Intro post ig. (I'm not all sure what to place here so ask me or let me know what I should add)
Hello, I'm Edan. I use he/they referential prounouns, and identity as nonbinary.
I am of the belief that everyone should have the right to exist and work to make the world better for every person. However, those who treat others with hate in their hearts should change their ways, or remove themselves from participating in society.
Also Fuck Generative AI (quick rant post here)
Fuck Fascism as well.
Besides that I have various interests in different stories, games, and worlds. Too many to just mention outright, but I'll mention a few:
Lord of the Mysteries (both the Dong Hua and Novel) [master post].
Got Dropped into a Ghost Story, Still Gotta Work (gsgw)[I'm still reading it and I believe since it is unfinished, there is more to come].
Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint.
The Magnus Archives (note: I've only listened up to 195 due to a promise to do a watch party of the last 5 eps).
Various anime that I have watched and need to watch again.
A number of games from dnd (misc ttrpgs) to Minecraft to a number of other titles (ask if you want to know more ig).
Not sure what else to place here, so any questions just ask me, or just send me asks about random things, I don't mind.
Oh Shit. How am I to deal with this pest? (The Original post) (I also want to praise @mr-crescent [sorry for the @] for this brilliant piece of art. Even if a piece of art doesn't always turn out the way you want, the attempt is what matters and we learn from it. What a beautiful piece of art and concept.)
This time I thought it would be fun to make one more specifically for the church of the Fool and more specifically for @missb0at's Gerhman Sparrow Timeout AU.
Thankfully this time when writing this there was more info to extrapolate. However it always feels funny trying to come up with negative effects to balance things out. Along with my inclination to make the artifacts sentient, there is never enough information or explanation on how that works or their specific inclinations.
[Lotm Masterpost]
Grade 2 - 28
RECORD #SAI-G2-28-10/1318
MAIN CATEGORY: Sealed Artifact Index
SUB CATEGORIES: Grade 2 Sealed Artifacts.
ARCHIVED BY Oliver Abraham
TRANSCRIBED BY Rivera Collins
CLEARANCE: Official Archivist Member or above
SUBJECT: Vermilion Desire
POSSESSOR: Church of The Fool
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Sealing Method: Store in an ornate 5 liter container filled with blood, replenish once a month. During a full moon, any remaining blood in the container will be drained and disappear, the blood must be replenished before the next moonrise. Keep the item away from natural moonlight when not being worn. See Appendix 1 and 2 for details pertaining to possible sealing lapses.
Description: A thin white laced glove with various patterns relating to the phases of the moon, along with artery and vein-like patterns between the various moon-like patterns.
Handed over by a strange traveler dressed in starry blue. He advised quite sealing before night arrived, and mysteriously vanished after the team approached the glove. Once verified by a mid-sequence Seer on the retrieval team, the Sealed Artifact was rushed back to the nearby Diocese within an hour before moon rise. See Appendix 2.
After research from various Scribes, the item was determined to have ties to the Apothecary pathway, with the highest level abilities recorded reaching that of an elevated sequence 5. It has also been thoroughly confirmed that blood will be consumed from the wearer, or from other living beings when using various abilities, along with the passive consumption from wearing the Sealed Artifact. This consumption can be delayed, or supplied with a reservoir of blood. See Appendix 3 and 4 for additional information regarding blood consumption.
The following abilities correlate to that of sequences 5 and 7 of the Apothecary:
The wearer of the glove can manipulate and simulate visible moonlight. This allows for the creation of environments that replicate the effects of a Full Moon— which can increase Spirituality, spiritual perception, and the domain related to Death— This can also be done in the opposite direction by controlling and eliminating moonlight. Let it furthermore be noted that the amount of moonlight can be controlled. The primary issue of note with this ability, is that the rate of consumption of blood will increase with increased moonlight.
The user of this sealed artifact can also transform into condensed fragmented rays of moonlight in the presence of moonlight. When fragmented, the wielder cannot be injured unless an attack lands upon the heart. Through this fragmentation, they can move within and to spots of moonlight, allowing for a limited form of teleportation. This will increase the consumption of blood by the Sealed Artifact.
