tip to the front edge of the flap using a strong thread. You want the lace to be just enough to twist over the antler tip..like you would on a coat. the legth of lace is really just incase your pouch is so full you can’t bring the flap low enough. Annnd Voila..one Viking pouch. I had a ball doing this one, I hope I’ve encouraged a few of you to give it a go yourself. the archive at Beginners Journay into leather craft’ is full of other interesting projects and shows my journey into this amazing craft, More to come this year, thanks for following and good luck with your projects, till next time..’Stay Crafty’

#leathercraft #leather #pouches #bags #costume #medieval #cosplay #larping #fancy dress #gift ideas #hobbies #arts and crafts

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glowyves · 6 years

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Can you do small introductions on each loona member? Or i mean not all of them if u dont want ik theres like 27 of them but just little descriptions of what u think of em would be cute

a chance? to talk abt the loves of my life?

heejin: you knwo that friend who like if u fuck around during the school yr and need someone to help u out w notes and getting yourself together bc u know shes always on top of her game? thats heejin. girly is an all rounder tbh she can sing dance and as much as ppl like 2 clown her for her rapping shes really not all that bad. LIKE shes just so versatile. she showed that thru mixnine which lol i didnt watch besides cuts but if u watch her performing on there and then see her performing with loona 1/3 it’s like complete opposites but she manages to shine no matter what like it’s effortless for her. shes such a sweet girl too i really do feel like theres a reason she was picked to go first bc she has such a likeable personality. shes funny, hardworking, humble (but not to the point to where she downplays her worth), and just seems like a real ride or die type of friend

hyunjin: MY BABY i hav such a soft spot for hyunjin and it’s hard not to??? she comes across as a little quiet at first and she acts like she doesnt care but she does u know she does shes not fooling anyone idc how many times shes told yeojin 2 shut up on camera i know she’d be one of the first if not THE first girl 2 be by her side (and any members side) if some shit went down. shes such a determined little thing too and when she has her eyes on something she goes for it no thinking abt it no questions asked she just does what she wants and thats something so impressive for a girl her age to be able to do. i feel like shes the type of person to just sit in the back and watch more than participate bc she doesnt mind if the other girls take the spotlight like shes such a chill, laid-back soul. i aspire to be like her. and shes so fucking funny really it’s almost criminal how hard she makes me laugh. ALSO she has the best reactions it’s a disgrace more than anything that i dont hav a folder of just her making stupid faces

haseul: the absolute love of my life? THE jo haseul?? theres a reason shes the member i latched onto the most at the beginning and ultimately kinda the member that tied me down to loona for good. like i was onboard w them from the get but it’s her that sealed the deal. i dont joke when i say she really is their guardian angel and no matter what u think of her in the comparison to the other girls u cant deny the fact that shes born leader material. she makes the other girls feel good and at-ease yknow. like she was always around vivi in the 1/3 loona tvs and u could tell it was like 2nd nature to her being by her side as vivi navigated her way through a country and language she wasnt all too familiar with. and like w/ yves for another example like yves if all facts check out was only w/ bbc for a three week period before they debuted her so obviously she wasnt familiar with any of the girls which is why she was so awkward at first. but haseul? bless her soul she did all that she could to make her feel at home. and she has such a beautiful voice i feel like not enough ppl praise her for it. also fuck yg for making her feel bad during mixnine she deserves the world and he can suck my big toe

yeojin: miss thang miss thang. what 2 say what 2 say. first things first shes a trooper. shes a baby i mean a lot of them are babies but yeojin is an actual baby baby i almost fainted when i learned how old she is. but despite her age shes so firm yknow. when shes doing things she wants to do them right to the best of her abilities and shes always striving to be better which is so admirable bc for me personally at that age i was a goddamn mess i couldnt be doing and juggling even a third of the shit she does. and shes right next to hyunjin when it comes to making me laugh shes just so loud and full of energy even 2 the point where i get tired watching her and im loud and full of energy but her being loud and being full of energy kicks my being loud and being full of energy in the ass. if any of that made sense. but theres never a dry eye in sight when shes in the room and u can tell shes such a joy 2 be around as much shit as the other girls give her lol i just feel real protective of her bc shes just so full of life and laughter and i just want her to be out here living her best life

vivi: it needs 2 be said that i have such high respect for any kpop idol who’s from another country bc theres just so much thats going against them. miss vivi is away from home away from her comfort space away from her friends and family away from a place where she can speak proficiently and fluently bc shes struggling to learn a new language and?? on top of that shes doing all the other standard idol stuff. thats some tough shit thats some scary shit but she takes it all on with a brave face and an open mind. and being able to slowly watch her build up more confidence in the language and basically everything else has been such an honor. like when im out here on my weak shit feeling sorry for myself i gotta think 2 myself what would miss vivi do? how would miss vivi tackle this? i lov this girl honestly i would die for her she does so much and i feel like not all of it is fully appreciated but she’ll have her moment i know she will and it’ll only be a matter of time before ppl see how amazing she is

kim lip: giiiiiiiiirl. lip is such a strong person. like in all aspects. shes crazy talented it’s a little scary to think abt how much she’ll grow once they properly debut as a group and she gets more experience bc?? she just has so much going for her. her charisma is off the charts she can easily pull a crowd if her solo being a real big jumping point in spreading the loona name says anything at all. and shes such a good pick for the oec leader she definitely has those vibes like u just cant help but listen to her regardless of whatever bullshit she says and she says a lot of bullshit but do i liv by that bullshit and eat it up like shes spouting out the new testament u can bet ur ass i do. lip is definitely one of those girls that u cant help but be drawn to like u just want 2 be her bff bc once u remove her from the stage she has such girl next door vibes i feel like she’d be the type of girl u see in the club and u make small talk by the bar bc u made eye contact by accident and all of the sudden before u know it youve spent ur whole night w her and u hav her phone number and plans to meet up next week bc shes so friendly

jinsoul: i make fun of her a lot. but w good reason: shes easy 2 make fun of. shes so quirky but not in the ironic way like shes really quirky and a bit of a walking disaster but it’s charming and she makes it work. even if shes not ur fav? shes still? kinda ur fav? even if u dont know it? if i made a list of some of my fav loona moments i assure u she’d be included in about 80% of it like shes such a staple to the group i really cant imagine her not being w them i mean i cant imagine the group w/o any of them but jinsoul especially. sometimes i watch loona vids knowing good and damn well shes not gonna be in them but i still end up thinking where is jinsoul?? bc not 2 speak for everybody (i will tho) but no one can get enough jinsoul. also her voice? i love it it’s one of my favs in not only loona but kpop in general. both speaking-wise and singing-wise. it’s just so pretty i really did astral project the first time i heard sitr & love letter. true out of body experiences 10/10 would recommend the yelp reviews are in shes 100% worth It. what is the It shes worth? idk but whatever It is .. shes worth It.

choerry: i just want her 2 be my little sister wow. miss yerim really has my heart. truly the embodiment of :) . shes so smily and has such a strong energy u cant help but like her. in every loona tv shes in shes making someone laugh or smile and it’s no coinkidink it’s bc shes really just that much of a ray of sunshine and u cant help but fall for her. give her some time i pledge w my life that once they debut she is going 2 shine on variety shows theres no way she wont. she has such good sense and shes so flexible. and if lcm is anything 2 go by shes able to switch it up and kill different concepts and sounds at the drop of a hat. def one to keep ur eye on bc u just know shes gonna go far in the future theres no way she wont she has all the tools in her arsenal to make it big no problem. does she resemble the annoying orange? yes and i’ll hate kim lip forever for putting that image in my head but that wont stop her shes truly a force to be reckoned with.

