Any other work travel day, to be more specific. They got checked into the hotel (they could even afford three separate rooms), took a little tour around the city of Chicago, and then had a few drinks at the hotel’s bar. The paramedics conference was tomorrow, so Steve tried not to go too heavy on his beer. Unusually so, the always quite casual bar was now full of metalheads: as he heard, a rock band stopped at the hotel to have a concert tomorrow, and some of their fans were there in hope to catch the musicians. Steve just hoped they wouldn’t perform live tonight: he wanted to catch some sleep.
After a few hours he said goodbyes to his colleagues and went up to his room to relax. His head was spinning slightly: he tried not to go too heavy on his beer, but the last glass might have been one too much. When he entered his room and locked the door, he just fell on his bed without bothering to undress – his yellow sweater and gray pants were still on him. He would get there eventually, he just needed to lie down a bit.
Infused with alcohol, his body felt so relaxed, so at ease, and his mind so blissfully dull he startled to drift off, until suddenly a wave of arousal hit him in his abdomen. It swirled all his insides, ignited them, and it seemingly came out of nowhere. He didn’t have any sexual thoughts to precede such a strong reaction, and it even scared him that his mind was now mysteriously occupied with want want want. He didn’t even know who he wanted, or what was happening to him, but he could swear it felt like someone’s tongue on his neck that blocked out all the thoughts. Apparently he hadn't had sex in such a long time, his brain must’ve taken a pity on him and hallucinated the pleasant sensations.
It was as usual: hit up on a guy, buy him a drink, ask him to dance, and then get in his pants. Nothing he hadn’t done a million times before. Eddie decided to take the dude to his hotel room, since it was closer from the bar they met in. He looked nice, with his dark skin and coiled hair, and if Eddie remembered correctly, his name was Daniel. He wouldn’t care either way, as tomorrow he wouldn’t even be here. But for tonight, Daniel was his.
They slammed into the room, too busy with each other, and suddenly Eddie felt… uncomfortable. Questioning. Scared, even. It quickly backed down as he felt Daniel’s tongue on his neck, the thrill of screwing the stranger too strong to care about anything else. Daniel was good with his tongue, but Eddie still felt too flustered, too wanting, too eager, as if all the sensations somehow doubled.
He paid it no mind until they got onto the bed, and Daniel, drunk and high on something Eddie preferred not to know, got under his T-shirt and placed a hickey there. Eddie heard a moan, no, the most beautiful moan he’d ever heard. Inside his head. But it wasn’t his own.
And it wasn’t Daniel’s, either, as the man was too busy with his tongue trying to make a heart out of hickeys on Eddie’s abdomen. It was silly, and Eddie would simply laugh if he didn’t feel something else in his head. Or rather, someone else.
How stupid. It can’t be. Seriously. Here? Of all places? Eddie thought it was nothing but a joke. He didn’t believe in soulmates; but people were talking that when you’re close to each other, you can feel what your soulmate feels. Could it be that somehow his soulmate was at this dirty, Godforsaken hotel, in the neighboring room, feeling Daniel’s mouth on him the way Eddie felt it, and moaning so majestically to the sensation?
The moaning persisted as Daniel unzipped his pants and went down on him; Eddie could swear the sounds in his head turned him on more than anything his one night partner did at the moment. Whoever made them sounded angelic, and Eddie really wanted to see what they looked like. He thought, if this bullshit about soulmates were true, he could try it. And if it weren’t, well, it was only a matter of time before he started losing his mind.
“Where are you, love?” he thought acutely in his head as he concentrated on the sensation of his cock in Daniel’s mouth. “You sound so pretty when you moan, you know that? I know it feels good, but if you want me to do the same for you, just tell me where you are.”
Завершила комішку для чудової замовниці. Дуже рада попрацювати над цією ідеєю. Вона захопила мене з першої митті я не могла перестати малювати, експериментуючи то там, то сям. Композиція, кольори, що досі в рамках челенджу.
Hey, hi, so I'm hellenic polytheist, Hypnos devotee in particular. And I actually like hades depiction of him, its very cute and does acknowlage a lot of actual true to myth ascpects. But uhhh, second game... that's it? All that... and that's it??
So heres some myths about him they totally could have used to give him more depth and a better story. Becuase he can be a funny lil guy and also have his sheer power acknowlaged and respected.
He helped the women of Lemnos kill their husbands in their sleep because the husbands cheated on them and bought back enslaved women from war to replace them
He helps Thanatos carry bodies off the battlefield when the death is a particularlly notable one
Has a wife (Pasethia) , boyfriend (Endymion) and kids (the oneroi)
Was chased down by Zeus and had to hide behind his mother for saftey, because he put him to sleep on Hera's rquest so she could meddle with the war
Is found depicted in temples alongside health and medicinal gods because sleep is needed to heal
Passes souls over to Thanatos when they die in their sleep
Sends prophetic dreams on the request of other gods
Is always depicted very close with Thanatos, they often show up in myths and art together. So game Hypnos' need to be near his twin fits very well from myth. But it'd be nice to see them activly working togather (e.g. Zag/Mel listens in on them talking about having to collect a soul together, or needing Hypnos to put someone to sleep so they can die in their sleep)
Has an entire house inside a cave in Erebus where the river Lethe is sourced from. Surrounded by poppies and sleep inducing herbs.