It was found that while wearing the glove, one can heal various wounds at the cost of blood. Any wounds directly afflicting the heart are unable to gain regenerative capabilities. Minor wounds heal quickly with minimal drainage of blood, however this can accumulate into major blood loss. More major wounds can lead to anemia, with up to a liter of blood lost per such wounds. See Appendix 5 for one peculiar case.
The user can also manifest corrosive claws, from the Gloved hand, that can cut through various materials and contains corrosive properties. The corrosive properties also have the capabilities of cutting through any scale, skin, and membrane-based defensive methods. This can also be used to drain blood from a target, and as such sustain the glove. The claws can reach to around 30 centimeters maximum, and can be controlled in length below that.
The user can also, at the cost of a small amount of blood, create shackles made of shadow to restrain opponents. This is temporary, but can be maintained for a small increase of blood consumption by the artifact.
Living Characteristics: Initially not thought to not have living characteristics, after a year of being sealed it revealed indications of activity in this manner. The artifact has shown indication of seeking out the blood of specific individuals over others. This has led to the complication of various members of the Archivists being unable to utilize the Sealed Artifact due to this nature, as the glove will increase the rate of consumption of blood from the body.
The Sealed Artifact has also shown abilities relating to a sequence 8 Beast Tamer. The glove has used these abilities to attempt escape, but no found method has been discovered to utilize these abilities as a wielder of the sealed artifact.
The glove has shown a fascination with studying the moon, and has made scratched notes on surfaces, using blood as ink. This fascination of the moon has led to it attempting to seek out natural moonlight. After a Blood Moon event, there is a large increase in the inclination to escape.
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Appendix: 1. In the event of the blood not being replenished, the artifact would drain blood from the entity that makes physical contact with it next.
1.5. After the Sealed Artifact began displaying signs of living characteristics, it would seek out and attack the nearest entity containing blood.
2. When not being worn, under natural moonlight, the glove will fragment itself into condensed rays of moonlight and disappear.
2.5. After displaying living characteristics, the glove will actively teleport towards a preferred target. Even utilizing previously mentioned Beast Tamer Abilities to navigate towards the target.
3. The duration of time the glove can be worn varies from person to person. This ranges anywhere from one to six hours, however it is advised to not wear the glove for more than half the maximum time that one can handle it.
3.5. Wearing the glove during a full moon is greatly ill advised, and has been known to lead to major blood loss within a fraction of the time one can normally handle.
4. While the Sealed Artifact will drain blood from the user, the use of external blood has proven to alleviate this issue. To further elaborate, the glove will not immediately drain blood from the wielder if it has been properly sealed. This allows for blood to be stored then later used to satiate the glove. The duration of time that can elapse before the glove starts draining blood has yet to be extensively researched and will remain undocumented due to the risks and concerns of loss of life.
5. After the events of a particular conflict, the active wielder, a Ringmaster, of the glove had perished. After extensive examination, it was found that their body was in perfect condition, as if preserved, with the sole exception that their body was completely drained of blood.
5.5. With the full events of battle left unknown, it was concluded that the combined injuries that lead to the death of this particular Ringmaster were all healed, however the Ringmaster was long dead before this point. The glove had appeared to have attempted to completely heal the Ringmaster, leading to complete drainage of blood.
Hi Edan! Glad to see that your Travelling went (mostly) well, I’m happy to see you back :] - ed @miracle-magician-merlin-hermes
Hi Ed,
Thanks for checking in! I am also quite glad that my traveling has gone well, and to be back. Soon I will be heading back home, so my traveling has not yet ended.
- Which of the four elements from atla would you want to be able to bend?
- What is your stance on The Legend of Korra, as I know the whole atla/lok fandom is kinda split?
- The Friendly Traveler
Tiny boat would say: Water water water because in any given media with categories tiny boat will pick water or blue or purple or the closest thing to those three options
Big boat says: Water or fire would be nice
I have no strong opinions on Korra tbh. It's a beloved piece of my childhood and if I ever get around to it I would rewatch it :p
Personally I've always felt akin to Airbending. It feels silly to say that, however, I have no shame regarding my stance in it being my preferred.
