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fruitiermetrostation · 4 months
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Samsung GT-C3520 La Fleur edition
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meulia · 3 months
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a vectorflourish style top i bought a couple months ago :)
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🌸🌺🌻🌹🌷🌼💐
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digital-stranger · 6 months
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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang title sequence, Danny Yount (2005)
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assiraphales · 5 months
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To cheer up from that depressing ask, how about you read me gush at how:
1. Oda (yes it's him who made this) drew only Luffy & Zoro for this 2020 Gucci collab in Elle Men, &
2. When they're on the same pic, Luffy & Zoro are wearing matching left pinky rings ^^
https://www.reddit.com/r/OnePiece/s/VdtVxbk5L2 (ignore the haters in the comments lol- Luffy in shoes is commonplace in Oda's cover arts :p)
Post-timeskip Zoro in the green jacket + translucent shirt + accent + ripped jeans is my fave on him for how refreshing & unique the soft, patterned fabric is on the usually masc Zoro & for emphasizing how grunge & boyish he actually still can look at just 21 years old XD
& his brown coats are soo metro elegant & I can just picture the modern office/cityscape action movie he has this fit in, & I love the shinier pants he's in with the shorter black jacket + vest + cute n goofy cartoon brooch & lopsided collar- he looks like he's in a faux preppy rock band in that fit imo?? :D
while Luffy in low overalls + that overshirt + the thin floral scarf looks INCREDIBLE & is the daytime version of that glam photoshoot of Inãki in the sequin jacket somehow???
immediately blacked out at the sight of matching rings on their LEFT??? hands
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twistedapple · 1 month
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My Mad Labs' Raphael set has arrived and ma ma does it smell amazing.
Like.
The perfect masculine perfume exists and it's this. It hits exactly the same way as that one guy years ago in the metro, who was wearing a perfume with raspberry and sandalwood and I still beat myself for not having asked him what perfume he was using. I'm still searching for that perfume.
And Mad Labs' Raphael perfume has a very similar tone, although more opulent (as befitting the future Archdevil Supreme of our heart).
It does have a plum head note so the fruity tone is richer compared to a sweeter cherry, but the cinnamon is quite to hit and make it feel deeper and almost smoke-like.
I swear to god, a man smelling like that would have me seek physical contact, and I dislike being touched. But this scent is a perfect masculine scent as I prefer them and I am very much pleased. I'll try it tomorrow to see how it feels on me, but I do have a hunch it'll work well with me based on the type of perfumes I prefer wearing (more floral oriental with a gentler powdery tone. This perfume is like the darker version of the perfumes I personally favour, id you will).
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otherwindow · 1 year
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Some mushrooms are also pretty good smelling. Would some zombies be covered in those mushrooms instead of flowers? Obviously flowers would be a more popular option than mushrooms, but would these fragrant mushrooms have their own niche in markets and such?
Great question!!! The Blooming Dead focuses more on flowers growing on zombies, but yes, I can see mushroom zombies being rare but baffling to survivors - flowers are the more practical choice to grow on zombies because of the strong floral scent ofc. The mushroom market could be similar to Metro 2033, where survivors use abandoned subways as mushroom farms and can even turn them into alcohol :O
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x-heesy · 1 year
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Otto Wagner Villa, 1140 vienna Austria 🇦🇹
Otto Koloman Wagner (German: [ˈɔto ˈkoːloman ˈvaːɡnɐ] (listen); 13 July 1841 – 11 April 1918) was an Austrian architect, furniture designer and urban planner. He was a leading member of the Vienna Secession movement of architecture, founded in 1897, and the broader Art Nouveau movement. Many of his works are found in his native city of Vienna, and illustrate the rapid evolution of architecture during the period. His early works were inspired by classical architecture. By mid-1890s, he had already designed several buildings in what became known as the Vienna Secession style. Beginning in 1898, with his designs of Vienna Metro stations, his style became floral and Art Nouveau, with decoration by Koloman Moser. His later works, 1906 until his death in 1918, had geometric forms and minimal ornament, clearly expressing their function. They are considered predecessors to modern architecture.
