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bonefall · 1 month

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what poison/s were used in riverstar's heir at moth's celebration and when bright and flowerstar ate together? suggestion (if you hadn't decided yet): Monkshood/Aconite/Wolfsbane (Aconitum napellus) its a VERY poisonous plant native to the uk and europe, lethal with both ingestion and body contact and has historical use in killing and murder. symptoms appear quickly and death often comes in only a few hours; its a shame it wasn't used in canon lmao

Oh symptoms don't just appear quickly-- Aconite's name is said to be ancient Greek for "Without Dust." That refers to how aconite kills SO quickly that you will not even kick up dust in your death struggle. Death coming in a few hours is from the minimum deadly dosage, any good assassin worth their salt would use more (and take care to mask its bitter taste, it's not a subtle flavor like cyanide is.)

Forget "deathberries." Yew is nothing next to aconite.

Yew's deadly compound, taxine, acts by stopping your heart. Yawn. Aconite targets your heart, liver, kidneys, AND brain all at the same time. It's so potent that handling young roots will make your hands go numb. Only 2 miligrams of the deadly compound, aconitine, is a fatal dose in a human being; a single grain of rice weighs 20 miligrams.

Anon, my friend, you undersold aconite. It's not just a very poisonous plant in Europe, aconitine is top 5 deadliest poisons period. Members of the aconite family are widespread through the northern hemisphere-- indigenous Alaskan people have used it to hunt whales for tens of thousands of years. Its toxic properties break down within 24 hours, leaving the meat completely safe to eat.

So naturally, suggestion accepted. This is going to be SICK.

Especially since no one will be able to tell what happened. It looks like every major poison because it is. You might assume it was some kind of toxic cocktail from the symptoms. Convulsions, rapid heartrate, vomiting, numbness. It looks like yew, nightshade, and bryony all at once.

It'll be very easy for Bright Whisker to survive this and shake off suspicion simply by poisoning herself with a small amount of something else. If I go with Maple Whisker being a sibling instead of a cousin, I could have her simply join their meal a little late and realize that her mouth feels numb, just as everyone else enters convulsions, so she spits it out.

(Autism win! Avoided a poisoning because texture bad! Maybe she was waiting for the food to cool down too lmao)

And LASTLY... Aconite is Wolf's Bane. I think this is a really cool place to see the earliest incarnation of the Wolf Motif that will later show up in Bluestar's family. It tickles my brain a bit to think of Flowerstar somehow having the "hood" shape of the flower, and then she loses her first life in her gambit to poison the wolf among sheep.

I also had a stroke of inspiration and had an idea for one of the BB!DOTC cats, too. Dappled Pelt gets massively neglected in canon, imo, and I could set up the wolf thing even earlier. African Wild Dog time (painted wolf.)

#better bones au #bone babble #riverstar's heir #BB!Maplewhisker #BB!Brightwhisker #BB!Flowerstar #tw poison #cw poison #aconite

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onyx-2323 · 6 months

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Zhongchi fics!

An age of gods and monsters -Bookish_penguin- I really loved this fic so much! It was filled with so much emotion and the writing flowed really nicely! I was actually partially inspired to write my own fic, so I thank them for that!

Anything made by Bgtea- lol!- Their stuff is so good lol!- Entirely out of Spite,

The Autumn Winds are Sighing- Bgtea again!

I think your so good (and I'm nothing like you)- TrashcanWithSprinkles- It is sooo freaking good!! LORD!

Cyanide whale- world building is sooo good!

An Adeptus' Last Wish-Onyx_23- Yes, self-promo, lmaoo....swear its good...lol

#zhongchi #childe x zhongli #genshim impact #fic rec

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malloy-character-death-battle · 11 months

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PRELIMANARIES

All preliminary teams only recieved 1 vote (sad), order and matchups determined by random generator. Non-malloy fans are encouraged to listen and vote! All polls will only be up 1 day due to my supermajor time crunch so propagandize fast!

Prologue (GC)/Pierre and Andrey (GC)

Vocalise (P)/The Private and Intimate Life of the House (GC)

Introdemo (DSM)/Sarah (CB)

Family Meeting (GQ)/Grendel's Death (B)

The Prelude (P)/Mountains (P)

Beautiful (O)/Charming (GC)

Starchild (GC)/Squeeze of my Hand (MD)

Glow (O)/ Needy (DSM)

Tchaikovsky's Child's Song (P)/ A Blue Polka Small Dress (TS)

Jesus (CB)/ Natalya (P)

Natasha Lost (GC)/ Stubb Kills a Whale (MD)

Abduction (GC)/ Subway (P)

The Sandwich (S)/ Loop (P)

@farasky @homoeroticdentalcare @revolutionary-georg @just-wanna-be-a-ghost @comet1812 @deltarunic @amaliatheartist @downton-not-downtown-smh @myplantatemyhomework @cyanid-apple @hooseiche @pixieberry992 @kiraistired @tumb1rozymandias

#malloysicals #octet #ghost quartet #great comet #the great comet #preludes #dont stop me musical #octet musical #clown bible

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electronicdreamerdreamer · 4 months

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My brain consists of useless facts I sprinkle into conversations like:

Jason Alexander, the one who played George in Seinfeld, was once in McDonalds commercial.

the plague doctor costume was invented by a French doctor Charles de Lorme.

Halloween used to be a lovers' holiday similar to Valentine's Day.

In the film the Nightmare before Christmas Jack Skellington was first intended to have all-black clothes but black-and-white clothes were seen better against a dark background.

Haunted house attractions were first developed to keep kids and teenagers away from doing dangerous pranks during Halloween.

Male wolf spiders purr by rubbing their mouth appendages together and creating vibrations through dry leaves.

There is evidence of whale shark making roaring sounds underwater.

