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I had an interview with a local paper this week about this rock snake I started on the longest street of a nearby city (where I work) because it's bringing people so much joy:

I said something during the interview that the interviewer seemed really shocked by, so in case it's important for anyone else to hear: When asked about the rock snake and some scavenger hunts that I've hosted for adults, I said -

"We don't stop enjoying the things we liked as kids; they just stop being offered to us. And when you're a kid, fun things like art projects and scavenger hunts are always brought to you, so you're not taught to make a habit of seeking them out as and adult."

She said "Wow yeah... life is so stressful... and you don't think to... wow."

So if anyone else needs direct permission to be a whimsical adult child today, I hereby grant it to everyone. ❤️

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Julian simply smiled, his face having a 'Do I even need to say it?' in response to her question. He always loved watching her cook. It was a dance... a dance of wonder and wonderful smells. As much as he enjoyed the smell of machinery, of a factory floor...

He had grown to love the smell of Adara's cooking more.

And that meant something.

"And you are quite the master when it comes to cooking." Julian simply praised as she went on about the secret of cooking omlettes.

Magikayla, on the other hand, was as starry eyed as one could get, watching Adara work. She was even imitating Adara's flames by putting a magic fire on her wand, a small jet forming as she was practicing with some sturdy woks in order to balance them on the jet. She was gonna learn today!

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"Welllllll..looks like we got a hand's-on learner in class today!" To say Adara's grin was wide was an understatement. The joyfull expression on her face was so bright, it challenged the sun.

The flame woman hadn't really paid much mind to Magikayla's staff up until now. Of course it was magic. It was a staff, the little turle-girl was dressed in wizards robes. Her name had, 'magic' in it, for pete's sake!

With the scent of cooked eggs and cheese wafting in the air, Adara grabbed a few slices of bread and cubes of butter to tos s into the little koopa's wok. "Why don't you make us some old-fashioned toast as a side dish. Catch!"

“I can’t sleep” Adara was in her usual sleeping position: On top of Julian's belly. Though, after waking up with a jolt after some fitfull murmering, the flame woman found herself tossing and turning on said stomach in a vain attempt to get back to slumberland. She'd had a nightmare...but was unwilling to admit it. (under Mt. Ruggled starter)

Julian slowly woke, looking down at the woman that he loved with everything he had. "Oh? Do you want me to cast a sleep spell?" He wondered, slowly blinking as his cybernetics began to flood his body with the right chemicals to keep him awake.

#thehouseofivo #Julian #Adara #Magikayla #RP #Under Mt. Rugged #Prelude to a Mushroom Omlette #...With toast!

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👾 How to Turn Off Algorithm on Your Dashboard 👾

So this post is for the people who've been using Tumblr, following people/blogs you like, hoping that every time they post you can see the stuffs they post/reblog! But there seems to be one problem... every time they post, their posts just doesn't show up on the top of your dashboard! You only saw them only hours or days later or you don't see them all, missing your mutual's post! 🫨

Is there an algorithm on Tumblr? Yes. But you can turn it OFF. Unlike Instagram which doesn't allow us to turn off its algorithm and only sees posts with high engagements, Tumblr has the option to turn OFF its algorithm - and ultimately makes your dashboard chronological/timeline-based ☝️🤓

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🔮 Turning OFF 'Best Stuff First' 🔮

So, to do this, go to your settings, and go to 'Dashboard Preferences', and TURN OFF the 'Best Stuff First'.

'Best Stuff First' is the algorithm in Tumblr where it'll present you with the stuffs they'd think you'd like based on your likes and reblogs. This is usually turned on automatically by the site itself for new-comers/users to give the new users some time as we look for blogs we like and follow.

Usually after you follow lots of blogs, you'd like to see your mutual's latest posts. So here is how you turn the algorithm off!

(For Mobile)

(For Website)

Et voila! Just like that, your dashboard is now timeline-based and chronological. No more seeing posts from days, weeks, or months ago.

(I myself like to see what's new from my mutuals. But if you have your own preference to see the most popular stuff on the top of your dashboard, feel free to turn the algorithm on.)

