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ryan potter in running for grace (2018)
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remdweller:
☆ OPENSTARTER || [wandering through a dream]
Dami’s eyes opened, while remaining closed. Her body lay in a state of rest while the rest of her began to walk forward. A glance to the left and right revealed a corridor that was both similar and different from that which she expected from her dormitory. She found herself in a long hallway with no real memory of arriving, but only one door decorated the wall farthest from her. She tilted her head to the side, glancing behind her before looking forward again. The door seemed to have moved closer, close enough for her to reach out and slowly turn the knob. She felt a gust of wind pull her forward until she’d arrived in someone’s dream, the door slamming shut behind her.
Ethan had been playing a game of poker with Jay-Z, Will Smith, and a few other celebrities. He was totally hustling the players, and making a fortune. Logan, Perry, and Stella were also there, cheering him on when a door was suddenly slammed shut. A woman that Ethan didn’t really recognize entered. Who was she? “Uh, excuse me, this is a closed game. How the hell did you get in here?”
astridxjohansen:
“Red is for lipstick and nail polish and clothing. I don’t think it’s the hair color for me, even if it was just a wig.” Astrid hadn’t given much thought towards costumes, aside from the fact that she was fond of yellow, and yellow would be a neat color to wear. “You’ll have to tell me if I’ve gotten it right.” Astrid reached out to touch the plant that he was holding, brushing her fingers against the leaves as she reached for the stem. She found that for encouragements like these if helped if she was touching the main body of the plant. She closed her eyes and took a breath to center herself. She thought about the plant being more fragrant and pushed the thought towards it. Then she opened her eyes and stepped back with a smile. “Well? Is it fragrant enough? Too fragrant. I’m a bit like those Febreeze ads, I’ve gone nose-blind to a lot of plants.” She laughed at the mention of attaching a post it. “Are you sure that won’t just cause them to dare one another to eat it?”
“You’ve got very strong opinions about the color red,” he observed, amusement playing in his tone. It was always funny to discover the things people were disproportionately obsessed with...or at least the random things people had nuanced opinions on. However his thoughts were then distracted as he watched her focus on the plant. As common place as powers seemed at Skybourne, it was still cool to watch them in use - one of the many things he loved about his job. “So what all can you do to plants?” he questioned out of curiosity as he lifted the plant up to his face to take a whiff of the plant. “Nose blind, huh? Sounds disappointing, but no this is perfect.” Just the right amount of fragrance. “You might have a point there, but without it, someone may be just as tempted.” You could never know with drunk college boys.
bethsfletcher:
Awkward. This was the most awkward conversation she’d had in a long time. But then again, wouldn’t finding a whole file of things that someone didn’t want to see be awkward? Even a friend in this position would feel awkward. Bethany awkwardly smiled at the comment. “Great, but make sure they know what they’re doing.” She looked away for a moment. Maybe he’d go to them for now on. Since this conversation was not ideal… for either parties. “Oh, um, well. All of them are kind of terrible. If you really want total, uh security, blocking ports and that sort of thing is better. Unless… you need the ports. Scanners tend to make computers act slower, more sluggish,” she paused, thinking for a moment. “But, uh, if you want, I can work on security more. Or you can have your friends… do something… better than what you have now.”
“Oh, I meant to send them your way if they want upgrades and all that. They use their computers for gaming and such, so they’re always buying new video cards and that jazz.” For anything beyond that, he didn’t quite trust them. It wasn’t their specialty after all. Whereas, for once, the school offered a great deal on something - tech repair. “Blocking ports? I don’t think I’ve ever even heard of that before,” he revealed. “What would something like that cost?” Even if it would mean having to interact with someone who had seen his porn, he would hate to get a virus on his laptop.
astridxjohansen:
“Forgive me for having plant based powers instead of pun based powers. No, I don’t think red hair would work for me.” Dying her hair was something that Astrid have never thought about, but if she was ever going to do it it wouldn’t be red, that much she knew. “Do you want it to be more fragrant? I could probably do that. Yes, it is.”
“Forgiven, for now. And hey, you’ll never know until you try. Maybe a red wig. It’d make for a kick ass costume anyways.” Not that he was one for costumes - well putting in the effort to make one. He could appreciate them but he never made the actual effort to have a cool costume. “You can? Hell yeah, it would be nice to not smell trash all the time.” Okay, it wasn’t that bad but their dorm still didn’t smell fantastic. “Noted - I will place a do not eat post-it on the plant,” he commented.
SKYBOURNERP INCORRECT QUOTES [4/ ?? ]
Logan Reynolds + Ethan Matsui
bethsfletcher:
“Yeah, happens all the time. There’s a lot of…” she pointed around her room as if that explained what she was thinking, even though it clearly didn’t. Bethany was just nervous. She knew she wasn’t supposed to snoop into other’s belongings and folders, but sometimes it was difficult not to. She happened to be quite nosy. “Oh… I mean technically nothing. The school pays me for, uh, fixing student laptops. Unless there’s some big upgrade you want me to do. Add extra RAM, a solid state hard drive, an high end video card. Nerd stuff,” Bethany said. “I just mean… that some… well, porn sites have… like viruses attached to the downloads.” Yeah, she really needed to not snoop around in files. “So just… you know. Be careful not to get a virus.”