Portuguese Man O'War is not actually a jellyfish but siphonophore, a colony of small animals.

Cats were first domesticated in the Middle East area.

Orange and black colors were already used during ancient Samhain. Orange symbolized the harvest and black symbolized dark winter.

Osedax worms are deep sea worms that feed on bones.

Some deep sea urchins eat wood that ends up in the ocean.

millipedes eat plant material while centipedes are carnivores.

some millipedes release cyanide gas when feeling threatened.

bull shark has more testosterone than male elephant, that is having a mating season.

Pumpkin spice doesn't contain pumpkin but it has been used traditionally to spice pumpkin foods.

#actually autistic #autistic adult #autistic things

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thevulpinewhaler · 2 years

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Aesthetic Meme–

List your muse’s aesthetic from tastes, smells, outfits & sceneries.

TASTES: almonds(cyanide), blood, iron

SMELLS: ashes, whale oil, ocean surf

SIGHTS: rats, lit matches, poison darts

SOUNDS: humming, a foot tapping impatiently, bone charms singing

SENSATIONS: soft rat fur, worn leather gloves, rough driftwood

OUTFITS: whaler’s mask, water proof coat, belt tied tight

Tagging: @pallideinanis @pyrexita Tagged by: apcryphl

#Dash Games

#dash games

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gaming-thoughts-by-an-idiot · 2 years

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The Call of Cthulhu

Spoilers ahead :)

Chapter 1:

"Okay, aah, shark-"

"Okay, lots of blood. Cool cool cool"

"Ew, I dont like this game and I'm only a min in."

"Uh, how do I 3rd pov"

"What's the controls like?"

*camera sensitivity, vibration, invert*

" *half laugh* wow, thank you, so helpful"

"Alright then"

"Onwards we go"

"To crouch press B??? NO??? EEE! IF IT SAY X TO RUN I AM GONNA CRY"

"Omg I'm so scared"

"Theres a meme for the face I'm making, the harold in pain."

"This is very scary"

"Can I run?"

"WHAT WAS THAT????"

"Ok, maybe our octopus baby is just scared of the light... that's ok, that's good."

"I have a lamp and I'm not afraid to use it. I'm actually scared if I dont"

"He speaks to me"

"Did lovecraft dude make the octodaddy a man?"

"Pff, I went from 'imma piss my pants' scared, to calling cthulhu Daddy"

"From the cover pic, cthulhu got a dad bod"

"AAAAA DONT FIGHT??? IT SAYS HOW TO RUN, BITCH-"

"Thank god, it was a dream"

Main character: I hate whiskey

Me: same

"Can i turn this shit music off?"

"The phone is ringing... imma ignore it"

"I dont like auto save games, especially not when i cant manually save aswell"

"Yoo, wtf is this? Hes like a pokemon"

"Or it's like level up skyrim and fallout"

"Omg fiiine"

"Would be fun if there were a sherlock Dracula game, like debunk him"

"Oooh, I get to choose my character points, like dragon age"

"Most on investigation... and strength ofc, no wait, I dont want that, one less... medicine or occult info... hmmm... i have zero % on occult... guess I'll do that then"

Sanity: confident in your abilities and your cartesian mind-

Me: a what?

*googles*

Me: logical and self aware, ok I guess

"This is interesting"

"So, she was a psychic? If she just 'sees' things"

"So far? Good game"

Pierce: something's queer-

Me: yeah, me

"Isnt it like, if you talk about or draw or whatever, it draws power to cthulhu?"

"I'm gonna find that honking car outside his building, and set it the fuck on fire"

"Darkwater island? I have to think of something else, but it sounds familiar?"

Chapter two:

"Basic achievement! Yay :D"

"Darkwater sound like a very nasty homebrewed beer"

"The loading screen is so slow, it takes me back to windows 96"

"Aa- I think the game got offended, suddenly it moved fast"

" 'Enter madness' lmao, same"

"What would happen if a boat didnt want to take him to the island?"

" 'A game by Cyanide studio' spooky"

"Scary stones in the water"

"I like the fonts of the title"

"I mean, some whale ships had it coming"

"I failed the skill test, wow, rude. Put points into medical, people"

"I was on the 'he started it', and now I'm not allowed to drink, ugh... I have to play by me, not what can get me things"

"Wait, those are the same thing. Damnit"

"Oh lookie here, a woman. How do I know? Shes clearly wearing lipgloss!"

"Damn, this game isnt good for me, I'm failing all of these dialogues. I'm a terrible detective"

"The captain is just watching me as I go through his stuff"

Captain Fitzroy: us men of the sea are superstitious folk.

Me: as you should.

"Killer whales are fucking assholes"

"I have heard of the depths, yes"

"Love me some mythology"

"Like, why, would you put the dead whale, back? How is it even on land??? Did they drag it? Or did it just appear ON land? Cuz bruh, I wouldnt even touch it then"

"I dont wanna look at a leg that's been on a dead man, ew"

"Tell me about the hella whale"

Me: I snooped through you shit, heres my thoughts-

Him, as he should: wtf??? Dont touch my shit

Me: understandable, have a good day

"Wtf is the jetty?"

"Thanks man, I'm about to talk to people and make more mistakes"

"No wonder I'm a failing detective"

"My sherlock days are behind me, I'm a fool"

"Hes running like hes not wearing shoes, and theres puddles on the ground"

" 'They were all burnt up' that's so fucking creepy"

"I can lockpick????? Fuck. Yes."

"I broke it :("

Pierce: statue of saint dude for sailors, vandalism, cant even say what language

Me: angry language

Bootleggers: if this (didnt pay attention) gets out, we will get in trouble with you-know-who.

Me: Voldemort?