The Second Wagner Villa (1912)
Another of his last projects was the Second Wagner Villa on Hüttelbergstrasse in Vienna. It was located near to, and in sight of, his first villa, which he had sold in 1911. It was considerably smaller than his earlier villa. The building was designed to be extremely simple and functional, with a maximum of light, and a maximum use of new materials, including reinforced concrete, asphalt, glass mosaics, and aluminum. The villa is in the form of a cube, with white plaster walls. The primary decoration elements of the exterior are bands of blue glass tile in geometric patterns. The front door is reached by a monumental stairway to the first floor. The servant's quarters were downstairs, and the main floor was occupied by a large single room, which served as a salon or dining room. For the furniture, he selected many works designed and manufactured by one of his former students, Marcel Kammerer. Wagner intended the house as the main residence of his wife after his death, but she died before him, and he sold the house in September 1916
Wagner died on April 11. 1918, shortly before the end of the First World War, in his apartment on Döblergasse in Vienna.
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Soundtrack: 2000 Elefanten by Die Wilde Jagd
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starjumpingpanda · 1 year
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Hey will you do an updated BTS/episode thing? For the rookie chenford!
Sorry if I make no sense.
Well, okay...
November 14th - Eric on IG with vid of Tim getting paintballed and Jenna's IG story 5x14 on script header - pic flipped so as to have some hope of reading (gives us an idea of ep number that was being filmed)
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November 15th - Mel video of Tru swinging on rope swing in background 🤣
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November 18th - "Tamara" back on set
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November 21st - Mel IG story in kimono 👀 is there still hope for at least one morning after scene?
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November 22nd - Tell your dog I said Hi! The t-shirt makes a return!
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Pre-Thanksgiving recorded montage. And Melissa's that she uploaded later herself. How much can be taken from the hospital locations, Eric being filmed against a black background, and "Lucy" in a floral top? Eric in a coat (and he does wear a coat over his black police shirt a lot - so it's hard to know when the Sergeant II stripe first drops onto that uniform)
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December 1st - Mel IG story in black tee and police vests. Chen & Thorsen 👍 ('Sen & Chen?! 😝)
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December 7th - Melissa on IG with a bts clip, could Lucy and Lopez be working together on something?
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December 10th (ish) - Eric does a cameo and he's not wearing a coat over his police shirt. There is one more stripe on his shoulder insignia. Meaning he is now Sergeant II.
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December 11th - bts video (Eric once again in a coat) but it looks like he's wearing the same shirt from the previous paintball bts video (posted by Eric on IG) - spoiled completely by Eric in his Cameo on January 20th. Tim's going to Metro.
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I miiiiight have a few more things to include in a part 2.
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fruitiermetrostation · 2 months
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LG - Lotus LX600 (2008)
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floral frutiger metro stock wallpapers
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jflashandclash · 3 months
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Tales From Mount Othrys
Axel: Into the Lion's Maw IV
Axel had a horrifying realization: if they bottlenecked to get into the Labyrinth, they would bottleneck on the way out. He could imagine their meaningless march into a massacre, Kampe shoving each demigod to their death in an orderly fashion.
Upon stepping into the corridor, Axel was pleased to see that Lucille had been right about remaining calm. Kampe was, contrary to the bottleneck visual, an excellent strategist.
There was a massive corridor inside the entrance. Above them stretched a curved lattice of ornamental windows. Their floral and geometric designs were interspersed with white and green mosaics. Leaves and muck obscured parts of the glass, only allowing a few rays into the vast space. Where the light did break through, dust danced lazily in a snowy haze.
This was beautiful. Maybe eerie? But nothing like that horrors he’d come to associate with the Labyrinth. Alabaster said this was a foolish place to enter, that they’d lose a quarter of their army just getting through the maze. Axel rarely questioned Alabaster’s logic in mythological matters, but, seeing this…          
Several giants stood towards the far end of this massive chamber, presumably to lead their eventual charge. Earlier, Luke said the ground around the Zeus’ fist entrance was weak. If they sent the giants in first, they could likely widen that entrance.
Axel lowered his gaze. They didn’t have metros in Belize and, in their short stay in Los Angeles, Santiago always hired private cars. It took him a heartbeat or two to recognize the indents in the floor as tracks for a train. The monsters and demigods crawling in and out of them looked quite comfortable in the abandoned subway station. Axel just hoped no ghost trains came through to make everyone go splat.
Behind him, demigods coming in had a similar gasp of appreciation and relaxation. Someone mumbled, “Wow… so much better than Matthias’ horror game simulation.”