yves: my baby! u didnt hear this from me but i lov her a lot. she was kinda just thrown 2 the wolves w/ her three weeks of training i can only imagine how nerve wracking it must’ve been for her. here is an army of girls bbc has as potential loona members whove been training for years/knew the other girls who were already chosen as loona members/have even gone along for the ride with the chosen loona members to film their mvs and yet shes the one who was picked to be added after three weeks of her being w the company. three weeks !!! thats a lot of pressure but despite that she gave us everything she got. she was real nervous in the beginning anyone could tell when u watched her loona tv arc but she got over it and by the time chuu’s arc rolled around she was joking around w/ the others like it was nothing. shes so funny too but in an awkward way. like she doesnt mean to be but she says and does shit that makes u ?? and u cant help but laugh. her gig with marishe? i have never seen anything funnier like that bitch really took 100+ photos all w the same face and w the same three poses if that’s not talent idk what is. and i dont think it’s been confirmed in writing yet but shes gonna be such a good leader for the eden unit i feel it in my bones

chuu: when i tell u my heart has skipped a beat over this girl. im not saying it 2 be dramatic im deadass. my heart has skipped a beat multiple times watching her whether it be a fancam or a loona tv or even a selfie. i’ve watched that little instagram update of her in her pig onesie more times than i want 2 disclose. her voice???? oh my god im in love with it. shes such a strong singer like STRONG and u can hear that in heart attack and girl’s talk and see saw but if u listen to her covers shes done before being introduced as a member it’s like !!!!! wow. and she makes a lot of noises. like just incoherent sounds and its so cute i could cry. like i dont have the attention span 2 sit and watch a vlive if it’s not subbed … but i’d do it for her just bc i love hearing her talk i love her voice on any and all levels u could love someones voice. and all her little mannerisms are adorable and this could really turn into me typing a whole mla formatted essay on how i find her 2 be one of the cutest girls in the world but i’ll spare u. and ofc shes not just cute like i said before this girl is talented and i cant wait for loona to grow as a group so she can be on bigger and bigger platforms for more and more ppl to hear her sing bc thats just how it should be

gowon: i lov her i lov her i lov her!! i’d do just about anything for this girl if she asked but i feel like regardless of who u are u wouldnt be able to refuse her even if u wanted to. i latch onto every word she says everything she says is gold. shes so giggly and a lot of that giggling is bc she probably feels awkward but it’s still real cute. shes also lowkey highkey gotta mouth on her like she’ll really come for ppls throats if she feels it’s necessary and thats beautiful to me. she doesnt get enough credit but as pretty as she is more attention should be focused on her talents bc she is a talented girl. her vocal tone is high and ‘cute’ but i think it melds so well w/ the other girls’ voices and theres a lot of opportunity there if and when they decide to create new sub-units/have more duet songs. and my girl can dance im tired of ppl overlooking her bc?? her pre-debut vids are a little stiff ye but theres so much potential there shes such a gem and i cant wait for her to grow more bc i know theres so much she could be doing w/ what she has

olivia hye: when she said love myself today let u go today? i felt that

#this was just me rambling i know theres no substance at all but here take it its all i can giv u . idk if this is what u were looking for??#U SAID SMALL INTROS IM JUST NOW REALIZING IM SRRY I HOPE THIS IS SMALL ENOUGH FOR U #also yall dont hav 2 read it but please like this i typed too much for it to flop lol

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bambyeol · 6 years

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Beats.And.Melody (B.A.M!) (final)

pairing/s: band! park jihoon x oc genre : angst, fluff, music (band) characters: kang daniel, ong seongwoo, kim jaehwan, bae jinyoung, yoon jisung, park woojin, lee daewhi

prompt : why were you crying over a pop rock party song?

previous (read first!!) : part 1 // part 2 // part 3

song inspiration : Letting Go by Day6

“Our next contender is well-known in the Underground, and they have been active for 4 years now practicing a succession system for their band members to keep the band running. This year, they are participating with three new members, and applied for a sub-vocalist after the renowned Son of Music, Kim Jaehwan has undergone a throat surgery. Who is their new vocalist? And will she light our hearts on fire?” The emcee narrated. Jihoon and the other members rolled their eyes.

“It’s a stinking band competition not some drama reality show,” Woojin muttered under his breath, and they all agreed. Jaehwan’s sudden withdrawal and news of Riseul’s application caused several controversies, and theories that the group may have been torn apart and Jaehwan was quitting to pursue higher goals fit for his voice, so they prepared two performances. Riseul would sing for their competition entry and Jaehwan would switch with her for an intermission.

“Let’s give it up for B.A.M!” The emcee shouted at the top of his lungs with varying pitch similar to that of a boxing battle. The spotlight rotated towards the doorway leading to the backstage and they emerged, the crowd immediately cheering upon seeing the band who was popular for their visual members.

Riseul was kept hidden in the middle of the line in between Jihoon and Jinyoung, and she stepped in front to hold the microphone from the mic stand, projecting her performance aura. The audience’s cheers softened as they observed her from head to toe , sizing her and challenging her to deem if she was fit to share the same stage with the boys the female population fantasized about.

But she met them with the same intensity that the boys had in their eyes, and she looked back to her fellow band members with a soft smile to thank them for all the help she has received for that short one month. When she finally faced the audience again, beatified by the confidence, she breathe out to greet them.

“1,2,3 !” She timed for the other members to join in. “ We’re B.A.M! Bul ane maeum (Heart on Fire) - ready to set your heart on fire.” She pointed her index finger to mimic a gun and shot to a member of the audience. The audience raved upon hearing the band tagline after a year again. The band members reserved the tagline for special occasions only since they were frequent performers of the Underground. Seongwoo explained that tirelessly repeating the tagline would make it lose its value and excitement.

All the lights turned off, and the audience became silent like all their other performances. Seongwoo raised his drumsticks to signal them, and on the final tack, Woojin strum on his bass. Jinyoung, Seongwoo and Riseul harmonized for the opening and the audience reacted to the cleanliness of their harmony.

Slowly, the lights began to switch on, their brightness modulated to fit the mood of the slow rock they were performing. Her hands trembled, and she looked afar as if she was talking to Youngchul. The words she wanted Youngchul to hear the most, and the words she needed to hear. She cannot run away anymore.

Her voice broke into tenderness and melancholy as she strummed the guitar with carefulness and lightness. The first verse was her solo, from singing to playing the guitar. The hairs from their arms rose as her voice touched their ears, and everyone was filled with a sense of nostalgia and ache.

“I got something to say, let’s meet up. Now we sit silently - facing each other. I keep thinking in my head. Should I say this or not

Although I don’t want to - ” she raised her voice to reach the notes of the final line, and the audience covered their mouths to hide their awe and to keep themselves from breaking the solemnity by cheering.

She continued to sing, and Woojin and Jihoon finally strummed their guitar. The three of them jibed in for a fuller sound.

“I’d been holding on to you for so long But now I must let go There’s nothing I can do for you It’s the only way to make you happy So I let go, let go, let go

So you can smile again – ” after that line, Jinyoung showcased his keyboarding of the high notes on a mini solo part before Jihoon and Riseul sang together. “So you can be happy -”

A stray tear landed on her cheeks, and the emotions were beginning to eat her. Her mind and heart kept on shouting for Youngchul. She bit her lip and wiped the tear before holding on to the guitar again. Jihoon moved closer to her and mouthed off something she didn’t understand, but knew were words of comfort.

On their nineteenth birthday, Youngchul was scheduled to have a heart transplant, and they waited for a donor. She didn’t tell him that she filled up her college application form and career form to that of ‘cardiac surgeon’ mainly because they were running out of time.

She wanted to fit 15 years into 15 days. That was the first time in her life she wished that she was older than Youngchul. Much much older than him, so maybe they would have crossed paths on that hospital, not as a sick patient and girlfriend but as patient and doctor.

“Can you teach me how to play happy birthday on the guitar?” Riseul carried the guitar to his bed, and he pointed to the chords and separately taught her the strumming. Needless to say, she failed miserably, and the 1 minute song took 5 minutes to play. He took the guitar from her and played, adding his own style and advance techniques to boast of his skills.

“Happy birthday to you ~ Happy birthday to you ~” he started and she sang along. “Happy birthday dear Riseul ~” he sang while she, “Happy birthday dear Youngchul~”

“Happy birthday to us.” They finished together.

