#secret alter

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My Yemaya alter. It isn’t much, especially because I’m a secret witch who can’t have candles, herbs, etc, but I rather like it! I have some quartz that I found, some LED candles, a ton of seashells, a bell, offering plate and cup, sand from the beach, and a picture of Yemaya I printed. The earrings, bracelet, and pennies were offerings. I’m planning on donating the pennies, but I’m thinking of keeping the bracelet and earrings on the alter. Whenever I’m not using the alter I just lay a blanket over it (which my family doesn’t question but I’m not complaining).

[flowerhollow]

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Where were you?

Why didn’t you save me?

Why didn’t you protect me?

I was dying and you didn’t even notice

[pinniped-medibots]

[ Oswald had zero indication of what was happening in the outside world. All they knew is that something bad was happening, and the ‘big bots’ were going to fix it. ]

[ So there they were on the ice floe with their knee tucked into their chest. The floe had a few nooks and crannies to hide in, and one of those was a small, yet dark ice cave that lead to an unfamiliar, yet comforting voice. ]

EVERYTHING ALRIGHT UP THERE?

UMM… I DUNNOO… EVERYONE LOOKS SCARED AND CONFUSED BUT THEY WONT TELL ME WHATS GOING ONN, AND THEY WONT LET ME TAKE CONTROLL…

[ The voice paused, figuring out how to word this in the most gentle way possible. ]

I’LL BE FULLY HONEST, ITS NOT SAFE AT ALL FOR YOU OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. BUT WE’RE WORKING ON FIXING IT.

[ Florian’s approach to this situation was incredibly frustrating to him. How come they were just doing tasks in a slightly annoying way instead of wheeling up to that entitled bastard and snapping his spine in two? ]

[ He wouldn’t vent that frustration though. Especially not at Oswald. ]

HERE, WHY DONT YOU COME AND HANG OUT WITH ME DOWN HERE FOR A BIT?

[ Oswald thought about it, then got up and wheeled inside the cave the voice was coming from. ]

[ It felt comforting and warm inside, like the warmth you feel when someone gets angry on your behalf. ]

[pinniped-medibots]

[ There was someone new here, at least it felt like it did to Udo. ]

[ They could feel a presence here, and it wasn't Florian, Oswald or Otto. It was someone else entirely. Someone with a passion that burned brighter than the sun. ]

[ Slowly they got up onto their wheel, looking around their mental landscape, which looked like an ice floe you'd find in the arctic. ]

...HALLO? WER BIST DU?

NOBODY.

[pinniped-medibots]

wait, why would ymir be in pain if you put it in a different body?

OF COURSE YOU WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO BE SEPARATED FROM EVERYONE YOU'VE EVER LOVED-

[ Otto pauses mid-sentence, his eyes flickering off as if rebooting. ]

[ ... ]

[ Oswald's eyes flicker on, looking around the room, confused. ]

WHAT HAPPENEDD? OTTOO?

[pinniped-medibots]

you could always still have mechanic, an engineer, or sylvester put ymir in a different body and send it somewhere else. if it wants to be a fool and risk getting hurt so badly, then it can do that in a way that doesnt risk the safety of five other people

HOW ABOUT I SEND YOU SOMEWHERE ELSE?? HOW ABOUT I SEND YOU SOMEWHERE WHERE YOU'RE COLD, AFRAID, AND IN PAIN?? WHAT IF I DID THAT TO YOU?? HOW WOULD YOU FEEL THEN??