Also fair point. Korra was definitely a peice of my childhood as well, and I need to take the time to rewatch it. (I just wish people would stop hating on Korra)
okay but I think the Blood Iron Order or whatever their name is has a point. Ordinary people should absolutely know about beyonders cause then we can get like:
Traveler Delivery Service: where Seq 5 Apprentice pathways can get stable employment delivering packages all across the world
Wraith Demolition Company: Because apparently Sequence 5 of the Prisoner pathway are also Demolition Experts
Planter florists/gardeners: Where you can literally have any plant of your imagination in your backyard
Hunter pathway Glassblowers because they can literally create their own flames so they can create cool glass sculptors with little risk
Or like if you’re really nervous for a job interview or something you can visit your local monster pathway person and get a little dose of good luck
Or maybe the reader pathway can become human encyclopedias or run the best schools and universities. Also they’ve read every book so like they’re literally a library.
(For any of those curious on how my travels went over the past 5 days.)
Day One:
Leaving in the afternoon, the waves were choppy, the wind was stirring, and the water was salty. We spent a minimum of two hours in the horrendous weather before deciding that we should make to land nearby (which was still apart of the mainland). We spotted a cove close byvand it took us 20 to 30 minutes to reach it.
The cove sucked, it was rocky to all hell, and with the tide comming in, everyone's shoes got soaked with water. We would then spend the next bit looking for a good spot to set up a temporary camp, and try and start a fire. We found an okay spot, but the fire took forever because the cove was still subject to a decent amount of wind. Eventually my family decided to throw a bit of gasoline in to help start the fire, it worked, and I felt it from the tent.
The rest of the evening progressed with us drying off some of our things, ate some food before went off to sleep.
Day Two:
It was at this point the weather had cleared up. There wasn't as much wind as the proceeding day, and the water was smooth and calm on the surface. After everyone was awake and the fire started up again, we had breakfast.
Since the cove was so rocky, we had to move the boat closer to camp, and did so by carrying it over the rocky beach. After this we started packing everything up, taking us about an hour or so. We would then set off to our destination.
That destination being an island, and more specifically, and a cove located in its borders. We spent about another 2-ish hours trailing along the water to the island. After we arrived we made our way into on of the coves, and went to the deepest of it before finding the best spot to set up camp— before that tho we also unexpectedly saw some jellyfish on the way in. The spot we found was just absolutely perfect all round. Fresh water not far from camp, the beach at was gravel-y and didn't have any large boat threatening rocks, and a bit up the ways past where we could get fresh water, there was a big open field/marsh (perfect for deer hunting, which my uncle planned to do coming to this island).
So, we set up camp and after a bit decided to head back out to troll (a fishing technique) the lake and see if we catch any fish. Sadly we didn't, but we spent about an hourbor so out there which was nice and peaceful. When we got back, we made some dinner and then my family decided to head up to see if they could catch some evening deer. I stayed and tended the fire, hearing a gunshot after a spot of time, when they all got back, they didn't manage to find a deer, but a grouse, which was obliterated by the shot. Not much else happened after that and we went to bed.
Day Three:
All in all it wasn't an event packed day. We started the day with plans to hike up the mountain and follow & mark a game trail. These plans were promptly thrown out the window. Since the time we got into the island cove, we have constantly seen fish jump in and out of the water every so often. So it was decided that before we would hike, we would take some time to hike around to a spot during low tide, and fish over there for a moment.
After a while, tide had started to come in, and we started to make our way back, except for one.
That remain person, my cousin, stayed out on the fading sand bar, going chest deep into the water with a fishing rod without wading gear or bait. He eventually, after a number of failed attempts, managed to snag a fish. It took him a solid minute or two just to surface and snag the thing. Now because I know it only by its nickname, I'll share the name (and hope yall don't know the associated region); the fish my cousin caught was a king salmon, but he mistook it for red salmon initially. Due to the nature of the fish, this was one of the hardest ways to catch the damn thing because he had no net and was basically fully submerged.
After that, the rest of us made our way back and went to put the boat back into the water. We then spent the next while catching some small fry fish that we tried using as bait. We caught not much else after that.
I do want to note however that some of the smallbfish we managed to catch was done using a stick from a tree wrapped with fishing wire, a lure & bobber, and the meat from some of clamped shellfish from the rocks. Possibly the most jank way to catch a fish ever, because we actually had tried and true fishing rods, but we caught more fish with it than the actual rods.