"Oh, I had a lighter"

"How do I turn it off"

"Hah! You think you can fight me! Oooooh ouch, the penis, she kicked it"

"Ugh, this game is hard. This is why I always die quickly, I just cant stop being sassy"

"Cat looks like she needs to pee"

"Oh no, ah, if I do this, I might owe her a favour... HMMMMMM, god... am I gonna regret this? Probably"

"Yes."

"I dont like to say this, but she should get laid or, ya know, SLEEP, Go and sleep in a soft bed, take a bubble bath... wait, did they have bubble baths at this time?"

"Google says 1940, and this is like 1800 something... go take a relatively warm bath, Cat."

"Shes so angry, is she ok?"

"She needs a hug. Not from me, nuuuh"

"In a romance movie or something, Pierce and Cat would date"

"... or am I thinking fanfics"

"See! Anger and strength isnt the way to go."

"I clearly made a mistake asking for her help. Next play through. Is gonna be better"

Chapter 3:

Game: enter madness

Me: already there, baby

"Its odd that her husband had the final saying on the grave location..."

"Me avoiding the main quest, only to do exactly what the main quest wants me to to do, ugh"

"Okay! The guy, mr winchester is very angry and very scary- and I just got an achievement that says just that"

"I dont understand the way to choose level points, but ok"

"So from what I saw, the couple did have a fight... but there were also a third person... so that's not arson or a crime of passion... but I guess I'll have to say it was a fight"

"Eyy, I got a point I can use on something"

"This is odd"

Pierce: the lyrics of the drunken sailor-

Me: I know that one!

"I want to read lovecraft's books, but they sound extremely scary"

"Hahahha! He burned himself with the lighter"

".... that was a skull... a skull just, flashed in the corner of the scene, what"

"Its so dark in here, isnt there any light???"

"Lol, not gonna lie, the kid's drawings are like the Slenderman game"

"Oh no... the kid got the vision too"

"Huh, that painting kinda looks like pierce"

"!!!PERSON IN MASK"

Officer: where did he go??? Theres no way out!!

Me: dude, they're legit marks on the floor, secret bookcase

"Having some trouble with this damn puzzle"

"Eyy! I found norway on the globe"

"Italy looks like a shoe, and Norway looks like- well, better not say it"

"Damn, either I am really stupid...or this is actually hard"

"Gotta take a pic of the map"

"OH YOY BLOODYBFUCKI-- ARE YOU SERIPUS ARE ANFNAKBQKHDA I AM GOING TO FUCKING SCREAM"

"WOW, OK, HERE I AM- OH THANK YOU XBOX FOT THE ACHIEVEMENT, SO HERE I AM, TOOK A FUCKING PHOTO OF THE FUCKIBG MAP, REALIZING I CANT READ MAPS- AND I, JUST FOR LAUGHS, DECIDE TO PRESS IN THE COMPASS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GLOBE! AND GODAMN WOULDNT YOU KNOW HHHHHHHHHHH I'm so irritated."

"Wouldnt we hear it? If the person ran down there?"

"I wanna say, if this dude stole a painting? Just let him? This is a scary cave"

"I dont want to go there alone ;-;"

Chapter 4:

*spooky Blair witch type of thing hangs from ceiling*

Pierce: it's a dream catcher

Me: *sweating*

"I dont like that the lamp needs more oil, it gives me amnesia vibes"

"Nothing might happen if I touch the 'dream catchers', but I'm not gonna test that, crouching squad"

"Eating that huge whale must've made the sailors mad, crazy mad"

Sailors: we're gonna die, horribly

Cthulhu: here you humans go, a snack :)

Sailors: praise the lord!

Cthulhu: >:(

"100% what happened"

Pierce: OH MY GOD, WHATS GOING ON IN HERE? HMM

Officer: *softly* finally, there you are-

Pierce, not softly: SHUSH, WE ARE NOT ALONE

*very clear echo in the cave*

Officer: fuck. This is your fault, clearly, ugh

Pierce, still not quiet: LETS MEET DOWN THERE

"... theres a bloody, nasty hole in the ground... dont say it dont say it-"

"CTHULHU'S VAGINA"

"Or, I guess butthole"

"Oh no, we fell into it, terrible."

"Ew, 'the pit of horror', yeah xbox, this is definitely that"

"Oh wait, I was here earlier :)"

"Oh my god... I was here earlier D:"

"Cthulhu daddy will speak to me soon uwu"

Pierce: *picks up latin book*

Also Pierce: I cant read latin :(

"Oh... oh ok, 'Y' is where u take away the lighter"

"I dont think that's latin, m8"

"Keyboard smash sounds"

"Wow, they really just assumed cthulhu's gender"

"I wonder if the officer is gonna become a sacrifice"

"UHM???"

Cultist: ah! I... I feel him-

Another dude: shh~ you're gifted, indeed. Let him pass through every part of you.

Me: ... ew what

"Oh fuck. Omg. I thought that was it for me."

"I'm just crawling around, and then a dude, WITH A LAMP walks past me, I just froze, actually held my breath"

"Bradley died, the Charles dude is alive and looks like what a baby would look like, if Charles and cthulhu had a baby"

Chapter 5:

"I'm at the hospital:)"

"That was not a nice thing, I dont want to be a subject, sir"

"Wtf was that"

"BRADLEY IS THAT??? WHO IS THAT"

"I dont like this"

"I'm in a patted room"

"Guess I'll sleep then"

"Oh, where am I now? This looks like a clean place"

"For a 1800th standard"

"OH! Damn, I feel so dumb. Leviathan. Cthulhu, ugh."

"Go on, mr leviathan"

"Hes not very nice to me"

"Alrighty female person, lead the way"

Marie: find a way to get past these dudes lmao

Pierce: how???

