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arsmentae · 4 months
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girl got neck
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they-call-me-veral · 1 year
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Here is a little box of Charlottes! I'm a sucker for a lot of Big Mom's odd kids and these were some of my favorite character designs among the horde.
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stackofstories · 4 months
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Nico was on his haunches. Slowly, he stood and took in the people under the strange jolly roger.
It took everything within Nico to not scamper over to Rebecca.
A little voice in his head, the same voice that told him to dodge, alerted him to the obvious. If their unusual appearance didn't give it away these people were bad news. They had his full attention.
"Who put these brats in our way?" screamed a guy in a yellow furry jacket with SNACK written in bold black letters. "Is this the welcome we get from Joker? Mama won't be pleased if his citizens don't respect their betters." Spit accompanied each word out of his mouth. Was he always so angry? Snacks usually lifted moods.
"Yeaaaah," chorused two sets of quintuplets, or were they decuplets? It didn't matter. There were ten kids his age wearing Pepto Bismol pink. Half of them were leggy brunette girls, and the other half were beady-eyed, purple-haired boys.
The youngest of the strange group was a girl around Rebecca's age. She stuck her tongue out at Nico. Nico would have stuck his tongue out as well if it weren't for the three extremely tall people hovering around Snack, the decuplets, and the girl.
The man in the middle, if he could even be called that, looked like a half-melted ice-cream cone. His beard appeared to be made out of vanilla ice cream and his body, large and round, was made out of goopy chocolate.
To the right of the ice cream man was a woman. She was slender and wore a white, wide-brimmed hat and a pale pinstriped dress with a wine-colored sash. Nico couldn't see her face. There was an air around her that Nico didn't like. But, all of them put together weren't nearly as bad as the man completing the trio of extremely tall people.
Towering over his gang, he was the most ordinary-looking of the group. A ragged, fluffy scarf covered his mouth and he wore tight leather pants and an open leather vest. His muscled arms were folded. His eyes were an intense crimson.
Nico gulped. He wasn't sure what exactly it was about this unassuming giant of a man, but every molecule in his body told him to run in the opposite direction.
"They are of no concern to us," the man said. "We have an appointment to catch and if we miss it, that makes us late for merienda. We will not be late."
"Big Brother," they chorused and followed him. Nico read Charlotte on the man's wide and proud back as he turned around.
With each step away from him, Nico could breathe, and he found his courage.
There was no way he was going to let them get away without first apologizing. Rebecca was owed that much.
"Hey!" Nico called. "Say you're sorry for bumping into us!"
"What?" Melty hissed with a dark scowl. "You must be stupid, brat! I'll show you!" he pushed his siblings out of the way only to be stopped by the slender woman pulling her nodachi from the black scabbard hanging at her waist.
Nico's eyebrows raised. He had never seen a sword as long as hers.
"What's this, Amande?" Melty growled.
"Shirauo hungers for blood," Amande interrupted, stepping forward. "Katakuri, I will take care of this brat."
Katakuri half-turned. He inclined his head. Once more, Nico was under his unfortunate gaze. "Do what you wish," Katakuri said continuing on his way.
Melty's scowl darkened, but he did not protest. Nico was given the chance to see the back of all of them and he was relieved. If he had faced that man, Charlotte Katakuri, he was certain that he would not have survived.
His relief was short-lived. Amande took a dainty step forward and with a single slash of her sword, Nico flew backward through a wall. A brick wall.
He laid in the rubble. Dazed didn't even cover what he was feeling. Coughing up a dust cloud, he sat up and brushed the dirt and bits of brick clinging to his shoulders and clothing. So, he was a lot sturdier than he expected, which was both good and cool.
"Whoa!"
Nico tucked into a ball and rolled to the left as Amande dived forward. Her sword dug into the ground with deceptive ease. It might as well have been cake.
"That could have killed me!"
Amande's droopy fish eyes were unmoved. "You say that as if that's a bad thing. People mightier than you have been slain by my sword. You should be honored."
"Well, I'm not! I'm feeling very unhonored right now."
