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Thank you Harvey for having mercy on my 2 gold
#i passed put from hunger lmao#poor finn#am I making yet another farmer?#perhaps 👀#he's very very nice#but he doesn't talk to anyone bc he's too busy searching for food to eat#except Sophia Willy and Andy#Because he starts his day forging until there's nothing left in the forest and fishes until midnight#and then heads to Sophia's to buy a sprinkler#the first time anyone in town witnessed him really was the egg festival#and by that time he was so hungry he practically sniffed out where all the eggs were#and was gnawing on them when Lewis announced him as the winner#feral farmer finn#I love him#Someone help my boy#he's so hungry all the time#stardew#stardew valley#sdv#sdv harvey#stardew harvey#stardew valley harvey
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Holidays 2.18
Holidays
Armed Forces Day (Sierra Leone)
Clean Out Your Cubby Holes Day
Cold Day in Hell
Cow Milked While Flying in an Airplane Day
Critical Care Transport Nurses Day
Dale Earnhardt Remembrance Day
Day of Diplomatic Staff (Turkmenistan)
Day of Spenta Armaiti (Zoroastrian Goddess of Earth & Fertility)
Dialect Day (Amami Islands, Japan)
Don Luis Muñoz-Marín Day (Puerto Rico)
Enzo Ferrari Day
Flirting Day
Hertha Asteroid Day
Huck Finn Day
International Asperger’s Day
Island Languages Day (Amami Islands)
Kimathi Day (Kenya)
King Biscuit Flower Hour Day
Konudagur (Wife’s Day; Iceland) [1st Day of Góa]
Kurdish Students Union Day (Iraqi Kurdistan)
National Airboat Day
National Battery Day
National Democracy Day (Overthrow of Rana Dynasty; Nepal)
National Hate Florida Day
National Thumb Appreciation Day
Pluto Day
Rain Water Day (Chinese Farmer’s Calendar)
Rakali Awareness Day
Saidai-ji Eyo Hadaka Matsuri (Naked Festival; Japan)
Sepandārmazgān (Women's Day; Zoroastrian Iran)
Sleigh Day (French Republic)
Stained Glass Appreciation Day
Tacita (a.k.a. Rites of Tacita; Roman Silent Goddess)
Tanigumi Odori (Dance Festival; Japan)
Toni Morrison Day (Ohio)
Thumb Appreciation Day
University Mental Health and Well-Being Day (UK)
World Corporate Social Responsibility Day
World Information Architecture Day
Food & Drink Celebrations
Drink Wine Day
Eat Ice Cream for Breakfast Day
National Crab-Stuffed Flounder Day
3rd Sunday in February
Anthesteria begins (3 Day Festival of flowers, feast of the dead and drinking festival) [3rd Sunday]
Battle of the Oranges (Ivrea, Italy) [Sunday before Lent]
Biezputras Diena (Porridge Day; Ancient Latvia) [Sunday before Feb 23 or Feb 4]
Poverty Sunday [3rd Sunday]
World Whale Day [3rd Sunday]
Weekly Holidays beginning February 18
Aromatic Spectrum Awareness Week [thru 2.24]
Bird Health Awareness Week [thru 2.24]
Brotherhood / Sisterhood Week [thru 2.24]
Build a Better Trade Show Image Week [thru 2.24]
Engineers Week begins [thru 2.24]
National Justice for Animals Week [thru 2.24]
National Sauna Week [thru 2.24]
Through with the Chew Week (Chewing Tobacco) [thru 2.24]
Independence & Related Days
Democracy Day (Nepal)
The Gambia (from UK, 1965)
Manchurian Independence Day
Roscamistan (Declared; 2021) [unrecognized]
Festivals Beginning February 18, 2024
Aquaculture America (San Antonio, Texas) [thru 2.21]
Baklahorani Carnival (Istanbul, Turkey)
Daytona 500 (Daytona Beach, Florida)
NBA All-Star Game
Feast Days
Angilbert (Christian; Saint)
Aristophanes (Positivist; Saint)
Awen: The Three Drops of Inspiration (Celtic Book of Days)
Bernadette Soubirous (Lourdes, France; Christian; Saint) [also 4.16]
The Blue-Breasted Party Pigeon (Muppetism)
Colmán of Lindisfarne (Christian; Saint)
Duane Michaels (Artology)
Feast of Minerva (Ancient Rome)
Festival of Women (Ancient Persia)
First Sunday in Lent (Western Christianity) (a.k.a. ...
