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vidaamour · 1 year

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Vegan/Vegetarian shopping list:

Pre Made salad bags (it’s a lot cheaper to just buy bagged salad and add to it, then buying a bunch of ingredients that will go bad if not used)

Make a list of fruits and vegetables that you like and get them (some times if you get the funky shaped ones you get a few cents off, even if you don’t that stops the funky shaped produce from being tossed)

Nut butters (most almond and peanut butters are vegan, jelly and Jams aren’t because they’re made with gelatin)

Bread, check the ingredients because a lot of breads are accidentally vegan/vegetarian ( Vegetarian/Vegan (link) Sandwiches will be your best friend)

Pasta (like bread a lot of pasta is accidentally vegan, CHECK THE INGREDIENTS)

Rice and beans are some of the cheapest things to buy, buy them dry and you can have them for a while in your pantry

Google vegan ramen, (if you’re like me and love spicy ramen then you’ll be happy to know Samyang 2x spicy hot chicken flavor Ramen in the red pack is VEGAN they use artificial chicken flavor rather then animal products. Vegan Kimchi regular and spicy is a lot easier to find then you may think just look for ones without fish sauce and shrimp)

Tofu (tofu is very versatile and it’s great source of vegan/vegetarian protein made from soy, it takes flavor beautifully and it’s relatively cheap firm/extra firm is best)

Cheese (there are so many vegan cheese options, for grated parmigiana follow your heart has both grated and shredded, Violife has a block. Violife has the best shredded substitutes, and singles. Daiya is a little weird in my opinion however they’re cheddar dairy free Mac and cheese is amazing (you just gotta use different pasta then it comes with)

Meat substitutes ( We’ve come a long way with decent vegan meat substitutes, beyond meat makes a whole variety of plant based meat substitutes that are very tasty especially if you’re still craving that meaty texture. Impossible meat substitutes also has amazing plant based meat substitutes, Impossible also has vegan chicken nuggets that tastes like McDonald’s and even have dino shaped ones. Light life has everything from vegan sausage crumbles to Bacon, the vegan bacon and hot dogs are amazing)

Eggs (just egg and simply egg are planted based substitutes for eggs, they’re liquid like an egg beater but can be used in place of eggs from a scramble to a baking ingredient)

Dairy (Vegan milk/coffee creamer you got options coconut, almond, soy, oat, pea protein. Pick what you like best. Personally California farms Oat milk in original and California farms oat vanilla creamer are my favorites. I’ll throw cream cheese and Yogurt in here as well Kite Hill regular and Strawberry cream cheese are my favorite, Kite Hill blue berry, and Strawberry vegan yogurt are my favorite. MIYOKO’S vegan butter)

Snacks (Lenny and Larry’s plant based chocolate chip cookies, Spudsy sweet potato puffs they have a million different flavors I like the hot fries. Vegan rob’s dragon puffs these are the vegan equivalent to hot Cheeto puffs but without the red dye 40. Vegan rob’s also has cheese puffs)

Sauces (Anne’s goddess dressing is very tangy, Diaya blue cheese and Caesar dressings are amazing, can be thick though, they also have ranch but I got a vegan homemade ranch recipe. Hot sauce, Franks, Cholula, Tabasco, and Tapatío are vegan. Ketchup& mustard are vegan. Hellmans and follow your heart have vegan mayonnaise,Sir Kingston’s and Follow your heart also have chipotle Mayo. Follow your heart also has vegan sour cream)

Seasonings (seasons you should have in your cabinet click here, the dollar tree sells all these for a dollar and most grocery stores sell adobo)

#HTFDICTIBASVV #vegan #vegetarian #plant based #vegan recipes #vegetarian recipes #low cost cooking #recipes #witchtok #baby witch #pagan witch #witchblr #witchcraft #witch #witch community #witches #witchythings #cottage witch

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terapsina · 1 year

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I'm creating a new book rec post containing my new favorite thing -> Comfort Fantasy with Food Aesthetic.

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Legends & Lattes - 💚💖☕

Viv the Orc is retiring from the life of blood, death and adventuring to open up her own little coffee shop.

“You can smell it though, can’t you? Like roasted nuts and fruit.”

Cal squinted at her. “Thought you said you drank it?”

Viv nibbled one experimentally, tasted the warm, bitter, dark flavor as it coated her tongue. She felt she needed to explain. “They grind it into powder and then run hot water through it, but there’s more to it than that. When the machine shows up, I’ll show you. Gods, the smell of it, Cal. This is just a ghost of it.”

She sat back on the flagstones and rolled the bean between her thumb and forefinger. “I told you I came across it in Azimuth, and I remember following the smell to the shop. They called it a café. People just sat around drinking it from these little ceramic cups, and I had to try it, and…it was like drinking the feeling of being peaceful. Being peaceful in your mind. Well, not if you have too much, then it’s something else.”

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The Dragon With a Chocolate Heart - 🐉🍫❤️

A very young dragon who has the great misfortune to come across a wizard that turns her into a human girl (oh, the horror) but also introduces her to CHOCOLATE!

As he stirred the hot chocolate, he kept on whispering to himself the whole time in that funny rhythmic chant, his whole body taut with concentration. I suppose I could have listened harder, to try to pick out his words, but really, when had I ever cared about anything that humans said? Besides, I was far too busy enjoying the smells from his pot. If I could have, I would have wrapped myself up in those steamy tendrils of scent and rolled around in them for hours. Hot chocolate. Talk about a treasure fit for a dragon!

I’d have to look for more chocolate in his luggage when I finished here. I already knew I would have to have hot chocolate again. Lots of it.

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A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking - 🧙‍♀️✨🍪

Mona the fourteen-year-old magicker finds a dead body, gets accused of murder and has to save her city from a deadly conspiracy. But what can she do when the only magic she's got is power over baked goods?

I flushed. As wizards go, I’m pretty much the bottom of the barrel. Even Master Elwidge, who’s got just enough magic to take knots out of wooden boards, is better than me. Dough and pastries are about all I can do. The great wizards, the magi that serve the Duchess, they can throw fireballs around or rip mountains out of the earth, heal the dying, turn lead into gold. Me, I can turn flour and yeast into tasty bread, on a good day.

And occasionally make carnivorous sourdough starters.

Pls add recs if thou knowest more.

#legends and lattes #the dragon with a chocolate heart #a wizard's guide to defensive baking #book recs #book rec #terapsina rambles #terapsina's book rambles

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liroyalty · 8 months

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This is me updating the FFXIV verse like

Plumeria is a kingdom found in the north of the New World, far to the east of Eorzea. Far away from the conflicts with the Garlean Empire, & mostly apart from influence of the Ascians, the New World has been allow to flourish on it's own, with the Kingdom of Plumeria being among them. Plumeria is moderate in it's size, with claim to a number of islands around the continent, & has been known to be the home of Hyur & Pelupelu people alike. With the presence of Pelupelu, it has allowed Plumeria to become renowned producers & growers of tea, & it is seldom easy to find large varies to tea at every market in the kingdom. Other largely grown & produced goods are coco beans & tropical fruits, primary star fruits, dragon fruits & pomegranates.

The farer north one goes in Plumeria, the colder it becomes. With the south of Plumeria has the same warm, tropical weather the rest of the New World has, the north is known to be colder & snowy. This mixing of climate has resulted in the weather of the Kingdom to be a quite chaotic, with storms often appearing suddenly. The homes of the citizens are often built with this in mind, & can withstand strong storms. Because of this intense weather, it's believed that some relics from Plumeria's past might have been swept into the sea, or buried under the surface, if not during the umbral calamities.

Plumeria has been ruled directly by it’s royal family for generations, the li Fiorenobila house, with a few royal ministers who carry out their laws & decrees across their lands. It’s current King, John Forzabellica li Fiorenobila, a Highlander Hyur, has ruled for well over 80 years, his older daughter, Ann Yang li Fiorenobila, a Midlander Hyur is Crown Princess & heiress to the throne of Plumeria, his younger daughter, Princess Suzanne Ying li Fiorenobila, also a Midlander Hyur, is his spare heir & doubly serves as Plumeria's Court Sorceress, otherwise know as the head of magical affairs in the kingdom. Mastering magicss, Suzanne is a well know Black mage, who also holds skills in lancing, while Ann serves as a rare White Mage & dables in archery, their father knowns nothing of magicks & serves as a warrior. The li Fiorenobila Family have all the documents on the history of Plumeria, through the varies eras of The Source. They are kept under lock & key somewhere in the Plumerian Royal Castle, at the center of the kingdom.

