#alaria

[wha-shitpost]

Qifrey's master plan

[jadafitch]

Winged kelp, one of many dozen seaweed illustrations I painted last winter for Tasha Greenwood’s Edible & Medicinal Seaweeds: A Guide to Healing & Nutritive Ocean Plants, published by Storey. Out January 20th and available to preorder now.

[neaththeheavens]

Oh, your love is sunlight Oh, your love is sunlight But it is sunlight

[palmquire]

part two

[knightsmoralis]

varied concept art

[noodlyfun-blog]

Prompt 5: Cutting Corners

“Yeah, put that pillar there.” This whole team of builders and decorators were driving Alaria up the wall with some of their ideas. Rusty walls and fencing and trying to remove space for her kitchenette and bar. “I will cut you if you put that curtain back up!”

The worker with the most hideous of red curtains looked up at the very peachy leader of the Faded Tome Circle with almost fear in their eyes and they immediately took that curtain back outside (where it belonged). There would be no cutting curtains here in making this library beautiful. It hadn’t really been her dream to open this thing but if she was going to live here then it needed to be beautiful.

She walked the length of the basement again with its fancy floors and brick walls with a smile. The bar was really coming together and the kitchen had turned out to be beautiful and functional. “Hey! No! You! The stage has to take up the wall! What do you fucking mean why do we need a stage?! Shut the fuck up and fix it!”

Her head started to pulse in pain but godsdamn it there would be a stage down here. Alaria checked the table cloths again over the little tea tables. She made sure they were perfectly set and the little dressings were in the exact right spot. The fish bowls were stocked with some little critters and everything looked perfect as is.

The Viera walked her way back upstairs to see the bookshelves all covered with donations from the lecturer, the researcher, and a few other very kindly patrons. Everything was coming together except when she noticed there on the wall again.

“Get that fucking red curtain down! Gods damn you! I will set that fucking thing on fire!” She ran over and pulled it down the wall and marched it to the Sea of Clouds outside and sent it tumbling along. Maybe it was a metaphor. Maybe she was just cutting this corner.

[poisonedbyexistence]

[likeadistantstar]

Prompt #4: Clinch

NEWS FROM TIGER DOJO: A NEW CHAMPION REIGNS SUPREME!

Written by Rising Anaconda, of the Harbor Herald.

The sport of Bokh has taken off in popularity recently.  Each week, many more spectators and participants are seen wandering the beaches, hoping to watch some great match-ups or find a new rival on the sands.  Watching sweaty, muscular combatants grapple with each other every sennight’s end is as Limsan an activity as you can get, and the foreign sport of Bokh has really delivered quality entertainment.

Last night’s competition brought with it two scions of the venerated Tiger Dojo - Tiger Bard, the successor to the dojo’s late Master Tiger Master, as well as her long time rival and former friend Tiger Bunny.  It was a fight for the ages, starting with a verbal altercation and ending in a tight clinch, strong limbs locking each other in place.  Tiger Bunny was reported as using techniques from the Panther school of Bokh, which raised more questions than it answered.

At first, it seemed as though Tiger Bunny had the jump - no pun intended - on Tiger Bard, but miraculously the golden child pulled through, swiping the legs out from under her former teammate and sending her to the sand.  The sportsmanlike hand back up was refused, yet oddly enough, Tiger Bunny was later seen speaking to Tiger Bard very casually.

When asked about her performance, Tiger Bunny refused to comment.

“She doesn’t want to be seen as weak,” Tiger Bard said of her former teammate, “That’s why she’s gone dark and started studying the Panther technique.  But she’ll soon find out that it’s friendship and teamwork that really wins the day, not special new moves.”

It’s a mystery as far as what next sennight’s tournament holds, but one hopes that Tiger Bard can pull her friend and teammate from the dark side dojo, before it claims her entirely.

(@noodlyfun-blog​ for the mention!)