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⌚ Turning on Time Stamps ⌚

To make it more clear, let's turn on the time stamps. Yes, you can know when a post is posted on Tumblr.

So you'd usually see posts on your dashboard like this image below. As you can see, there are only the usernames, but no time indicator.

To see when this post was posted, you can go to the dashboard settings and turn ON the 'Show timestamps on posts, reblogs, and notes'

(For Mobile)

(For Website)

After turning this on, you can see that underneath the usernames, there's a timestamp! Now you know when the posts shown on your dashboard was posted!

There's even posts from seconds ago! Pretty neat and convenient isn't it ( •̀ .̫ •́ )✧ OR again, if you don't like to see the times, feel free to turn it off too!

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Anyway, have a good chronological/algorithm-free Tumblr experience!

Reblog is appreciated since a few of my friends have a hard time to see their mutuals' posts and unfortunately missed them. Don't forget you can also turn on notifications for when your beloved mutuals post! (๑•̀ㅂ•́)و✧

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Honestly? My main piece of advice for writing well-rounded characters is to make them a little bit lame. No real living person is 100% cool and suave 100% of the time. Everyone's a little awkward sometimes, or gets too excited about something goofy, or has a silly fear, or laughs about stupid things. Being a bit of a loser is an incurable part of the human condition. Utilize that in your writing.

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Don't Feed the Monster! It's Mad Monsters week.

TV kaiju movie ad from 1975.

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How could he understand? The Mighty Phoenix? He was a creature of life and rebirth, loved and understood, recognised---adored by all. He'd probably been showered with devoted acceptance all his life.

How could someone like him know how people reacted when faced with the eldritch void? With the Unknown?

Isn't that what she had wanted? To see what was beyond the void? To be understood?

...And, when that didn't work...to be beautiful?

It was all so far away...these thoughts trying to bubble to the surface, the Shadow Queen barely heard the little, Red Man's offer to head back through the Door. Or, the Phoenix's call to order.

She was lost in the fragments. The void deep down in her head.

Someone would need to pull her out.

The screamed, they ran--

She'd just wanted to make friends--

They screamed, called her a Monster--

Monster...Monster, Monster, Monster, MonsterMonsterMonsterMonstermMonsterMonstermonsterMonsterMONSTERMONSTERMONSTERMONSTERMONSTERMONSTERMONSTERMONSTER

Under the saftey of the hat...The Shadow Queen hardly looked human by now. Something not even organic twisted around on itself like a tangled mass of dark ribbons.

When one is out in space--when one is space, one doesn't really need to look even remotely humanoid. No...that came later. And, if the sun were not blanketing the realm in it's light, a very different blanket would have unfolded....

They called her--HE called her---

In the ribbons and rolls of her mind, the Shadow Queen caught sight of something. An offering.

She growled. "B̵̢̨̹̥̱͈̬̟̫̤̟̥̥̈́̅̒͂̽̕͝u̴̢̨̦̜̰͙͊̓̍̈́̃̋̔̓͆͂̌͂̍͝͝ẗ̸̡̨̢̛͍̣̼̱͍̲̫͓͓́̄̾͑̿̚,̸̨̣̜̝͇̞̗̹̖͔̫͊͑̄̃́̄̚̚͝ ̵͇̰͙̲̫̼̪̐̔̀͒̑̅̏̚̚͜͝͠t̵̮̤̫̿̄̅ͅḧ̸̹̭̱̩̫́̇ͅa̷̘̟͖͗ͅt̸̢̨̮͎͓̬̘̠͑̄̀͠'̵͕͇̗̘̲̘̲̀̎̄̾͛̀͗̎͋̈́͛͐̚͜͝s̴̥̼̠̫̱̯̈́́̈́́͒̓ ̷̡̟̤̑̀s̶̛̛̰͓͍̮̆̂̈́̃̆̆͐͘̕o̸̧̧̡̦͚̫̮̓̒͂ͅ ̵͚̭̀̇̾͆ų̶̳̠̖͖̜̦̝̹̱̳͗̈̽̅͑͗́̎̕g̷̺̉̚y̶̤̬̫̥͈̩̆̒̑̉̍̊̾y̶͈̭̹̠͍͖̬̰̘̲͓̬̙͇̗͒́͑̀̀̓͊̏̆̚̚̚͝y̴̝̗̜̗͉̬̦̻̼̾̋͌̒͋́̇̋͊̉͐y̶͖͇͍̼̤͋̉̄̓̓̊́̍̅ẙ̴̟͙͖̠̫̦̬̭̓̈͂ỵ̸̨̭̣̩͉̥͍̩̞̫̘͂!̸̬̻͖̇̊̈̉̔̅̇̈͊͆̽̚͘͝ͅ!̸̧̳̟̟͆͗͗͂̂!̸̢̼͖̬͎̗̟̖̥̭͓̗̾̅̅̉̔̋͑͘͜͜͠"