#musings [lore and ideas]#headcanons [a royal decree!]#『v!ffxiv』#(the kingdom imma end up using for all ff verse is plumeria now)#(it's my repeating theme)

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paganpillar · 2 years

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Flora: Goddess of Flowering Plants

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“Perhaps you may think that I am queen only of dainty garlands; but my divinity has to do also with the tilled fields. If the crops have blossomed well, the threshing-floor will be piled high; if the vines have blossomed well, there will be wine; if the olive-trees have blossomed well, most buxom will be the year; and the fruitage will be according to the time of blossoming. If once the blossom is nipped, the vetches and beans wither, and thy lentils, O Nile that comest from afar, do likewise wither. Wines also bloom, laboriously stored in great cellars, and a scum covers their surface in the jars. Honey is my gift. ‘Tis I who call the winged creatures, which yield honey, to the violet, and the clover, and the grey thyme. ‘Tis I, too, who discharge the same function when in youthful years spirits run riot and bodies are robust.”

Ovid, Fasti book 5, Line 261.

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The Goddess Flora, originally a figure of the Sabine’s religion, was introduced into the Roman Pantheon by the Sabine king Titus Tatius who ruled alongside Romulus, the founder of Rome. Therefore, Flora was an ancient goddess that appeared before the rise of the Roman Republic. Flora would become conflated with the Greek Nymph Goddess Chloris.

She became the subject of the famous painter Sandro Botticelli’s “Primavera” (below) and details Her transformation from Chloris into Flora when Zephyrus (also known as Favonius), the Western Winds and soon to be consort, kissed Her. Botanists have identified many of the flower species that adorn Her in the artwork which include: Forget-me-nots, Hyacinths, Periwinkle, Pheasant’s eye, Anemone, Myrtle, Wild Roses, Violets, Cornflowers, and Wild Strawberries, all of which bloom in Tuscany in May. These flowers are suitable offerings to Her.

In Rome, it was pertinent to assign a Flamen (“he who burns offerings”), or devoted high priest, to certain major and minor gods. The Goddess Flora was assigned a Flamen, called Flamen Floralis, along with fourteen other Gods of the Roman pantheon.

As a minor Goddess, being assigned a flamen was out of the ordinary. According to Ovid, this was the result of the birth of Mars. When Jupiter birthed Minerva from his head, Juno became jealous because she felt betrayed. She was upset that Jupiter did not need her help conceiving and birthing a child. So, Juno went to her friend Flora who had a magick flower that impregnated anyone or anything that touched it. Flora touched Juno with her magick flower and Juno immediately became pregnant with Mars. When he was birthed, he was forever grateful to Flora and promised to watch over her blooming fields and have a flamen assigned to her. This, of course, contradicts the Greek myth in which Ares is the son of Zeus and Hera. Additionally, this explains Mars' role as an agricultural and war deity.

Flora is known as the goddess of flowers, and fruit-bearing and flowering plants. She is heavily revered in May springtime and a six day festival known as Floralia was dedicated to her which began on April 28th and ended on May 3rd. The festival included adorning one's bodies with flowers and bright colors, dancing, drinking, feasting, theater, singing,wearing perfumes, and general merriment that accompanies the beginning of Spring.

Painting by: Evelyn De Morgan, 1894, Flora.

Her spring and flower associations brought forth symbols of youth, nature, vegetation, gardens, fertility, sex, desire, transformation, and abundance. Her marriage to the West Winds also contributes to her Springtime associations. With these associations in mind, some offerings that would appease her might include:

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🍊Spring garden fruits and vegetables

💮Pressed and dried flowers

🕯Citrus scented candles

🌼Freshly picked flowers

🌿Hand-made wreaths

🧺Hand-made baskets

🧴Floral Perfumes

👑Flower Crowns

💐Bouquets

🌺Garlands

🫒Olive oil

🍯Honey

🍷Wine

🥛Milk

└───❀*̥˚───❀*̥˚┘

Some activities that you can do in Her honor can include things like planting flowers in the garden, growing seasonal fruits and vegetables, general upkeep of gardens and soils, creating scented cleansing sprays and soaps, making flower crowns and other inspired crafts, writing poetry and prayers dedicated to Her, strolling the countryside, wearing brightly colored outfits, and taking care of the gorgeous Earth we live on today.

Pray to Her for abundance, personal growth, positivity, protection of gardens, and thank Her for bountiful spring fruits and vegetables. She is a very loving goddess and deserves recognition for the many qualities She has brought to my life and to that of others.

Paganpillar

Sources:

Ovid Fasti

https://apercu.store/journal-archive/a-brief-history-of-the-goddess-flora

https://www.vindolanda.com/blog/flora-the-goddess-of-flowers

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inky-teaparty · 2 years

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https://witchcraftedlife.com/15-non-perishable-foods-for-beltane-and-their-magickal-properties/

🥗 1. Asparagus: Magickal properties for asparagus pertain in no small part to lust, sex, power, and fertility – making it one of the most well-suited foods to tuck into at Beltane. In addition, asparagus is linked magickally to cleansing, purifying, healing, water magick, money magick, fortitude, keeping a calm head, standing up for yourself and others, boldness, and masculine energy.

Common non-perishable forms of asparagus include frozen, pickled, and canned/tinned.

🥗 2. Artichokes: Magickal properties for artichokes tend to gravitate heavily towards matters of shielding and protection, as well as areas of personal growth, getting to the heart of the matter, letting your inner desires shine or manifest, exposing the truth, boldness, honesty, caring for others, and love of all sorts.

Common non-perishable forms of artichokes include frozen, pickled, and canned/tinned.

🫐 3. Blueberries: Magickal properties for blueberries abound – much like the healthy properties of these powerhouse fruits. Turn to blueberry magick for protection (including of pets and other animals, as well as houses and property protection), the moon, feminine energy, health, healing, restoration, aura cleansing and strengthening, divination, faeries, sweetness, vitality, completion (of projects, goals, tasks, etc), shielding and protecting from energy vampires and psychic attacks, and optimism.

Common non-perishable forms of blueberries include frozen, dehydrated, powdered, freeze-dried, syrups, jams, jellies, preserves, and canned/tinned.

🥕 4. Carrots: Magickal properties for carrots – by far one of the most iconic and beloved of springtime vegetables – include such things as grounding, healing, protection, desire, sexuality, fertility, seeing things for what they truly are, planting seeds of your desires, positivity and fun, sweetness, healing, opening your third eye, dreams, visions, youthfulness, and playfulness.

Common non-perishable forms of carrots include frozen, dehydrated, freeze-dried, jams, preserved in sweet syrups, relishes, pickled, and canned/tinned.

🥗 5. Celery: Magickal properties for celery include those that can help with a number of important areas of our lives, including mental clarity, releasing, banishing, concentration, psychic awareness and gifts, soothing, helping to pass or speed along unwanted situations, serenity, calming, weight related matters, balance and harmony, unearthing the truth, and (much like asparagus) water workings and rituals.

Common non-perishable forms of celery include frozen, dehydrated, celery salt, celery seeds, and canned/tinned.

🧄 6. Garlic: Magickal properties for garlic, one of the world’s most frequently used and adored culinary ingredients, are quite abundant and pertain to matters such as protection, luck, distancing yourself from unwanted energies and individuals, health, personal growth, masculinity, strength inclusion in witch jars, spell jars, mojo bags, and poppets; home protection, cleansing, purification, ancestor work, spell breaking, hex and curse breaking, working at the crossroads, and nighttime magick.

Common non-perishable forms of garlic include minced and crushed forms of garlic sold in jars, frozen, freeze dried, garlic salt, garlic powder, garlic paste, pickled, and canned/tinned.

🥗 7. Green Beans: Magickal properties for green beans are plentiful – much like the culinary applications for perineal springtime vegetables. Matters of divination, money, creativity, new starts, standing tall (standing up for yourself), insight, wisdom, communication, clarity, personal space, getting out of ruts, hopefulness, creativity, garden and the fae are some of the key areas where green beans can help your magickal spells and other witchy workings. (Note, these magickal properties apply to yellow wax beans as well.)

Common non-perishable forms of green beans include frozen, freeze-dried, pickled, and canned/tinned.

🥗 8. Green Peas: Magickal properties for green peas (including sugar snap peas) share points in common with those of green beans, as well as some of their own special strengths. Turn to green pea magick when you want to focus on areas relating to new growth, love, traditions, family matters, ancestor work, history, gardening, environmental protection, Gaia, strength, grounding, acceptance, serenity, and money matters.

Common non-perishable forms of green peas include frozen, freeze-dried, canned/tinned, and green pea snack crisps.

🍯 9. Honey: Magickal properties for honey flow as abundantly and beautifully as this ancient, much adored culinary treasure. Work with honey in your spells, rituals, offerings and other magickal activities that pertain to love, happiness, peace, serenity, creativity, femininity, fertility, healing, self care, vital energy, binding, friendships, reaching amicable outcomes, traditions, family, celebrating both life and death (including as an offering at cemeteries, launching new project and businesses, sweetness, kindness, romance, longevity, the sun, in hoodoo honey jars, and as an offering to a wide array of gods, goddesses, and spirit allies.

Most forms of honey, assuming they are properly stored are inherently long-lasting. If needed, honey can be frozen and thawed for later use (or used straight from its frozen form in some types of recipes).