Even though all of her gesturing didn’t make any sense, Ethan nodded along like it did. He kind of just wanted to get in and out of the office. And it seemed like she wanted him to as well. “Oh, that’s right, I forgot about that. I don’t need any upgrades for now, but I’ll keep that in mind. My roommates are really into tech.” Not that he wasn’t. They all had their gaming set ups, but his focus during the semester was making arrangements for the fantasy league. “Porn sites?” The stern look on his face dropped and embarrassment took its place. “Oh, uh, right, yeah...I’ll be careful...Do you have any computer scanners you recommend to prevent, uh, getting viruses?” he let out an awkward cough.
astridxjohansen:
“That’s me. Just call me Plant Gal.” Astrid joked, before wrinkling her nose in distaste. “Actually, no, don’t call me that that’s a horrible name.” She shook her head to get herself back on track. “Yes, it’s a hardy little plant, and I’ve tried my best to make it even more so. It’s not overly fragrant. If you stick your face right in it obviously you’ll be able to smell it but otherwise no. Also, don’t eat it.”
He couldn’t help but snicker at the ridiculous name. “Yeah, that’s a pretty bad name, and it doesn’t even have a pun in it. If you dyed your hair red, you could always go by Poison Ivy,” he suggested. “That’s kind of disappointing, but still better than nothing. It might help freshen up the dorm room some.” Living with two other guys did not make for the freshest smelling dorm room. But it wasn’t the worst compared to other guys he knew. “Not that I would, but is it toxic?”
perrylewis:
Perry rolled his eyes lightly as Ethan pushed his way inside. One day, all three of them were going to forget their keys in the room and then they’d really be in trouble. “You know you love getting to see all this every day” he teased back, gesturing to his torso as he moved to grab his clothes. He pulled his underwear and sweatpants on before letting his towel drop. “I could go for pizza and kicking your ass in a game,” he said, voice muffled by the t-shirt he was pulling over his head. “I gotta file a maintenance report on our way out though,” he added, hooking his thumb in the direction of the bathroom. “Hot water’s out.”
Ethan glanced over his shoulder at Perry and raised a brow. “Until you open your mouth and make smug comments, sure,” he retorted, his own smirk present. Living with Perry and Logan was unbelievable fun, but they weren’t the cleanest which could get on Ethan’s nerves from time to time. His own side of the room was fairly tidy, though he did contribute to the mess because he was pretty bad about doing laundry when he needed to. Once his books were tucked away, he grabbed his wallet and was ready to head out. “Kicking my ass?” he repeated with a scoff. “Yeah, right dude. And again? Man, Lincoln Hall needs to step up its game. It seems like it was just out two weeks ago. Grab pizza from Smith or see what Astro’s has going on today?”
perrylewis:
Perry let out an embarrassingly loud shriek as the cold water hit his skin. Quickly jumping out of the spray, he turned the cold water valve completely off before testing the temperature again. Still cold. “Dammit!” he yelled out, thankful none of his roommates were in. Perry stepped out of the shower and wrapped his towel around his waist, meaning to get re-dressed so he could report his plumbing issue. He’d had a particularly grueling training session and his criminal psych class was already kicking his ass. The last thing he needed was a shower with no hot water. His pity party was interrupted by a knock on the door.
Thinking one of his roommates had locked themselves out again, he undid the bolt and yanked the door open. “What the fu- Oh,” he said in surprise, acutely aware he was clad in nothing but a towel. “Uh, hey. How can I help you?”
Ethan had been in a rush to meet up with someone so he left his keys in his room earlier in the day. But he hadn’t realized that his keys stayed behind until he got back and the door was locked. Luckily, he could hear someone moving around inside and knocked. “Forgot my keys, dude.” He pushed past the other. “As much as I get just wanting to hang out in the room naked, put on some clothes,” he teased, tossing his bag on his bed. “Hey, you wanna grab some pizza and play some video games? It’s one of the last days we can enjoy before the semester starts whopping our asses.”
emmaxsoren:
“Any song?” Emma quirked a brow. Conveniently, she had somehow forgotten all the songs she had ever listened to ever. Great. “Hmm, well, I could go old school with Journey and sing Don’t Stop Believin’. Either way, I would win my chocolate cake after I blow everybody’s eardrums out– I’m a little tone deaf.” She smiled sheepishly at him. “What would you sing? And what would you sing or dance for??” Her nose wrinkled at the mention of the library, “I’m not the biggest fan either, of the library, I mean.”