Lucille’s shoulder brushed his as she released his hand. “It’s lovely, isn’t it?”
Axel huffed out a laugh. “Wish you could show Ethel?”
Lucille gave another weak giggle. She lifted her pilum towards her mouth, the same motion she would normally use to cover it. “Not my ideal romantic outing, but maybe, one—”
“Daughter of Aphrodite,” thundered from the far side of the room. Kampe made the title sound like an insult. Axel almost couldn’t see Kampe amongst all the giants. It was strange seeing them in battle gear. Seeing them made him think of the Triple A Chimera Dance and the horrifying death contraption Matthias had rigged to transport them like weasels in a titan-sized backpack.
Lucille nudged Axel’s shoulder. “Stay close. I need someone I can trust in battle.” The levity vanished. She meant it. Cho, Axel internally swore, was dissidents in Luke’s troops so bad that even Lucille was worried? He swallowed.
Others parted until they were at the lead of the demigods, several lines back from Kampe.
Kampe and the giants were already lumbering forward. The tunnel shook, sending more dust particles cascading into the dim light rays. Their march forward was both deafening and devastatingly wordless. Hundreds of feet of various kind—hooved, scaled, and mammalian—droned into an eerie oppressive din. No one spoke.
This tunnel led to a narrow one with less natural illumination. Well, there was a dim, continuous glimmer ahead of them. The floor seemed to almost… glow. Despite this, various demigods fumbled for lights. The monsters were unbothered by the darkness, but Axel could sense the mounting panic in his fellow soldiers.
His own chest had constricted. This reminded him of the cage matches—
“We’re okay…” Lucille cooed. Axel could see she’d turned to walk backwards, so the demigods would hear her without risking mockery from the monsters.
The fear evaporated. Axel couldn’t be sure if it was Lucille’s charmspeak or… his fingers had reached back to brush the cool metal of the lion helm. He hadn’t consciously meant to touch it, but it felt comforting.
The tunnels snaked, curved, elevated, lowered, and altered from metal to concrete to mud. There were scuffles ahead. Potentially foes that Kampe and the giants extinguished without real resistance.
Despite how Axel hated to admit it, he wished Jack were here. He would have feigned a newscaster, giving everyone live updates in rhyming verse, likely with acoustic or kazoo accompaniment. He could imagine Kampe trying to squash him as he asked her what kind of battle ballad she would want after this victory. If Jack was here, they would have known exactly what was happening ahead when Axel had to grab Lucille’s arm to prevent her from bumping into a Scythian Dracaena.
Axel’s ears perked up and strained forward to hear. There was a disagreement. Kampe hissing, “But, the string says to go this way. This is the most direct route.”
Was the air thinner down here? It was colder. Axel could see puffs of air as it evaporated out of the anonymous metal helmets around him. The demigods’ reverence and obedience to Kampe seemed to ebb with each strained breath in the tunnel. Whatever argument was happening made the demigods apprehensive. He could sense some sort of rising tension in the way they glanced at one another.
“Can you hear them?” Lucille murmured.
Axel parted his lips to answer when someone thundered, “You fool! That could bring the tunnels down upon us!”
And a shriek of pain.
The demigods startled. Axel knew the movement: the nervous shuffle of a herd before it sprinted to panic.
Lucille shifted her pilum into the hand with her shield. She squeezed Axel’s shoulder, or he thought she did through the armor. “Keep everyone calm.”
The light pressure left. Like Lucille was flitting backstage, she slipped amidst the monsters, the plumes of her helmet becoming indistinguishable from horns and tails bobbing in the dull lighting. He could almost envision her pirouetting.
Keep everyone calm.
It’s not like Axel’s little knowledge of Maya magic was fear-based. Or like they mostly knew him from murdering people “for sport.” Or like what Alabaster taught him about the Mist was used to blend into and out of shadows.
Oh, he would be as natural at this as Flynn was at childrearing. He hoped Lucille could settle the dispute quickly.
Whispers of worry wormed their way behind him into a growing, writhing mass. “Hold,” he growled.
They died down. The Dracaena ahead of him jumped.
Yeah, a natural. He couldn’t say something without scaring the monsters, let alone the demigods.
He hoped Lucille realized that directing sword lessons and commanding an army were very different activities. Why did she and Alabaster seem to think he’d be such a natural at it when Pax wouldn’t even listen to him?
