#ocro s2

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Memories of a fun summer in Brindleton Bay

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A rotten corrupt world

After the banquet came Giuseppe's speech. He was going to do some emergency PR for himself trying to explain what was going on with that whole Delfina Baradoz situation. She had been invited to the summit, but had denied the invitation for some odd reason, so she wasn't even there to defend herself, it's perfect.

Giuseppe: Yes, Delfina, or Delphine as I call her, is my daughter. However, I would never try to hide one of my children, especially one who obviously look so much like me. You see, it all started when I married Gwenaelle Lorgn-

In the middle of his sentence, he was interrupted by Daniele, bursting into the conference room enraged. He ran towards the podium and punched his former childhood hero straight on the nose.

Daniele: Outta my way, old man!

Once the old spellcaster was on the ground, Daniele threw a temporary paralysis spell at him. It should last around only five minutes, but he still won't have much time to do his speech before security shows up.

Daniele: Hi everyone. My name is Daniele. I was born in Tartosa in the powerful Rossini family 23 years ago. When I was 12, I was diagnosed with progressive magic degeneration, and while my parents never claimed I was dead, they like to pretend that I am.

He quickly scanned the room and noticed standing in the very back, Dawud, Gwenn and Adem. They were just there, hoping they wouldn't get noticed by any of the staff or worse, by Giuseppe himself.

Daniele: I knew spellcasters with my disease or a similar to mine, or who were straight up born without powers, were treated horribly, but I didn't realize the extent of it until recently. Our society truly is vile towards our most vulnerable. I know we are all traumatized to a degree about being mistreated by humans, even by other occults sometime, but we need to understand that ironically, there is more to being a spellcaster than casting spells. I mean, do you really think humans see me as one of them?

He took a moment to catch his breath, then continued.

Daniele: People with my condition who have more typical spellcaster traits such as say, purple hair, don't even lose their traits! Hell, a few months ago we had a case of a young human man becoming a spellcasters, we're not as different as we claim to be. We like to claim we're different species, but we're clearly not like...just the fact we can have children with each other should be a big enough proof. We're all homo sapiens, we're all people. It's just that some of us can do magic, some of us grow fish tails underwater, some of us are half-bat, some of us turn into wolf during the full moon and some of us have dragonfly wings. Fuck, I'd even say we're all humans, how come us occults can't even get that words even though we objectively are human being too? Like, we're complacent in our literal dehumanization. This whole division thing is stupid, you realize a woman whose goal was literally to create peace between humans and spellcasters was demonize to hell and back like holy fuck! And it's not human who were demonizing her, I'm just saying. I understand, like I said, humans have mistreated us for centuries, I'm not forgiving them for that, but at least, can we just not let this pent up anger be redirected towards people like me or Delfina. Please.

Gwenn and Adem looked around, people were looking at them. Seems like they weren't that subtly hidden after all. Though, there was one person with them that hadn't been mentionned yet.

Daniele: And like, proof we're not so different, both "regular" humans and spellcasters get mad when we start dating each other, or if we fall in love with other occults. A-A-And...I no longer care that you're human, Dawud, I love you.

Dawud turned bright red, and was now totally outed as a human to the rest of the crowd who had no idea who he is. He literally did not know how to respond. The guy really made a whole speech, a poignant speech in spite of it being improvised on the spot, begging for acceptance to his community, a speech which might go down in spellcasting history even, and then ended it with a gay love confession.

Adem: Dude, I think he might be talking about you.

Dawud: Y-Yeah.

Anyway, he would not have the time to give Daniele an answer live, as security barged in right after. Even if one of them secretly agreed with the speech, he started it by punching an old guy unprovoked.

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Roommates and friends second lookbook let's go!

CCs and packs below the cut

Dawud

Hair: Ember hair by Okruee

Facial hair: Base game

Freckles: Dolly freckles by Sagittariahx 

Shirt: Discover University

Pants: Chino pants recolor by Double-Plumbob

Shoes: Seasons

Ring: Base game

Kino (alien)

Hair: Seasons

Shirt: High school years

Pants: Theo jeans by Pixelette-cc

Shoes: MH boots by Plumbobteasociety

Kino (human)

