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【妖精】 Wind whispers through the overhanging branches, their gentle movement creating a dappled ripple over the foliage that laid underfoot. A pair of weary, violet eyes gaze across the landscape before him; it didn’t take a genius to come to the conclusion that his abandoned garden needs some ( more like a lot ) of tender love and care. For Othello, his analytical gaze was him pinpointing which tasks needed to be accomplished first — the order was based on priority and urgency. His long absence spoke when one examined his old residence: an overgrown garden, a house lined an inch thick with dust, and so forth. He wasn’t sure when he would truly return to his cottage in Ballonlea, but Othello’s outdoor chores were long overdue. There were two sections to the garden with overlapping tasks — the vegetable portion and the sections of herbs and landscaping flowers. Priority placed cleaning the vegetable plants of overripe and rotting produce at the top of the list, and Othello prayed that the lingering stench would fade by the time he leaves in the evening for Monostoke. After that was pruning and weeding ALL of the beds, and then watering with fertilizer. Tackling the indoor chores will have to be a to-do list for another day; with all that in mind, he began to tackle this project head-on.

The afternoon sun trickled through the gaps among the branches, a little more intense than earlier that morning. While Ballonlea and Glimwood Tangle were primarily shady areas due to the copious amounts of trees, it would be a lie to state that there was no bright daylight to be found. Othello’s plot of land tended to receive a decently generous amount of natural sunlight each day ( weather permitting ), and his vegetable plants soaked up every last drop. It wasn’t as if he needed to grow his own food for survival, but what started out as a simple hobby had transformed into a small project that he found solace and took pride in. His produce ranged from plants for human consumption to ones that provided ingredients for various Pokemon food; it surprised many people that for someone with an extreme sweet tooth, Othello was quite skilled at cooking savory dishes. . . for Pokemon at least.

By the time Othello was done with the vegetable section, it was well past noon. While it was an ideal time to take a break for lunch, he wasn’t particularly keen on stopping just yet. Perhaps it was the melodious tunes of the piano arrangements playing from his Rotomphone that boosted his drive to work ( one that drowned out the eerie whispers that blew in from the creeping forest standing tall just beyond his fenced-in yard ). Perhaps it was the rush that came with physical labor pumping through his veins, giving him the motivation to keep trucking along.

Or perhaps it was the mere fact that this whole clean-up project was meant to be a distraction from the giant mess that was called his life. From the aftermath of the nightmare with Glimwood Tangle to the fallout with Oberon ( which also strained his relationship with all of the other mirrors ), his stress levels had skyrocketed through the roof as of late. While there was comfort to be found in Hop’s presence, that area itself was full of mixed emotions and thoughts that Othello wasn’t sure how to handle. Those days of leisure with his newly-found crush, while proving to be a temporary retreat from his issues with his reflections, only created a new set of worries. But here among nature that he has crafted with his own two hands? Here with work to be done in a precise and meticulous manner? It was the perfect distraction — even if it was only for a day or two.

As much as he wished to continue, Othello knew it wasn’t wise to work for several more hours on an empty stomach. He had packed a Kantonese-style boxed lunch due to its travability, and shortly after removing his dirt-stained gloves was he to be found sitting on a stone bench, his back to the foreboding forest. With the music playing as background noise, the hushed voices that spoke in his ears when he resided close to the Tangle were washed out, thus making this activity more manageable. However, he was well aware that this was only a short-term solution to a seemingly long-term problem. Aside from the music, his surroundings gave hint to the sounds of nature: the whispering winds that blew across the grass and leaves of the garden, the chatter from the local wild Pokemon that lurked beyond the trees — it was all oh-so peaceful, but it wasn’t enough to retain Othello’s attention. His thoughts couldn’t help but wander to the onslaught of fighting that occurred near daily with Oberon. At first, anger bubbled over into rage and he wasn’t against verbally lashing out at who he previously deemed the source of all his problems; his fellow Bede was more than enough to counter him back and keep arguing back. It was almost therapeutic in a way, a method to unleash all of the many, many negative emotions that he tries to keep under-wraps for the public eye. As a Gym Leader, he was supposed to be a role model, a public figure, and a celebrity for all of Galar to behold and adore. At the start of his Gym Challenge last year, Othello hadn’t grasped this concept; back then it was intangible, barely out of reach and out of sight due to the goals he desired to achieve first.

Yet now? Combined with the strenuous training of Opal’s boot camp, he had been forced to mellow out and learn to control his emotions better. It was because of the old lady that he even learned the name of his own empathetic abilities and gained various methods to controlling the cursed power. His situation improved greatly, but at the cost of being limited in his public persona. He needed to act with maturity and grace, keeping his frustration tightly under wraps lest of all he get a poor reputation. Fighting with Oberon had proved to be an easy way to let loose and cool off once the dust settled. Othello had even tried to justify it to himself by using the events of the Incident as a solid reason. But his mirror was more than correct with one thing he said in their last encounter — Othello hadn’t known the truth of the matter, he didn’t seek it out at all. That was a mistake he’ll admit to himself ( admitting his mistakes aloud to others was something he wasn’t good at yet ), but where does that leave him now? The in-fighting was exhausting and old, and the consequences surrounding it were proving to be dire. All the bonds he had forged with the very people who were the most like him were at risk of being lost forever, and he’ll be alone once more if they were severed forever. One pretty much was gone forever, yet. . . that was the one he wanted to save the most. The task was clearly futile and for the insane, but this string was the most important one. If he can’t patch up their bond enough to put a cease to the constant arguing, then there was no point in ever being around his alterations again; the atmosphere would be too strained and awkward for all involved parties.