Are they different? the helm—was it the helm?—hissed.
No one else reacted. Axel wondered when others could hear the lion’s helm or… or had he just imagined it talking? He reached to feel the cool metal. Whether the lion’s helm or his own thoughts—cho, he was beginning to sound like Jack—it was right: maybe directing sword practice was similar to commanding troops.
And neither one involved freezing up like Pax had pantsed him in front of Aphrodite.
Axel pivoted away from the monsters to face the demigods. “Lucille has gone to confer with Kampe. Take this time to check your equipment. No one wants their first battle tactic to involve tripping on untied shoelaces.”
Nervous laughter. A decrease in tension. Murmurs went from worry to routine: all of these soldiers were used to checking each other’s armor. Axel knew there was comfort in repetition.  
Until one voice spoke up, fluttery and quick.
“The tunnels ahead are too narrow for the monsters to pass. Kampe could start a panic. They’ll trample us.”
Axel didn’t recognize the voice. It was high with a fragile quaver, like Pax when he was acting pathetic to get something from someone.[1]
Everyone stopped checking their armor. The tunnels went quiet. They stared, in unison, to Axel’s side.
A hand clutched his shoulder. This wasn’t the comforting grace of Lucille’s hand, but a shaking, icy pain. Axel swallowed. The speaker had bent his armor by touching him.
Her irises were wide, so wide and such complete discs of blackness; Axel could imagine ink overflowing and dripping down her face. The sclera was more red than white. Dark circles encompassed her eyes. In an insomnia competition between her and Axel, she wouldn’t just win, but make Hypnos beg her to take a break.
Her rags reeked of urine and defecation. Of rot and unattended sweat. Scabs of varied age crusted her arms, neck, and shoulders. With her other hand, she absently picked one open, revealing a glimmer of tainted gold.
Ichor.
“Chris said you could help me,” she whispered. She stood a little taller. “He said you were strong.”
Chris. Chris Rodriguez.
“But you can’t.”
Chris Rodriguez, Matthias and Pax’s close friend.
 “Can you?”
Chris Rodriguez who vanished into the labyrinth.
“You can’t help anyone.”
Chris Rodriguez who went mad.
“My name,” her soprano quavered so violently, it blurred to euphoria, “is Mary.”
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Footnote:
[1] It only worked on Jack.
Jack, “MY BABY NEEDS ME!”
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Thank you so much for reading! I hope you enjoyed! And thank you for your patience with me from last weekend! I plan to release next weekend, since I skipped a week, and then resume every-other-week. A job application+school kicked my ass XD Seriously, thank all of you so much for your continued support, likes, and comments. (And artwork, JACE! THE ARTWORK) I appreciate how kind everyone has been as I get my feet back under me and am hoping to respond to asks/tags soon!
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Aguas vivas (PARTE 1)
El islote se alzaba como una gigantesca y deforme columna de piedra cuyos bordes eran acariciados por la espuma de las olas. En algunos puntos aparecían verdes salpicaduras de hierba, o blancos puntos florales, pero nada mayor que eso. Las gaviotas se reunían en su cresta y desde allí lanzaba desesperados trinos antes de lanzarse a volar sobre la superficie de las aguas en búsqueda de peces.
Entre las blancas explosiones, sorteando las filosas rocas en las que yacían varios naufragios, podía advertirse el extremo de un boquete. La mayor parte de este se encontraba sumergida. Algo nadó con la corriente y se filtró por la abertura para adentrase en una enorme caverna. Tenía forma de cono, con una pequeña isla en el centro rodeada por aguas repletas de peces y tiburones cuyas negras siluetas se veían a través de la superficie.
De las altas paredes brotaban balcones de piedra ocupados por objetos diversos: el cráneo de una ballena, un barco casi intacto, cofres repletos de ostentosos tesoros que resplandecían bajo la luz que se filtraba por los agujeros que hacían de ventanas. Velas de barcos con diferentes dibujos y colores colgaban como tapices, cañones y balas, redes de pesca, el caparazón de una tortuga tan grande como un barco. La pieza más tétrica de todas, las fauces de un tiburón capaz de devorar a dicha tortuga.