After a while we went back to shore, and I took a good rest/nap because it was hot and I was tired. After a while, I woke up, got to have some of the delicious fish, ate a tiny bit more food then proceeded to head to sleep after drinking some water.
I then learned the next morning that those who remained awake did a spot of hiking to trying and preemptively mark out the game trail for the next day.
Day Four:
Sadly I wasn't feeling all that well this day. I ended up spending most of the day resting in a tent. Everyone else took time to swim in the water, and then later hiked around. Not much else happened for me.
Day Five:
Return day. Not much to say honestly. We all woke up at somepoint, took the time eat and drink, then we got camp packed up and left the cove. After that, it was a 6ish hour boat ride back to the mainland harbor we started at. Was a long ride, but since we were ahead of schedule as a whole, i say it was worth it.
All in all, I had a fun time. Definitely would do again when I am feeling in much better condition.
Oh lord is it ever a story about grief. And not in a 'you can't save everyone' way or in a 'its not your fault' but in a 'the grief we feel is ugly and bitter, and it will remain that way until you processes it and allow it to run it's course by allowing others to carry some of that grief with you' way. Not only is Peter dealing with Aunt May being dead but also his friends forgetting him. He isolates himself in a self destructive way and works himself into the ground until his emotions and his superpower go out of whack and he takes out his unprocessed feelings cause him to lash out. He doesn't allow anyone to get close because he's afraid that if he does he will have the barely closed wound ripped open and he'll have to process all over again. He doesn't trust anyone because last time he did, his identity was shared to the whole world and he had to make everyone he loves forget about him. And he chose not to go back to them because he wanted them to be safe, but also to protect himself
THERE WILL BE SPOILERS, DO NOT CONTINUE IF YOU DON'T WANT SPOILERS.
Furthermore Jean was also grieving but in a more violent destructive way, taking her grief out on everyone around her. She not only going after the man who caused her pain but she's roping innocent bystanders in because she's so angry and sad about her sister that she can't help it. She's lashing out because she wants to. She takes her grief and twists it into a feeling of mistrust towards everyone around her.
And in the final scene of Jean and Peter together, when Peter shares his 'great responsibility' talk with her, and the two sit down and realize together that maybe just maybe someone out there understands just enough to help you get through the worst of it. Maybe instead of internalizing the pain and fear and grief both of them are feeling they can share that pain with people around them. And process it.
And that is fucking beautiful. I now have hope for myself and my future. My confidence in myself and my future has been changed for the better. I now can realize that if anything, I will be okay. Even if things don't work out the way I want them to. That there is always a way forward even if I think there isn't, and that the grief I feel now will soften if I let other people help me and share that grief rather than hold onto it alone I can develop as a person and become better. And as a H0rse that has felt a lot of pain and grief in its life especially recently, it really resonated with me. Because the loss I feel now may last forever, but the pain I feel shouldn't. It should change into something lighter and happier if I just let other people come in and shoulder the hard stuff with me for a while.
I can tell when I'm thirsty not because my brain goes "hmm drink water" or even a headache but because I get the urge to lick things. I must lick the things. all the things. lick lick lick lick lick lick lick lick
Don't worry Aevis. I believe you. However, you have made mentions about wanting to lick internal organs before, if I remember correctly. So truthfully, while I believe you haven't licked him, it is entirely possible that one day you might. Who knows, we will have to see.
Today and the next few days are gonna be really exciting for sure.
Soon I will be going on a camping trip for about 5 days (including today) and 4 nights. This will be the first time in a couple of years I am getting to do something like this again.
Being in the wilderness sure isn't for everyone, but I think that many people should take some time everyonce in a while to explore the world and connect with nature. This is a great chance for me.
Being not connected to the internet tho will be interesting. Thankfully I can still read gsgw while I'm away, supposing my phone doesn't die. See yall again when I return from the adventure!
Imagine looking at someone, knowing and having shared experiences with them. A life, years, or maybe a sparse good moments.
Imagine that the person looking back, doesn't have any of that. They don't share the same sentiments, they don't recognize the little moments or the deep amount of time spent together.
How incredibly tragic to be forgotten but remember every instance you had with them.
