#(pipe)

[yeahiwasintheshit]

[earthen-were]

fat pigeon pipe <3

cone 6 stoneware, underglaze, glaze

[colinarcartperson]

I had the pleasure of doing a series of portraits for the wonderful Luka and this is no.1~

[jagalart]

tarot

[hairy-bothered]

Today makes the first year since your retirement from professional soccer - if you call being injured and forced off a team "retirement." You played for the LA Galaxy for a few years before an untimely injury put you on the bench, then off the roster. It was a big bruise to your ego - it had always been your dream to play for the team. As a way to forget your troubles, you decided to treat yourself to a spa day then a stroll through the neighborhood.

After wrapping up at the spa, you pass by a costume shop and see retro 1990s stylized LA Galaxy jersey in the window. You decide to try one on and send a selfie to some of your old teammates, thinking they'd get a kick out of it.

Within a few second of snapping and sending the image you look back up in the mirror and are shocked to see your hair falling out. You notice creases along your expanding forehead, some grey in your beard and more hair on your arms.

The changes accelerate. You briefly look away from the mirror and when you look up you think you see your dad...but quickly realize that you just look the same age as him. You strip off the jersey, wondering if you're having an allergic reaction to the polyester - grasping at any straws to fix this situation. The top of your head is totally bald now, you've gained at least 50 lbs and your beard is more grey than brown. So much for your minoxidil and finasteride treatments. You look like a man in his 40s that hasn't taken the best care of himself.

The changes continue and your hair goes mostly white. A bushy mustache grows on your face and your skin continues to weather and loosen. You are in a mix of shock and panic at the image of a man, now older than your father, staring back at you in the mirror.

The changes begin to slow - you realize that maybe this has something to do with the jersey! Maybe it's magic or maybe it's cursed. You put it back on hoping it will somehow reverse the change but you can't fit it over your now more robust torso. You stare at yourself in the mirror for what feels like an hour - hoping for something to happen - but nothing does...You look closer to 60 now, maybe a bit younger than your grandfather.

After a short time your thoughts began to cloud. You think back across the 60+ years of your life...wait is that right...weren't you in your mid 20s? You briefly space out as your brain is being rewired. That's right! You did play for the LA Galaxy, but in the 1990s. You retired at the peak of your game in the at the age of 30. You've lived off a nest egg and some real estate ventures ever since. You popped by the store because you saw your old jersey in the window. After purchasing it you headed back to your home in the countryside to enjoy your well earned retirement - pipe, porch, rocking chair and all.

*this was a reader's request

[smokinggiant]

Stanislav Yanevski, the actor who played Viktor Krum in the Harry Potter movies.

[oldschoolfrp]

A Grand Tour of the Realms by Ed Greenwood and Jeff Grubb, with Clyde Caldwell cover art, one of three books included in the Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting boxed set, TSR, 1993