Buergbrennan (Traditional Burning of Bonfires; Luxembourg)
Invocabit (Lutheranism)
Paisee Sunday
People's Sunday (Malta)
Publican Sunday
Quadragesima Sunday
Flavian of Constantinople (Christian; Saint)
Fly-By for Faeries and Elves (Shamanism)
The Fornicalia (a.k.a. The Feral; to the God Manes; Ancient Rome)
Fra Angelico (Christian; Saint)
Frank Miller Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Geltrude Comensoli (Christian; Saint)
Helladius (Christian; Saint)
Ishtar’s Day (Pagan)
Ivrea Carnival begins (Ivrea, Italy) [Saturday before Lent; thru Monday]
Len Deighton (Writerism)
Leo and Paragorius (Christian; Martyrs)
Leone Battista Alberti (Artology)
Louise Comfort Tiffany (Artology)
Max Klinger (Artology)
Navel Appreciation Day (Pastafarian)
Rites of Tacita (Goddess of Silence; Ancient Rome)
Simeon of Jerusalem (a.k.a. Simon; Western Christianity)
Spenta Armaiti (Festival of Women; Zoroastrian)
Theotonius (Christian; Saint)
Toni Morrison (Writerism)
Wallace Berman (Artology)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Perilous Day (13th Century England) [10 of 32]
Sakimake (先負 Japan) [Bad luck in the morning, good luck in the afternoon.]
Tycho Brahe Unlucky Day (Scandinavia) [10 of 37]
Unglückstage (Unlucky Day; Pennsylvania Dutch) [10 of 30]
Premieres
The Big Broadcast of 1938 (Film; 1938)
The Big Rock Candy Mountain, by Wallace Stegner (Novel; 1943)
Bringing Up Baby (Film; 1938)
Constantine (Film; 2005)
The Cuphead Show! (Animated TV Series; 2022)
A German Requiem, by Johannes Brahms (Requiem; 1869)
Good Vibrations, recorded by Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys (Song; 1966)
The Henpecked Rooster (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1944)
The High and the Flighty (WB MM Cartoon; 1956)
The House of Seven Gargoyles (Animated TV Show;Jonny Quest #23; 1965)
I Am Number Four (Film; 2011)
The Invincible, by Stanisław Lem (Novel; 1964)
Just Ask Jupiter (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1938)
The King of Comedy (Film; 1983)
Kiss, by Kiss (Album; 1974)
Kitbull (Pixar Cartoon; 1933)
Lake Titicaca (Disney Cartoon; 1955)
Learn Politeness (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1938)
The Lion’s Busy (WB LT Cartoon; 1950)
Local Hero (Film; 1983)
Mickey’s Pal Pluto (Disney Cartoon; 1933)
Mickey’s Surprise Party (Disney Cartoon; 1939)
The Missing Mustache or Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 258; 1964)
No Jacket Required, by Phil Collins (Album; 1985)
Mister Roberts, by Thomas Hegel and Joshua Logan (Play; 1948)
Pilgrim’s Progress, by John Bunyan (Novel; 1678)
The Pirates of Penzance (Film; 1983)
Porky’s Tire Trouble (WB LT Cartoon; 1939)
Reality Bites (Film; 1994)
The Richest Man in Babylon, by George S. Clason (Book; 1926)
Rumble (Animated Film; 2022)
Samson, by George Frideric Handel (Oratorio; 1743)
Schultze Gets the Blues (Film; 2005)
Severance (TV Series; 2022)
Sick Cylinders (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1929)
Trombone Trouble (Disney Cartoon; 1944)
Uncharted (Film; 2022)
The Villain’s Victory Dance or The Jig is Up (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 257; 1964)
What’d I Say, recorded by Ray Charles (Song; 1959)
The Whole Nine Yards (Film; 2000)