#thehouseofivo #red-man-of-mustache #Julian #Mario #Shadow Queen #Guest muse: The Shadow Queen #A Mouth without a face #A Shadow without a memory

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Majick watched with mild amusement as mother and child did their best to recuperate from the little incident. A little muttered chant on his end and his finger now had a nice little bandage wrapped around it. Freeing his attention to other things- like Adara's other child nearly taking a tumble.

With a 'Whoops!', he rushes forward. Catching the little girl by the head and neck first with one hand and the other coming in to support the rest of the body. Were babies supposed to be so heavy?! Maj was not used to handling small children, but he knew enough to manage to hold up baby Mars with some competence.

"Heh, no new parent is. But it'll be fine!"

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Unlike her sister, baby Mars's body was completely bald, save for a small tuft of black hair atop her head. She was warm to the touch, with loose and wrinkly skin similar to an Earth puppy.

The half-Urru squirmed like a puppy, too. Wriggling around till she was flat on her back, looking up at the New Person with baby versions of her Mother's eyes. After another moment, she licked the base of Majick's thumb. Deciding she liked the taste, she then settled into sucking on his hand. She seemed to be the one who took things in stride.

"I guess I'm lucky, all things considered." Adara hoisted the other baby up on her shoulder, giving baby Moon a few, gentle pats. "They' both came out healthy, all things considered. It's not like there's any doctors around I can take them to for a checkup---"

"YYKK~" The flame woman blinked as her daughter urped up on her shoulder. "Ohmygoshmybabyissick!!"

"Alright....this definitely seems to be the place...."

The alchemist muttered as he concentrated on the little hand held device he held. It sounding almost like a Geiger counter as he watched the read out on the display.

"The energy read outs here are insane..."

He walks around, careful to not step on any of the tiny odd creatures he saw running around...

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#ricksmajicknstuff #Majick #Adara #Baby Moon #Baby Mars #RP #An Alchemist on Thra #New Motherhood on Thra #A baby vomits on Thra #((Looks like Majick's presense is more of a blessing than they thought.)) #Adara's never had a baby before; she doesn't know how much they throw up

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"This is my very first introduction to Gnomes 101, okay? Everything about you that I know so far I just learned....maybe an hour ago?" How long had this coversation been going on? It was very much past sunfall by now; one can easily loose track of time at night. "Next think you're gonna tell me, you and all your other Gnome-buddies can pile on top of each other, and make some kinda, 'Gnome-zilla' or something."

It was the most absurd theory the flame woman could come up with on the fly. Part of her just dared Cornelius for it to be true. "I guess you could come with us down to the city Night Festival. Everyone will be down there, anyway. And, there's always a good selection of fall food from our Kingdom to choose from."

👣 - For them to hear phantom footsteps in their home!

"Did you hear that?" Edgar asked under his breath after hearing the unmistakable sound of footsteps pattering about where no one else should be except him and Adara.