🍋 10. Lemons: Magickal properties for lemons are generally upbeat and sunny, reminding one of the vibrant hue of this beloved citrus fruit. Make lemons your magickal main squeeze when you want to focus on spells, rituals, offerings and other witchy workings pertaining to awareness, spirituality, clarity, purification, cleansing, rejuvenation, happiness, compassion, prosperity, warm and friendly relationships, friendship, femininity, fertility, children, auras, lightness of being, dreams, breaking negative ties, optimism, and the moon. (And, my fellow Cancers may enjoy knowing that lemons are closely associated with our astrological sign, much as it is with that of Pisces.)

Common non-perishable forms of lemons include frozen, freeze-dried, dehydrated, preserved, dried lemon peel, lemon extract, lemon juice, lemon concentrate, lemon pepper, jams, marmalades, and candied lemon peel.

🍚 11. Oats: Magickal properties for oats stretch far back into the past and oats remain one of the most versatile and useful magickal ingredients you can keep in your kitchen or witchy ingredient cabinet to this day. Use oats in your magickal workings when you’re focusing on areas of happiness, health, tradition, stability, fertility, ancestor work, family matters, fortitude, endurance, persistence, personal change, meditation, house and home, beauty, friendship, faithfulness, good luck, stick-to-itiveness, comfort, healing, respect, spiritual growth, venturing out into the world, education, employment, and achieving balance in your life.

Most varieties of oats, assuming they are properly stored are inherently long-lasting. Some of the most common forms of oats include oatmeal, quick cooking oats, old-fashioned oats, rolled oats, steel-cut oats, oat flour, oatbreads, oatcakes, oat crackers, oat based breakfast cereals, granola, musali, granola bars, British flapjacks, oatmeal cookies, and oat milk.

🌿 12. Rosemary: Magickal properties for rosemary abound and this beautiful herb is one that should have a standing spot in both your magickal workings and your kitchen. Use rosemary when you’re focusing on areas pertaining to love, attraction, spicing up your life, the solar plexus, dream work, warding off nightmares, memories, loyalty, sleep, strength, kitchen witchery, home blessings and protection, family, jealousy, bonding, purification, divination, protection from the evil eye, cleaning your space, offerings, the dead, hedge riding, spirits, ancient history, creativity, strengthening relationships, rejuvenation, bathing, and the element of air.

Common non-perishable forms of rosemary include dried, frozen, rosemary paste, rosemary-infused oils, and rosemary salt.

🥬 13. Spinach: Magickal properties for spinach are strong and ample (much like the delicious culinary possibilities when cooking with spinach). Tap into the green goodness of spinach when you wish to focus your magickal workings on areas of personal growth, money, fertility, passion, strength, determination, shielding, charging, the forest (and nature in general), travel, transportation, ley lines, astral projection, or the planet Jupiter.

Common non-perishable forms of spinach include frozen, canned/tinned, and dehydrated.

🍓 14. Strawberries: Magickal properties for strawberries are generally sweet, upbeat and highly welcome – much like this sunny weather culinary staple. Turn to strawberries in your magickal workings when you’re centering your attention on romance, love, pregnancy, family, youth, beauty, femininity, positivity, hope, truthfulness, creativity, warmth, friendship, overcoming hardships, dedication, success, stamina, reliability, giving, spiritual detoxification and cleansing, good luck, or the goddess Venus.

Common non-perishable forms of strawberries include frozen, dehydrated, freeze-dried, powdered, syrups, jams, jellies, preserves, and canned/tinned.

🌿 15. Thyme: Magickal properties for thyme include those pertaining to purifying, cleansing, releasing and banishing negativity, happiness, personal style, prosperity, sweetness, hope, stability, tradition, balance, personal freedom, boldness, positive outlooks, letting go, compassion, reaching peaceful agreements, easing anxiety and nervousness, grief, trauma processing, releasing negativity, the fae, forest spirits, history, ancestors work, finding lost items, house hunting, financial matters, longevity, creativity, performing arts, writing, and honoring the dead.

Common non-perishable forms of thyme include dried, frozen, thyme paste, thyme-infused oils, and thyme salt.

#kitchen witch #correspondence #herbs #witchblr #witchcraft #cottage witch

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mywildattic · 4 years

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𝕾𝖆𝖇𝖇𝖆𝖙𝖘

{Art by Julia Nikita}

The sabbats are holidays celebrated throughout the year on solstices, equinoxes, and the midpoints between them. These sabbats form the Wheel of the year.

There is a controversy surrounding the dates of these holidays, as people celebrate them all over the earth, not only in the northen hemisphere but in the southern too.

One viewpoint is that the Sabbats should be celebrated as they were originally created to be... in other words, Samhain is October 31st, regardless of where you live. In the Southern Hemisphere, even though you are just gearing up to summer on October 31st, this perspective says that you celebrate the cleansing and releasing, the honouring of the dead just as you would if you lived in the Northern Hemisphere. The other viewpoint (the one I personally agree with) is that you should celebrate when you feel like the season corresponds with the holiday, in other words, your craft, your rules. So if you live in the southern hemisphere, you have the choice.

I’ll be writing the dates for each holiday starting with the northen hemisphere and then the dates that many people celebrate them in the southern hemisphere

🌲𝐘𝐔𝐋𝐄

{December 21st//June 21st}

Yule focuses on rebirth and renewal as the sun makes its way back to the earth. It's all about new beginnings, reflection and embracing warmth. Much like Christmas, many celebrate with a feast, gift giving, being cosy and appreciating the good.

↟Nature: cedar, frankincense, myrrh, mistletoe, pine, birch, ivy.

↟Foods//flavours: ginger, cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg, wintergreen, apple, dried fruit.

↟Stones: citrine, ruby, garnet, alexandrite, green tourmaline.

↟Activities: decorate your altar with incense associated with Yule, burn ash wood for prosperity, bake using Yule flavours like ginger or cinnamon, make wreathes to hang around the house, spend time with loved ones.

🕯️𝐈𝐌𝐁𝐎𝐋𝐂

{February 1st//August 1st}

Imbolc focuses on celebrating the nature that is preparing to grow and renewal, also known as "candlemas" and the "Feast of Pan".

↟Nature: basil, blackberry, heather, celandine, iris, wisteria, vanilla, bay, yellow and white flowers.

↟Foods//flavours: pumpkin and sunflower seeds, poppy seeds, peppers, onions, spices, and herbal teas.

↟Stones: amethyst, bloodstone, garnet, ruby, onyx.

↟Activities: decorate with candles and sun decorations, go hiking, have a bonfire, bake foods with poppy seeds, and burn any leftover winter herbs.

🌼𝐎𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐀

{March 21st//September 21st}

Ostara focuses on manifesting creativity and love. As the days become longer, energy becomes stronger.

↟Nature: ash, alder, daffodil, honeysuckle, narcissus, primrose, violet, jasmine.

↟Foods//flavours: olives, maple syrup, honey, edible flowers, chocolate, pine nuts, nettle or lavender tea, local fruits and vegetables.

↟Stones: amethyst, rose quartz, moonstone.

↟Activities: gardening and planting seeds, bake breads with olives or honey for example, start new projects, talk to plants, do some painting, decorate with wildflowers.

🌰𝐁𝐄𝐋𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐄

{May 1st//November 1st}

Beltane focuses on fertility, love and abundance. Also known as "may day", on this sabbat many celebrate with dancing, bonfires and many high energy activities, including enjoying themselves sexually with a partner or even conceiving children.

↟Nature: frankincense, lilac, ivy, marigold, woods, rose, thyme, mint, yarrow.

↟Foods//flavours: oats, leafy greens, fruits, breads, honey.

↟Stones: malachite, amber, fire opal, red jasper.

↟Activities: dance, decorate with florals and symbols of the sea, go to the beach, go hiking, have a bonfire, feast on fruits, vegetables and grains, laugh and let your hair down. And if you're trying to conceive or simply would like to have sex, Beltane is a wonderful time to do so.

🦋𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐇𝐀

{June 21st//December 21st}

Litha focuses on growth and celebrating the longest day of the year and the sun, before the shorter days begin.

↟Nature: fern, yarrow, sage, rose, oak, mugwort, lavender, chamomile, myrrh, pine.

↟Foods//flavours: herbed bread, honey, sunflower seeds, iced herbal tea, lemon, vanilla.

↟Stones: lapis lazuli, amethyst, malachite, tiger's eye.

↟Activities: make or buy a sun catcher, surround yourself with warm tones, watch the sunrise and sunset, make sun water, spend time outdoors, make use of herbs.

🌾𝐋𝐀𝐌𝐌𝐀𝐒//𝐋𝐔𝐆𝐇𝐍𝐀𝐒𝐀𝐃𝐇

{August 2nd//February 2nd}

Lammas, or lughnasadh focuses on celebrating the first of the three harvesting sabbats and taking time to really feel the positivity in different aspects of life.

↟Nature: cornstalks, heather, acacia flowers, hollyhock, oak leaves, wheat, myrtle, spices.

↟Food//flavours: grainy bread, corn, potatoes, nuts, blackberries, wine.

↟Stones: amber, agate, citrine, clear quartz, obsidian, tiger's eye.