Marie: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

"Hhhh, the game tells me to be stealthy, I'm scared"

"I can hide in a closet, oh no, I dont like"

"Almost caught"

"This is stressful"

"I'm lost :)"

Pierce, pulls a random switch: have I? UwU activated something?

"Ok, apparently I'm doing something right"

"????? Ok, ok, I'm in, ok..."

"Dude wtf"

Chapter 6:

"I'm doing this in one go, baby"

"I chose to tell the truth to the wife of the crazy man"

"No, I'm trying not to drink"

"Cat is here at the wife place"

"Digging through some stuff here, tell me more"

"Its good to invest in charisma, look at all this info"

"So, he just saw a vision of the Sanders dude stare at the painting... and scratch his eyes out... and Pierce is like 'I must see it', bro???"

"Okaaay, let's look at the painting that's gonna drive you mad :)"

"Is this like smile dog?"

"Omg, ew ew??? Wtf is that????"

"Run run run"

"Hhh, this reminds me of Alien isolation"

"I broke a glass to get a knife"

"RUN"

"I JUST SCREAMED"

"AND I JUST DIED"

"That was a loud scream too, its 2am"

"Omg i cant do this, I keep dying"

"What happens if I just stay in the closet? Will he die from a heart attack?"

"Think I'll call it quits, and try another day :)"

"He just screams, I'll try and grab a knife"

"Nah, I died..."

"Uuugh"

"Hmm, it's not scared of the light"

"I'm just trying shit, cuz it's still scary, but idk what to do now"

"Hmmm... died again"

"Okay, another day"

#gaming #funny #relatable gaming thoughts #call of cthulhu #the call of cthulhu #slight horror game imo #spoilers #call of cthulhu spoilers

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navyacademia · 3 years

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Animal Facts

. There is a species of jellyfish which is immortal. It can revert back to its child state after having become sexually mature, and therefore never dies.

. Flamingos can only eat if their head is upside down.

. The only animals that undergo menopause are elephants, humpback whales and humans.

. The fingerprints of a koala are extremely similar to human fingerprints - they have been confused on occasion on a crime scene.

. Slugs have four noses.

. Around 50% of orangutans have fractured bones due to falling out of trees on a regular basis.

. Frogs are unable to vomit. If one absolutely has to, it will regurgitate it’s entire stomach.

. If a scorpion is given even a slight bit of alcohol, it will go crazy and sting itself to death.

. There is a butterfly in Africa with enough poison to kill six cats.

. We share 70% of our DNA with a slug, and 98.4% with a chimp.

. A single strand of spider silk is thinner than a human hair, but also five times stronger than steel of the same width.

. Fourteen new species of dancing frogs were discovered in 2014, raising the global number of known dancing-frog species to 24.

. The loudest animal in the world is a mere 2cm long, prawn. The Pistol Shrimp is capable of snapping it’s claw shut so rapidly, that it creates a bubble which collapses to produce a sonic blast, louder than a Corncode’s sonic boom.

. The horned lizard is able to shoot blood from it’s own eyes, up to a distance of 3 feet away.

. Roosters prevent themselves from going deaf due to their own loud crowing, by tilting their head backs when they crow, which covers their ear canal completely, serving as a built-in ear-plug.

. Cows defecate up to 15 times daily, which can be as much as 115 pounds of manure per day.

. Male seahorses go through pregnancy and childbirth instead of females. They are the only species in the world that has the males carry the babies.

. Pufferfish can contain a tetrodoxin, a toxin that is up to 1,200 times more deadly than cyanide to humans. There is enough toxin in one pufferfish to kill 30 adult humans, and there is no known antidote.

. Ostrichs’ legs are so powerful that their kicks can kill a lion.

. The dementor wasp paralyses cockroaches with venom to its head, turning them into a zombie-like state. The toxins leave the cockroach unable to control its own movements, which incredibly makes it run into the wasps nest to meet its demise.

. Giant anteaters consume up to 35,000 ants and termites in a single day.

. Great white sharks can detect a drop of blood in 25 gallons (100 litres) of water and can even sense tiny amounts of blood from 3 miles (5 km) away.

#animal #animals #facts #fact #academia #academic #learning #animal facts #plant #plants #dark academia #light academia #classic academia #cottagecore #cottage academia #romantic academia

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heartslogos · 3 years

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mafia rewrite - The Nightwing

Richard Grayson walks out of the thick, steel, mirrored elevator doors straight past the shining, gleaming, modern, glass and chrome waiting area and straight into the heart of the cool, elegant Iceberg Lounge.

The Iceberg Lounge has been host to ambassadors, vandals, thieves, presidents, models, princes, billionaires, genius savants, call girls, bus boys, and every single person in between. The Iceberg Lounge has seen catastrophe, it’s seen ruin, it’s seen blood and murder, it’s seen parties that, from street level made the glass walled lounge look like a shining beacon of pure white. The Iceberg Lounge has had many names, many renovations, many changes of management, and withstood them all with a timeless grace.

The Iceberg Lounge, currently, plays host to a — compared to its normal volume — small and subdued crowd. Murmurs of death, blood, change, and escape carry over martini glasses, underneath swirling kinetic aluminum and steel light fixtures, slithering and insidious into the ears of every single moving body present. All of them, in their gossip, complicit.

Richard Grayson cuts the crowd and cuts a terrific — in the oldest sense of the word — figure. His suit is the black of Gotham, the black of its royal Wayne blood. The black of omens and death and the distant winter sky come to bear down on the trailing ends of summer as it runs in the opposite direction.

He’s always been known as the least violent Wayne. But least violent does not mean non-violent. Not when the comparisons are the rest of the Waynes.

A nurse shark is still a shark, even if you compare it to a megaladon. A butterfly knife is still a blade even, when compared to a zweihandler. Carbon monoxide is still a poison, even when compared to cyanide.

A bullet is a bullet no matter what kind of name you give it.