Their last birthday together.

The second verse began and played with more instruments, starting off with Seongwoo’s drumming, and Jinyoung fully joining to provide a soft, high sound from his keyboard. Woojin’s bass produced a vibration that reverberated inside the small venue. The audience cannot take their eyes away from them, fully immersed in the brand new concept they showcased.

“I remember our good times The days of laughter and fun Memories ever so precious fill up inside me Although I don’t want to –”

Riseul resumed to sing the chorus again, the stage lights finally fully illuminated to reveal the tears falling from her eyes. Seongwoo fastened the beat of the drums and hardened his hold on the sticks. The strength of the performance reaching its climax as they played louder. She let go of the guitar, and held the microphone fully, bringing it close to her lips.

“I’d been holding on to you for so long But now I must let go There’s nothing I can do for you It’s the only way to make you happy So I let go, let go, let go”

“Holding on to you Will do you no good I know so I struggle to get you out The times we had together, our dear memories So I let go, let go, let go So you can smile again.”

She let go of the microphone and bent her head down to pick up the guitar as Woojin removed his microphone from the mic stand with coolness and his lips curled as the audience swooned, and shouted when he rapped.

“Ah let go, let go The bright future we sought out together I know, I know, we can no longer wish for a happy ending Like the land that hardens after the rain Pain is only temporary, someday you will meet Someone who can make you happier That’s the kind of love you deserve I got to say goodbye right now - ”

Riseul sang the chorus again while the others harmonized for a high pitch, and all the instruments stopped from playing before Seongwoo drummed again and like a bam the instruments chorused like fire heating up the whole venue.

They ended the song by dividing the last chorus for the different members, and she picked up the last line while Jinyoung played the keyboard without other instruments.

“So I let go …

So you can smile someday”

Jinyoung ended the song by a keyboard solo of a slowed-down tempo of the final line, and she closed her eyes,shutting off all the cheers that came after their performance.

“We’ll always be together,” Youngchul beamed when they were 10 years old. She pouted and looked on the ground again, kicking the dirt on the soil. After contemplating for a minute, she looked up, and found Youngchul with his pinky raised.

“Promise?” She asked - dubious. He nodded and they interlaced their pinkies.

“Promise.”

(please listen and watch this vid ! this is how the performance went and sounded like !!!)

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The audience beamed and thunderous claps filled the hall until one suddenly started, “ Encore !” And from one, to two, to a group until the whole crowd was chanting for them to perform an encore. They were all shocked by the response of the audience, and she covered her mouth, and they all bowed and waved off as they entered the backstage again for a quick rest before the band, with Jaehwan would perform for an intermission.

Upon entering the backstage, Jihoon tackled her for a hug. “We did it! We did it!” He hugged and told over her ear. The other guys joined until she had a hard time to breath and they were all laughing. Tears couldn’t stop flowing from her eyes, but now they were of happiness. Funny how Jihoon’s wish got granted. The others began moving out of the backstage again, and Jihoon stared at her with a smile.

He cupped her face, leaned close and kissed her as he laughed. They were at the height of euphoria, so that was why she kissed him back until their breaths fell short and they pulled away from each other. He tucked the stray hair behind her ear, and wiped the tears off her face through his sleeves.

And it only registered that they kissed when he walked off after patting her head. She stood like an idiot for a minute or so until a text from Daniel brought her back to reality. Quickly, she left the backstage and left the venue and met Daniel by the arched bike parking area.

He sat on one curved metal pole that served as parking for bikes, and waved at her with his crescent eyes and wide smile. “Oppa!” She ran to him, hugging her, and they sat side by side on that uncomfortable metal pole.

“You were amazing back there,” Daniel started, and brought out his phone to play a clip of her. She pushed him off because of embarrassment. They looked up at the night sky, and Daniel tried to hum the melody of the song. “I’m sure he listened well. He played the guitar for you after all” As he tried to piece different patterns from the stars.

She swayed her feet. “That’s why you were so worried about me, right? You knew I was stuck in the past.” Daniel nodded.

“Riseul, it’s okay to forget and continue with your life.” She frowned and shook her head, leaning it on his shoulder. “I won’t forget. There’s no way I’ll forget the 19 years I spent with Youngchul, oppa. But, like how his guitar strummed new melodies, so will I . I won’t lock myself up in those memories anymore, but every once in a while I’ll remember them and look back at them.” She smiled, firmness visible on her eyes.

Daniel leaned back and raised his arms and placed them on his nape. “Aigoo. Look at you acting like a grown-up. ” He teased her and hung his arm on her shoulder.

“Oppa, I think I like someone new now.” She smiled softly and Daniel nodded knowingly.

“It’s that guitar boy, right?” He asked referring to Jihoon, and Riseul’s eyes widened and she blushed. He wriggled his eyebrows when he saw that his guess was correct. “He kept looking at you during the performance. You’re really still a kid.” He ruffled her hair playfully and she pinched his cheeks in annoyance. When the two have gotten tired, Daniel glanced at his cellphone and saw how late it was.

“You still have work, right?” Riseul asked, and Daniel nodded. He flicked her forehead, and couldn’t resist on pinching her cheeks until they were red. He turned around and walked for a bit. Riseul shouted over the distance, “Oppa ! I’ll see you again!” She waved off excitedly and headed towards the staircase.

Upon entering the darkness of the stairs, she felt her body bump into someone. Her eyes adjusted to the darkness and she saw that it was Jihoon. “You were not in the backstage, so I thought..” He reasoned. “Oh. Sorry. I was just talking to someone. Let’s go?” She led the way and didn’t notice the frown that built up on Jihoon’s face after witnessing everything.

Everything settled down after 3 weeks since the performance. Apparently, it spread throughout their whole school that Riseul performed with the three most popular boys of the school after their performance went viral on the internet. So for three whole weeks, whenever the four of them walked together, there were curious glances from the students, requests for autograph and hopes that Riseul would perform with the band again.

The Underground became more popular, and it closed down after the owner deemed that the place should be renovated to fit more people, so they were all stuck in just playing in the practice room. Jaehwan wanted her to join the band as the second vocalist, and he became inspired to create songs that fit her style.

There was so much happening that she didn’t know if that was why it seemed like the kiss between her and Jihoon never happened.

Maybe she was just dreaming it up. Right, she was too happy that day too, so it wasn’t strange if she hallucinated for a bit. She sat by the music room, a place that has become their hangout place now, and strummed playfully on the guitar as she found her fingers reaching for the chords of happy birthday. She didn’t know why she didn’t play that for Youngchul during his birthday, and why she wanted to show her progress on the song.

“Happy birthday, to you ~” she whispered. “Happy birthday to you ~ ” her fingers switched chords. “Happy birthday dear Youngchul ~ ” the door of the music room opened and Jihoon entered with Woojin and Jinyoung. “Happy birthday to you ~”

“Who’s Youngchul?” Jinyoung innocently asked, and she raised her eyebrows. “You were listening to me?”

“Not my idea,” Woojin raised his hands defensively and pointed to Jihoon who averted Riseul’s eyes. She plopped the guitar on the bag and shrugged. “He’s a friend.”

“Just a friend?” Jinyoung probed, and Jihoon jabbed him with his elbow. He reached for his stomach and plopped on the floor in pain. Riseul laughed and upon seeing the calendar hung on the wall across her, she was reminded about the upcoming event that weekend.

“Jihoon?” She asked and he turned his head towards her.

“Do you have something to do on Saturday?”

Days passed until it was already Saturday, and Jihoon paced back in forth inside his house checking for the nth time his outfit. He looked. Okay? Good? Handsome? He didn’t know. The man who was with Riseul during the competition looked older, and more dependable and more handsome than him so he didn’t know how he fared. His phone was getting blown up by the number of notifications from the old group chat of the band . They created a new one for Riseul and the old group chat died down until today when Jihoon sent a picture of himself.

“You’re crazy.” Woojin replied.