↟Activities: bake bread, make corn dolls, visit a sunflower field, spend time in nature, acknowledged what you are grateful for, journal.

🍁𝐌𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐍

{September 21st//March 21st}

Mabon focuses on honouring the change of the seasons, balance and peace.

↟Nature: sage, pine, marigold, thistle, acorns, milkweed, oak leaves, myrrh.

↟Food//flavours: cinnamon, nuts, beans, dark fruits, pies, soup, butterscotch.

↟Stones: citrine, carnelian, clear quartz, sapphire, yellow agate.

↟Activities: collect pine cones, donate food and old clothes, meditate, dry herbs, spend time with loved ones, speak to the nature around you.

🎃𝐒𝐀𝐌𝐇𝐀𝐈𝐍

{October 31st-November 1st//April 30th-May 1st}

Samhain focuses on celebrating life, and honouring those who are no longer with us.

↟Nature: heather, sage, pumpkins, straw, flax, patchouli, myrrh.

↟Foods//flavours: apples, cider, pumpkin, pies, soups, stews, potatoes, ginger.

↟Stones: amber, black obsidian, fossils, onyx, sandstone, bloodstones.

↟Activities: honour the deceased, spend time with family, make a hearty comforting meal, make or buy a scarecrow, spend time practicing divination.

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐨 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐛𝐚𝐭

↟Do a tarot reading relevant to that sabbat.

↟Spend time in the moonlight, charging your crystals and tarot cards, as well as meditating.

↟Bake something using at least one traditional food of that sabbat to share with others.

↟Cleanse your living space and any of your magickal items.

↟Write down how you’re feeling and how you’d like to feel in the weeks to come.

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betweenrealms · 4 years

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An early Mabon post

Hey everybody ! :) mabon may be a teensy bit away still but the days are passing fast and the day is slowly nearing! I wanted to make an informational and fun post telling some stuff about mabon and what you can do, movies to watch 🧡

What is Mabon?

Mabon is the autumn equinox dated for September 21-24 this year (2020). The autumnal equinox occurs when the sun crosses the equator on its apparent journey southward, and we experience a day and a night that are of equal duration. Up until Mabon, the hours of daylight have been greater than the hours from dusk to dawn. This is the time to look back not just on the past year, but also your life, and to plan for the future. It marks the middle of the harvest, Mabon is a time of rest and celebration, after the hard work of gathering the crops. Warm autumn days are followed by chill nights, as the Old Sun God returns to the embrace of the Goddess. All Sabbats are occasions to express gratitude to the God and Goddess for the blessings in our lives, but Mabon is particularly so, coming at the height of the harvest season.

How to celebrate Mabon

You can start by decorating your altar if you have one with acorns, pinecones, seasonal fruits and nuts, and some of the colored leaves that drop from the trees in your location. Baskets are good things to use and scythes since they are symbols of harvest. As for candles, autumn colors can be used such as reds, yellows, oranges, golds, and browns. If you have a feast, whether solo or with others, include seasonal vegetables like onions, potatoes, carrots and other root vegetables. Spellwork related to protection and security is appropriate now, as are workings for self-confidence, prosperity, harmony and balance. If you are one who struggles with seasonal depression during the fall and winter months, use this time to set an intention for inner peace and strength. You might make and charge a talisman for this purpose, to accompany you through the next two seasons. You can also do things that aren’t related to witchcraft if you feel unmotivated or don’t have the time. Cozy up and watch some appropriately themed movies maybe even some horror or Halloween movies, make some hot chocolate or a good cup of tea with appropriate herbs to settle down and drink, you can even do things like read or make some cool looking pieces of art to either put on your altar, use as decoration, or just because you want to.

Mabon symbolism

• Foods: Grapes, Acorns, Wheat Bread, Goat, Indian Corn, Horn of Plenty, Cornbread, Corn, Root Crops (Onions, Carrots, Potatoes, etc.), Nuts, Dried Fruits, Apples, Beans, and Squash.

• Drinks: Wine, Ale, and Cider.

• Colors (for those who work with Candle Magick): Red, Deep Gold, Orange, Brown, Maroon, Violet, Russet, Yellow, and Indigo

• Animals: Dogs, Wolves, Stag, Birds of Prey (especially the Blackbird, Owl, and Eagle), Salmon, and Goat.

• Mythical Creatures: Gnomes, Sphinx, Minotaurs, Cyclops, Andamans, and Gulons.

• Stones: Yellow Topaz, Carnelian, Sapphire, Yellow Agate, Lapis Lazuli, and Amethyst. Also, river or stream stones which have been submerged for the Summer may be used.

• Plants: Vines, Garlands (made of these various plants), Gourds, Pine Cones,Acorns, Wheat, Dried Leaves, Corn, Pomegranate, Ivy, Hazel, Hops, Cedar, and Tobacco.

• Herbs: Myrhh, Thistles, Tobacco, Oak Leaves, Hazel, Mums, Hops, Acorns, Marigold, Roses, Sage, Milkweed, Solomon’s Seal, Asters, Ferns, Honeysuckle, Benzoin, Passionflower, Pine, and Cedar.

• Incense would include: Aloes Wood, Cinnamon, Cloves, Benzoin, Jasmine,Frankincense, Myrrh, and Sage.

• Dieties: All wine Deities (especially Dionysus and Bacchus), the Mother aspect of the Triple Goddess, Persephone, Thor, Modron, Morgan, Snake Woman, Epona, Pamona, Muses, Mabon, Thoth, Hermes, Hotei, Harvest Deities, and Aging Deities.

• Other: Burial Cairns, Rattles, and Sun Wheels

Movies to watch

Frankenweenie

Sweeney Todd

Edward Scissorhands

Sleepy hollow

Coraline

Corpse bride

( as for some books I really recommend Edgar Allen Poe for poetry around this time of year. Reading it during this specific time of year just gives it an amazingly good oomph i absolutely adore his work )

That’s all for this post! Information from about two websites and my brain haha but I hope you enjoyed this post and it’s never too early to start researching up and preparing !! Also sorry about all of the tim burton movies I may be a weeeeee bit obsessed but they’re absolutely perfect for this time of year!! Especially on rainy cozy lazy days inside the house when you have nothing to do.

I hope you all have an amazing and blessed day 🌜🍁🌛🍂🌾

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*: Strawberries (drabble)

