Lady of Orda Cave by Natalia Avseenko and Phototeam.PRO
Two-time world champion free diver Natalia Avseenko ventured deep into Ordynskaya Cave in Perm, Russia… one of the longest and biggest underwater gypsum caves in the world, dressed as the mythical Lady of the Cave, a spirit who protects divers inside the “natural cathedral”.
i love every PHM/IL crossover fic i read but recently ive been rotating nonspeaking or selectively nonspeaking Simon in my mind (thank you, @/ctrl-shift-alt-9). Simon who shows up on Erid (or the Hail Mary, but Erid fits better for this) and does all the usual, passes out, maybe tries to kill Grace, gets coaxed back to health - but he doesn't talk. what's the point? no words can possibly express the enormity of what he went through. words are inadequate to talk about seeing god, and worse, being Seen by god. Grace brings him home, sets him up on his bed, gives him food and water. he doesn't protest. Grace asks if he wants his own house. he nods. when it's done, Grace doesn't see him for a week. I just love spinning that guy around in my brain i need to see him surrounded by comfort and food and blankets and still starving in a corner on his own because he doesn't know how to take it. There is a hand reaching out to him and he doesn't know what to do with that so he keeps his mouth shut and he thinks about what it means to be seen by a god and deemed unworthy, inhuman, so tainted by a name he never chose. The god saw him and saw the Butcher, and thats all he is, so what's the point in opening his mouth to tell it no? The god doesnt care.
Over 4,500 of Lewis Wickes Hine's photographs have been digitized and are available online at the Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)'s website.
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We report: only the brightest stars remain - of which, all things considered, there are many. Mirfak, Hamal, Aldebaran and Menkar, most of the Auriga constellation, and of course, Mars and Saturn are visible. For some reason, however, we cannot look away from the moon.
[id. A twitter post by @/Bennieeexyz
Jury duty letter came addressed to my cat.
Not a mistake. "Felix Martinez" - that's his full name according to his vet records.
My last name. His first name. Somehow he's a registered voter now.
Called the county clerk.
Me: My cat got summoned for jury duty.
Clerk: Is the name correct on the summons?
Me: Yes, but he's a cat.
Clerk: Is Felix Martinez a legal resident of this county?
Me: He's a legal cat.
Clerk: Sir, if the name matches our records, he needs to appear or file an exemption.
Me: He can't file anything. He has paws.
Clerk: You can file on his behalf.
Me: Under what exemption? There's no box for "is a cat."
Clerk: (pause) Check "unable to serve due to medical reasons."
Me: What's the medical reason?
Clerk: He's a cat.
Me: That's not a medical condition.
Clerk: It is if it prevents him from serving.
Sent in the form. Got rejected two weeks later.
"Insufficient documentation. Please provide medical professional's statement."
Took the letter to my vet.
Me: I need you to write that my cat can't do jury duty.
Vet: Why is your cat summoned for jury duty?
Me: Excellent question. No good answer.
Vet: This is the weirdest request I've gotten.
Me: Can you just write that he's medically unfit to serve?
Vet: On what grounds?
Me: He's a cat.
Vet: (started typing) "Patient is unable to serve due to species-related limitations including inability to speak, read, or comprehend legal proceedings."
Me: Perfect.
Sent it in. Got another rejection.
"Summons is mandatory. Failure to appear will result in contempt of court."
My roommate thought this was hilarious.
Roommate: Felix is going to jail.
Me: This is serious.
Roommate: Bring him to court. See what happens.
Decided that was actually the only option left.
Day of jury duty, put Felix in his carrier. Brought the entire paper trail of rejection letters.
Checked in at the courthouse.
Clerk: Name?
Me: Felix Martinez.
Clerk: (looked at the cat carrier) Is that Felix?
Me: Yes.
Clerk: (long stare) He's a cat.
Me: I've been saying that for six weeks.
Clerk: Why didn't you file an exemption?
Me: I filed three. All rejected.
Showed her the letters. She read through them, expression shifting from confusion to disbelief.
Clerk: Someone rejected the veterinary documentation?
Me: Twice.
Clerk: (called her supervisor over) You need to see this.
Supervisor read everything. Looked at Felix. Looked at me.
Supervisor: How did a cat get registered to vote?
Me: You tell me.
Supervisor: This is a data error.
Me: Took you six weeks to figure that out.
They dismissed Felix immediately. Apologized for the inconvenience.
Supervisor: We'll remove him from the voter registry.
Me: Appreciate it.
Supervisor: (pause) Out of curiosity, how would he have voted?
Me: Probably whatever party supports universal treats.
Got a formal apology letter a week later and a voter registration card.
For me this time. Apparently I wasn't registered, but my cat was.
Roommate: Felix committed voter fraud.
Me: Felix committed nothing. He's innocent.
Roommate: That's what they all say.
Felix is sleeping on the jury summons now.
Fitting end to his legal career.
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Tags: angst, hurt/comfort, mentions of canon character death, panic attack, cuddles, not beta read we die like simoon and sunry, i wrote this at 1AM, if you see any typos no you didn't
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A loud sob could be heard at the distance as Simon drifted closer. He was immediately alerted that something must be terribly wrong.