“That’s so funny! I’ll never delete this pic hehehe” Jinyoung sent and began editing Jihoon’s picture.

“Very memorable first date („ಡωಡ„)” Seongwoo commented, and Jihoon immediately replied back.

“It’s not a date!”

They all sent memes, and continued teasing him until he decided to mute the chat box, and face that day. It wasn’t a date, after all, Riseul told her that she wanted him to meet someone. Most probably that man who was with Riseul during the competition. He sighed, and fixed his hair again before grabbing his bag and commuting to the cafe where they agreed to meet up.

Daniel bubbled his iced tea, and Riseul shot him a judging look. How can a 22 year old still bubble their drinks? They sat beside the glass pane to better see when Jihoon would arrive, and when someone passed by, her head did a double sweep and blinked.

That wasn’t Jihoon right?

The bell jiggled, and she looked at the door.

It was Jihoon. She spurted the cola she was drinking to Daniel and coughed. There was Jihoon with a ridiculously light pink hair,and Daniel’s did not back down with his own shade of pink.

He immediately found them, and he waved when he noticed her, but there was a sharp gaze that suddenly descended on his eyes upon seeing Daniel. Nevertheless, Jihoon maintained his civil front. Jihoon sat beside her, and Riseul closed her eyes upon noticing that the attention of the customers in the restaurant was upon them.

Cotton candy and friend.

She already felt the embarrassment being seen between two men with cotton candy coloured hair,and she buried her face on her hands abruptly standing up. The two stood up to follow her but she stretched her hands between them,and pointed at both of them. “I am not going to be walking in between two guys with ridiculously pink hair.” She threatened, and Daniel laughed as he ruffled his own hair.

But Riseul couldn’t do anything about it, so she walked around the shopping district of Seoul in between Jihoon and Daniel with a few passerby turning their head when they pass by. She didn’t miss how one girl pointed at them to her friends and mouthed how cute they were.

She sighed and dragged them to one store and bought the two of them black caps to partially cover their hair. Daniel complained about how it would ruin his hair, but Riseul glared at him to wear it. Jihoon continued testing the atmosphere.

Daniel and Riseul didn’t hold hands, but Jihoon didn’t miss how caring Daniel was for her. How he took the guitar bag from Riseul, and she didn’t complain about it. His eyes twitched, but he told himself that he should not jump into conclusions although he has long jumped into one.

“Where are we going?” He asked Riseul as they boarded the train.

“Busan.” She replied, and his eyes widened.

“I think it’s time that you meet him.”

They stepped foot on a cemetery and Jihoon looked around as he followed Riseul and Daniel. They bought the flowers in Seoul, and incense upon reaching Busan. The afternoon breeze made the trees rustle. Riseul clipped her hair back as she found Youngchul’s grave.

Kang Youngchul, the grave read. The same Youngchul that they asked about. His eyes moved towards the birth date. Same birthday as Riseul. Daniel sat on the grass and greeted first.

“Youngchul. Yo,” he laughed and sniffed. “Your brother’s here. It’s only been less than a month since I last visited so maybe you’re already tired of my face. I’m sure you’re never tired of Riseul’s face, but that aside. We’re doing okay. Mom is taking care of Rooney and Peter. Rooney misses you, but she’s getting closer to me. You always sucked at taking care of her so it always seemed like I both own them. I’m running out of things to say, but can you tell God that I want to meet my girlfriend soon? Riseul keeps on telling me to go find a girlfriend and stop bugging her and worrying about her…” he continued to talk to Youngchul and Riseul stepped closer to Jihoon, still looking at Youngchul’s grave.

Well that was one problem out of Jihoon’s bag. Soon, Riseul stepped forward and began to talk to Youngchul. “Hey,” she breathed softly. “I wanted you to meet someone,” she turned her head to Jihoon, and Daniel pushed him to walk towards her. He crouched down and awkwardly waved on his grave. He wasn’t given the memo on this.

“He’s better than you in guitar,” she laughed. “I learned so much from him in almost three months, and I hope you were listening to me during the competition. I cried my eyes out there, Youngchul. You kept on telling me you’ll compose a song but you didn’t get to. Daniel oppa told me that you played the guitar for me. What’s with that?” She wiped the tears from her eyes.

“You should have told me earlier, yah ! I would have gladly sung with you, and you wouldn’t have to bribe me every time. Also! Remember, B.A.M? That one band you often gushed to me about while we were in Seoul? Guess who became their vocalist?” She pointed to herself. “They’re really the greatest.” She glanced to Jihoon, and smiled. “They’re fun, and though they have so many rituals, I’m up to memorize them. This guy here is Jihoon, and he’s the guitarist of B.A.M now. I think you’d be good friends if you guys met earlier.. ” She said slowly and lovingly. Jihoon patted her back and she motioned for him to speak.

“Youngchul-ah. It’s weird. They didn’t tell me anything about this, but it’s nice to meet you. I’m Park Jihoon. 19 years old. Zodiac sign Gemini. I like to eat lots of food. I became the guitarist of BAM last year, and three weeks ago I participated in my first ever competition. My hands were shaking crazy that time, and Riseul was crying so hard, she was ugly. But now that I know why she was crying that day, and the other times I’ve seen her cry. Please let me take care of her,” he bowed his head and Daniel whistled with Jihoon’s declaration.

Riseul stared at him, eyes wide with what she heard. “I really like her a lot. And I promise I wouldn’t make her cry. Only tears of joy! And I’ll share to her that stage you loved so much,” he raised his right hand as a pledge. “I’m sure you’ll remember my face because I dyed my hair to pink. I hope to talk to you again. Please continue watching Riseul in Heaven.” And he bowed and clasped his hands together so that they could all pray.

Daniel chose to return home, but Riseul told him that she can’t because she had school that Monday. That day, Daniel didn’t push to send Riseul home and he looked at Jihoon instead. “ Hey man, take care of her okay? I’m always watching,” he stretched his index and middle finger to his eyes then to Jihoon’s to jokingly threaten him.

“Don’t be childish. You’re already 22,” Riseul pushed him away, and they boarded the train. It was already night time when they returned to Seoul, and Jihoon insisted on sending Riseul home. They didn’t touch the topic of Jihoon’s declaration on the train. Instead, Riseul told him about Youngchul.

“He was a crybaby back then, but he always acted like he was the bravest out of them all. Youngchul really took the meaning of his name seriously,” she laughed as she narrated the story of their childhood .

He couldn’t help but feel envy towards him. The perfectness of the two to each other, he felt it through her stories, but at the same time he was thankful that he met Riseul through him. And he was determined to keep his promise to Youngchul.

Riseul stood there waiting for him in front of her doorstep.

“Did you dye your hair because of Daniel oppa?” She asked, suppressing a grin. He pouts as she ruffled it. “You mistook him as my boyfriend, didn’t you?” Why was she good at guessing? He nodded and she laughed.

“You were chummy with him. You even let him carry your guitar. He casually touched you during the competition. I was really jealous back then.” He explained like a lost child.

“Says the guy who acted normal after he kissed me,” she retorted. “Then he would just proclaim something like that without notifying me. You’re very confusing.”

He looked at her with panicked expression, and shook his head. “I’m not! I mean…”

She returned his gaze expectantly.

“Can I carry your guitar?” He stuttered, and she broke into another laughter. “That’s it? Sure, Jihoon. Here’s my guitar,” she unstrapped it and handed it to Jihoon who face palmed at his awkwardness. He calmed himself and Riseul giggled upon seeing the new side of Jihoon.

It wasn’t the guitar nor was it the pink hair that Jihoon wanted to have. Jihoon took a heavy breath, his ears slowly turning red, heart shifting from his steady and rhythmic beat to that of erratic and thunderous beats.

It wasn’t the most musically pleasing beat, but his heart beat played a melody that proved his love.