#itisweseleton #Edgar #Adara #RP #Things that go bump in the night...also wear pointy hats #Things that go bump in the night...also build stuff

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"Whoa, neat." Mars looked through the ring in a pose reminicent of Gollum. "Only if you listen to my advice, too: Everyone deserves love. Even Yami. Even you."

Sometimes, Mars wondered why everyone had a tendancy to underestimate her. True, she was naive, but she genuinely believed the best in every person. And, sometimes, she could get every person to belive it, too.

The half-Urru waved as the wall dropped. "Hey, Elders. I'm fine. Look, that Lord X guy even gave me a little ring-door in case I changed my mind. I think I'm gonna wear it as a pendant." She tucked it in her pocket for now; she'd find a string for it later. "Are you guys alright?"

About half past midnight, a little, black motorbike with a guitar and speakers haphazardly strapped to the back pulled up to the castle. And a half Skeksis, relatively young, with human clothes and human posture and absolutely no idea about the Emperor’s decree regarding finding SkekTek dismounted. She was looking more at her open map than at the door when she knocked. “Hello? Anyone home? I think I took a wrong turn somewhere down the road. I have no idea where the heck I am.”

Skektek:welcome adara to the castle of the outcast i named it myself if u want to get directions please speak with zamasu hes more understanding of maps and such and claims to be a god amoung gods

#ask-a-fallen-zamasu #Moon #Mars #RP

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LISTEN UP AGAIN KIDS STOP REBLOGGING THIS FUCKING GARBAGE POST. IT IS 100% FUCKING BULLSHIT AND CAN AND MOST DEFINITELY WILL LITERALLY KILL. DO YOU NOT SEE WARNING LABELS THAT SAY “DO NOT INDUCE VOMITING”? THEY AREN’T FUCKING AROUND. YOU CAN FUCKING BURN THEIR ESOPHAGUS BY CAUSING VOMITING, CAUSE CHOKING, DROWNING, OR MAKE IT WORSE! AGAIN DO NOT FORCE ANYTHING DOWN ANYONE’S THROAT. THEY. CAN. DROWN. IF SOMEONE IS LOSING CONCIOUSNESS ALL THE CHIT CHAT IN THE WORLD WILL NOT PREVENT IT AT THAT POINT THEY ARE IN SERIOUS DANGER. “Buuut i don’t wanna take them to the hospital!!!” WELL SUNSHINE GLAD YOU’D RATHER HAVE A DEAD FRIEND THAN A LIVING ONE BUT YOU’RE IN LUCK CALL FUCKING POISON CONTROL. THEY ARE NOT THE COPS. THEY WILL HELP YOU. AND IF THEY SAY GO TO THE FUCKING HOSPITAL YOU GO TO THE FUCKING HOSPITAL. NO EXCUSES. 0. NONE. I have seen this shit cross my dash SO MANY TIMES so PLEASE fucking reblog this and prevent some well meaning idiot from accidentally killing someone they love!

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B. Dylan Hollis' baking TikToks - sentence starters

1. "Thought this was a joke. Turns out I'm the joke."

2. "Can a cake be tried for treason?"

3. "Either chocolate fixes everything or this is alchemy!"

4. "This is why we don't perform lobotomies anymore."

5. "Did I mention this was a cake?"

6. "I'll bet this recipe is just all the wrong answers on a baking test."

7. "Smells like dentures!"

8. "Not bad, dead people."

9. "It tastes like crunchy diesel!"

10. "Welcome to the world. It's awful."

11. "I'm a fool, not an idiot."

12. "Lime jell-o. More like crime jell-o."

13. "It's like reading directions to Purgatory."

14. "I didn't know beef came in a jar."

15. "It tastes like it's insulting me."

16. "You know, it's horrible now, but I hope it turns out okay. Like children."

17. "Did you just kill my blender?"

18. "This is personal now. You swung first!"

19. "Smells like a Palm Springs retirement home."

20. "I can feel my teeth rotting!"

21. "This isn't food, ______, this is a bioweapon!"

22. "This is severe. It takes like an IHop kitchen floor."

23. "This is what I'd imagine a toilet brush to taste like!"

24. "You can't hide from me! I wish you could...."

