We were so close to smoking not being cool anymore. We were so close. Then they flavored it mango and now it's taboo to criticize it anymore. People don't ask if they're allowed to vape indoors, they aren't considerate of people who may have health problems that are triggered by the chemicals or if it just bothers them, people don't care that they're supporting an industry built on corruption and greed, they can't see it draining their pockets and much less their health. We were so close to smoking not being cool anymore.
All that running around and third-dimensional platforming is hard INTENSIVE work for Sybil! She's always burning energy and getting hungry really fast... Castle Sansa seems to have a handy surplus of cakes and sweets at least! To the detriment of her waistline~
This is all that happened and it ain't good, but I'm throwing it up here because othrwise, I'm throwing it in the bin.
I'll try again at some point ::hugs the lot of you::
-o-o-o-
His brother doubled and Virgil had to blink to clear his eyes.
“Aw, man, Virg you are such a sop.”
That had Virgil blinking again and turning away.
“I think it is understandable, Gordon.” Scott’s rich voice was full of its usual command, but was just that little higher pitched.
“Not you, too?”
Virgil threw caution to the wind and threw himself at Gordon, wrapping his brother in a hug enough to express everything.
“Vir-oh, g-od, breeeathe, need to breeeathe.”
Virgil clenched his eyes shut, relaxed his grip just a little, but buried his face in his brother’s shoulder.
To his further embarrassment he was shaking.
Gordon’s arms wrapped around him slowly. “Hey, I’m okay. It was close and scary, but I’m still here.”
“I thought I’d lost you.” The words fell out of his mouth and into the soft cotton of Gordon’s shirt. “Again.”
It was stupid. It was close. But this was the first time since Gordon’s accident where…where it had nearly happened again!
A strong hand landed on Virgil’s shoulder and slid around the both of them. Big brother wrapping them in safety.
Okay, maybe Virgil was being stupid, but he had been on the Island, after having sworn never to let Gordon out on his own again…and he hadn’t been able to do anything but watch!
Enough with "taking care of children and treating them with respect and dignity is easy." It's hard. It's so, so hard in a society like our own. We are unnaturally segregated by age in a way never really seen before, we're taught from our own upbringing that we need to do anything but that, and there aren't enough hours in a day for many people to raise kids in the way they deserve. It's so much work - many people don't have the time, energy, training. Most people need to relearn their entire worldview of what it means to be a child and what it means to be an adult.
It's not easy to take care of children and treat them with respect and dignity - but it is worth it. It is worth it to put in the work. And it will be hard, but it is necessary.
Commission done for Sherwoodboy of my ever so ravenous Starfinder Pahtra Ardene~
It's been a rough week of pinching credits and saving up earnings for some time, and Ardene's been slacking on getting herself some decent meat to eat... What with being a STRICT carnivore, getting good quality meat out in the fringes of deep space is a hassle without the right incentive.
Lucky for her, someone's taken a KEEN interest to the ravenous grumbles and growls of her empty stomach, and offered to pay a generous sum of Credits just for a private showing! Ardene couldn't possibly say no... Just show off her tummy for a little while right?
Sometimes dogs so this thing called "Rumbling". Which is, essentially, the canine version of a cat purr; they do this when calm, happy, and feeling safe, etc.
If you want to hear what they can sound like, turn up the volume. I think he sounds a little like a creaky old floor when he does this 😂, we like to call this his "grumbles" in our family