“Will you be my girlfriend?”

wanna one masterlist

a/n : I didn’t want to let this fanfic even finish, but now it’s already over. I really wanted to write wanna one members as band members ever since this photoshoot where they held music instruments, and then came Day6 and I was like, “THERE”S NO WAY IM NOT GONNA DEVELOP THIS PLOT AND PUBLISH IT” . Now, here we are, and it’s been another journey.

I hope you all enjoyed this, and I’m off to write a few more fics for you guys ! Leave a feedback below or message me or something so we can all share in the feels T_T

B.A.M now disbanding ;;-;;

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Back When YouTube Superstardom Simply Required A Giant Earthbound Cartridge Costume

So yeah, Christmas is here, which also means that New Year is just around the corner… thank God.

Considering how have happy memories from the year 2017 is so few and far between, how about one from 2007? Back when being a viral sensation on YouTube simply involved rapping in the middle of a parking lot, while dressed upon as an Earthbound cart.

Ah, such innocent times. How they are sorely missed.

Back to the here and now; this particular holiday is all about coming together, even if it means putting aside our differences, with the hope that some form of common ground can be found. Which in turn may become a basis of a long-lasting relationship.

That’s basically the message I get from this old Rez ad, circa 2001; the PS2 version was their first third party release (via shmups)…

Speaking of the Dreamcast; that recently posted concept video for a third Jet Set Radio that never materialized has gotten me to revisit the original (via kazucrash)…

Here’s a JSR illustration that’s totally new to me (and I’d like that I’ve seen every last bit of officially imagery, though I will admit that I haven’t dug as a deep a hole as I have for Gradius; via sixteen-bit), so perhaps it’s new to you as well?

Another game that deep dives into Japanese urban youth culture is The World Ends With You, and syncopatedid tried doing a side-by-side comparison of the in-game locales with their IRL counterparts not long after the release. There was a two year difference, so not that much had changed…

Meanwhile, in Russia, fgsshinyhoard explains: “Samus Aran amiibos can open the ticket barriers of Moscow Vyacheslav train station, without needing a ticket. This is due to an oddly specific RFID in the amiibo that just syncs up correctly enough to the train station’s own reader…”

Though back to the streets of Japan… well, more like the rooftops… and back to the Dreamcast; here we have my fave part of Project Justice (via kazucrash once again)…

Meanwhile, in another high school, a whole other battle is about to take place (via lunaticobscurity)…

Seriously, there is no better mix than Japanese video games and Japanese high school girls, both circa the 80s (via charliecoffin)…

Last time we saw the now iconic Super Famicom box art reemerge as a sweatshirt from King of Games, though you can apparently purchase a few Ronnie Araya’s designs, which applies the same approach toward a variety of other hardware, on shirts as well…

On a related note, here’s what the Super Famicom looks like, x-rayed (via tvgame)…

And here’s an inside look at the instruction for T&C Surf Designs: Wood & Water Rage (via thevideogameartarchive)...

Sticking with sports, I wonder what the rejected shots of these two English football players, getting chummy with a Game Gear, looks like (via sonicthehedgeblog)…

I too would like to say congratulations to Dr. Robotnik (that’s actually a pic of “Britain’s most notorious prisoner”, Charles Bronson, who just got married; via saintdane05)…

And here’s Dr. Eggman trying to slim down before his wedding day, btw (via muffin-expert)…

Back to the Dreamcast once more; I for one could not have been more disappointed with its version of KOF 99, due to its polygonal backgrounds. Cuz but as kazucrash demonstrates (oddly enough, given his super positive portrayal of the DC), the sprite work was positively insane…

Before King of Fighters, there was Fatal Fury Special, and this bit of nuttiness (via rhade-zapan)…

Sticking with fighting games, thewaragainstgiygas presents a #OnePerfectShot of Ready Player One…

Apparently Godzilla has hit boxes, at least according to hitboxesonstockimages…

In response to this picture that was hung sideways in McDoanlads...

... we have the following response from hinaofficial…

The following is a perfect example of why gamingtranscribed is my new fave tumblr…

I will never grow tired of this sight gag (via bluephobos)…

Courtesy of videogamesdensetsu comes a curious example of a fake game preceding a very real thing. Which in this case, is the concept of super deformed Street Fighters going at it…

Meanwhile, oldgamemags recently posted a letter that appeared in the pages of Electronic Gaming Monthly that I can clearly recollect…

Speaking of Pikachu (via haebane)…

Another fave blog of mine is dedicated to the town of Scarfolk, in North West England, and I could not have been happier to see video games make an appearance earlier this year…

At the end of the day, when all is said and done, no matter how cute the denizens of Animal Crossing might be, they are still filthy animals (via hellomathieu)…

Whereas Kat from Gravity Rush manages to make her dwelling, which is down in the filthy sewer, not only clean & tidy, but also cosy & appealing (as evayoblog also notes)…

If the following gif from prostheticknowledge doesn’t convince you to contribute to their Patreon, then I don’t know what else to say…

You know, it just dawned on me that the Super Fami driven cover of Last Christmas that I posted… well, last Christmas… was published the day before George Michaels’s death…

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Which ride do you prefer? This super deluxe Ridge Racer set-up (via peazy86)…

Or this truck with the Legend of Zelda inspired paint job plus mud flaps (via retrogamerblog)…

So yeah, I never really gave Final Fantasy 7 much of fair shake. Was never all that interested to be honest. That was, until I saw these gifs (via ethernalium)…

I will never pass the opportunity to post video game related Archie image (via arcadezen)…

2017 will always be the year that finally gave us a Goemon & Ebisumaru X Beavis & Butt-Head (via midnitesurprise)…

Time for yet another friendly reminder to jump on that Fire Pro train if you haven’t done so already (via shadgandel)…

And time for yet another friendly reminder of bat-sh*t bonkers professional wrestling was during the late 90s (via n64thstreet)…

It may not play nearly as well as the games it helped to pave the way for, yet the importance of Pro Wrestling for the Famicom cannot be overstated. At least its commercial has aged like fine wine (via charliecoffin yet again)…

And back to shmups; this holiday season I made a bunch of RetroPies for a client, so he could give them away as Christmas presents (since SNES Classics are still in short supply). And the one game I try out first is MUSHA…

Though I will also play some other game at random, which is how I recently came across Majyūō: King of Demons. It’s definitely recommended (via bizarrobrain)…

titleknown asks: “So, FromSoftware Muppet game when?”

As part of my continued effort to play something Christmas related this time of year, something other than Christmas NiGHTS, I finally have something new! And yes, am late to the Boogie Wings party, but I guess that’s what I get for not following games-are-art closely…

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For those of you reading this who are still in the midst of holiday travel, I have to ask: see anything comparable this (via geekybasket)?

If you happened to get a Wacom tablet this year, and you also have a copy of Okami HD, a FYI (via goldenserker)…

Now, if you didn’t get what you wanted, you can always hunt whatever down on eBay, Though I recommend Japanese sellers only; aside from the fact that their used games are on par with factory fresh here in the US, they’e also super friendly and will often include handwritten notes plus other goodies (via tangobunny)…

But if you do get something, and I’m talking about a game that’s on a cartridge, I would recommend not blowing on it. Unless you live in a post nuclear wasteland, where there’s sand everywhere, like in the world of Hokuto no Ken/Fist of the North Star (via charliecoffin one last time)…

And if you happened to have gotten every game you wanted, great! Just don’t over do it (via relatablepicturesoflisasimpson)…

I began this post with an Earthbound/Mother related vid, and I may as well end with one as well. Take it away SilvaGunner…

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[UPDATE: 12/25/17] Alright, it’s 11:15PM EST, which means less than an hour to go before Xmas ‘17 is finally done & over with. But this other SiIvaGunner Christmas medley is simply too damn good to sit on till Xmas ‘18…

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nopantsfriday · 7 years

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What I’m Working On...