This one’s name is the Nightwing.

Even as a boy, he flittered and floated and glided through crowds like this. A strange figure in the gowns and tuxedos of Gotham’s socialites, and university night club crawlers, and the booming and bustling pub crawlers down narrow sidewalks with sports bars and dives.

A man made to fly through the night.

Richard Grayson glides into the Iceberg Lounge. Orca, seal, predator. And through schools of silver and gold glimmering fish that part as though they had suddenly turned hydrophobic he is untouched. Unmoved.

He keeps walking.

He walks up the spiral staircase to the VIP lounges. He walks towards the edge of the platform that overlooks the rest of the lounge. He walks up to a table set for one and he sits across the other occupant.

As he sits a chair materializes for him before he could fall. As though the universe and gravity had joined hands and conspired. As if the world could not conceive of a place where Richard Grayson does not get a seat at the table. As if this dimension could not fathom the golden son of Gotham being disappointed.

Or, more realistically, as though a panicked attendant realized that blood could be spilled tonight if even one thing fell out of place and quickly kicked a chair into motion, into another attendant’s body and that other attendant, carrying the same fear as the first, hustled to have the chair in position and ready to slide it in as Richard Grayson’s body entered its sure and unbothered controlled fall.

Richard Grayson unbuttons his suit jacket as he sits in this seat provided by fear, long legs crossing as he looks around the lounge. And then he does a slow, quiet, dangerous scan of the person in front of him.

He gestures around them with a lazy twist of his wrist.

“Ten million.” His beatific smile spreads like a plume of blood in water. He waits. The best predators know how to do this.

Eric Shin closes his eyes and breathes what could possibly be one of his last breaths and opens them again. Richard Grayson is waiting for his response.

“What?” He croaks out instead.

“That’s how much it cost to buy you,” Richard Grayson says. “Ten million. For someone from your circuit of the market? Entry to the VIP are of the Iceberg is at least five million per quarter. Minimum. Trust me. I know how much it costs to get into these kind of places. And you haven’t earned VIP seating. The Lucky Hand is lucky to barely be alive right now. Remind me, by who’s grace?”

“Yours,” Eric whispers against his will. The word slides out like bubbles from a drowning man.

“Exactly right. And when was that?”

Eric closes his eyes, and prays for a swifter death than this one of small cuts. “Seven years ago.” He swallows, throat dry, eyes stinging. “When the Dubelz ran across the Whispers on their hunt for the man who killed their leader and the violence spilled over onto into a war along the entire Port Adams and started getting the Lucky Hand’s shipments sunk in harbor as collateral.”

“Right, right. Excellent memory, Eric. Excellent memory. So. Where was I? Ah. Five million per quarter, which the Hand hasn’t been pulling in for you of all people to be getting into the VIP Iceberg Lounge. So it’s not coming from that business. The car is new. Imported, based on the interior and the relatively new plates. That’s about seven hundred just to bring over. And I know that thing isn’t going to be meeting US standards of emissions so that’s — let’s lowball it, say two grand? Three grand? To get enough people to rubber stamp those forms. Now, I’m not too hot on the numbers. So let’s make this easy. I’m going to place your car, fees and bribes and all, somewhere in the range of three hundred grand.”

Grayson taps his middle and index finger on the white cloth covered table as he watches Eric with bright, terrible eyes.

“And if I’m right that’s about — well. Still a lot more than you’d be worth normally. But you’re being paid for silence. And you’re being paid for dying.” Richard Grayson’s mouth twitches up at the corners. “You sold your life for ten, Eric. So far you’ve got VIP entrance to the lounge — which, mind you, isn’t going to last and isn’t refundable. The Penguin’s got a nose for business and he knows that you having entry to his lounge is just going to be earning him a whole lot of grief —, you’ve got a nice imported car that ignores US regulations, and let’s see. Let’s have a look at you. That’s tailored. You’re not buying that off the rack and that takes out everything under five hundred. At a glance I’d say that’s eight thousand. And the watch? A Submariner? Can’t get that in store unless you’ve got a name like mine. You’re looking black market and if you’re smart you’re paying extra for paperwork and someone to scrub it. Base price alone for the green dial is twenty grand. You’ve been burning through that blood money.”

“What do you want?” Eric asks.

Grayson leans forward, leopard seal and killer whale, and descending fury.

“You’re a smart man. The Waynes interfered to spare the Hand because you made a very good case for why we should. And for the past seven years we’ve been good neighbors. We’ve never had a problem with you. Until today. One hell of a problem to choose to be, Eric. I want you to tell me who paid you ten million dollars to give up your life and keep your silence. Because we traced the guns used at the shootout. And those guns and those cars came through Port Adams. And we traced records of those cars and plates and found them cruising up the Old Highway. And if they’re going up Old Highway and if they’re being supplied through Port Adams there’s no way in hell that the Lucky Hand didn’t see that coming.”

Grayson’s blue eyes burn with awful fire.

The Nightwing circles. The Nightwing descends.

“And you didn’t say anything. Someone paid you off. And how damn cheap of a pay off it was. Ten million? If I were in your position and being asked to keep my silence about any kind of whisper of a hallucination about Tim Drake being hunted like a dog through the streets of Gotham in broad daylight I would be asking for the keys to the diamond vaults. I’d be asking for the moon and the stars. Ten million.” The man leans back in his seat, face incredulous as he takes Eric in. “That’s all you were worth. I mean. Sure. I wouldn’t have paid you ten million to tell me this information before hand if I knew about it. But you’d still be alive, you know?”

Grayson flags a waiter over.

“You must have realized,” Grayson says as he peruses the liquor menu, “That regardless of whether Tim lived or died, someone would have found you.”