But whatever shall he do to start the mending process? Oberon was clearly okay with forgetting about him altogether, his cold shoulder bitter with ice to the touch. Othello knew that there wasn’t any point in hoping for things to go back to normal between them, or for his mirror to ever trust or even like him ever again. Yet he had to try to make the first move with sincerity or all would be for naught.

Violet hues wander as he mulled over ideas, but only did a spark ignite when they landed on the tangled mess that was his hyacinth bush near one of the corners of his cottage. The language of flowers was one that Othello had picked up easily when first starting this hobby, but this particular plant was one that he grew simply because the blooms were pretty. Perhaps that choice all those months ago was going to pay off in the present. Leaving his lunch behind, Othello was quick in heading to his small shed by the house in order to gather all the tools he needed for this new project. A bouquet of flowers was too basic for him to even consider using as his approach for redemption, but this? This idea was much better. The steps taken were simple in themselves, but once he was done after a few minutes, Othello had a medium-sized pot with potting soil and seeds buried inside. The main attraction were the hyacinth bulbs that he harvested a few months ago, but around the edge of the pot were some lavender and rosemary seeds that would sprout relatively soon.

PERFECT.

For another twenty minutes, Othello took the time to collect a few more essentials for this plan: a few small packets of fertilizer, a clay tray to catch the water under the pot, and a handwritten guide of various tips on how to keep the plants alive. Nothing was bloomed yet, but that was the beauty in this idea: forgiveness was a slowly tredded road, just like a hyacinth bush. With time and effort, both would grow and blossom into something worthwhile. But he wasn’t born yesterday however. The gym leader was well aware that if Oberon knew where this pot’s origins came from, he wouldn’t give it the time of day ( or worse, he would destroy it out of spite ). So came an hour and a hurried trek through Glimwood Tangle later, Othello was heading back towards his home after leaving the gift on the doorsteps of the Ballonlea Stadium in his fellow mirror’s world.

This will be the first step of many on the road to forgiveness, but he was willing to take as many as he could. Initiative was everything, and no longer would he mope and hide away from the consequences of his mistake.

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13 confirmed methods to get higher sleep

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You possibly can wake up to your favorite song or playlist or, if it is your factor, wake up to the weather and news of your choice. Observe your sleep to see if you’re really resting at night time. Lori Grunin/CNET Observe your sleep You could be getting sufficient sleep, however that sleep may not be high quality relaxation. Thankfully, as of late, there isn’t any scarcity of ways to track it. Along with counting steps, wearable health trackers just like the Fitbit Versa and Garmin Vivomove HR additionally monitor your sleep. Simply put on it to mattress and it’ll monitor you thru the night time to inform you how a lot deep sleep you really acquired, what number of instances you had been awake and the way lengthy you had been stressed. If you happen to do not wish to put on one thing to mattress, sensors just like the iFit Sleep HR and Eight Sleep Tracker work along with your present mattress and inform you the way you slept. There are even all-in-one smart mattresses that may monitor the standard of your sleep. Routinely change the thermostat You could discover it troublesome to go to sleep in the event you’re too heat or too chilly. In reality, the best sleep happens in a room that’s about 60-67 degrees Fahrenheit. Together with your sensible thermostat, you’ll be able to set a schedule to start warming or cooling simply previous to bedtime. Pair this with dimming the lights and you will know when it is about time to go to mattress and you will not have to fret about feeling uncomfortable whenever you lastly lie down. Hold your bed room cool for the optimum sleep Tyler Lizenby/CNET Get up naturally One of many quickest methods to destroy an incredible sleep session is to be yanked out of a deep sleep by a loud, annoying alarm. As an alternative, strive switching to a relaxed alarm noise and pairing it with a sensible bulb close to your bedside. 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In different phrases, drive your self go to mattress an hour earlier every night time for every week or get up just a bit later. Persist with your pure circadian rhythm To additional that time, your physique has a pure circadian rhythm that is loosely based mostly on the daylight. You most likely get up inside an hour or two of the solar rising and start to get sleepy after it units. That mentioned, artificial light from screens (and even overheads) in your house can have an effect on this. That is why it isn’t advisable to look at TV proper earlier than it is best to fall asleep (yeah, certain) or why you should not play in your cellphone in mattress. Preventing your pure circadian rhythm or inadvertently altering it along with your laptop or cellphone can severely have an effect on the standard of sleep you get. It can be irritating to lie in mattress at 2:00 AM and never really feel drained…in any respect. 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