Tagged by @vir-ghilani if she says everyone bet your buttons I’m hitching my wagon to it

Rules: List all the things you’re currently working on in as much or little detail as you’d like, then tag some friends to see what they’re working on. This can be writing, art, vids, gifsets, whatever…

Art

So I have a couple projects outside of my school work that I’ve been working on. Mostly Dragon Age and Mass Effect stuff because I’m a nerd and I hyper fixate on things. I’m actually working on finishing these up so I can focus on more original stuff. But I will be making the shift no matter what after this summer. So some of my top projects are:

“Var Lath Vir Suledin” - It's a Solavellan piece that is sort of coming out of the thumbnail phase and moving toward lineart and color planning.

“Elven Antics” - A comic I’ve been stuck on since some time last year, it keeps getting pushed to the side for school work and because it's the most demanding thing when it comes to my hands. I mean backgrounds, Orlesian fashion, armor, so many characters, and nugs. Since its been a project of long standing its evolved into being more detailed than I originally planned. Hopefully I can work on this with more focus during my break that is coming up.

“Red Lioness” - It's a portrait piece for Isala. Its another side project that’s been sitting in the queue. It’s still in the planning phase, outfits, style, and research has stalled this. It’s my sort of experimental piece that is moving slowly but I’m okay with that.

“Boys In Blue” - It’s a piece that I want to use as the banner for my Mass Effect blog. It’s Garrus and Jaal in a sort of Noir Detective AU. I’m focusing on sort of monochromatic color scheme for this, blues, the only other color would be Jaal in his purple beauty.

Creature Concept art for a project I’m doing with some friends.

“Fallen Daugher” - My original story and comic, I’m finishing up some character designs and the script. This is a project that I have a long history with and I’m trying to shake off the desire for utter perfection and just really get it rolling now that the story is more solidified.

Writing

“The Chronicles of Inquisitor Lavellan” (COIL) - It’s Isala’s story that’s come to a complete standstill and been on a prolonged hiatus due to school and my art projects.

“Fistcourse” - Another writing project that got put on hold. This one was inspired by @vir-ghilani and I’m horrified how long it's been since I started it and it fell into hiatus. I’ve started on it again and now I’m fixing a few things before I continue onto the next chapter.

“Swans of Thedas” - This is a project that I’m drooling over doing and hasn’t escaped the draft phase mostly because of all the projects above and school. I don’t really want to sink my teeth into it quite yet until I’m further into COIL and have checked off more of these projects but I go to it every now and again when I send things to betas, or am taking a break from drawing for my hands.

My clan metas for Revassan, Shalelan, and Lavellan - these are personal things. Mostly for exploring the two clans I made for Isala’s story. They’re two wholly different clans with different morals, ideology, and inclusion in the Dalish community. I’m almost done with these because I have most of Revassan’s written back from my winter break but am polishing it up before posting it in one master post.

I give myself a large project list and sleep when I pass out. I’m happy this way. Though sometimes it feels like I get inspired to add another thing so my idea notebook/sticky note corner is constantly being added too. But that’s okay. As long as I finish things.

tagging @mishikaiya @nicoledraws and anyone else who wants to do this

#long post #i question why I decided i was happy this way #but i am #now I just need to finish things #long list of things i want to do #so little time #i get annoyed that i have other things to do like eat or sleep #wip list #I'm actually taking a break from writing and baking dinner right now

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ellebeebee · 7 years

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Part One/Nine

Phrixus Jaril, 13, moves to the Citadel at a delicate age: namely, the peak of his teenage angst. He doesn't expect much from these rich Citadel kids. But then he meets the Ryder twins, and all their friends, and realizes that he may have been a wee bit wrong about things. His relationship with Mira Ryder evolves over the years, and he never expected things to end up the way they did.

4021 words, female ryder|sara/original male turian character, teen rating

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“Phrixus.”

He stuck his head out of his door. “What?”

“C’mere for a sec.”

His mothers were unpacking in the living room and kitchen, one unwrapping dishes at the bar and the other sitting cross-legged on the new couch, a forgotten box beside her and a datapad out. Workaholic. But that certain spot behind his crest started to itch when he saw the way they were carefully not looking at each other, their mandibles too perfectly composed.

“What?” Phrixus stated.

“What,” Domera mimicked, putting away a glass. “Don’t be such a thirteen-year-old boy.”

“I am--” he stopped. Abruptly turned back the way he came. “I’m not getting sucked into this.”

“Hold up!” Domera ordered.

Phrixus stopped. In the living room, Calix was studiously scrolling through her datapad. The old prefab house on Niiet way outstripped this apartment in size; the old living room could have held the new one and the kitchen and the single bathroom. If they really worked at (and they probably would), his mothers could smooch stretching from the couch over to the bar counter.

Domera chuckled. “Good. Now, we have something to tell you.”

“‘Kaaaaay,” Phrixus said warily.

In the corner of his eye, Calix’s mandibles twitched.

“We’re pregnant!” Domera all but shouted gleefully.

“What,” Phrixus said.

“Isn’t it great? You’ll be a big brother, you can change diapers, clean up puke--”

“Eaugh, spirits, Mom,” he groaned, his subvocals dipping to the pitch on ‘Mom’ meant for Domera alone. “One, disgusting. Two, you’re just screwing with me.”

Domera cackled. “Guilty. But listen-- aren’t you relieved now? Makes the move seem like a cakewalk.”

“Yeah, it could always be worse,” Phrixus drawled, rolling his eyes.

“Oh, don’t be like that. Look, at worst it’ll--”

“--Only be two years until bootcamp,” he finished for her. “Yeah, I know.”

She shook her head, chuckling. “Okay, okay. We get it. You and your teenager-iness are impervious to consolation. Go on, then. You’re released from our cruelties.”

“Thanks,” he stated flatly, mandibles twitching.

As he retreated to his room (all of a few yards from the main room), Domera, with her voice rising with amusement, said to Calix, “Did you see his face?”

“I know!”

“He goes-- he goes, ‘Eaugh, spirits, Mom!’”

The two of them shrieked with laughter.

Hilarious.

Later, when he was down range, watched by the sarges and their overbearing expectations, or when he was surviving the interminable numbness of trench boredom with the occasional furor of a firefight-- later, he wouldn’t be able to picture the face or name of the salarian the teacher sat him next to in chemistry. Didn’t matter really; the salarians were always coming and going. Give them a month, and suddenly, oooh, I’m too wise and smart and sooo much older than you to associate with you children. The asari had the opposite problem. Always there but never growing up.

Anyway. Years later, he could never quite place his lab partner, but he would always remember when he sat down and the girl in front of him swiveled to inspect him. And those clan markings. He would recognize them anywhere; any turian worth his salt would. A Quentius. That girl was a Quentius. And that was when he knew he was way out of his depth.

After her deliberate perusal, the Quentius girl turned back around in her seat and whispered something to the female human beside her, her hand coming up to hide her mandibles from his view. And as he glanced around, Phrixus recognized nearly all the flashes of clan markings around the room. Ambassadors, generals, governors, presidents. These kids were from the top of the Hierarchy.

And here he was, just Phrixus Jaril. Just a nobody from some backwater colony. Yeah, Calix had just been assigned as the colony rep to the Citadel, but she was literally the first ever in her office. Until last year, Niiet had just been an outpost and only barely met the criteria to upgrade to colony status. The Hierarchy wasn’t supposed to be like that of course; nepotistic or whatever. You were accountable for yourself, and your actions would earn your position. But everyone knew better.

It wasn’t that much of a coincidence that certain clans bred excellence.

In front of him, the Quentius girl and the human were whispering. He caught the human’s eye over her shoulder. She whipped back around and elbowed the Quentius girl when she giggled. He could count on his hands the number of humans he’d met. And all of them had been adults.

Students were still filing in, and Phrixus looked up when a salarian paused in the aisle between the tables. She-- Bavak, that was it-- sat down beside him and introduced herself. In front of him, her stool squealed as Quentius swiveled fully to face them.

“Bavak, introduce us,” she commanded. The human looked at them, too.

Her nostrils and eyelids fluttering, Bavak stared between them all. “How about some manners?”

Quentius’s mandibles flicked. “Whatever. Don’t be such a salarian.”