Hair: Island Living using WMS pallet

Outfit: High school years

Thighs: Base game

Shoes: Dream home decorator

Akva

Hair: Emma hair by Oakiyo

Shirt: Carina by Clumsyalien

Pants: Ruth by Clumsyalien

Shoes/socks: Sikk hightops by Jellymoo

Charlie

Hair: Tulip hair by Meghewlett  

Eyelashes: Maxis Match Mascara 3D Eyelashes by Isaiahillustrates

Shirt: Discover University

Pants: Mile high super skinny jean by Mono

Eyeshadow: Luxury Party

Lipstick: Twiggy lipstick by Nords-Sims

Shoes: Discover University

Daniele

Hair: Fabio hair by Aladdin-the-simmer 

Facial hair: Facial hair pack by Kotcatmeow 

Freckles: Astronomy freckles by Plumbheadsims 

Shirt: Vintage glamour

Pants: Prom 2019 Collection by Joliebean​​ & Saurussims​​

Shoes: Dress shoes by Wyattssims

Glasses: Neon haze by Cmescapade

Rudi

Hair: Werewolf

Shirt: Werewolf

Necklace: Werewolf

Shoes: No mercy boots by Trillyke

Lipstick: Base game

Nails: Just the basic by Isaiahillustrate

Earrings: Ear plugs and piercings by Frenchiesimgirl 

Piercing: Byul septum by Simkoos

Audrey

Hair: Adeline braids by Simstrouble

Dress: Florissa by Zeussim

Eyeshadow: I'll be frank, I've had this eyeshadow since 2018 and I think whoever made it has since deleted their account and CCs cause I cannot find them anymore. But according to the file name it probably was Problematicpiglets.

Eyelashes: 3D Lashes v2 by Kijiko  

Freckles&blush: Fresh Makeup Set by Simtone

Lipstick: Ain't nobody got time for matte by Sondescent

Necklace: Blossome by Arethabee

Shoes: Eco living

Glasses: Same old by Nords

Matteo

Hair: 90s male hair by Wistfulpoltergeist

Shirt: Kevin top by AxA spring collection 2020

Pants: Taurus slim bu Nucrest

Shoes: Discover University

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Together until the very end.

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When a daddy's boy ends up with only a mother

A few days after breaking up, Dawud was at work, cause life goes on even when a relationship ends. Anyway, he wasn't feeling that sad about it. Still, when he came across Ralf at the end of his shift, he just had to start bitching.

Dawud: And like, he always dyed his hair black and he looked awful. Red hair suits him way better but no. Also I know he meant it as a joke but I hate how he called me stupid because I didn't know panini means sandwich in Italian. Like, languages are hard man. Ralf: I'd agree with you, but I speak like three so... Dawud: German, English, what's the third one? Ralf: Spanish. Dawud: Why the fuck do you speak Spanish?? Ralf: Mi esposa esta Latina y viví en América del Sur durante unos años. Dawud: How come everyone but me knows Spanish! Also I have no idea what you just said.

Then, as if they were not in one of the busiest airport in the world, out of the thousand of people who take off and land there every single day, Dawud just had to run into...her.

Dawud: Um...hi. What are you doing in San Myshuno? Farida: I've been invited to see a conference on how spellcasters kept a matriarchal tradition in spite of living in a world dominated by human male. Dawud: Oh uh, ok. Have fun.

As awkwardly as that conversation went, Farida left to catch her taxi, and Dawud just went back to Ralf.

Ralf: Ooooh, rebound with a cougar maybe? Dawud: Ew dude, that's my mom. Ralf: ...Sometime I wish that crash had killed me. Dawud: What? Ralf: By the way, that was awkward as hell. Do you like your mom?

Dawud pulled Ralf aside, and then they went to sit down in an employees room. Nobody was there at that time, he could explain it to him without anyone hearing.

Dawud: Well, I mean, I like my mom obviously, I love her. But...it's always been hard between us. Like, growing up I've always been a daddy boy, even though to be honest, my parents were very busy with their jobs so I spent most time living with my friend Audrey. Then, they divorced and they got shared custody and I remember hating going at my mom's house, even if I was still young enough to need to be babysat by Audrey's parents. I remember seeing my dad as the fun cool parent and my mom as the boring strict one always busy working on some academic paper. Ralf: Ok, but that was just you being a kid right? Weren't you like, eight when your parents divorce? Dawud: You're right, but then...You know, my dad died suddenly a few years after. Which like, it's already hard for a kid, but I was the one who found him, an aneurysm suddenly burst during the night basically. Anyway, shortly after the funerals, I got into an argument with my mom and I snapped and said I wish she was the one who died. Ralf: Oh that's...bad... Dawud: Of course, I made her cry and I felt so guilty I just...I promised I will never disappoint her again. It kinda succeeded, but then you know my life story so needless to say, I did ended up disappointing her massively, and since then we can barely talk to each other. Though like, she wanted to have a girl instead of a boy, so I've been a disappointment since the moment I was born. I don't know why I even tried.

Ralf didn't know what to say, he could sympathize with wanting to make his mother happy, but other than say "it sucks man", he had nothing useful to add.

Dawud: So now that I've explained this, you gonna elaborate on that plane crash thing? Ralf: Uh...I mean, you've just bared your heart to me, so guess I got no choice but to explain then...