Eric doesn’t cry. He signed his death certificate weeks ago when he watched those first ships start to unload their guns into the storage facilities next to his own; when he took the money; when he failed to call any of the Waynes to say something, anything, over the past days when the plot came to its finalization.

“He’s alive, by the way. In case you were wondering.” Grayson raises his voice a little so it projects over the dead silence of the lounge. “My brother’s faced worse before. He’s alive. And you know that egghead remembers every single face that was present. License plates, too. Kid’s messed up, his priorities are all wrong. If it were me I’d be focused on wondering something more simple, you know? Like who I last talked to and if I said anything cool. Well. That’s why he’s head of W.E. and not me. I don’t have a head for business.”

He taps something on the liquor menu, handing it back to the waiter.

“Out of consideration for the past years of you being a good neighbor, I’ll let you have one last drink,” Grayson says. “My treat, seeing as how the Penguin is revoking all your access. Don’t worry. You’re not dead yet. I’ll be needing you later. You haven’t given me any names yet. And I promised Cobblepot I wouldn’t make a mess of his lounge. He just got this floor redone, you know? I missed the grand re-opening.”

Grayson looks around, smiling and nodding his divine approval.

“Personally, I think it’s a little too minimalist modern, but compared to before I like it. It’s quiet. Easy on the eye. Excellent balance and color coordination, though. Spot on. I’d ask Cobblepot who his designer was except I don’t have anything I want to tear down and rebuild. I’m more in the mood for the tearing down, frankly. Now, if you’ll excuse me. I’ve got a list of people to get to before someone else does.”

Grayson pauses. “And by someone else I mean another Wayne. The rest of the people in this family have no respect. Between Jason and Cassandra there isn’t enough to around, you know? They ruin everything they get their hands on. Usually so no one else can use it. Mostly so that I don’t get to use it, really. So I’m in something of a race against the clock to get everything I want done tonight. Lucky you, you were near the top of the list. Alright. I’ll leave you to that final drink. And when you’re done with that drink you’re going to get into the car I’ll have the Penguin pull around for you. Before I leave is there anything you want to say?”

Eric swallows roughly, slowly moving his eyes to met Grayson’s. A dead man has nothing to fear of asking a last second boon from his executioner.

“In punishing me will you spare the Hand?”

Grayson looks momentarily surprised.

Eric gestures around them. “They bought me. Not the Hand. My silence. My trespass. My wrong. Not a single cent of the money has gone to the Lucky Hand. You can check the accounts. It’s all with me, still. Tell me now. Give me this one certainty. Will you spare the Hand, or have I doomed us all?”

Grayson considers him. And then he leans forward, all blue eyes and terrific face.

“Tell me,” He says softly, “Tell me why you accepted the pay off.”

“Because no matter who won to rule Gotham — the Waynes or the plotting syndicates — it wouldn’t matter for us,” Eric confesses. “The syndicates have a backer. And under this backer the Hand would never have made it. Stay silent and earn the Wayne’s wrath is to perish. To speak to you of this plot and be turned on by the plotters who surround the Hand’s territory on all sides is immediate suicide. If the plotters won this battle but lost the war we would perish. If I was silent and you lost the plotters would still remove the Hand from the playing field for whatever excuse they could find. In every situation the Lucky Hand would have to fold.”

Grayson closes his eyes, bringing up a hand to press at his temples. It obscures his face for one moment of relief on Eric’s part.

“I will not act on the Lucky Hand for this,” he finally says, drawing up, buttoning his suit jacket once more. “That’s my personal statement on the matter. But as you can guess, the Wayne family’s many arms are rarely in agreement. Pull a repeat of seven years ago. Convince us. For what it’s worth — I think you have a shot at it.”

#heartsfic #c: a star going red giant

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I reconnected with my old high school writing buddy! I also got to stop working at my horrible job (genuinely thank you COVID) and now I'm pursuing my science career I want to work in agricultural soil regeneration!

Congrats on all of that, you’re making great progress!

Black mambas can slither up to 12.5mph!

Dragon millipedes produce hydrogen cyanide to protect themselves from predators, which is terrifying but makes them smell like almonds.

It is estimated that whale sharks live anywhere from 80-130 years; in 2020 they found whales with evidence of nuclear testing radiation from the 50′s and 60′s.

(To those reading, while you are still (and always) welcome to send me kind thoughts you have about yourself, I am will not be answering new asks with animal facts)

#asks #kind new year #dragonsspire

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emetophobiahelp · 3 years

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Doctor Who Series 1-6 Masterpost

i’ve recently rewatched the first 6 series of doctor who and, although a lot of it is safe, thought i should add a couple of warnings i didn’t see tagged and clarify that some particular episodes are safe in case anyone is worried about them :)

timings are based on bbc iplayer and descriptions do contain some spoilers

S1E7 ‘The Long Game’ 28 mins in, Adam v* an ice cube after having an infospike installed in his head (if it helps to know, they filmed it using a kiwi and orange ice cube)

S1E9 'The Empty Child’ 35 mins in, Dr. Constantine turns into one of the gas mask zombies and the filter bit of the gas mask comes out of his mouth with coughing/g* noises, he coughs quite a lot before it happens

S1E10 'The Doctor Dances’ 22 mins in, the same thing as mentioned above with the gas mask happens to the soldier Nancy is handcuffed next to and she also mentions the word s*

S2E1 'New Earth’ is SAFE despite being set in a hospital and having a focus on people infected with 'every disease in the galaxy’

S3E1 'Smith and Jones’ is SAFE, again despite being set in a hospital in case that worries anyone

S3E2 'The Shakespeare Code’ about 12 mins in, Lilith uses a doll to control the man trying to stop Shakespeare’s play from being performed and drowns the doll, causing the man to cough up a lot of water

S4E1 'Partners in Crime’ is SAFE, i remember being a bit worried when Stacey is in the bathroom near the start but it’s fine