“Yes, ma’am, Capt’n Turian Commander ma’am,” Bavak said, high-pitched. “Phrixus Jaril, this is Aela Quentius. She sucks. Stay away from her.”

Aela Quentius made a rude gesture with her digits and mandibles.

“And Mira Ryder. She’s okay,” Bavak added.

The human made a little wave, sparing a smile for Bavak. He’d thought he’d been ready to pull out the whole, ‘What the hell do they know’ against these people and their thinking that he was some hick. But maybe he’d accidentally painted it onto his forehead the last time he’d done his markings: HICK, in giant block letters. He didn’t know how to figure the look in Mira Ryder’s face, or Bavak’s. He’d seen plenty vids, of course, but-- how did they tell each other anything without mandibles, anyway?

“And where do they grow Phrixus Jarils?” Aela asked, her blue eyes squaring him up.

“The tissue replicators are pretty amazing these days,” Phrixus stated drily.

Aela and her friend snorted.

“Funny,” Aela said.

And the two of them stared at him expectantly (three for that matter, but salarians always looked like they were staring at you), so he cleared his throat.

“Niiet,” he said.

“Oh, Niiet,” Aela said. He thought she was being sarcastic, and he was prepping some vicious comeback he’d think of in three days, when she leaned forward.

“Niiet. Myredda system, only three jumps to either the Citadel or Palaven. Nice mineral deposits, even eezo. Not a lot. But the Hierarchy always needs it. You must be the new representative’s son.”

Phrixus struggled to keep his eyes calm and his mandibles still. Aela Quentius was dressing him down like some sort of research project. He didn’t think even he could pick out Niiet on a cluster, on a system map. It was a single column on an infinite data list. A speck of snot.

But Aela Quentius was looking at him as if compiling away means of operation, tax deductibles, overhead-- all the things that declared him on one side, her on the other. As if she already knew where he and she would stand, come two years and bootcamp’s trials by misery. Well. Maybe she did.

That’s mostly what he thought about through the drone of the lesson module.

He would wonder later on why, despite his complete determination to tough his two years out at the fancy Citadel prep high as a silent loner-- why he had lunch with Aela and her friends when she asked, and why he hung out with that group after classes on the Silversun Strip. Whatever his inclination to despise such a notion, he’d guess he had still been a kid that wanted to belong.

“So... you just moved to the Citadel?” Mira Ryder asked him, twirling the straw of her drink.

They’d all gone to Armax Arsenal Arena and played a (mostly) friendly match, casual settings, no armor. He hadn’t done terribly; running after the local vermin back home with shitty half-baked lasers had given him some experience, at least. Turned out, Mira Ryder had a twin that was loud and flashy, and liked to sneak biotics into a no-biotics-allowed match. The twin-- Forta Ryder-- and Aela Quentius ended up with best scores. Their bloodthirst sated, the lot of them had trotted to a dextro-levo food stand, and Phrixus had somehow been shuffled to the back of the line where Mira Ryder had waffled for ages about her order. Her brother had gotten fed up and run on, but Phrixus felt awkward just ditching her.

That was how he came to trail after the some-odd half dozen teenage turians, salarians, asari, and single human (all of them making a lot of noise reenacting the finer points of their match), and walking beside a human girl through the neon controlled chaos of Silversun.

Phrixus flicked his mandibles, and then wondered if he should be more “obvious” and shrug or something. And then he hated the impulse, didn’t want to change just because of some alien. But then, isn’t that the feeling of a hick-- basically, he was over-thinking it like an idiot.

He cleared his throat. “Yeah. Got here three days ago.”

“First time here?”

“Yeah.”

“Well. What do you think so far?”

“Of the Citadel?”

She nodded. Her long… hair swished about on top of her head. Like a… like a head-tail or something. Strands stuck to the side of her face.

“It’s…” Phrixus said. “It’s too big. And somehow, kind of too small.” He eyed the false afternoon sky. “Claustrophobic.”

Mira Ryder’s straw squealed as she pulled at it with her teeth. She appeared to be biting at a smile.

“That’s funny. Every time I’m planetside, I’d say the exact same thing,” she said.

At his look, Mira supplanted, “We were born here. Me and Forta. Lived here all our lives. Don’t go down gravity wells that often.”

“Huh,” was all Phrixus could think to say.

As a pair, they darted past a pamphlet peddler. Ahead, the other group was hooting and making general nuisances of themselves. From the corner of his eye, he studied her. What vids didn’t really convey was how small humans seemed. And, like. Proportioned incorrectly. Like they shouldn’t be able to move. He remembered the way Forta Ryder had shot across the Arena floor like a rocket. Like they shouldn’t move as well as they did.

Mira glanced up at him. He looked away. His mandibles were vibrating a little, but surely she wouldn’t notice.

“Umm,” she hummed, chewing on her straw. “Don’t take this weird, but have you never met a human before?”

Shit. Of course. Lived on the Citadel all her life, friends with a turian. Of course she would be able to interpret his expression.

The pause in which he scrambled to think of a reply dragged on. Until he made a weird subvocal-rattling cough.

“No,” he muttered. “I mean, you know. Passing ice merchants and stuff. But, uhh… I guess, never really one my age. Niiet’s hundred percent turian.”

“Hmm,” she mused. “Opposite problem here. We were the only human kids around for a long time.”

“Huh,” he said.

It was getting on toward evening, and the crowds had thickened. An elcor declaimed couplets on a corner, laughter shrilled out of every back alley, a diffusion of harsh neon glyphs burned on every stationary surface: the total sensation of the area, the closeness of literally every kind of alien ever-- it all whirled and swam in his head.

“For what it’s worth,” Mira Ryder was saying. He turned to her, just to have something to drown out the deafening muddle of everything else. “I really like the Citadel. It’s the center of the galaxy. People are always coming and going, something’s always happening. You’ll find something you like here.”

And then ahead of them her brother waved back at them, shouted something (he didn’t really remember), and Mira waved and ran ahead. When she jogged over there, weaving between people, the image of that float-y, bouncy mass of head-tail streaked with fluorescent blue light got lodged into his memories. Years later, he’d see it. Having a beer out of uniform, getting jettisoned from a drop ship. He never knew why, exactly, that particular bit of early-Mira so stuck with him.

Some things were just permanent, he guessed.

A month later, Bavak left the prep high to pursue her bachelor’s. Her first bachelor’s, anyway.

The class having an uneven number, Bavak had done most group assignments with Aela and Mira before Phrixus came. So he ended up doing the same when she left. And he took her spot in Aela’s Arena group. It was weird how easy a turian could fill the hole left by a salarian. And it was weird how easily he got caught up in Aela’s… whatever.

She had more followers on the extranet than any thirteen year old girl had a right to, and it seemed like she knew the entire clan history of each and every one of them, down to their most obscure family branches. She knew everyone, she knew everything, and she clearly was unafraid to let you know it.

He wanted to turn a cold shoulder at every nosy extrapolation she made about Niiet’s integration into the Hierarchy whole. He should have; most of her nonsense bewildered him. But the brightness in her eyes and the excited quiver in her mandibles bore down on him like the artificial sun of the Citadel holo-sky.

He wanted to tell Forta Ryder to go shove it whenever he dragged him on a suicide blitz against Aela’s team, or to the arcade, or to the food stands. He wanted to tell Forta to knock off with his incessant habit of taking photos of everyone ever and selfies. Yet somehow Phrixus ended up with an endless string of snaps of Aela and Mira, Mira and Forta, all the others, himself interspersed with his dumb sour look-- all cycling on his room’s monitor along with his photos from home. From Niiet.

“Phrixus? Can you get the door?”

He dropped his datapad beside him and sat up on his bed. “Just a sec.”

Brushing the console beside it, the door silently slid open and revealed Calix with load of laundry hefted on her hip.

“You didn’t have to do that,” he told her, reaching to take it. He’d been doing his own laundry for over a year now.

She swiveled deftly out of his reach and ducked around him into his room, her eyes glittering with curiosity.