Dodge! pounded in Nico's head and he was doing his best to follow the single command. Sometimes, he dodged. In most of the cases, he did not. He could not. His clothing was torn with thousands of rips and he was covered in a hundred crescent cuts. Knowing when to dodge didn't help when he couldn't keep up with Amande's insane speed. If he blinked, she already surged in front of him. Smoke from her cigarette billowed in his face, her sword gleamed in the sun.
Panting, Nico was on all fours doing an awkward scuttle away from her. "If I die, I just want you to know that smoking is terrible for your lungs. It'll kill you."
Amande didn't so much as blink. She swung her sword and once more; Nico tumbled through the air into a stone building. Distantly, he heard the citizens of Carta, screaming and running away. Groaning, Nico rubbed the back of his head.
"Is this all you have to offer?" Amande asked, displeasure in her voice. "I grow tired of this cat-and-mouse game."
"You could let me go and find a better opponent?" Nico suggested.
Amande's eyes widened. "Yes, you're right," she agreed.
Nico's eyebrows knit. Amande turned away from him and she walked toward Rebecca's body. She wouldn't.
"Don't touch her!" Nico yelled.
Amande loomed over Rebecca. Her pale hands wrapped around the handle of her sword. Nico swore he heard the air sliced.
He had been behind Amande, but in his next breath, he was a barrier between her and Rebecca. Amande's sword dug under his collarbone. She twisted the sword further in. His blood draped the shining metal. Amande's expression was unchanged though her eyes brightened with sadistic joy.
She was one of those types. She liked to inflict pain for the sake of it. Nico hated her.
"You care about this girl," Amande said. "That's good. Very, very good." Leisurely, she cut into his flesh, slicing down his torso inch by torturous inch.Nico shrieked nearly choking on his spit. Stopitstopitstopit. “I won't kill you. No. I'll save that for later. I will chop the girl up limb by limb and make you watch. Then, I will kill you at the height of your agony. After all, what is the point of killing another if their life ends instantly."
"You will not touch her," Nico hissed through tears.
Amande's lips curled at the corners. She yanked the sword from him. Then she threw him aside.
Her bloodied sword rested under Rebecca's neck. "Watch me," she said. She pushed the edge in and Nico let out a chilling screech.
Over the next few days, the battle came to Nico in spurts. He remembered the knell ringing shrill in his ears.
The ground under him growled with every bloodied step he took. Any sign of greenery stubbornly poking itself through the cobblestones shriveled black, and the air was cold. Frost and shadow crept over stone, toy, and person.
Still, Amande with her long neck did not look concerned with the change. "So, you are a devil fruit user. But you are young and you will learn your place."
Nico blinked. She was in front of him. He was too slow. He flung through the air with the force of her kick and he skittered across the stones before he came to a halt.
Absently, he touched the shallow hole where Amande's stiletto heel had been and he got to his feet. She came to him and he was prepared to meet her.
He thrust his right arm in front of him, his palm was wide and open. Slowly, he made a fist.
Amande, so tall and proud, dropped to her knees and clutched her sides. Her great sword clattered at her feet. Her trembling increased tenfold, but it had nothing to do with the cold. It was her bones. Nico felt all two hundred and six bones. They were his to do with as he pleased.
"What's the matter?" Nico asked. "I thought you liked pain. Maybe I'm not doing it right. You said there was no pleasure if the pain was drawn quickly."
With every minute wiggle of his fingers, he started to crush Amande's bones into dust. He began with her baby toe, then moving onward.
"Stop this! Stop this at once!"
"You know," Nico continued, "I think I'm getting the hang of this."
There were three sounds in his ears. A bell sound, his heartbeat, and the cracking sound of Amande's bones laced with her wet, gasping begs for death.
"Kill me, please, kill me!"
Nico laughed. Death was mercy. She did not get mercy until she paid for crimes. Nico demanded justice.
His hand was halfway closed. Amande's femurs and below were no more.
"Big sister Amande!" ripped through the air.
Nico paused.
Confusion bled into the cold and dark justice coursing through Nico. He had heard the horrified, maddening tone before, but when he looked down all he saw was the baby brunette girl in her pink dress rushing to Amande's side. He did not understand why he was disappointed. This girl's large brown eyes like chocolate pudding pinned Nico to the spot as tears spilled down her chubby cheeks and forehead?
"Big sister," Nico mumbled.
Cruel Amande was a big sister?
