Xingshen Voice Claim: Estelle
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Xingshen Voice Claim: Estelle
Garnet's the best example I can use for voice clips :)
Star's Fine
Xingshen: "It would be a battle between my Capricorn Sun and Scorpio Rising: My Capricorn Sun would be like 'Xingshen. This is not a healthy or productive way of processing things, you are better than this'."
Xingshen: "And my Scorpio Rising would be like 'But I want things to burn'."
Duchess of Womanland Outfit
Decided to post the pizzazz I found while going through Pinterest for an outfit worthy of a Duchess :) This of course is for the more modern look but it’s still glorious imo Fairycore dress,,, and the CLAWS!!! Golden and lovely Womanland is where Xingshen ended up after leaving the sea, she spent a good few centuries there. Nice people, very accepting :D Istg that one Queen the priest encountered was just the bad apple of the royal family. B/c how are you gonna give up ruling a whole queendom for a random dude you just met that day Smh idc what anyone says there were WLWs in that midst. No way all of the women just sat there waiting for men to show up. You’re telling me they didn’t just grab up some weapons & leave? Or that trade wasn’t done to keep the queendom running? The seal was recognizable to other monarchs so it wasn’t a hidden queendom. Conclusion: WLWs
Taroko Day 1
Taroko Gorge National Park is another highlight and must visit in Taiwan. When we were traveling to Taichung at the beginning of the semester we met a couple of Germans who had been traveling Taiwan for a few weeks. When asking them for the highlight of their trip they told us that we had to go to Taroko. And even though it took us some time we finally came around to it. Booking the train tickets from Taipei turned out to be much more of a challenge than we expected. Tickets get released 2 weeks before the travel date, however the big tourist companies usually buy them right after the release which makes it virtually impossible to buy a ticket in advance. Luckily there are always some tickets that go on sale that very day, so no need to panic. We got to the train station early on Saturday morning and managed to get our hands on two sitting and one standing ticket (luckily though we found another spare seat on the train, so that we could all sit all the time ;). There are a few hotels of in the National Park, most of them however have rather bad reviews online, except for a five star hotel at the end of the Gorge. If you have the possibility, I guess that would be the best choice. We however opted for the cheaper version, meaning Susie’s Hostel in nearby Xingsheng. The hostel was everything we could have wished for, very clean and with a nice and helpful host, however if I would go again, I think I would prefer staying in Hualien. Xingsheng might be closer to the Gorge, but you will still have to take the bus and unfortunately there is barley anything there besides a 7/11 and a Family Markt. Hualien not only offers some sights of its own, but also has a great night market, restaurants, bars and more! Moving on to the National Park itself: At a beginning there is a Visitor Center which offers some information about the history and possible hikes. From the visitor center you can take a public bus (you can also take it from Hualien or Xingsheng train station) to explore the National Park. It stops at numerous sights and ends at Tiansiang. This is what we did the first day. From Tiansiang we took a short hike up to a beautiful pagoda before taking the bus back. Other options for exploring the Park are cars or rental scooters and bikes. If you do want to rent a bike or scooter it is a good ides to research places in advance and call or email them to let them know when you are coming. Whichever option you choose: Coming to Taroko is absolutely great! The gorge with its green walls, waterfalls and beautiful temples and pagodas is absolutely stunning! One thing I have to warn you about however are the sand fleas. Unfortunately they are everywhere in Taroko and Xingsheng and although they are much smaller than mosquitos their bites are just as bad if not worse. After two days there I had more than 80 (!) bites. My legs looked so bad they I got offered creams and sprays from random people on the street (yes, the Taiwanese are possibly the friendliest people on earth). We tried a bunch of different insect repellents but none of then seemed to have any effect. The only advice I can offer is to bring some “Tiger cream” - it is available in most stores in Taiwan (eg. ‘Watsons’) and helps much better than anything we brought from Europe. Despite the sandfleas and the heat (it was 35°C on both days) Taroko was absolutely worth visiting and I wish I had the time to go there a again! Der Taroko Gorge National Park ist ein weiteres Highlight und “Must-Visit” in Taiwan. Als wir am Anfang des Semesters in Taichung waren, trafen wir einige Deutsche Touristen, die bereits für zwei Wochen durch Taiwan gereist waren. Als wir sie nach dem Highlight ihre Reise fragten, waren sie sich einig, dass wir unbedingt nach Taroko reisen sollten und obwohl es doch etwas gedauert hat, haben wir es nun endlich dort hin geschafft. Die Zugtickets von Taipei aus zu kaufen stellte sich als unerwartet schwierig heraus. Normalerweise werden die Tickets 2 Wochen vor dem Reisezeitpunkt in den Verkauf gegeben, aber die großen Reiseunternehmen