Simon had been away on an expedition for a few hours now, since Grace had been taking a nap for the longest time. Lately, his mood swings had been increasing as he was tormented by newer memories, each worse than the ones before, so the napping helped him get away from them every now and then. Except that there were other times in which the memories would manifest as dreams, and in those cases…
Simon paled, guilt silently eating at him. He decreased his size, just so he could be pulled closer to his star even faster.
…
"Grace?!" Simon asked loudly as he was pulled close enough to orbit the golden star. The beauty of the Sun God was covered as he was curled up in a tight ball and laid on top of stardust and clouds. The moon made a quick work of returning to his normal size before approaching his companion, hands hovering above the shivering form.
"L-Leave me alone, Simon…" The blonde whined, gasps and sobs wrecking through his slender form.
"Grace… tell me what happened." Simon insisted, a slight tremble could be heard on his voice as the gears in his mind worked to try and come up with a solution.
"Gosh, just… please leave me alone. You weren't here when I n-needed you anyway…" Grace grumbled bitterly, hands grabbing and pulling at his hair in desperation as hot tears rolled down his cheeks. Simon felt the warmth emanating from the star growing hotter by the second.
"I'm sorry… I'll try to help as much as I can now, but please, you have to-"
"I SAID LEAVE ME ALONE!"
The burst was unexpected, hellfire flames emanating from the star in a such a violent event that sent Simon flying a few meters back. He grunted, the blazes lapping at his skin as he curled up. The moon pondered how he was still alive and hadn't disintegrated on the spot. That was certainly a first and he wasn't sure if he'd like to repeat such a thing once again.
Both celestial beings gasped, one in shock as he realized what he had done and one in relief as the heat finally retreated.
"Simon… I-… oh my god, I'm so terribly sorry." Grace's glow seemed to have lowered even further now, hands covering at his mouth and fat tears still streaming down his eyes.
"It's alright… I'm… just fine." He panted, just as shocked. He unfurled just slightly, inspecting his arms and chest just to find there even a brighter golden glow on his body. No serious damage, it would seem…
"B-But what if… what if I had killed you? What then, huh?!" He exclaimed bewildered. "O-Oh god, I could've killed you…" Grace hyperventilated at the realization, slowly spiraling down.
"Sunnyboy, c'mon… I'm tougher than that." Despite his own shock, Simon tried to lift up the mood, inching closer now. "Hey… look at me. What's wrong?" Gently placed his hand on Grace's shoulder, only to end up with an armful of sunshine.
"I'm sorry… I'm so sorry!! I had… a terrible dream." He sobbed, ugly cries wrecking through his form again. "I was all alone in a… room? It was white all over… there was this weird robot proding at me and then I tried to call out for help but- then I found some people but, but…" Grace gasped, barely keeping it together as his arms wrapped themselves tighter around Simon's neck. "Gosh Simon, they were dead!!! They were dead and they were such a hideous sight! I-I knew I loved them somehow… but I couldn't- No, I can't even remember their names!!"
Simon gulped down, he knows exactly which event hus star is talking about and if he closed his eyes he could remember the scene just as if he had lived it in his own skin. He just didn't expect to reach this level so quickly.
"They were dead, Simon… a-and I was all alone and scared and… oh god, what if I killed them?!"
"No. No, that's not what happened." Simon hummed, picking his words carefully. "They… they died a peaceful death… in their sleep. There's no better way for them to have gone."
"You promise…?" Grace sniffled. "Can… can you tell me more?"
"No. That's all you need to know for now." Simon denied immediately, as he laid both of them back on the stardust bed.
Grace whined in annoyance but allowed himself to be manhandled, too tired to fight it. "You never share much with me…" The sun complained.
"It might be for the better…" Simon grumbled, carding some strands of bright golden hair away from the star's forehead. "Hey, why don't you go to sleep again… I'll stay here this time. I'll fight off the nightmares for you."
"But I'm not sleepy…" The sun mumbled, although being betrayed by his own saddened eyes.
"Of course you are…" Simon huffed a gentle laugh. "Sleep. I'll stay with you."
Grace's next words were unintelligible as he drifted off between Simon's arms.
The Sun and the Moon shined brightly as they embraced eachother, and one slipped away from reality while the other had to face a much darker one. The inevitable doom of Grace remembering his tragic past.
But that might be a problem for the future.
For now, the Sun and the Moon get to embrace eachother, and ignore the rest of the universe as it slowly goes down.
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I hope you like this very short little something~
I had a sudden need to write and I couldn't get this idea out of my head
Like I said, if you saw any typos/grammar mistakes, no you didn't
When you’re an urban explorer making videos of abandoned buildings that you expect no one will watch— but then it turns out one of the buildings is inhabited by the Creature and that building has actually been his desperate lifetime hyperfixation & acted as his stand-in for the Entire World. Also: the weird dynamic you have with the freak who liked your 3am flop post.
I started writing this comic before episode 9, with the premise that Pomni might start reaching out to Caine for similar reasons she’d post videos she believes nobody will watch: not because you think anyone will listen, but because someone might. [and then revised it all after episode 9 came out and delved more into these ideas than I was expecting!]
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