25. "At least it's not moving."

26. "I suppose it's better than eating your offspring."

27. "Do I call the police or a priest?"

28. "I think I've summoned something."

29. "Smells deceased."

30. "I didn't know tuberculosis had a color scheme."

31. "Easy does it. Wouldn't want to ruin a disaster."

32. "It tastes like a boot! Like a size-10 boot!"

33. "It looks like a failed grave robbery."

34. "Smells like botchalism!"

35. "How does one know when a laxative is done cooking?"

36. "You know, it's not bad, it just vaguely tastes like a felony."

37. "Bake this for someone, but don't tell them 'til afterward."

38. "Remember, _____, the main ingredient in pie pastry is self-doubt."

39. "This recipe is making me cry, not the onions."

40. "That's not food. This is a war crime."

41. "Already smells like death."

42. "Are we sure this recipe wasn't written by a cat?"

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#OOC #Flight Rising #New Ancient #((I'm always so excited for these))

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The screamed, they ran--

She'd just wanted to make friends--

They screamed, called her a Monster--

Monster...Monster, Monster, Monster, MonsterMonsterMonsterMonstermMonsterMonstermonsterMonsterMONSTERMONSTERMONSTERMONSTERMONSTERMONSTERMONSTERMONSTER

Under the saftey of the hat...The Shadow Queen hardly looked human by now. Something not even organic twisted around on itself like a tangled mass of dark ribbons.

When one is out in space--when one is space, one doesn't really need to look even remotely humanoid. No...that came later. And, if the sun were not blanketing the realm in it's light, a very different blanket would have unfolded....

They called her--HE called her---

In the ribbons and rolls of her mind, the Shadow Queen caught sight of something. An offering.

She growled. "B̵̢̨̹̥̱͈̬̟̫̤̟̥̥̈́̅̒͂̽̕͝u̴̢̨̦̜̰͙͊̓̍̈́̃̋̔̓͆͂̌͂̍͝͝ẗ̸̡̨̢̛͍̣̼̱͍̲̫͓͓́̄̾͑̿̚,̸̨̣̜̝͇̞̗̹̖͔̫͊͑̄̃́̄̚̚͝ ̵͇̰͙̲̫̼̪̐̔̀͒̑̅̏̚̚͜͝͠t̵̮̤̫̿̄̅ͅḧ̸̹̭̱̩̫́̇ͅa̷̘̟͖͗ͅt̸̢̨̮͎͓̬̘̠͑̄̀͠'̵͕͇̗̘̲̘̲̀̎̄̾͛̀͗̎͋̈́͛͐̚͜͝s̴̥̼̠̫̱̯̈́́̈́́͒̓ ̷̡̟̤̑̀s̶̛̛̰͓͍̮̆̂̈́̃̆̆͐͘̕o̸̧̧̡̦͚̫̮̓̒͂ͅ ̵͚̭̀̇̾͆ų̶̳̠̖͖̜̦̝̹̱̳͗̈̽̅͑͗́̎̕g̷̺̉̚y̶̤̬̫̥͈̩̆̒̑̉̍̊̾y̶͈̭̹̠͍͖̬̰̘̲͓̬̙͇̗͒́͑̀̀̓͊̏̆̚̚̚͝y̴̝̗̜̗͉̬̦̻̼̾̋͌̒͋́̇̋͊̉͐y̶͖͇͍̼̤͋̉̄̓̓̊́̍̅ẙ̴̟͙͖̠̫̦̬̭̓̈͂ỵ̸̨̭̣̩͉̥͍̩̞̫̘͂!̸̬̻͖̇̊̈̉̔̅̇̈͊͆̽̚͘͝ͅ!̸̧̳̟̟͆͗͗͂̂!̸̢̼͖̬͎̗̟̖̥̭͓̗̾̅̅̉̔̋͑͘͜͜͠"

Well, what had she been expecting? Reverence? Courtly servitude? Devotion? A welcome back parade?