Oz watched from their small table in the cottage as his husband carefully washed the fruit he had brought in from the garden. He watched as he ran water over each piece and piled them into little sections on the counter. Then he watched as he magicked some jars and the fruit and started storing them away, the fruit turning instantly into jam once inside their new glass homes.   He noted, however, that the strawberries remained on the counter, glistening with droplets of water as Abe busied himself.   Oz’s head tilted to the side, watching then as Abe turned back to the strawberries and eyed them like he was about to judge them for a county fair. Was Rueda going to have a county fair? Did their market do such things? He doubted it. He wanted to ask Abe what he was doing, why he was eyeing them so intently, but, a moment later, Abe plucked the largest and reddest strawberry from the bunch and -   ”Mmmmm…..” Abe’s eyes rolled up into the back of his head as he took a bite, the sound of it juicy and nearing R rated as Abe moaned into another bite of it.   Oz squirmed some where sat, face turning a shade of pink, blinking furiously as Abe moaned into another bite, then another.   ”These strawberries are so good.” Abe muttered, mouth full as he grabbed a couple more. ”I swear, they’ve got to be the sweetest shit I’ve ever put in my mouth,” He turned to Oz then, shrugging with a sly smile. ”Besides you, of course.”   Oz’s face burned hotter and he cleared his throat, ducking his head and going back to the pattern he was designing, giving a little side glance at Jinx’s room to see her still napping on her bed. ”You like strawberries that much, huh?” He asked.   Abe scoffed. ”Like? I LOVE. Strawberries are possibly a gift from the gods.”   Oz took note of that.   Abe loved strawberries?   Oz couldn’t get that piece of information out of his mind for whatever reason. Maybe it was the way Abe moaned when he bit into them - or the way his eyes sparkled with happiness as he ate them one after the other. Whatever the reason, Oz was focused on strawberries and how happy they made his husband.   Maybe that’s why he came up with the idea to give Abe’s strawberries a magical twist.   Abe loved them and he loved Abe, so why shouldn’t Abe get very special strawberries to eat?   It took some looking at the library in the middle of town, but eventually he found a spell on how to grow your food into special shapes.   The book was nearly in pristine condition - he figured not many Ruedans cared about changing the shape of their food.   He copied the spell on a piece of fabric, then hurried home. While Abe and Jinx fished, he went out to the garden and cast the spell over the strawberries - now all there was left to do, was wait.   Abe rose early in the morning one Saturday. The sun was just beginning to rise and he could hear the cluck, cluck, cluck of the chickens as they pecked around, looking for food outside the cottage. He stretched his lanky form some, then glanced over at Oz who was still fast asleep. Fuck, he could watch him sleep for ages, to be perfectly honest.   He looked so much more peaceful here in Rueda than he had anywhere else.   Content, comfortable, happy.   A soft smile spread over Abe’s lips and he rolled over a bit, grasping onto Oz’s arm and leaning forward where he planted his lips, kissing him tenderly and breathing him in. He wanted him to stay like this, content and happy, for as long as he could. They’d both been through enough hell - they deserved this. They deserved a peaceful life.   Nuzzling him with his nose a moment later, Abe planted one more kiss on his shoulder before getting up.   He dressed and made his way into the kitchen (which was only a few steps away) and noted that they had some eggs and bread and cheese, but he felt like they needed something more.   ”Daddy?” Jinx’s voice could suddenly be heard.   Abe glanced over at the doorway to Jinx’s room. She stood there, holding onto her doll, Gabriella, and rubbing her eyes sleepily. ”Hey, chicken.” He came over and kissed the top of her head. ”It’s still early, go back to bed.”   ”I can’t sleep. I had a bad dream.”   He frowned dramatically at that, ”What about?”   ”Bad stuffs.” Jinx shrugged.   Abe clicked his tongue and motioned to his and Oz’s bed, ”Go climb in bed with Papa. He’ll keep you safe from the bad stuffs.” He said then, cupping her face affectionately. ”Cuddle up to him while I go get us some fruit for breakfast.”   She nodded and shuffled her little feet over to the bed, climbing up with a few grunts, then crawled over to the free space beside Oz and scurried under the covers before curling up against him. Oz, whether he was awake or still asleep, turned and curled himself around her, his arms holding her close.   Abe’s heart swelled at the sight.   His family was perfect.   He could have stood there and stared at them all morning, but eventually he made his way out into the garden with a basket hanging on his arm. ”Lets see……Some blueberries….and some holly plums….and some sweet beans….and-“ He stopped, hand in mid-reach, as he stared at the strawberries. There, in front of him, was a strawberry plant adorned with heart shaped strawberries. He blinked a bit, wondering if his eyes were playing tricks on him - but no - each plant had strawberries on it that were heart shaped.   At first he was confused, but, slowly, he began to think about Oz and the time he spent out in the garden the week before.   He had done this, hadn’t he?   Abe’s chest swelled with warmth, his lips tugging upwards into a smile.   ”I see you finally saw your strawberries.”   He glanced over to find Oz there, Jinx in his arms, smiling back at him. He had been out of the house for a good thirty minutes or so. Abe figured Jinx couldn’t fall back asleep, so, here they were, with him. ”How? Why?”   Oz shrugged. ”You love strawberries…and I love you.” He said, voice soft, his gaze filled with nothing but pure adoration for the other man.   ”Heart berries!” Jinx exclaimed then, wiggling from her Papa’s arms and over to where her daddy was knelt down. ”I want some heart berries too!”   Abe chuckled and nodded, ruffling her hair. ”You can have all the heart berries you want, chicken.” He then glanced back at Oz, his smile still there, but wide with awe, ”….Save some for me though. Your Papa went through a lot of trouble to make those.”

#drabble #roleplay #character: oz gold #connection: abraham gold #connection: jinx gold #from eden #our boys #i love them so much #the feels #the soft #ugh #jason ralph #hale appleman #the magicians

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Book haul as tall as a Bean!

Hekate and I got to go to the fancy independent bookstore in town! Then, we found a brand new (less than a year old) secondhand bookstore! The Little Free Library nearby had two great finds to top off the week!

#beans beans the magickal fruit #dogblr #booklr #books #book haul #book store #currently reading #tbr #tbr pile #book lover #reading #bibliophile #bookworm

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the-ethereal-serpent · 4 years

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Ostara Correspondences

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Northen Hemisphere : March 21

Southern Hemisphere : September 21

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What is Ostara?

Ostara, Eostre, Vernal Equinox, and Spring Equinox are all beautiful ways to refer to the celebration of Spring every year! As the wheel of the year turns again, we find ourselves at a new point of balance within the year.

Ostara is a time when the day and night are equals in time, when the God and the Goddess are equals in love, and the true understanding of life and energy can be seen.

During Ostara, Wiccans and Pagans celebrate the ability to create, manifest, love, and gain a deeper understanding of life. Physically, new life is beginning to spring up from seemingly dead earth, love is in the air, spawning creation, and energy is returning to earth, as the days begin to grow longer.

Metaphysically, the Goddess and God energies of the Universe are coming together as one, birthing the energy of creation. The Goddess supplies the energy of Earth as she begins to grow into a Mother; the God supplies the energy of the Sun, as he grows in strength and power.

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Animals

Butterflies

Chicks

Dragons

Lambs

Rabbits/Hares

Robins

Pegasus

Serpents

Unicorns

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Colours

Green

Pastels

White

Yellow

Pink

Blue

Silver

Violet

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Crystals

Amethyst

Aquamarine

Jasper

Aventurine

Moonstone

Rose quartz

Agate

Citrine

Jade

Bloodstone

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Foods

Cheese

Chocolate

Cream

Custards

Dandelion Greens

Edible Flowers

Eggs

Fish

Honey Cakes

Hot Cross Buns

Ice Cream

Jelly beans/eggs

Lassi

Maple Syrup + Sugar Candies

Milk

Milk punch

Nettle Tea

Olives

Pine Nuts

Pumpkin Seeds

Salads

Seasonal, local fruits and vegetables

Sprouts

Sunflower Seeds

Yogurt

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Goddesses

Aphrodite

Astarte

Athena

Aurora

Eos

Eostre

Gaia

Hera

Ishtar

Kore, maiden form

Maiden Goddesses

The Muses

Persephone, maiden form

Venus

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Gods

Adonis

Ares

Cernunnos

Green Man

Mars

Narcissus

Odin

Osiris

Pan

Thoth

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Herbs & Plants

Any budding or sprouting plants

Ash

Alder

Birch

Cinquefoil

Daffodil

Dogwood

Four-leaf clover

Honeysuckle

Iris

Narcissus

Olive

Peony

Primrose

Tulips

Violet

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Incense

African Violet

Jasmine

Rose

Sage

Strawberry

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Oils

Ginger

Lavender

Lotus

Rose

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Spells

Balance

Celebration of Life + Universal Love

Fertility

Growth

Increasing Power

Long-term manifestation

Marriage

New Growth

Opening up

Rebirth

Renewal

Sexuality

Women’s Health

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Symbolism

Acknowledgement of natural cycles

Acknowledgement of feminine cycles

Beginning of Spring

Eggs as fertility

New growth where nothing once grew

The power behind the union of balance

The power behind physically energizing your goals

The power of creation

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Activities

Begin a new project

Magickal Egg Dying, Decorating, and Painting

Magickal Egg Hunts

Nature Walks

Seed Blessing

Seed Planting

Spell Paper Creation

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Article Source : https://plentifulearth.com/ostara-magickal-correspondences/

#Ostara #Wiccan holidays #Sabbaths #Wiccan Sabbaths #Wheel of the year #Spring #Spring time #Eostre #Easter #Wicca #Wiccan #Witchy #Witch #Witchblr #Witchcraft #Pagan #Paganism #Spiritual

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ladyimaginarium · 3 years

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CHARACTER QUESTIONNAIRE !!

GENERAL

Name: Alexandria Adetokunbo Benedetto.

Alias(es): Alex, Al, Ally, Lexi, The Woman.

Gender: Cisgender Woman ; she/her.

Species: Half Human from her father, half Superhuman ; “Chimera” ; Human/Animal-Transgenic-Hybrid from her mother. Alex, although she suspects that she’s an oddity in terms of her strength, she, however, has no clue about any of this, and it’s unlikely she ever will know the truth, unless if Emilio brings it up to her.

Race & Ethnicity: Creole Afro Asian Native ; predominantly Black & Han Chinese, distant Moroccan Jewish, Taino ( indigenous Caribbean Native ), French and Italian ancestry, among other African/Asian ethnicities.

Age: 24 years.

Alignment: Dark Neutral Good.

Place of birth: Rome, Italy, but soon after moved to East Gate in the outskirts of Ergastulum, California, when her mother was pregnant with Emilio; she was five years old at the time.

Spoken languages: Italian ( fluently with an accent ), English ( fluently with an accent ), Mandarin ( fluently with an accent ), American Sign Language ( conversational ), French ( conversational ), Spanish ( conversational ), Japanese ( conversational ), Arabic ( beginning ) and Hausa ( beginning ). She unfortunately rarely ever speaks Mandarin to others.

Orientation: Biromantic Bisexual with Sapphic preferences.

Occupation: Formerly a trafficked Full Service Sex Worker ; Alex currently works as a secretary and mercenary for the Benriya alongside Worick Arcangelo and Nicolas Brown. She is also a part time songstress at Bastard, the nightclub and brothel owned and operated by the Christiano Family. Nowadays, Alex is keeping her eyes on the possibility of getting into the music industry in nearby Los Angeles after she eventually leaves Ergastulum, while additionally still debating on whether or not she should dip into sex work again or not, but if she does actually go back to it, this time, her work will be on her own terms and conditions. My portrayal of Alex follows heavily on her road to recovery from a lifetime of trauma.