"What are you doing here? Stupid girl, go to Katakuri!" Amande commanded as she tried to shake the girl off her side and move in front of her. "Run, I'll hold him off, just go!"
"But, Big Sister, I can help-"
Nico held his head. A low, terrible moan escaped him. The air changed. Plunging to freezing temperatures, it was heavier and it carried his desperation and anguish. He missed Bianca so much. Responding to him, the earth between his feet split open and wobbled.
The girl screamed once more and clung to her sister. It was her saving grace.
Amande was a big sister. Nico couldn't take her away, though she deserved to join the nebulous, dark space of the underworld where millions of the dead chattered in his ear ceaselessly. He walked by Amande and her sister. He kept his mouth shut only glancing at them as he stole Amande's sword.
He found Rebecca. She was under the umbrella of a shadow.
Nico gathered her and the sword in his arms. He sank into the shadow, focused on getting back to the only safe place he knew, Rebecca's cabin. He didn't question how he got there so fast.
Gently, Nico placed Rebecca on the bed. He brushed her pink hair back. There was no ringing in his ears. Rebecca was safe.
Nico blacked out.
Stuck between the waking and dream world, Nico wasn't sure what was real or how long time had passed. Toy Soldier appeared before him, his cold wooden hands tight on his shoulders and he was talking to him. Trying to be comforting and not panicked. Rebecca's name clawed up Nico's throat, but he couldn't remember how to speak.
He felt somethings crawl up his body. Little, round people with threading needles held high in the air. Then, red-hot pain. Nico thrashed as he was punctured repeatedly. He was split into two and sewed into a whole. He was tethered to the blackness and shrouded in flames.
There was Rebecca's sweet voice. She whispered a story in his ear about the king of pirates. He was the only pirate worth mentioning. The best of them. He acquired wealth, fame, and power, but he cared about none of that. He only cared about his crew and adventures. When he was captured, he went to his death with an enormous smile and a cry that sent droves of people to the seas. Regret filled Nico. Why hadn't he met the king of pirates?
There was a shadow of a freckled woman holding a crying baby.
In a glittering palace of jewels, there was a man on an obsidian throne. He was long and lean like a sword and he was pale as bleached bone. His eyes were cruel and kind by turns. There was a pulse of familiarity attached to the man. Where had Nico seen him before? He tried hard to remember. Who are you? He wasn't able to ask.
It's not time yet.
It was the last push he needed.
Nico's eyes opened, and he inhaled.
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renofmanyalts · 10 months
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Many Alts! Handle It!
Here's my current roster! All links go to the character’s tag.
For posts about all/most of my characters that may not be tagged individually, see #all the characters.
Note: At the time of this writing (July 2023), I only have in-game access to my Balmung alts plus Strammund due to my current FFXIV subscription type. I'll still take asks for any of them, though!
Balmung Characters
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Zhah’ra Savaptha (“Flower”) - Keeper of the Moon dancer and bodyworker – formerly in Ul'dah, Rhalgr’s Reach, and Limsa Lominsa, now staying at the Stray Inn in the Upper Paths of South Shroud.
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Rhetzedyr Guldarensyn (Zedyr) - Sea Wolf farmboy-turned-artisan; co-owns Harvest Fountain Toys and Jewelry in Limsa Lominsa and is a founding member of the Elytra Concord artisan cooperative.
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Renan Avnei’shoham (Renan) - chronologically-displaced magical chimera – a Nymian scholar and his Marine companion who were squashed together in a mishap aboard the Void Ark and subsequently entombed in a stasis coffin. They split their time between living with Negevs Ha'dov at Firefly Grove in Lower La Noscea and with Maayan in Limsa Lominsa.
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Amande Desrochers (Amande) - Duskwight who grew up serving a (very) minor noble house in Ishgard, now in exile. Working as a retainer to Mama Dee’s husband, T'arik Tia.
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Seselahi Rerelahi (Selah) - Dunesfolk scribe and calligrapher, currently working at Firefly Grove in Lower La Noscea as Secretary of the Elytra Concord artisan co-op.
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Rhenbraen Helbsyn (Rhenbraen) - extremely prickly Hellsguard miner. “Not a swivin’ LASS, rocks-for-brains!” Currently apprenticed at Naldiq & Vymelli’s in Limsa Lominsa. 