S4E3 'Planet of the Ood’ 39 mins in, Halpen starts turning into an Ood, which involved the Ood frond things coming out of his mouth and he sneezes out an Ood hind brain

S4E7 'The Unicorn and the Wasp’ is SAFE, but at about 23 mins in, after the Doctor is poisoned with cyanide, he detoxes and breathes out a grey cloud of poison

Autumn 2009 Special 'The Waters of Mars’ water comes out of people’s mouths throughout the episode and i think there are some instances of it being quite forceful too

S5E2 'The Beast Below’ 19 mins in, the Doctor and Amy fall into the star whales stomach and the Doctor uses his sonic screwdriver to make the star whale v*, also, Amy is covered in the contents of its stomach for the rest of the episode

S6E1 'The Impossible Astronaut’ is SAFE, Amy mentions feeling s* after seeing a Silent in the scene where they’re all looking at maps in the Oval Office but nothing happens

S6E2 'Day of the Moon’ is SAFE despite River also mentioning feeling s* after seeing a Silent when Rory asks if she’s alright in the tunnels

S6E3 'The Curse of the Black Spot’ is SAFE despite Toby coughing quite a lot

S6E5 'The Rebel Flesh’ 20 mins in, Jennifer’s ganger v* some of the flesh (which the gangers are made out of) into the sink

i’m now watching the rest of doctor who so will add any other untagged warnings once i’ve seen it all again :)

#doctor who #submission

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skippyv20 · 4 years

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Animals that look harmless but deadly

The animals always catch our attention. It can be because of their look, colour or by funny character. But sometimes we fail to understand the real them. The calm and quite looking cute ones can be the most dangerous animals.

Poison Dart Frog

The poison dart frog is looking stunning in several colour combinations. Undoubtedly you will move for further observation on these super looking frogs. But beware of one thing. They are one of the most poisonous animals in the overall world.

This pretty small frog have toxin to kill human beings. They got the name when Americans used this venom on their weapon blowgun darts. This amphibian lives in the rain forest of Colombia. Even five centimetres long golden frog can kill around ten men at a time.

The most critical fact is that a single touch or bite of this frog is enough for fatal death. They are visible in many colours ranging from yellow, green, red and orange. All these colours warn its predators about the danger. Out of 100 species of dart frogs, the golden dart frog is the most dangerous ones. Scientists are interested in saving these frogs because they are useful in some medicinal applications.

The frogs never synthesise the poison by own. It is from the chemicals of their anthropoid prey types. Thus the dart frog species posses a threat to entire organisms, and only a few can survive this poison. It is better for the human to understand that their numerous bright colours warn us to stay away. They are popular as the top one animal that seems harmless with killing secrets inside.

Blue-Ringed Octopus

The blue-ringed octopus looks like a cute jewel with blue coloured rings over them. Yes, at first look they seem to be innocent and attractive. These octopus varieties live in Pacific and Indian Ocean regions. They are only about 12 to 20 cm in length. But never underestimate the power of these ultimate killers! These octopuses considered as one among the top poisonous animals in the ocean. They are dangerous to human beings as well. When they are provoked or even handled, their powerful toxins can cause significant impacts on the human body. Blue-ringed octopus uses this poison for hunting prey.

Their bites are sometimes hard to realise since it is painless. But later the toxin will cause severe pain and numbness. Sometimes immediately respiratory issues and paralysis will happen. Thus the blue-ringed beauty causes unconsciousness and death. Tetrodotoxin is present in the venom of this octopus. It is considered to be more powerful than even cyanide. The small-sized creature can contain a toxin in the body, which can kill around 26 people within minutes. It is always better to avoid this blue and yellow beauty. They usually attack humans while provoking them. So it’s better to keep your hands with you and avoid getting amazed by this dangerous beauty.

Leopard Seal

Leopard seal is the second largest species of seals in the marine world. They are just next to the killer whales if submarine. These seals found in Australia, New Zealand, and South African warmer regions. They look too funny and innocent in appearance. But you will be shocked to hear that they try to fool us by the funny look!

They are highly aggressive towards human beings. They will bite the people and will drag them into the ice or water. There are many biologists and travelers, suffered from their attack. The seals also have a nature of attacking boats as well. This attacking nature makes it difficult for the researchers to travel in water and to safeguard their crafts. These huge seals will take over the place where they reside. They always prefer to be in groups, and it will be uncommon to see them alone. The diet of these seals includes items in water. They prefer to eat penguins since it’s easy for these fast-moving predators to catch them.

No matter the prey is in land or water; the seal grabs them with feet and thrash them to and fro. They can swallow items, or they can tear off large portions. The aggressive nature of the organisms makes it difficult to understand more about them. One fact is that they look harmless, and are highly aggressive in real.

Australian Box Jellyfish

Box Jellyfish are a marine living known for their cube-shaped body. The Australian box jellyfish usually found in northern Australia and Indopacific region. They got an attractive blue colour and people will like to have a touch. But these fishes are considered as the most venomous creature in the marine world. Several species cause human deaths as well.

The Australian box jellyfish have about 60 tentacles in the body. They are around 15 foot long, with venom content that can kill 60 people. They never look harmful in sight, but the sting from them got injurious effects. It includes paralysis, cardiac arrest, and even immediate death. The exposure of a body part to three meters of tentacles is enough for these vital issues. The pain got from the stung is too difficult to bear and can cause shock to the victim. The severity of the cases depends on the number of tentacles involved and the sensitivity of the victim’s skin.

These fast swimmers have 24 eyes around the body which makes them more powerful. Thus these cute jellies are tougher to handle. So, it is always better for swimmers to wear better suits.