Una columna de agua se elevó como lanzada por la ira de un volcán y quedó suspendida por varios segundos cerca de la islita. Fue ganando forma, se dividió en un torso, dos brazos y una cabeza. El agua perdió su apariencia liquida hasta convertirse en una especie de gelatina temblorosa. Su aspecto turbio le dio lugar a uno más sereno hasta tal punto que se volvió casi transparente. Manchas de colores empezaron a brotar en su superficie y se extendieron sobre ella a la vez que ganaba más y más  densidad. El agua dejó de serlo y en su lugar se convirtió en piel, cabello y escamas.
La parte humana era la de una joven de cabello rubio con corte bob enmarcando un rostro de mentón delicado. Grandes ojos tan grises y relucientes que parecían plata pulida y cejas delgadas que le daban a su rostro un toque de elegancia. Desde su cuello gruesas escamas de un violeta oscuro formaban un vestido sin mangas que corría hasta el agua para perderse en esta. Podía vérselo enroscado bajo el agua de la cueva en una larga cola. Su extremo asomaba del otro lado de la islita, como dos largas y ovaladas aletas caudales transparentes como el cristal.
A lo largo de su cola brotaban otras aletas similares a las de un pez betta, del mismo color que el vestido pero rojas en las puntas. Se mecían en el agua como los pliegues de un vestido. Más surgían de su espalda, y otras más pequeñas iban de los hombros hasta los codos. Sin embargo estas últimas eran casi transparente y daban la impresión de ser un chal tan delgado que flotaba a su alrededor en la brisa que entraba por las ventanas. 
De ente todos sus rasgos, sin embargo, el más asombroso era su tamaño. La mitad humana parecía ser de unos quince metros. Su cola superaba los treinta y alrededor de ella nadaban tiburones de cuerpos plateados y cabezas monstruosas. Los escualos no se atrevían a atacarla, pero tampoco mostraban temor por su presencia. De la misma manera, para ella no eran más que otros habitantes de las profundidades. Lo que tenía entre sus manos, en cambio, si era objeto de toda su atención y fascinación.
Una extraña criatura como nunca había visto en toda su vida en el mar dormía entre sus dedos. Era similar a ella con la notable diferencia de que no tenía cola, sino dos largas cosas que no supo nombrar. Su piel estaba tostada por el sol, y su cabello era de un castaño tan claro que rosaba lo anaranjado. Usaba las mismas ropas que en ocasiones había visto entre los naufragios. Recordó los esqueletos que en más de una ocasión había descubierto en lo profundo, entre los restos de los barcos.  “¿Qué pez más extraño?”, había pensado al principio, pero pronto unió los puntos y entendió que así deberían verse los esqueletos si conservaran la carne. Por lo tanto, aquello que tenía en sus manos era un humano, un morador de la Frontera Seca. Una de leyendas, culpable en el pasado de realizar los actos más terribles junto con las maravillas más surrealistas.
Lo había encontrado antes del amanecer, cuando nadaba sobre las olas bajo aquella oscuridad pálida que precede la salida del astro. Un repentino fulgor llamó su atención y al dirigirse hacia éste, se topó con un navío que era consumido por las llamas a gran velocidad a la vez que se hundía. Era una pena, el fuego destruía todo y no dejaba nada que pudiera agregar a su colección. Ya iba a retirarse cuando vio el pequeño bote que se alejaba con lentitud de aquella destrucción.
Lo alcanzó con un par de aleteos y se alzó sobre este para ver su contenido. Fue ahí que se topó con la criatura. Inconsciente, pero a simple vista intacta. Nunca había llevado algo vivo a su caverna, pero aquella era toda una novedad. La envolvió con cuidado entre sus manos antes de lanzarse al agua de espaldas, levantando grandes olas. Fue ahí que se convirtió en agua para viajar más rápido y mantener segura su nueva adquisición. Esta se encontraba a salvo dentro de una burbuja hecha con el aire que había dentro del cuerpo de la giganta.
Lo depositó en el lugar de honor de su caverna. La islita que se elevaba a unos cinco metros del agua. A orillas de esta se alzaban árboles de coral de numerosas y delgadas ramas; sus raíces se derramaban hasta caer al agua formando una jungla espesa y colorida que funcionaba como santuario para los pequeños peces. El centro se hallaba ocupado por una almeja gigantesca, abierta y exhibiendo su carne rojiza. Sobre esta depositó a la criatura, aquella sería una cama suave y más importante segura, pues el animal estaba muerto. Solo evitaba la descomposición gracias a un ungüento que ella le había aplicado el día que la agregó a su colección. La perla aguardaba en uno de los balcones, le gustaba jugar con ella entre sus dedos cuando se sentía tensa o necesitaba meditar sobre algún asunto.