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Silver Sage - Hellsguard elder from Svatn Byr, a small village in Abalathia's Spine. Formerly in Ul’dah to study at the alchemists’ guild, now returned home. (Temporarily on Sagittarius, Chaos datacenter)
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Maayan Delafontaine (Maayan) - Wildwood researcher and alchemist; co-owns Harvest Fountain Toys and Jewelry with Zedyr. She handles the logistics/supply chain side of things, so she travels frequently to all three city-states.
Mateus Characters
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Strammund Grehmerlsyn (Strammund) - former Lominsan sailor, abruptly “retired” due to illness. Currently consigned to Thanalan for his health; works occasionally as a caravan guard.
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Mamaati Maati (Maati) - opinionated Dunesfolk bookworm. Philosopher-economist at the Milvaneth Sacrarium in Ul'dah.
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Emerik Liubasch (Emerik) - Hrothgar city-boy from Ilsabard looking to recover lost family traditions. Currently seeking training with the botanists’ guild in Gridania.
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Ryoku Kazemoto (Ryoku) - elegant Raen samurai from a mountain holding north of Doma. Currently traveling in Eorzea on a mission to find a sacred object that went missing from a shrine in his home village.
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Danyell Dwynwen (Danyell) - Midlander minstrel from Coerthas, currently working the tavern circuit in the Shroud.
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Raranen Sasanen (Raranen) - black sheep of a Dunesfolk merchant family (Maati’s cousin); breeds racing/hunting chocobos in the Shroud. 
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Iris Menuisier (Iris) - sardonic Wildwood bathhouse attendant at The Pools in the Goblet (and former coworker of Zhah'ra’s). 
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Mama Dee (Dee) - former leader of a miqo'te dance troupe in Ul'dah (and mentor to a young Zhah'ra), now retired and married to T'arik Tia, a wealthy ex-adventurer. Maintains that she is from Thavnair. (In-game name: N'dezhda Lev)
Zalera Characters
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Maparhi Savaptha (Maparhi) - newly-invested Hearer at Stillglade Fane. Cousin to Zhah'ra.
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Pash'a Khoroushi (Pasha) - former Imperial conscript from the East End. Previously stationed in northwestern Ilsabard; current fate unknown.
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Firn Sjararstrok (Firn) - Veena spear-hunter, currently at loose ends in Revenant's Toll.
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ex-pastry-chef777 · 7 months
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{choux a la creme}
@creme patissiere
・lait 250g
・vanille 1/2
・jaunes d'oeufs 3
・sucre 65g
・farine 25g
・beurre 25g
@pate a choux ❴180℃ 25m❵
・lait 125g
・eau 125g
・farine 165g
・beurre 100g
・sel 3g
・sucre 3g
・oeufs 250g
@amande cancassee
・25g
❨how to make❩
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francepittoresque · 1 year
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GASTRONOMIE | Macaron Gerbet : le bonbon et son histoire ➽ https://bit.ly/2INGyG3 Des bonbons, les macarons ? Eh bien oui ! Parce que les macarons ne contiennent pas un gramme de farine qui les aurait classés dans les pâtisseries. Et puis, la double composition du macaron Gerbet explique qu’il soit doublement bon. C’est donc un bonbon tout rond !