Religion: Agnostic, occasionally practices witchcraft, particularly glamours and sex magick.

Residence: Ergastulum, California, USA, though she does eventually leave much to her grief, to seek brighter future for herself, after the series ends.

APPEARANCE

Eye color: Brilliant ocean blue.

Hair color: Raven black.

Height: 5′5.7″.

Scars: None, she makes sure her skin’s smooth, clear and silky at all times.

FAVORITE

Color: Blue, black, silver, pastel colors, beige, different hues of brown, white.

Hair color: Black.

Eye color: Brown – both dark and light. She finds brown eyes so beautiful and diverse.

Entertainment: Calming, quiet TV programs she can turn on in the background while she works, possibly some music channels.

Pastime: Singing, illustrating, dancing, cooking ( she’s a Star™ ), skateboarding with her heels on, spending time with Nicolas and Worick when time allows, playing with and feeding the local cats that come into the apartment for warmth, etc. – she’s quite something.

Food: Pasta all the way, babey. Mediterranean diet ( Crete, Greek, Italian, Spanish, French, Portuguese food. ), eats fresh fruit for dessert, beans, nuts, whole grains, seeds, olive oil as the main dietary fats, cheese and yogurt, moderate fish and poultry, up to about four eggs per week, small amounts of red meat and low to moderate amounts of red wine. Loves her Soul Food and Chinese Food. Oh, and sweets certainly don’t hurt, particularly anything vanilla, strawberry, caramel or cinnamon flavored.

Drink: Caffeinated iced coffees and cold teas.

Books: Poetry collections, the classics, books on black feminism and of Black and Chinese culture in general, considering she was torn away from her cultures and family from a very young age due to trafficking and in doing this she’s loving herself unconditionally and having her vengeance on Barry who tried to tear her down into nothing, books on charisma, psychology, and magick, and she’s recently taken up an intrigue in science fiction novels.

HAVE THEY

Passed university: She never went to any public or private educational institutions beyond elementary school before being trafficked by Barry Abbott.

Had sex: Yeah, it was part of her job for a very long time.

Had sex in public: Yeah, in the alleyways.

Gotten someone pregnant: It’s a little impossible, y’know?

Kissed a man: Yeah, in her line of work.

Kissed a woman: Yeah, in her line of work.

Gotten tattoos: A skeletal hand that cups her right breast, gets a bunch of floral tattoos scattered all around her torso, and has a list of the following names of the people who’ve changed her life for the better on her upper left arm: Emilio, Worick, Nicolas, Nina, Theo, Connie, Joel, Delico, Yang, Loretta, Marco and Galahad after leaving the city, to remember her time in Ergastulum and all the bittersweet journeys that got her to where she is.

Gotten piercings: Her ears are often pierced with little silver studs or golden hoop earrings.

Had a broken heart: A million times for a million different reasons.

Been in love: No.

Stayed up for more than 24 hours: She’s an insomniac, it’s definitely happened before.

ARE THEY

A virgin: Nope, far from it.

A cuddler: With her friends and family, yes. She can’t get enough of that shit.

A kisser: Yes, with the right person.

A smoker: No, it brings her bad memories.

Scared easily: No.

Jealous easily: Not really?

Trustworthy: Very. Painfully so, when her trust is earned. Self-destructively so.

Dominant: Usually.

Submissive: Under certain circumstances, in certain moods.

Single: In default, yes, and honestly, she's not exactly in the mood to find a lover at this point in her life, she's focusing more on healing from her trauma and putting herself first.

RANDOM QUESTIONS

Wanted to kill someone: Absolutely.

Actually killed someone: Yes, albeit it was in self defense.

Ridden a beast: No.

Have/had a job: Yes.

Have any fears: Loss, failure, inadequacy, a loss of freedom and being controlled and taken advantage of by others again, losing her found family, total amnesia.

FAMILY

Sibling(s): Emilio Benedetto.

Parents: Dominic Benedetto & Xiao Benedetto.

Children: None, but she’d like to have some, one day.

Pets: Betty, a black cat.

#AAAAAAAAAAA #( PENDING ALEX BENEDETTO TAG. )#WHEN THE CURTAIN FALLS ALL THE SINNERS CRAWL. ( DASH GAMES. )#tw; sex mention #tw; human trafficking #ask to tag.

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of-dragons-and-fae · 4 years

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【 The Esbats 】

An Esbat is usually a Wiccan term to describe any gathering that doesn't take place on a Sabbat, however its also taken the meaning of being celebrations whenever there is a full moon. Most of the names are from Native American tribes, and the names seem to vary between tribes.

January Moon:

Other names.: The Moon after Yule, Start Of The Winter Moon, Ice Moon, Great Spirit Moon, Quiet Moon, Old Moon, New Winter Moon, Windy Moon, Cracking Tree Moon.

Properties.: Renewal, psychic enhancement, working with clarity by asking for guidance for the rest of the year, protection magick of the durability of the home, focusing on the connection of you and any deities, working on personal developments, attracting prosperity for the following years ahead within magick and breaking bad habits, magick that focuses on personal queries such as self care.

February Moon:

Other names.: Quickening Moon, Bone Moon, Hunger Moon, Snow Moon, Trapper's Moon, Opening Buds Moon, Suckerfish Moon, Eagle Moon, First Flower Moon, Midwinter Moon.

Properties.: magick that works for the physical and psychic protection of loved ones, cottage witchery, work with house magick around this time, hone psychic abilities too, giving back to loved ones, meditating on how to further grow in your path and practicing journaling in the cosiness of your home and spring cleaning.

March Moon:

Other names.: Crust Moon, Sap Moon, Worm Moon, Lenten Moon, Crow Moon, Chaste Moon, Storm Moon, Maple Sugar Moon, Snowshoe Breaking Moon, Goose Moon, Spring Moon.

Properties.: Gardening can begin around now, research foraging and plan out any spells that will take longer times or over various days, look into healing magick and connecting to the element of Earth by doing an elemental cleansing, reorganise your altar and spells that focus on bringing safety and happiness.

April Moon:

Other names.: Fish Moon, Sprouting Grass Moon, Frog Moon, Wind Moon, Pink Moon, Sugarbushing Moon, Duck Moon, Thundering Moon, Planting Moon.

Properties.: Looking into balancing energies of the home, reconnecting with the outer world, practicing divination, glamour magick for beauty and affection, working with magick for fertility of your garden and the nature around you, working with your inner child, spells that work with the element of water and brings positivity, peace, self love and appreciation for the beauty of nature around you.

May Moon:

Other names.: Corn Planting Moon, Egg Moon, Milk Moon, Budding Moon, Flower Moon, Snake Moon, Summer Moon, Dancing Moon.

Properties.: This moon would be good for spellwork involving prosperity, fertility of nature's plants and spells that call for passion such as looking for potential careers and different opportunities. You could begin working with the sun's energies and magick relating to fire, such as fire scrying or reading candle wax. For successful harvesting for later in the year, you could do a plant growth spell and spells to make you more productive for the rest of the year.

June Moon:

Other names.: Dyad Moon, Strawberry Moon, Strong Moon, Rose Moon, Hot Moon, Gardening Moon, River Moon, Summer Moon.

Properties.: This Moon is good for spells that call for strength and action, releasing emotions and expanding perspectives. Energies from this Moon would be good for protection magick pertaining to travel and adventuring in the astral. Other spellwork such as ribbon magick for bonding together relationships and firing up romance. its strengthening energies are also good for studying, practicing mindfulness, and celebrations.

July Moon:

Other names.: Mead Moon, Blessing Moon, Thunder Moon, Buck Moon, Hay Moon, Blueberry Moon, Raspberry Moon, Flying Moon, Honey-bee Moon, String Bean Moon.

Properties.: Weather magick that centres around storm magick, and drying out herbs are good ideas for the energies of this Moon. The energies for this Moon are compliant for confidence and drawing in positive prosperous energies. Since weather is connected to the water element, you could bless your garden or home with the element of water.

August Moon:

Other names.: Red Moon, Fruit Moon, Grain Moon, Corn Moon, Sturgeon Moon, Ricing Moon, Blackberry Moon, Dry Moon.

Properties.: This Moon can help you focus on ensuring success and bountiful harvests, gathering magickal allies to help through more difficult spellwork such as faery work, working with draconic guardians and trying to contact a familiar. Connecting to ancestral bonds, spellwork to attempt luck and money to you and using dream work to draw desires to you. Offerings can be made to deities and higher beings for more plentiful harvests.

September Moon:

Other names.: Harvest Moon, Moose Moon, Gourd Moon.

Properties.: Organising your witchcraft, working on journal prompts etc. Focusing on aspects of health and self care within magick. Building friendships and connections with others. Finally harvesting and utilising the plants you've planted previously and expressing gratitude. Use knot magick to make prosperity lucky bags with fresh soil from successful harvests. Practice grounding and meditation while researching tea magick. Start any creative endeavours and see if you can inspire a way to make them useful in your practice.