Lo mejor hubiera sido dejar descansar a la criatura, pero su curiosidad pudo más que ella. No conocía tierra firme, pero sabía que ese ser provenía de ahí. Por eso su primera indagación fue acerca de los apéndices que debían servirle a la criatura para desplazarse en tierra. Tomó con delicadeza cada extremo de estos y los manipuló con delicadeza. A los lados la movilidad era limitada, pero al llevarlos hacia adelante se encontró con que eran mucho más flexibles.
—Así ¿O así? No, así.
Empezó a realizar movimientos cada vez más rápidos, fascinada por la forma de desplazarse que esa criatura tenía. Desde luego, era un avance demasiado hipotético y necesitaría una prueba real de lo que podía hacer. De momento solo podía decir que no avanzaba de lado como los cangrejos a pesar de que sus apéndices eran los más parecidos que conocía. Tanta era su curiosidad que olvidó la fragilidad de ese cuerpecito, sacudiéndolo en una especie de juego descabellado e impredecible.  Si hubiera ejercido un poco más de presión, los pies se habrían convertido en manchas rojas sobre las yemas de sus dedos. Tampoco se percató de que el repentino ajetreo estaba reanimando a la criatura.
Él despertó, se estremeció y alzó la vista al cielo por reflejo. Sus ojos entrecerrados no tardaron en abrirse. Una expresión de terror se dibujó en su rostro mientras lanzaba unos gritos que le indicaron a ella que lo había despertado.
—¡Oh, no! ¿Lo habré lastimado?
Dijo al tiempo que soltaba las piernas y contemplaba al humano con preocupación. Este se incorporó a medias y empezó a arrastrase sobre su espalda en un intento de alejarse de ella. Cuando empezó a flexionar las rodillas para poder usar las piernas es ese maltrecho avance, ella alzó sus cejas sorprendida y lanzó su enorme rostro sobre él. 
—No esperaba que fuera así como te desplazabas.
Tener ese rostro tan cerca de repente era malo de por sí, pero ver los movimientos de su boca cuando hablaba fue peor. Vio los dientes los poderosos dientes que eran capaces de destrozar su pequeño cuerpo y recordó de inmediato las historias de los viejos marinos sobre las aguas vivas. Si querían comerte y lograban atraparte ya no había nada que hacer salvo pedir la muerte menos dolorosa.
Las lágrimas se derramaron por sus ojos para recorrer sus mejillas pálidas mientras maldecía el momento en que decidió convertirse en grumete. Aquella era una salida rápida a la vida de vagabundo. Entregarse a un orfanato con su edad y en aquellos tiempos significaba ser comprado por alguna compañía que necesitara mano de obra barata para las minas. El mar le ofrecía una alternativa y un futuro en el que no terminaría con los pulmones llenos de polvo tóxico. Las posibilidades de encontrarse con un agua viva no eran muchas dentro de las rutas comunes. Pero una tormenta los había llevado más allá de la seguridad del territorio.
Un dedo de la criatura se colocó junto a su mejilla recogiendo varias lágrimas. Ella las acercó a uno de sus ojos y las examinó con cuidado. Él aprovechó el descuido para mirar rápidamente a su alrededor buscando una ruta de escape. Pronto comprendió su realidad.
—No creí que estuvieras hecho de agua.
— ¡¿Por qué nací con esta suerte?!
Su grito desesperado la hizo formar un círculo casi perfecto con la boca.
— ¿Puedes hablar? ¿Entiendes lo que te digo?
— Si va a comerme hazlo de una vez y deja de jugar así conmigo. Solo te pido que no me devores vivo.
Se dejó caer en la islita y cerró los ojos con fuerza para no ver lo que sucedería. Había decidido entregarse a su destino sin oponer más resistencia.
— No te pido mucho. A cambio de ese poco de misericordia puedes darte un festín con mi carne, criatura.