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The Magic Realm

When the time for the Spellcasting Summit came, Adem sent Dawud a plane ticket for Glasgow. The reason for that being the portal to the Magic Realm is located in Glimmerbrook, a town in Scotland entirely inhabited by spellcasters.

Once they found each other at the airport, Gwenn brought them to a hotel room where they dyed Dawud's hair bright red, in order to make him pass as a spellcaster better. He was hesitant at first, he'd rather just wear a wig so he can go back to his regular hair color right after, but it's a riskier move...Also, he refused to dye his beard or his eyebrows or his body hair, but at that point, Gwenn no longer felt like fighting with him, especially as she was busy also dying her hair but to get rid of her grey streaks. Still, they had to be extremely careful, that woman already has a terrible reputation in the spellcasting world, if she gets caught sneaking a human into the Magic Realm, she's toast. Especially considering she wasn't even invited to the summit, she pretty much never is for obvious reason.

Adem then gave Dawud one of his spellcaster hat. First of all, it just helped with the overall look. Second, while wearing one all the time is no longer that common, in a formal setting, it is considered polite to cover your head to some degree to cover your head. A pointy hat is not a requierement, but it's what traditional and the most common. It is also a status symbol to have one as extravagant and decorated as possible, as only a rich person who has servants doing everything for them could possibly wear such a heavy and easy to break hat. Also obviously the fancier a hat is, the more expensive.

After a train ride that brought them deep in the Scottish Highland, there they were, at the portal. The portal that brought spellcasters into the human world more than 5000 years ago.

Gwenn: In my humble opinion, we should have never left. But well, there was so much wars and disease at the time, we had no option but to flee. Only for us to be treated like vermin by humans for centuries.

Dawud: Sorry?

Adem: But you believe it's going to be over soon and we'll be at peace. Right Misses Gwenn? Right?

Gwenn: ...Anyway, if you see a tall skinny man with dark blue hair, red eyes and huge glasses, do not talk to him. That's Sion Myrddin, and he is a very odd man who always managed to sneak his pregnancy fetish into the conversation.

Dawud: Uh???

Gwenn: Yes, he was actually fired from his job as a journalist because whenever a woman was in an article he'd talk about how much he wants to see her pregnant. I was one of them, it was very uncomfortable.

No time to talk about that, it was time to cross the portal. As only a very specific spell can open it, Gwenn asked the two young men to take a step back while she casted it. Then, Dawud had to cross it as fast as possible, so the portal won't reject him for being human,

Once it was done, they had done it. They had stepped foot into the Magic Realm. Now, that's where the real fun begin.

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Rudi: So, you heard the new? Daniele: I know, Dawud's single. Rudi: Ok I was 100% not talking about that, this shit happened like a month ago. No, I won a 1000 bucks through a radio contest of all things. Daniele: Oh congrats. Rudi: You look sad. Daniele: No, just pensive...It's the Spellcasting Summit tomorrow and... Rudi: And what? Daniele: I wanna go, but I'm afraid. Also...I... Rudi: Considering you started this conversation talking about how Dawud is now single, I'm gonna assume it is related to that. Daniele: I'm planning on telling him I love him and don't care that he's a human as soon as I come back but I'm afraid it'll go to shit this time again. Rudi: Dude, do it! Like...yolo man! Daniele: Did you just said yolo in fucking October of 2021?? Rudi: And if it works out, I'll pay for the date, I got moneeeeey now!

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Later in the evening, Lupe went outside to have a little chit chat with Tamara and Yamuna.

Lupe: Happy birthday by the way. 50, that’s quite the milestone. Tamara: I mean, it is only in five days, but thank you. Yamuna: And my 50th birthday is coming up in December, I’m taking in suggestion so I too can celebrate big. Lupe: I don’t even know what I’ll be doing for my own 50th birthday. Yamuna: Yeah, but you still have almost a year to make that decision, I only have five months. Lupe: And meanwhile, Boris is going to be 39 forever...

Well, bringing up your long dead husband is one way to ruin the mood of an otherwise pretty lighthearted conversation.

Tamara: I miss Boris. He was funny and quite attractive I’ll admit. Well except for that time he went through that phase of having an awful pilot ‘stache. Yamuna: You could have kept that to yourself, thank you very much. Tamara: Why are you ok when I say a woman is beautiful but get weird when I think a man is handsome? You’ve known I’m bisexual since we started dating decades ago, about time you get used to it. Yamuna: It is not the fact you’re into men that weirds me out but the fact you’re into Boris. Tamara: Well I mean, he’s dead now so you don’t really have to worry about it. Lupe: Anyway! What if we went on holiday all the three of us for Yamuna’s 50th? And then for mine what if we went to my hometown in Costa Rica? I don’t think you two ever went to Selvadorada, and it’s a lovely place.

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