October Moon:

Other names.: Falling Leaves Moon, Blood Moon, Hunter's Moon, Nut Moon, Fall's Moon.

Properties.: On this Moon, you should focus on heavy protection magick for any future spirit work on this moon or the following moons after this month. its very good for spirit magick, safely using blood magick within spellwork and searching for any spiritual allies as spirit guides. Curses and other left handed magick such as hexes or jinxes could be apt for this time. Since its a liminal time, you could use this time to look into more liminal types of magick.

November Moon:

Other names.: Frosty Moon, Beaver Moon, Mourning Moon, Whitefish Moon, Gratitude Moon,

Properties.: This Moon is good for banishing and cleansing of the home, making sure magickal securities have been set up for the following moon such as wards and shields and psychic protection from malicious spirits. its a good time for divination that works to clarify any questions. Organising anything that you need for the winter incoming.

December Moon:

Other names.: Long Night's Moon, Moon Before Yule, Cold Moon, Storytelling Moon, Dead Winter Moon, Little Spirit Moon.

Properties.: This Moon is a brilliant time for inspiring new hobbies and intentions to influence your craft. Imbue magickal workings with hope and prosperity for the following year. Focus on yourself via meditation, self care and working on grounding. its a good time to focus on the air element and working with this moment of rest. Again, protection is key for this Moon as well. Good time for studying and things that encourage the mind to work, including astrology and cosmic witchery such as lunar magick. Charging and consecrating items for the following year.

By @Of-Dragons-and-Fae. From my grimoire.

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willow-salix · 4 years

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Isolation update! I was planning on doing the prompt of "Sight" for @gumnut-logic challenge for the next chapter of the big fat fic (which I'm still gonna do) but this came out too. So I let the boys roll with it.

Day 76 of Isolation on Tracy Island

“Scott?”

“Hmm?”

“Do you know anything about this?” I held up my headphones, which had been previously missing for maybe the last eight months and that I had just found in the cutlery drawer.

“Yeah, they’re headphones.”

“Thank you Captain Obvious, I meant why are they in with the knives and forks?”

He shrugged. “Why are you asking me?”

“Because you were hiding socks around the place for over three weeks.”

“Only because it took you so long to give them back to me. I started after we watched Half Blood Prince, I thought it would make you laugh but you just kept ignoring them.”

“Oh, I’m so sorry I didn’t realise you needed to be freed!”

“Of course I did! I was your house elf!”

“House elves do chores! They don’t sit around being fed and demanding attention!”

“I’m a progressive house elf that is fighting for elf rights!”

“No you aren't, you’re a lazy bum!”

“Lazy? Me?”

“Yes, you!”

“I will never understand the conversations you two have,” John muttered as he pushed past us to fill his mug with the coffee I had just brewed.

“It’s affectionate arguing,” Scott laughed, sliding his mug over to John for a top up.

“So no one knows why my headphones have just suddenly turned up from wherever they vanished to and magicked themselves into the kitchen?”

“Nope,” Scott gave up waiting for John to pour him a drink and stole mine. I narrowed my eyes in his general direction. John slid a fresh cup over to me. Such a great guy.

“You know,” John mused. “I found one of my world geography books in the bathroom cupboard.”

“I found my utility knife in the piano stool,” Virgil added, wandering over to snag some toast that had just popped up.

“I just made that,” I told him.

“Thank you,” he continued to butter it. I stared at his plaid clad back for a few seconds but when he failed to burst into flames I gave up and dropped some more bread into the toaster.

“Now that I think about it,” Scott mused, “I found my guitar pick in the fruit bowl, the one that I got from that little shop in Texas. I thought I lost it for good years ago but it just appeared out of nowhere.”

“Something strange is going on,” Virgil declared. “If stuff we lost is returning there has to be a reason for it.”

“Parallel universe,” I answered confidently.

“I don’t think that's a thing,” Scott said gently.

“Apports then?” I offered.

“No, I don’t think...what’s an apport?” Virgil asked.

“An object conjured out of nothing by a ghost, obviously.”

“I don’t think this is the work of a ghost, love," John said, squeezing my shoulder as he passed by to take a seat. “There’s only one person that borrows things without asking and that’s Gordon.”

“That was going to be my next guess,” I admitted.

“Yet you went straight for ghosts and different universes?” Scott asked, clearly bemused.

“Well, maybe, just for once, I wanted something interesting to happen around here that I could actually deal with,” I huffed. “Sue me.”

“Only you could think ghosts and different realms were something that’s easy to deal with when you were the one that screamed and climbed me like a monkey because a crab ran over your foot on the beach last night,” John laughed.

“Crabs have pincers, any sane person would get away from one of them,” I pouted, reaching for some toast off Virgil’s plate. Honestly I don’t know why we don't just have communal plates in this house, no one seems to eat their own food.

“So what are we going to do about Gordon being a kleptomaniac?” I asked.

“We’ll deal with him after breakfast,” Scott decided, leaning over and biting the corner off my toast. See? No boundaries whatsoever.

***

The klepto in question was sneaking suspiciously around the lounge when we tracked him down and we caught him in the act of leaving a magnifying glass behind a book on the bookcase.

“Busted,” Scott yelled, making Gordon jump about a foot in the air.

“So it was you that’s been leaving our belongings scattered around the house,” Virgil sighed.

“Why are you doing this?” John asked, although his tone said he was debating the wiseness of even posing the question and was unsure he actually wanted an answer.

“Can’t a guy do something nice for his family?”

“He can when he’s not the one thats been stealing things in the first place,” I shot back, arms folded, foot tapping.

“I’m offended!” Gordon gasped dramatically. “A Tracy doesn’t steal unless its Virgil and a bell takes his fancy-”

“That was one time and it was an accident!”

“I may borrow things,” Gordon continued.

“For three years?” Scott snorted.

“I borrow on extended loan-”

“Without permission,” John added.

“But you always get them back eventually,” Gordon finished triumphantly. “I got bored and cleaned my room and it was like unearthing buried treasure. I may have forgotten that I borrowed a few things but you’ve got them back now, so no harm no foul.”

“Is that all you needed to return?” Virgil sighed.

“There might be a few other things scattered around,” Gordon admitted.

“Go and get them,” Scott ordered.

Gordon staggered in half an hour later weighed down by a massive box overflowing with his plundered loot.

“Seriously?” Scott gaped as the box thumped down on the table.

“All of that?” Virgil couldn't believe his eyes.

“Not surprised,” John muttered.

“How did you manage to borrow all that?” Alan asked in awe, having been summoned from his pit to claim any lost items that may have fallen into Gordons possession. “I’m not even allowed to borrow a pen.”

“It’s because he doesn’t bother asking,” John told him.

“That’s where I’ve been going wrong!”

Gordon shooty finger winked at him.

“No!” I yelped, intervening for the first time and grabbing Alan, pulling him into my arms. “Do not corrupt this precious bean.”

“Too...late,” Alan wheezed, trying to escape my python like grasp.

“Oh, sorry,” I let go and Alan took a dramatically deep breath.

“What’s in the box, Squid?” Scott asked.

Gordon tipped the box up and out tumbled a mass of things that shocked even me.

“That’s my baseball cap,” Scott snagged it.

“My gloves,” Virgil claimed them.

“That’s my camera,” John snatched it up. “I thought I left that behind on the beach and the sea took it.”

“Well, technically the sea’s representative did,” I giggled, then noticed something in the middle of the pile. “Why do you have my headscarf? You know that I use that when you guys force me to get in a boat, it makes me feel fancy.”

“Are those my sunglasses?”

“Yes, I broke mine and was going fishing.”

“Is that my lipstick?”

“Yeah, I used it to draw blood on my neck so I could be a zombie at halloween.”

“There’s my ocarina.”

“It was so weird I had to try it.”

“Is that my belt?”

“Yeah, remember that date I went on with Penny? It went really well with those navy pants.”

“I thought I lost that harmonica.”

“I was going through a depressed week and wanted to play the blues.”

“Is that my cologne?”

“Same date.”

“Why do you have my toothbrush?”

“I used it to clean the sand out of one of Four’s filters.”

“My playing cards!”

“Yeah, I wanted to learn card tricks.”

“My travel chess set!”

“Four of the pawns are missing now, sorry.”

“Seriously, my drill?”

“I wanted to put up a picture.”

“Why did you need my tie?”

“That's classified.”

“That’s my favorite pen.”

“Yeah, I’ve got no excuse for that, I used it, put it in my pocket and forgot about it.”

“Gordon, why do you have my flip flops?”

“Mine broke and your’s were nearest.”

An endless stream of lost objects had suddenly returned home and it was a tad overwhelming but along with his more recent acquisitions were items that hadn’t been seen in forever.

“I remember this game!” Alan exclaimed, grabbing the box. “John and I used to play it all the time when I was little. You had to be astronauts and fly through the meteor showers and land on different planets and fight aliens. It was great. We had the best scores, no one could beat us.”

“Actually, I had the best scores,” John corrected him.