He is a healer (brings rest), gentle (relaxation into sleep), kind enough to allow you into his realm of sweet dreams to let you escape the horrors of waking life. Even a bit of an oracle in terms of prothetic dreams. But also, withholds sleep as a punishment, plauges people with nightmares, and can literally craft entire worlds within dreams. If anyone inherited creation and a balance of kind and cruel from Chaos, its Hypnos. He chooses kindness over cruelty, because that's just the kind of person he is. "gentlest of the gods" is literally one of his titles. But when he needs to be, he can drive people mad from lack of sleep, kill them with fatal insomnia. He is a secret powerhouse.
He could have been used to aid Mel in her fight by giving her a boon/aspect that makes here enemies suffer nightmares or fall asleep mid fight. His multilayered dream realm could have been somwhere she uncovered secrets about his family only he knows. He could have offered her a healing aspect like a power nap that restores some health. He could be summoned in a fight to temporaily knock out an opponent (and make some funny quip about it. "oops! naptime for you", "sweet dreams!" etc).
So much potentential. But nope "have you tried waking up?" and thats it.
The first time Kuras approached a human, his appearance scared them half to death. Over time, he slowly learned to adjust his appearance and put humans at ease. It's hard to help people who are cowering before you 😇
what was francesco doing at oleander’s party (in the prologue, when you first meet both of them)? do francesco and oleander know eachother (even vaguely) or did francesco wander into the party like vesper did?
Francesco very much just wandered in! They've never met before (and I fear what may happen if they do).
‼️Russians attacked the port of Odesa: two people were killed - a dock operator and a truck driver. Six people were injured. Among them - employees of one of the port operators and a driver, two more - Syrian citizens, members of the crew of a civilian vessel, Deputy Prime Minister for Reconstruction Oleksiy Kuleba reported.
Infrastructure facilities were also damaged: gantry cranes, equipment, warehouses.
‼️Six killed, 12 injured in Russian attacks in Donetsk region
On July 2, police recorded 3,005 enemy shelling along the front line and residential areas.
The Russians covered 16 settlements with fire: the cities of Dobropillya, Druzhkivka, Kostyantynivka, Kramatorsk, Lyman, Myrnograd, Pokrovsk, Rodynske, Sloviansk, the village of Novohrygorivka, Nekremenne, Ozerne, Rai-Oleksandrivka, Raiske, Starovarvarivka, Pleshchiivka.
82 civilian objects were destroyed, including 24 residential buildings.
The Russians hit Raiske with five Geran-2 UAVs - killing three civilians and wounding three more. 11 private homes and 2 cars were damaged.
Two killed and three wounded in Pokrovsk, which was hit by bombs and drones. An apartment building was damaged.
In Kostyantynivka, the Russian occupiers attacked a civilian car with an FPV drone, and also scattered three bombs and Smerch MLRS around the city. Five people were injured, three apartment buildings, three shops, 10 shopping pavilions, and a car were damaged.
The enemy sent 5 Geran-2 UAVs to Kramatorsk, damaging three private houses and an educational institution. Another 5 drones hit Sloviansk, where three private homes, an enterprise, a driving school, a post office, and 13 cars were damaged. In Rai-Oleksandrivka, 2 private houses were damaged.
In Lyman, drones damaged 5 private homes, in Ozerne – 1 house, in Starovarvarivka – a private house, garage, and outbuilding.
In Druzhkivka, two Geran-2 UAVs damaged a non-residential building, 4 civilian cars, and a tractor. In Novohrygorivka, one private house was damaged.
Dobropillya was shelled by six Geran-2 UAVs, damaging an enterprise. In Rodynske, 10 garages were damaged.
In addition, last night, the Russians struck the village of Vesele Pole with two Geran-2 UAVs – one person was killed, another was injured, and a private house and garage were damaged.
Three drones attacked Kramatorsk, damaging an enterprise and an administrative building. As a result of the attack by five drones, there is destruction in Svyatohirsk.
Almost 1 am in Kyiv, I am again in the bomb shelter, it’s been 5+ hours since the air raid started, there are many many explosions again, the walls are shaking again, and of course the trump administration just halted the aid to Ukraine, even the aid for our air defence
Trump administration single-handedly stopped military aid to Ukraine, which was approved by the U.S. Congress, citing flimsy excuses, without telling anyone, blinsiding with this not only Ukrainian administration, but also all European governments and even all the Republicans. No one was told or consulted.
Meanwhile, one of the many times Russia bombed city centers in Ukraine in the last 24h:
You can see a busy street filled with civilian cars, a small market to the right. One of the stalls says "РИБА", which means "FISH".
Such hit means most of the people inside those cars, as well as any passerbies will get life-threatening injuries.