Beaver

Beaver is the most abundant type of gnawing mammals. These cute animals are nocturnal and are native of North America and Eurasia. The unique nature of these animals is that they build homes in the form of dams, canals, and lodges. The beavers build colonies, and it will have one or more dams which help them to escape from predators. It makes them easy to float food and building materials.

Some people prefer to grow them as domestic pets. Beaver attacks are quite common to hear these days. They are usually aggressive while someone disturbs their natural habitat. Also, they will cause injuries to human beings when they suffer from rabies. During day times due to fear, they will attack humans. A significant factor is that they are capable of attacking people both in land and water.

Their trademark is the sharp front teeth, which can pass through the limbs of victims. It will result in heavy bleeding and severe issues. Their bites can sometimes cause damage to the arteries which will result in fatal death. Also, there are some cases reported against their attack on humans and even on domestic animals as well. Thus provoking these cute animals in any way will cause fatal results. It will be better to leave them calm in their natural habitat itself.

Fire Salamander

Fire Salamander is a famous type of lizard species mostly found in European regions. They are famous for the superb look in combinations of black and yellow. Some varieties are seen in shades of red and orange colors as well. By the beautiful appearance, they are taken as pets often.

They can live for around 50 years. These good looking lizards are found in hilly regions and are more active in evening and night times. But this tiny lizard is poisonous and can cause severe effects. We will be wondered to hear that when threatened these lizards can spray toxins that can attack the central nervous system of victims. It will irritate the mucous membrane of the victim, and later entire circulation of the body.

A large dose of these lizard’s toxin is profoundly harmful to the organisms. The primary toxin called alkaloid samandarin causes issues like hypertension and muscle convulsions — the glands generating this poison situated in the body areas of lizard. The coloured regions of their body and the glands are usually related. The secretions from these lizards are harmful to human life. The bright colours of the lizards also considered as a warning sign to other organisms that it is poisonous. It is dangerous for the human to get in contact with this pretty lizard.

Slow Loris

Those beautiful eyes will make you fall in love with Slow Loris. They are a kind of nocturnal animals found in Southeast Asia and nearer regions. Slow Loris is attractive with their big round eyes and soft fur. But beware! It is one among venomous mammals of the world.

Slow Loris elbows can release a type of venom from their sides. The secreted venom, when mixed with their saliva becomes a highly toxic material. Whenever the animal feels like threatened, it will release the venom to mouth. Later a bite from the animal will cause death. In industry, these animals are sold out as pets illegally. They are hunted and handled in inhuman conditions. To avoid poisonous bites, some people remove their tooth as well. Being nocturnal animals, they suffer a lot in rooms where they can’t express natural behaviours. Without sufficient balanced diet, they suffer from health issues as well.

Removal of the teeth from them is not a way to get rid completely from the poisonous effects. They cause anaphylactic shocks in humans also paving the way to death. So it is a big mistake to choose them as pets since it makes them extinct and also causes harm to human beings. The good looking loris can finish human beings in just one bite. They considered as a deadly animal with an innocent look.

Geographic Cone Snail

You can’t sometimes prevent yourself from touching the beautifully patterned shell of geographic cone snail. They live in the reef of Indopacific regions. They usually hunt small fishes. The thin shell is pink, red or white coloured — the shell covered by thread-like strings.

But beneath this beautiful structure, there is a shocking truth. The cone snail got an incredible ability to detect preys swimming nearby. Once they recognise them, immediately they use a needle-like growth from the mouth. It will inject a type of venom to its preys. This venom is highly toxic and got some painkilling properties as well. It will make the body of prey paralyzed.

The painless feature of the venom is most dangerous since the affected will not be able even to detect it. These killing snails didn’t find humans as much tasty. But it doesn’t mean we are safe. They are a threat to divers usually. In 2004 around thirty human deaths are reported due to cone snails. A very few quantities of the toxin is capable of killing around ten people. The very pleasant looking snail holds more than 100 types of toxins in its six-inch body. The poisonous mixture called as nirvana cabal. Taking the shells with gloves even found to cause dangerous effects.

Wolverine

Wolverine is fuzzy and pretty cute in look. The first look of them will give a calm appearance only. They found in large numbers in Northern Canada and Alaska. However, they are not as cute as they look! This muscular carnivore with beautiful fur has aggressive weasel and powerful claws.

They are capable of attacking large organisms including human beings. Their jaws and sharp claws help them to have their prey fast. While feeding something wolverines look more violent. They got a vast range of preys ranging from small squirrels and rabbits to moose and elk even. They will attack humans if they get provoked.

There are specific incidents where these animals were chosen as pets and attacked the people later. However, they seem to be happy with small preys in their habitat. It doesn’t mean that they possess no threat to humanity. Interaction with these wild animals should be avoided with almost care. The innocent look from their smooth fur is capable of attacking you desperately. Even though wolverines seem extinct in many regions as a result of wild hunting, it is a hidden threat for wild travellers and animal lovers.

The Moose

The moose looks quite friendly in appearance. Even we may feel that some of the moose hold an attractive smile on face. They are the largest and heaviest animals in Deer family. The moose or elk have got broad attractive antlers for males. They usually live in temperate climatic regions.

Currently, most of them are seen in regions of Canada, Russia, and Alaska. The diet of moose includes vegetation of both land and sea. They got a strong bond between mother and calf always. But it is better to keep a distance with them always. It is because even though moose are not aggressive towards humans, there are specific incidents of the same. The moose can be dangerous when they are frightened. The most important part is that the moose do attack a large number of people than bears and wolves. The presence of dogs too can make the moose violent. The situation where they not provided with enough food will also make them aggressive. Apart from this animal will be more aggressive in their mating seasons.

The cows with young calves are usually protective. So they will show a tendency to attack humans if they come closer. Of course, these animals will never view humans as food, but they will attack people and can cause major injuries

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