“No way, it was a team effort, we played that together every night after I got home from school.”

Virgil chuckled.

“What?” Alan looked confused. “Why are you laughing?”

“I may have taken the batteries out of your controller and just let you think you were playing.” John admitted.

“What! That was one of my greatest achievements in life!”

“Alan, you went into space when you were thirteen,” John pointed out.

“Oh yeah!”

Virgil spotted a book and picked it up. “I haven’t seen this since we were little.”

“Oh, I remember that one,” Scott smiled. “Mom had it when she was small and she used to read it to us every thanksgiving.”

John was busy sifting through the pile. “Hey, my first star globe, why do you have this?”

“Remember when I used to get upset when Dad went away? Well you used to point out all the different stars to me on it and where the moon was near them.”

“Oh yeah,” John smiled, “I remember that, I let you borrow it to keep beside your bed so you could see where Dad was every night.”

“That’s my old teddy bear,” Scott smiled, picking it up and sitting it on his lap. “I left him with you when I went to college.”

“I know, I told you that I was too old to have a plushie in my room but you insisted. I passed him on to Alan and when we moved I guess he got packed up with my things.”

“That’s the children’s guitar that Mom taught us to play,” Virgil picked it up and strummed a few cords but the tuning was terrible.

“I’ve never seen that before,” Alan said quietly. “In fact, I don’t remember much of any of this stuff.” He gestured to the pile of things that still remained scattered on the table top. “I don’t know that pencil sharpener, that snow globe or those shell bracelets, I don’t know any of it.”

“Neither do I,” I reminded him, wrapping an arm around his shoulders.

“I don’t have any memories of them so they don’t mean anything to me.”

“But that’s what’s so great about things and why I keep telling your brother that not everything has to have a use all the time. Things are there to remind us of the good times, just the sight of them can conjure up images, but they are also there to encourage us to share those memories. I used to love looking through my Nan and Grandad’s cupboards because I discovered so many things that were interesting,” I told him. “I’d ask them about them and they would tell me where they got them or who they belonged to before they got them and it was so nice to see the joy that the memories brought them. Pick something and ask about them, let’s share memories.”

Slowly Alan reached out to touch the small pile of shell bracelets.

“Where did these come from?”

“We were on a trip to the beach,” Scott started.

“Gordon was running all over picking up little shells and bringing them back to Mom,” Virgil continued.

“She ended up with a huge pile of them,” John laughed. “But Gordon didn't want her to put them back.”

“She ended up asking Dad to drill a tiny hole through each of them and she made them into bracelets for us as a reminder of the vacation,” Scott picked up the story.

“We wore them for a few days but Gordon kept stealing them because he loved the shells,” Virgil added.

“I remember that,” Gordon smiled. “There’s a picture in the album of me wearing them all, I don’t look any older than five.”

Alan picked them up, rubbing one of the shells between thumb and finger. “Why are there five of them?”

“Because Mom was pregnant with you at the time and said that you were there too so you should have a bracelet,” Scott smiled, reaching over to take one. “This was mine.”

One by one the others each claimed a bracelet, leaving Alan with just one.

“You’re right, that’s a nice story to hear,” he admitted, slipping the bracelet over his hand.

“Hey, here’s an idea,” I suggested. “This has been a mad few months, how about we start a new memory box and in ten years time we’ll look back in it and remember the longest vacation ever.”

“Yeah,” Alan nodded. “That could be cool.”

The box slowly filled up with bits and pieces.

Here are some of them.

-Some of our finished colouring pages.

-Gordon’s tablet that hadn’t recovered from its unscheduled dip in the bath.

-Brains’s broken glasses and a broken piece of his microscope that fell off of Alan when we played human buckaroo

-A small pile of post-it’s which Scott had used on April fools day to label everything in the lounge.

-The rubber spider John had pranked me with.

-A pair of the bunny ears the boys wore to deliver Easter eggs.

-The empty bottle of ‘Chill Pills’ Scott got for his birthday.

-A selection of our pictionary artwork.

-The beauty blender Virgil ruined on Gordon’s face.

-An empty popcorn bag Alan found stuffed between the couch cushions from one of our many movie nights.

-One of Scott’s socks that hadn’t been found before.

-A gaudy necklace from our lip sync battle

-A clue list from our scavenger hunt

-A shell I picked up on the beach the day they taught me to surf.

-The evil Furby

-The purple wig we made John wear (he was very glad to donate it to the memory box)

“OK, so, we don’t take anything out but we can add more for as long as isolation goes on?” Alan confirmed.

“Yep,” I nodded. “Who’s going to be in charge of keeping it safe?”

“Gordon should,” Alan said. “Since he seems to be the keeper of everyone’s things.”

“Even without permission,” John muttered, tucking his pen into his pocket in case it went walkies again.

“Actually,” Gordon said, “I think Alan should look after it for us.”

“Really? You mean that?” Alan grinned.

“Sure, kiddo,” Scott agreed. “After all, they’re your memories too

#memories #Sight #thunderbirds #thunderbirds are go #thunderbirds fanfiction #thunderbirds 2015

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brooklynislandgirl · 4 years

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Happy Birthday, Izzy.

~*~

Beth wants to stay in bed just a few minutes longer. The sheets have accepted her as one of their own and are soft and warm tangled up around her. Drifting through stages of wakefulness, she’s surprised that Andy isn’t yelling and Baz doesn’t have the coffee started, that AJ and Jay aren’t making disgustingly cute faces at one another, and that her apartment isn’t as loud as it can possibly be. ...because she’s not, is she? In her apartment that is. No. Hazy bits of memory drift selectively back into existence as she stretches languorously amidst the pillows. Billy had rescued her the night before from another birthday dinner at the Mansion with the Admiral. Strong hands, an unguarded bathroom window, a motorcycle waiting at idle. It was a bit of a challenge to ride behind him in the skirts she’d been wearing and how funny it had been when he tried to make harem pants out of it, fingers grazing the backs of her calves. He’d stolen her breath and broken her heart and she stood indignant as he skirted the jagged edges of her scar where the muscle had atrophied in the wake of the test bite.

He hadn’t flinched when she cupped her hand and pressed it to his cheek, not quite catching air like a slap but the subtlest reminder that she doesn’t really like being touched that way. The rest of the night was a blur: quinoa and black bean burgers instead of the heavy plates or red meat being served elsewhere, a drive along the bay, more than a couple glasses of sweet red wine. She doesn’t really remember all that much afterwards except that Billy was kind enough not only to see her to bed, but had curled up behind her at some point, keeping her safe with an arm around her waist.

But now he’s waking her with breakfast in bed, and the whisper of an adventure. He promises her they can go somewhere Tropical. Somewhere alone. Somewhere perfect. He says she can have her hummingbird cake for breakfast if she likes ~as long as she drinks her juice~ because that covers the four basic food groups: milk, eggs, flour, and fruit. There’s a bunch of questions over breakfast and the longer it lingers the more excited she gets, as evidenced by her ability to word deteriorating into pidgin so thick as to be near indecipherable. He encourages her to take a hot shower while he finishes a few details, and she doesn’t argue. When she gets out though, she finds two boxes. One with a gorgeous silky midnight blue dress that seems to have been custom made the way it flows over her modest curves and gives them perfect definition, flowing down to the tops of her feet but leaving her shoulders, arms, and back mostly bare. It fits perfectly. The second box contains the silver, tiny belled anklets in layered tiers that sparkle and make music as she puts them on and pads around for a couple seconds, feeling utterly feminine and delicate. The card explains that they’re going on an adventure, and she can’t wait. Scattered throughout the morning comes the other gifts. The twin whale sharks necklace that pairs nicely with the heart locket, polished to a mirror shine. She instantly recognises the longitude and latitude for what they are, except that they belong to somewhere in Hawai’i. He bestows on her a rare smile and cryptically asks “You ready?” Hesitantly she nods. He wraps one arm around her waist, the other hand holding their two bags. In a stunning display of vulgarity if only there’d been witnesses, the pristine modern blankness of his apartment gives way to sun and sand and sea. A little cottage made mostly of thatched palm branches. A stretch of beach to be shared with no one but the gulls and the turtles slipping into the waves. He holds her swaying body close, and she can feel the brush of his mind against hers as he smooths out the emotional urge to wretch from the transition. Borrowing a bit of his own magick, she realises this is where the necklace leads to... a tiny strip of island, no larger than a big atoll, completely uninhabited. Completely theirs. She can feel the wards all around them; they cannot be spied on via scrying rituals, not found by spirits or life-tracking. It’s as private as it can get. “Hope you like it. It's ours for as long as you want, Izzy." he says, dropping the bags so he can rest his hand on the curve of her hip. “Be selfish a’ me t’ say... mau loa?” She knows that’s not possible, but they can negotiate. Silk and skin slither against him as she lifts her arms to wind them around his neck, dragging him down to brush the tip of her nose against his, bestowing a soft kiss afterwards. “Dis gonna be perfect. Mebbe already is. Mahalo ā nui, e kuʻu kaikunāne.”

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