Sintió unos dedos que lo tomaban por el hombro de su camisa y lo alzaban por los aires. Allí, suspendido solo por los caprichos de un ser tan terrible como aquel, se dio cuenta de lo pequeños que eran todos los humanos de Avarquia. Las aguas vivas no podían ser seres comunes, tal vez aquellos cultos del este tenían razón y ser devorado por ellas solo era una forma de trascender a otro estado de la materia. Ser asimilado y convertido en una parte más de una multitud de consciencias que recorrían los océanos de su mundo sin temor a nada. Ningún peregrino había regresado de sus barcos rituales para corroborarlo.
— ¿Quieres ser devorado?
Abrió los ojos y contempló el rostro que lo observaba con calma, ligeramente de lado y con la sombra de una sonrisa.
— ¿Por qué querrías eso?
— Es lo que vas a hacer. Lo sé. Es lo que ustedes hacen.
— Yo no…
Hubo una ebullición en la cueva tan repentina que forzó a la giganta a voltear en su dirección. Supo lo que estaba pasando y por reflejo cerró su mano alrededor del humano. Lo sintió estremecerse entre sus dedos pese a que no uso demasiada fuerza. La pobre cosita debía estar muerta de miedo y podía imaginarse la razón. Por desgracia no tenía tiempo de esconderlo en los balcones, estaría más seguro cerca de ella. Acercó al hombro izquierdo el puño del que sobresalía su cabecita y le habló con la mayor clama que pudo.
— No digas nada. Te mantendré a salvo. Y tienes mi palabra de que no voy a comerte. Nunca lo haría.
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Kupetsio Ksenia (Ksana) Konradovna (1911-1997).
At the Yugo-Zapadnaya metro station. 1964. Paper, watercolor
Lower right author's signature: K. Kupechio.
Schedule. Member of the Union of Artists of the USSR. Member of the Moscow Union of Artists (1937). In 1930 she studied at VKHUTEIN, in 1931-1934 - at the graphic faculty of MIII under D. Moora, A. Deineki, N. Udaltsova, S. Gerasimova, M. Rodionova. I started as a poster artist. Since 1931, she has participated in exhibitions. Participant of exhibitions-reviews of young artists of 1934 and 1936, spring MOSCOW of 1937 and autumn 1938. Ksenia Kupechio posed for a 1939 postage stamp dedicated to the pavilion "Livestock" of the USSR. In 1939, she was part of the team that wrote the panel "New Moscow" (on the theme "Physical Culture Parade") according to the sketch of Yuri Pimenov for the Soviet Pavilion of the World Exhibition in New York. During the Great Patriotic War, she worked as a poster artist, collaborated with the military publishing house of the People's Commissariat of Defense of the USSR. Together with her brother, Alexander Levashov, she designed a poster "TASS Windows" № 7-I in 1942, dedicated to the temporary liberation of the territory of the Crimean peninsula from fascist troops. In the 1950s-1990s, he was the author of numerous watercolor works depicting the cities of the USSR, mainly Moscow and Leningrad, industrial landscapes and floral still lifes. Many of her works were released in large editions on Soviet postcards. In 1966, her work "Floxes" participated in the drawing of the Second All-Union Art Lottery, which was held by the Union of Artists of the USSR and the Ministry of Culture of the USSR, "in order to popularize and widely disseminate works of Soviet fine and decorative and applied art among workers."
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Comienzan las FALLAS en VALENCIA a una temperatura loca de 28 grados
Luces, petardos, fuegos artificiales, música por las calles, puestos callejeros con los dulces típicos, monumentos de cartón/piedra de hasta 5 metros de altura, pasacalles, ofrendas florales a la Virgen, turistas y más turistas, ruido y CALOR 🧨
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spikybanana · 8 months
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cicadas and weeping willows and the school's new playing field. the broken wooden swing, the cracked brick walls. chives and peppers and string beans on the rooftop. morning markets, potato stew. the brand new metro line. the viaduct road that opened when I was ten. the full moon over unfamiliar apartment blocks. the cooling september sun, children through the same doors you used to walk. the playgrounds that now look impossibly small, the absolute tediousness of memories you can't chase because they were so light, so light, like the threadbare cotton sheets you had all through college despite the ridiculous floral print. the layers and layers of thick cotton quilts. mum's sweaters, dad's padded leather jacket. the rows and rows of school books you can't for the life of you remember having read. the clench of your soul trying to wrench out some words, any words in what's meant to be your mother tongue. the way your handwriting stayed that of a child's. I'm tired of floating, and I'm tired of trying to come back. I'm glad I'm back, I am. and yet.
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