If the Shadow Queen had eyes, she would have blinked. It never got old, how tiny most people were. She would have laughed along with the phonenix, only--

...Why did this feel familiar?

Far back...far back...far back...in the dark.

Eons.

She'd learned to avoid this sort of thing because....

"IT'S A MONSTER, RUUUUN!"

Something in the Shadow Queen flinched, twitched, twisted. She was a spiral, a vortex. Something deep down in her memory was squeezing.

"I̷.̵.̷.̶I̸ ̷n̶e̴e̵d̵ ̶a̵ ̵h̵o̶s̷t̴.̸.̶ I̵͚̗̘̲̟̰̔͌̑̌̀̑͊ͅ ̶̠̩̟̿̏͊͗̌͛̉n̵̤̪͈͎͉͗̎́͐͋͜͝ě̴̬̥̪͂͛̐̊ȅ̶͚̌͒̃̊͠d̴̜̩̜͉͚̮͊̾ ̶̬̭̬̻͂͋ͅa̶͉̍̾̈́́̽̓͠ ̷̛͓̉̎̎̚h̵̺̺̀̇͂̀̂o̷̜̳̭̤͊̓͌s̴̖̙̎͒̓̾̑̀̏t̸̻̲͕̤̗̂̎̂̇̏.̸̢̹̽.̷̛͇̄̂̌͝." The spring of Shadow coiled tighter...

#thehouseofivo #red-man-of-mustache #Julian #Mario #Shadow Queen #Guest muse: Shadow Queen #((beggars can't be choosers but this is what we all agreed on.)) #A Shadow Without a Memory #A Mouth Without a Face #A Shadow with Vanity Issues

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"....We shall see...." Golbez himself wasn't sure. And the Shadow Dragon wasn't going to advise. Now that he knew he had been manipulated.... again....

....He was starting to wonder if he was truly that gullible. Or that easy to manipulate.

....But then again...

He had only been manipulated by the literal embodiment of rage and callousness.... And by a dark 'Deity' level threat, along with a Multi-versal dragon....

....So he supposed he could take some solace in that.

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Luna nodded. "Think on it, then. Breaktrhoughs like this usually need some time to digest fully, anyway." And, when they had, it was always posible Golbez might need to return to her for more guidance.

There were some heavy things to unpack here; an entire chunk of Golbez's past suddenly layed bare after who knows how long of being sealed in darkness.

"Until then, I think this session is done." Rising, Luna paid the waiter, and nodded to the man and entity who'd been sitting across from her. "I'm always open for consultation, if you need me in the future. Though, I'll probably know before you do. Take care, Golbez."

"There are times I wish I could take photographs of the things I 'see.'" Luna wasn't in the same room with Anakin, but she 'saw' his moment of wholness come to fruition nonetheless. "True enlightenment is such an amazing thing to look upon."

Naturally, this came out of the blue while she was having a random conversation with Golbez.

"Oh? Whatever do you mean?" Sadly, Golbez wasn't 'force sensitive'. He was unable to sense what was happening to Anakin. He had been casually talking with Luna about varying things, including his own past.

#thehouseofivo #Golbez #Luna #Luna DelMar #RP #The long dark coffee time of the soul

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No all my adventures here taught me that i will always get new experience......*as he smiles and hugs moon gently*

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Moon reciprocated with a hug of her own. "I can only imagine how many adventures you've had by now. I'm not even a century old yet, and I've seen some crazy stuff."

She tossed another chunck of meat at the baby dinosaur. "Yet, I've noticed that even the simplest moments can sometimes have the same beauty."

Chocolate and a bonsai tree. Something simple. Moon was slowly building SkekTek a veritable garden of Valentine's Day plants year by year. She didn't mind being the one who often initiated the gift-giving. Never been one for gender conventions. Just just liked making her boyfriend happy.

She kissed him upon the cheek upon running into him in the kitchen. "Happy Valentine's Day."

happy valentines day my dear *As he smiles

#ask-a-fallen-zamasu #Moon #SkekTek #RP #Moon the Anarchist #A feast fit for love #A Valentine's Day in

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