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cocktailsalamaison · 1 year
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cocktails.a.la.maison
La Madeleine à Matéo : (After dinner)
25 ml Amaretto Disaronno 25 ml Grand Marnier 40 ml jus ananas Pago ou frais 10 ml sirop d’orgeat Monin Verre à cocktail givré à la brisure de madeleine de « Commercy » Verser tous les ingrédients dans le shaker rempli de glaçons. Secouer quelques secondes et filtrer dans le verre à cocktail avec une passoire. Servir bien frais en fin de repas. "L'abus d'alcool est dangereux pour la santé, à consommer avec modération" La Madeleine to Matéo : 25 ml Amaretto Disaronno 25 ml Grand Marnier 40 ml Pago or fresh pineapple juice 10 ml Monin orgeat syrup Cocktail glass frosted with "Commercy" madeleine. Pour all the ingredients into the shaker filled with ice cubes. Shake for a few seconds and strain into the cocktail glass with a sieve. Serve chilled at the end of the meal. "Alcohol abuse is dangerous for your health, consume in moderation"
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michel-tanguy · 1 year
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Une galette en tous points exemplaires ! À prescrire à ceux qui n’aime pas la galette !! Un gars dans le pétrin, boulangerie à Landivisiau (29) . . #galette #galettedesrois #epiphanie #tradition #patisserie #amande #frangipane #feuilletage #boulanger #boulangerie #ungarsdanslepétrin #landivisiau #finistere (à Un gars dans le petrin) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnClHQaIeJh/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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My oc Bell, catboy
Has found 3 boyfriends. THREE
A wolf, a tuxedo cat, and now a Brittany Spaniel named Amande
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jhesite · 2 years
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baomix-biologiquement · 4 months
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 🍑 ACHETER de l’amandes amères d'abricot bio du laboratoire Biologiquement sur https://www.biologiquement.shop , Plus d’info sur https://www.baomix.shop/ .
Les amandes amères d'abricot ont été étudiées pour leurs effets potentiels sur la prévention et le traitement du cancer. L'amygdaline (vitamine B17), un composé présent dans les amandes amères d'abricot, a été étudié pour son potentiel anticancéreux. Il a été suggéré que l'amygdaline pourrait aider à tuer les cellules cancéreuses et à réduire la croissance tumorale.
Des études animales ont montré que l'amygdaline peut aider à inhiber la croissance tumorale et à réduire les métastases dans certaines formes de cancer. Cependant, des études sur l'efficacité de l'amygdaline chez les humains sont limitées et controversées.
Certains défenseurs de l'utilisation de l'amygdaline pour le cancer suggèrent que la substance peut aider à renforcer le système immunitaire, à améliorer l'appétit et à réduire la douleur associée au cancer. 
En médecine vétérinaire, l'amande amère d'abricot est parfois utilisée pour traiter les parasites chez les animaux. 
En tant que complément alimentaire, les amandes amères d'abricot peuvent être riches en nutriments bénéfiques pour la santé humaine et animale, tels que les acides gras essentiels et les vitamines B17. Cependant, il est important de noter que la consommation d'amandes amères d'abricot ne doit pas remplacer une alimentation équilibrée et variée.
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renofmanyalts · 10 months
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Assorted Adventurer Plates
I've been gradually working on creating portraits and adventurer plates for my characters as it occurs to me to do so.
It's really fun to figure out what to put in the background for the screenshots. I've been gradually refining my methods, and I think I'm starting to get the hang of it, but a lot of times I end up missing one or more details, lol
Further musings and an update of what's up with me lately under the cut:
As you might be able to tell, some of these (Danyell, Zedyr) were created during the beta phase, so I should probably revisit them at some point (and I just realized that Maayan's has the wrong class/job listed, whoops!)
Unfortunately, Danyell, Firn, and Maparhi are not available right now because I am currently on the basic subscription, so I only have access to my Balmung alts (including Silver Sage, who is probably-temporarily over on Sagittarius on the Chaos EU DC) and Strammund on Mateus.
I've been playing FFXIV more actively in the past couple months, mainly sticking to (very) relaxed MSQ progression on my alts who were still in ARR, and now doing some crafting/gathering (procrastinating on MSQ, lol). However, I'm not sure if I'm "back" for real yet. I'm still in the same health situation that led me to take a two-year break from the game (god, I can't believe it was that long, what is time?), and so far I'm not feeling up to committing to RP storylines or anything where others would need to be able to count on me being present and focused. Maybe this will be another flash in the pan like when I created Firn last year and I'll have to stop playing again, or maybe I will be able to stick around in some capacity; as it stands now, I can't fully tell.
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ex-pastry-chef777 · 7 months
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{pithivieres}
200℃ 45m
@pate feuilletee
・farine 500g
・d'eau 120g
・lait 120g
・sel 5g
・sucre 5g
・beurre 35g 
・beurre de tourage 350g
@creme damandes
・beurre 100g
・sucre 65g
・sucre glace 50g
・d'amandes en poudre 115g
・farine 30g
・oeufs 2
❨how to make❩
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elesketchii · 29 days
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lesbians in my elysium ??!!!
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