Joe had tried to write a will once.
Well, more accurately, he’d tried to make Cleo write one. After all, she had appropriate custody over an entire ship full of ghost sailors that season! If she’d inconveniently died, it would have been irresponsible to leave her armor stands to figure out what to do with the disaster that had resulted. Simply irresponsible, not to have a will.
Cleo had laughed at him. “Joe, I’m already dead. I’m not sure zombies can legally have wills.”
He’d huffed back. “Zombies can be responsible with what to do after they depart this plane the same as everyone else. Or, the second time they depart? You may have a point on the legality of the matter...”
He’d ended up half writing one too. To be honest, even as they both updated it season-to-season, Joe rarely had much he wasn’t willing to leave behind or loose. Oh, sure, he was terrible at letting go. One of the last through to the next world at the end of most seasons, in fact, too many projects still in the works, too many irons still in the fire. But not being willing to let go and not being willing to lose - those are two different things, now aren’t they? So, honestly, not much in his will. Normally, just who would take custody of any pets he’d picked up. (It was Cleo, and then normally either Xisuma or Scar if she couldn’t, depending on the pet and the year.)
He’d written it in rhyme this season, he thinks, standing alone in front of the spawn egg. Well, as fitting as everything else - no one will be around to execute it.
...and no one will have to. After all, Cleo had, after much cajoling, written hers in rhyme too, and he’s the executor. So, clearly, he can’t die, because that would put Cleo in real trouble if she managed to die a second time. Which she wouldn’t! Because she had a plan!
Maybe, he thinks, Cleo had a point, back then. Joe conquers death, and Cleo’s already died once.
What -
- he stares at the moon so long it burns his eyes, and then he takes flight again, ignoring the growing horrendous heat in his chest -
- what do they need wills for, anyway?
(Nothing at all.)
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I'm curious, would li get kinda defensive on dyed hair care if they were romancing an MC with dyed hair who just. Is kinda sloppy with it? This is bad phrasing but I can't think of a better one- like someone who bleaches and dyes their own hair at home in the bathroom sink and gets dyed all over their ears and just generally isn't too worried about upkeep? Cause I've been in friendships with people who very much got mad at me whenever I said I was planning on bleaching my hair in my tub again lol
Li does their own hair at home, actually, so they definitely wouldn't judge you for doing the same. It's your hair, do whatever the fuck you want with it.
Li, Nellie, Luke, and Audrey have a hair-dying party every six weeks or so and dye each others' hair. They'd be happy to invite the Speaker along too, if they wanted to join in!
For the record, I bleach and dye my own hair too. I've had my hair done by professionals before, and it's expensive as hell and the dye lasted half as long as the stuff I use at home. It's just not worth it.
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[Additional Image Description: On a grey background, there are five small black line art illustrations lined up across the center. The first is a sword with a hooked blade pointing upwards, the second is a hand with magic curling up out of it, the center is a castle with wavy lines extending from it into a dark sky, the third is a beaker with steam curling up from it, and the last is a shortsword pointing downwards. The sword has a few dark red shading lines. In the lower right corner of the fanmix cover is the title, "heart of my own," in dark red medieval calligraphy font. End Additional Image Description.]
HEART OF MY OWN - A FANMIX FOR CASSANDRA DE ROLO IN THE TIME OF THE BRIARWOODS
Overgrown - machineheart // Edge of the World - Within Temptation // Ashes and Rust - Wynnie Stone // Take Me Home - The Paper Kites, Nadia Reid // Nobody (Live) - The Crane Wives // The Tangled Tree - Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker // Heart Of My Own - Basia Bulat // Don't She Run - I Draw Slow // Murder City - Abigail Lapell // Until the Fire - Ladytron // Control - Halsey // Lament - Mount Moriah // Catch the Light - Haroula Rose
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Here is a suggestion judges…
When it is <insert topic here> Week, maybe the bakers should be judged on how well they incorporated and executed <insert topic/ingredient here> in the Technical. Maybe that should be the entire criteria of the technical. Maybe you shouldn’t forget that part when you rank the bakers. Maybe.
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