“Call it nostalgia for a task that didn’t involve licking the boots of some ambassador’s undersecretary,” she told him, flicking her mandibles. “And a thank you would be appropriate, I think.”

“Thanks,” he said.

She dumped the laundry on his bed and started folding. She was looking around in a totally obvious way, determined to gather as much intelligence possible on this rare foray into her mysterious teenage son’s den. Phrixus stood beside her and picked up a shirt to fold.

“So,” Calix said.

“So,” he said.

She bumped him with a hip in retaliation. She eyed him.

“You’re ‘adjusting’ well. That’s the word, right? Adjusting?”

“I guess,” he said.

She tilted her head toward his monitor and the image of Aela and five of their group. “You’ve made friends. They seem, you know. Cute.”

He flicked his mandibles. And stayed quiet. He meant to keep quiet, too. Except she was staring at him.

“I don’t know,” he said. “That one’s a Quentius. Her father’s, like, a stone throw from primus. I mean, you know.”

Calix kept folding. She hummed lightly.

He cleared his throat. “The salarian councilor’s grandson is in my programming class? Did you know that?”

“Hey,” she said, looking at him. “You know something? You’re a snob.”

He dropped a pair of socks. “What?”

“Or reverse snob.”

“That’s not a thing.”

“You’re making it a thing,” she told him. She dropped a folded shirt and patted it, then turned about to face him. “Stop trying to find something to angst over. You’re Phrixus Jaril, and you don’t have anything to be embarrassed about. Your grades are apparently good, even with your backwater education. ‘Cause we haven’t gotten any accusatory calls about you dropping out. Your friends are cute.”

She poked him in the arm. “I’d call this move a success.”

He blinked at her. And then, shook his head with a snort. “I guess.”

“Hey,” she said, taking his arm into her hand. “You’re doing good. I’m proud of you.”

His mandibles tucked in embarrassment. Her hand tugged smartly, and she pulled him to a hug. She was still taller than him, but they all knew it was matter of time. Still, it was nice. To be hugged with her able to reach all around and then some, while it was still possible.

“Thanks, Mom,” Phrixus murmured, his subvocals inflecting up for the ‘Mom’ just for her.

She patted him on the back. “There we go. Much better.”

They went back to folding. She side-eyed him. He stumbled when she sharply hip-bumped him again.

“Hey--”

“Jeez,” she said. “Making me say such corny stuff.”

“What! You were the one--”

“So corny,” she groaned loudly over him.

He finally laughed and threw a pair of socks at her face. She retaliated with a pair of pants. In the aftermath of the laundry war, Calix lightly skipped out and left him to clean up the mess they’d made.

“Forta, no--!”

Completely disregarding Mira’s shout, she and Phrixus both were flattened by the sudden pressure blast from Forta’s biotics. He was gone, trailed by blue after-image. Mira swore under her breath, and her hand shot to Phrixus’s sleeve to keep him pulled down under cover. The reason why became clear when buzzing shots of orange light, deadly to their “vital” sensors, filled the air over their heads.

It was a trap.

“We got them pinned, keep it up!”

A gleeful chorus of whoops answered.

“Dirty bastards!” Phrixus yelled.

“Some friends you are!” Mira added.

“All’s fair!” N’tessa (asari, galactic lit, a year ahead of them but pretty decent about it) shot back smugly. “But hey! Hold up guys, hold up.”

The barrage of orange lasers ceased.

“We’ll give you a chance to surrender. Two clean shots, and you guys can get out before it gets too embarrassing.”

Phrixus looked at Mira, and she looked back at him.

When he thought back to this moment, he’d remember it as the first time he really saw something other than “human.” He’d been thinking it for a while, he was sure, but something about seeing it made it different. The way her stray curls clung to her temple and cheek, sweat beading and binding. The roundness in her features, so strange to his eye. The softness, the thin skin, all of it-- or maybe he was just making himself remember it that way. Because things had ended up the way they had, and he didn’t want to believe that he had never had these sentiments, that… Well, he supposed it didn’t matter if all you did was remember.

Mira’s brow came down. And that, he would later realize, actually translated to him. She must have seen the answer in his own face, because at the very same moment they drew their fake Arena pistols and fired over the edge of their cover.

N’tessa squawked, and the score display overhead flashed for another point to Team Rydin’ Hygh (Forta was kind of pushy about getting to name things; and about pushing all the buttons).

After that, their enemies still outnumbered him and Mira, but they had the advantage of surprise and cleaned out their immediate area. Their friends groaned, shot them dirty looks, and skulked off to the exit. Then, they finally found Forta in a messy dogfight with Aela, and Mira picked her off with a pretty shot from long range.

It was-- all things considered-- fucking awesome.

Phrixus and Mira tied for high scores, so they were treated at the usual street stand. His team told off Forta for falling for such an obvious ploy, and they all served him a generous round of ribbing. But it was hard to really put heat into it when the guy smiled so broadly and laughed just as hard as any of them.

Phrixus didn’t even feel his usual compulsion to accuse Forta of potentially getting people killed in a real gunfight. His carapace felt lighter than it had in a long time.

He turned in his seat toward Mira. Reaching across the table, he clicked his cheap aluminum drink container against hers.

“That was an awesome shot at the end there,” he said.

The group of them sat around the street stand, making enough noise to earn a few glares from the owner. The batarian was clanking about in his tiny kitchen, huge billows of greasy smoke drifting out the tiny order window. But even through the smoke, he saw her swivel sharply, look at him, and just as sharply look off to the side.

“Uh, thanks…” she stumbled. She cleared her throat. “I mean, yeah-- oh, not yeah it was awesome-- not that it wasn’t--”

She stopped. And did a thing with her lips. “I meant, uh, yeah, I’m thinking of trying out a sniper rifle. Dad thinks I’d be good for it.”

His mandibles pulled out. “He military?”

“Yeah,” she said. “Alliance. Obviously. Oh! I didn’t mean-- just, you know, the human thing.”

“Right. I, uh, got that,” Phrixus said.

Her face seemed a bit… like a balloon with too much air or something, all puffed out and taut, staring at him. Then she looked down, deflating a little.

To be frank, he had no clue what the hell was happening.

He remembered that well enough: the busted grav stabilizer feeling of bewilderment. It was much better, and yet much worse, than the feelings that followed. The anxiety, the neediness, the flutter, and all other manners of adolescent torture.

The aftermath or the fallout-- or maybe the beginning?-- was unmistakeable. But he would never be able to figure out where or when the seeds for it got sown. Maybe it had been that tap between cheap aluminum drink cups, maybe it had been the exchanged look at the Arena, maybe it had been the very first meeting. And then, maybe it had been something in them all along.

The symptoms could not have manifested with more clarity.

When Mira struggled through chem and geometry, and had her little freak-outs over their group chat room-- Phrixus would send over the files of his notes and copies of his homework. He eventually had to encrypt them for her alone when everyone else thought they were being cute and started bitching about not getting sent the files, too.

When Aela started in on one of her tears through political-economic webs in the clans and their potential expansions throughout the fringe colonies, and then Phrixus started making passive-aggressive jabs which Aela returned like the impending squabble was some kind of puzzle-- Mira would jab Aela in the ribs and tell her to leave it alone.

When Mira stood there at the food stand, abandoned by her brother and her indecisiveness popping a vessel in the batarian stall owner’s forehead-- Phrixus would brush past her and order for them both. And she would go, “Oh! How did you know that’s exactly what I wanted!” And he would flick his mandibles dismissively to hide the strange warm pit sprouting somewhere near his chest.

When Phrixus got into a mood (that’s what his moms called it anyway), complaining about the state of the school food-- supposedly best school on the Citadel, a cold spit away from the Presidium even, and this is what we get? Or what the hell even was art and lit classes supposed to do for him? He was shipping out soon, probably end up artillery fodder anyway-- Mira’s bitten smile would finally burst into a laugh, calling him grumpy or something similarly demoralizing to his ire.

And it didn’t even seem to matter.

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