It was a classic song, Ethan would give her that. “Isn’t that half the fun of it? You could grab more than just a cake if you’ve shattered everyone’s ear drums.” Although he knew the answer to the first question, he didn’t the second one. Well...he could just skip around the innuendos and say sex but might as well keep subtle. “Mr. Brightside by The Killers is my go to karaoke song so I’ll say that and probably for pot brownies.” Of course, those you always had to be careful with. Too much and you’d feel like you were dying. “It feels too oppressive and it feels like if you make so much as a noise, all eyes will be on you,” he commented, finally approaching the counter and buying two pieces of chocolate cake.
astridxjohansen:
“But it wasn’t a succulent that you got from me. And that makes a world of difference. And you don’t need to water it everyday, it likes dryer soil.” Astrid wasn’t fond of the current succulent trend, it was giving many people the wrong idea about plants. “You might not have had the plant in the correct kind of pot. And where you got it from can be a factor in it’s health as well.”
“You got some sort of plant powers?” he questioned. Considering that this wasn’t the first time that he’d seen her around the quad passing out plants and the comments she had made, it was an easy enough guess. How wild was it that he was living somewhere where that was a legitimate question? “So you’re saying even a moron could keep this plant alive?” He eyed the outstretched plant once more. It would be nice to have something alive in his dorm room. “Is it very fragrant?”
astridxjohansen:
“It’s a Coral Plant. It’s not flowering yet, but it should relatively soon. I’ve been encouraging it.” Astrid reached out and stroked one of the leaves of the plant. It would bloom sure, she was sure of it. The others from the batch had already started to bloom, which is why they had been taken before this one. “It’s really not that difficult to care for.”
“Ooh okay.” Not that he knew what a coral plant was. All he knew was that the leaves looked familiar. But now the whole situation of her offering plants to strangers made more sense. Though she could have been a practical joker or very dumb and brave for all Ethan knew. “I’m not sure I’d be that great at taking care of it. I share a room with two other dudes and we’ve managed to kill a succulent. And those things are supposed to be easy to take care of.”
astridxjohansen:
“Oh no, you can have it. In fact, I insist that you take it.” Astrid said, pushing the potted plant towards the other. She was getting to the point where she had accumulated too many pots in her room and had been walking around campus holding onto some of her duplicates, passing them off to anyone who asked. She had been practicing growing new plants from cuttings, aided by her powers, and had an excess of plants as a result.
Ethan had considered taking the plant at first because he’d thought it was cannabis. But now that he was looking at it closer, he was almost positive it wasn’t. Plus who would just wave around weed at school. That didn’t make sense. “What kind of plant did you say this was again? I’m not sure I caught the name the first time.”
emmaxsoren:
The only acknowledgement to the innuendo she just made was her cheeks slightly flushing, otherwise she was quite oblivious. “Dance or sing?” Emma pretended to contemplate the idea for a moment. “Well, as long as you don’t make me do them both at the same time, I would gladly do either of those things for a slice of chocolate cake.” She laughed, smiling. “Oh! I love this place. I study here, occasionally.”
Ethan nodded in response to her answer. It seemed she really was that oblivious. Did she even know what Netflix and Chill meant? He hadn’t used the term explicitly but he had clearly implied it. “What would your go-to song be? Like if I told you that you had to sing a song right now to get a piece of chocolate cake, what would you sing?” He asked as they got in line. “It’s the best place to come focus if you hate libraries like I do.”
bethsfletcher:
Normally, Bethany just worked on the laptops and phones that she had been given without needing to go into any files or anything. Sometimes though, she was curious as to what students were into. And sometimes she couldn’t help but look through a folder on someone’s device. She’d always been a tad too nosy. A student had recently brought his laptop into her office and while she’d told herself not to look through the folders. Yet, she’d done it anyway. And what she found was… well, normal for young boys, but frankly made it comfortable. She fixed it quickly and emailed it’s owner hoping to get it out of her office as soon as possible. “Yeah, yeah. I’m fine,” she replied, not seeing who it was until she looked up. She couldn’t help the pink flush that spread over her face as she noticed who it was. The owner of the laptop. “Yup, yeah. I’ve got it right here.” Behany stood up and handed it over. “Be… careful… what you, uh, download.“
One of his brows rose. “You sure? You seem pretty flustered.” He considered making a snarky comment on top of that, but decided against it. After all, this woman had fixed his laptop and until the following moment it had been in her possession. Best not to piss her off. “Thank you. How much do I owe you?” He opened his bag to slip it in until her following comment. “Wait...what do you mean by that?” Had she been snooping through her files? Ethan stood up a little straighter, ready to figure out exactly what she meant by that. After all, no one liked people going through their files, especially when they had something to hide.
emmaxsoren:
She quirked a smile. Ha. Score. At least Emma managed to overturn her childish use of the word, and now they were getting chocolate cake. Now if only she could calm the nervous feeling in her stomach, she would be great. “Sure thing, that sounds like it’d be fun.” She gave a small grin, tipping herself and putting her card and wallet back in her purse and stood. “We shall, I’d probably do anything for chocolate cake.”
Ethan stood and began to lead the way. “Anything huh?” he questioned with the slightest smirk as he held the door open. Did she mean the innuendo she implied? Certainly Ethan took it as soon. “Would you dance or sing in front of a crowd of strangers?” He joked as he began leading the way towards The Hideout. It was a much better stopping place between Bello Italiano and his dorm anyways.