kaufen sie meist sofort auf, so dass es praktisch unmöglich ist Tickets im voraus zu kaufen. Glücklicherweise gibt es immer auch ein Kontingent von Tickets das erst am Reisetag in den Verkauf geht, also kein Grund zur Panik. Wir kamen früh am Samstagmorgen in die Taipei Mainstation und bekamen noch 2 Sitz- und ein Stehticket (im Zug gab es dann aber doch noch einige leere Plätze, so dass wir alle die gesamte Zeit sitzen konnten ;). Im National Park selbst gibt es wenige Übernachtungsmöglichkeiten und die meisten haben relativ schlechte Online Bewertungen. Eine Ausnahme ist das einzige 5-Sterne Hotel im Park - wer sich weniger um das Geld kümmert, für denn ist das sicherlich die beste Wahl. Wir entschieden uns aber für die günstigere Alternative - Susie’s Hostel im nahe gelegenen Xingsheng District. Das Hostel was alles, was wir uns wünsche konnten - sauber und mit einer freundlichen und hilfsbereiten Gastgeberin. Wenn ich noch einmal nach Taroko fahren würde, würde ich allerdings lieber im etwas weiter entfernten Hualien übernachten. Abgesehen von der Nähe zum Park (und man muss trotzdem den Bus nehmen) hat Xinsheng außer einem 7/11 und einem Family Markt so gut wie gar nichts zu bieten, während es in Hualien neben einigen Sehenswürdigkeiten auch noch einen wunderbaren Nachtmarkt, Restaurants, Bars und mehr gibt! Zum National Park selbst: Direkt am Eingang gibt es ein Visitor Center, dass Informationen über Taroko Gorge (Taroko Schlucht) und seine Geschichte ausstellt. Außerdem geht von dort aus (und vom Bahnhof in Hualien und Xingsheng) ein Bus mit dem man die Schlucht erkennen kann. Er hält an verschiedenen Sehenswürdigkeiten im Park und endet in Tiansiang. Diesen Bus nahmen wir am ersten Tag und machten von Tiansiang aus eine kurze Wanderung zu einer wunderschönen Pagoda und einem Tempel bevor wir den Bus wieder zurück nahmen. Andere Möglichkeiten um den Park zu erkunden sind entweder per Auto, Mietfahrrad oder -scooter. Wenn ihr ein Fahrrad oder einen Scooter mieten wollt lohnt es sich allerdings auf jeden Fall vorher etwas zu recherchieren und die Läden entweder anzurufen oder per Email wissen zu lassen wann man kommt. Für welches Transportmittel man sich letztendlich dann auch entscheidet: Nach Taroko zu kommen ist auf jeden Fall eine gute Idee. Die tiefgrünen Wände der Schlucht, die Wasserfälle und wunderschönen Tempel und Pagodas sollte kein Taiwan-Reisender verpassen! Eine Warnung muss ich aber doch noch aussprechen: Vorsicht vor den Sandflöhen! Leider gibt es sie überall in Taroko und Xingsheng und obwohl sie viel kleiner als Mücken sind, sind ihre Stiche doch genauso unangenehm, wenn nicht unangenehmer. Nach 2 Tagen hatte ich mehr als 80(!) davon und meine Beine sahen so schlimm aus, dass mir Unbekannte auf der Straße Salbe und Cremes anboten (ja, die Taiwaner sind möglicherweise das freundlichste Volk dieser Erde). Leider lassen sich die Flöhe auch durch verschiedene Insektensprays nicht abschrecken. Der einzige Ratschlag, den ich geben kann, ist sich vor einer Reise nach Taroko eine Dose “Tiger Cream” in einem der lokalen Geschäfte zu kaufen (zB. “Watsons”) - die hilft viel besser gegen die Stiche als alles, was wir aus Europa mitgebracht hatten. Trotz Sandflöhen und Hitze (an beiden Tagen 35°C) war unser Besuch in Taroko die Leiden auf jeden Fall wert und ich wünschte ich hätte zeit dort noch einmal hinzufahren!
— After a while of incessant wandering, one begins to wonder. And when you were Nora Valkyrie, you wondered a lot. Thoughts about her situation, about Beacon, about the team flittered through her head at hyperspeed, all jumbling together into a big congealed mass about how she hoped she wasn't going to fail any classes, or accidentally cause Ren to have a heart attack from her absence. Then again, that was every other day, so it's not like it'd be too different! Well, it would be different, because she wouldn't be there. But maybe if he showed up too, then--
Nora-esque thoughts coming to an abrupt halt, bright eyes locked onto a familiar figure. Could it be...? Yes, it was!
Well, it wasn't Ren, but it was somebody from home!
Said poor individual would now have the unfortunate luck of having the hyperactive teen practically zoom over to them, right behind the much taller boy's frame before she finally burst into one of her usual abrupt strings of speech which would no doubt shock the poor Faunus.
❝ No. Way. Can you BELIEVE it? I had no idea there was going to be anybody else from Remnant here! Isn't this just the coolest? I mean, I bet everybody's gonna go nuts looking for us, but at least we're having fun, right?!
Oh-- your name was...Fun? Sun? Yeah, it's totally Sun! Anyway, am I right or am I right? ❞
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Annabeth knows the kids of the Apollo cabin, and if anyone was a dead ringer for a child of Apollo it would be this guy. He's blonde, gives the vibe of your typical sufer-dude and --
"Oh! You've got a tail!"
Yes he does. Way to state the obvious wise girl. But her interest has been piqued. She is no stranger to mythological creatures, but she doubts this is someone like anyone she's ever encountered before. The life of a demigod isn't what anyone would call normal, but then again Hive CIty isn't normal by anyone's standards.
"Would you mind telling me about it?"
No offense but
"You were excessively loud outside my window. At three in the morning. Why on earth would you do that."