Zorba the Greek, by Nikos Kazantzakis (Novel; 1946)
Today’s Name Days
Constanze, Simon, Simone (Austria)
Bernarda, Šimun (Croatia)
Gisela (Czech Republic)
Concordia (Denmark)
Karita, Karme, Karmen, Rita (Estonia)
Kaino (Finland)
Bernadette (France)
Constanza, Simon, Simone (Germany)
Agapitos, Leon (Greece)
Bernadett (Hungary)
Cinzia, Claudio, Simeone (Italy)
Indra, Kintija, Konkordija, Kora, Vizma (Latvia)
Bernadeta, Gendrė, Lengvenis, Simeonas (Lithuania)
Frode, Frøydis (Norway)
Albert, Alberta, Albertyna, Fryda, Konstancja, Krystiana, Maksym, Sawa, Sylwan, Sylwana, Symeon, Więcesława, Zula, Zuzanna (Poland)
Leon (Romania)
Jaromír (Slovakia)
Eladio, Heladio (Spain)
Frida, Fritiof (Sweden)
Bentley, Blythe, Flavia, Flavian (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 49 of 2024; 317 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 7 of week 7 of 2024
Celtic Tree Calendar: Nuin (Ash) [Day 1 of 28]
Chinese: Month 1 (Bing-Yin), Day 9 (Ren-Zi)
Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025)
Hebrew: 9 Adair I 5784
Islamic: 8 Sha’ban 1445
J Cal: 19 Grey; Fryday [19 of 30]
Julian: 5 February 2024
Moon: 71%: Waxing Gibbous
Positivist: 21 Homer (2nd Month) [Aristophanes]
Runic Half Month: Sigel (Sun) [Day 10 of 15]
Season: Winter (Day 60 of 89)
Week: 2nd Week of February
Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 28 of 28)
Calendar Changes
Nuin (Ash) [Celtic Tree Calendar; Month 2 of 13]
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Holidays 2.18
Holidays
Armed Forces Day (Sierra Leone)
Clean Out Your Cubby Holes Day
Cold Day in Hell
Cow Milked While Flying in an Airplane Day
Critical Care Transport Nurses Day
Dale Earnhardt Remembrance Day
Day of Diplomatic Staff (Turkmenistan)
Day of Spenta Armaiti (Zoroastrian Goddess of Earth & Fertility)
Dialect Day (Amami Islands, Japan)
Don Luis Muñoz-Marín Day (Puerto Rico)
Enzo Ferrari Day
Flirting Day
Hertha Asteroid Day
Huck Finn Day
International Asperger’s Day
Island Languages Day (Amami Islands)
Kimathi Day (Kenya)
King Biscuit Flower Hour Day
Konudagur (Wife’s Day; Iceland) [1st Day of Góa]
Kurdish Students Union Day (Iraqi Kurdistan)
National Airboat Day
National Battery Day
National Democracy Day (Overthrow of Rana Dynasty; Nepal)
National Hate Florida Day
National Thumb Appreciation Day
Pluto Day
Rain Water Day (Chinese Farmer’s Calendar)
Rakali Awareness Day
Saidai-ji Eyo Hadaka Matsuri (Naked Festival; Japan)
Sepandārmazgān (Women's Day; Zoroastrian Iran)
Sleigh Day (French Republic)
Stained Glass Appreciation Day
Tacita (a.k.a. Rites of Tacita; Roman Silent Goddess)
Tanigumi Odori (Dance Festival; Japan)
Toni Morrison Day (Ohio)
Thumb Appreciation Day
University Mental Health and Well-Being Day (UK)
World Corporate Social Responsibility Day
World Information Architecture Day
Food & Drink Celebrations
Drink Wine Day
Eat Ice Cream for Breakfast Day
National Crab-Stuffed Flounder Day
3rd Sunday in February
Anthesteria begins (3 Day Festival of flowers, feast of the dead and drinking festival) [3rd Sunday]
Battle of the Oranges (Ivrea, Italy) [Sunday before Lent]
Biezputras Diena (Porridge Day; Ancient Latvia) [Sunday before Feb 23 or Feb 4]
Poverty Sunday [3rd Sunday]
World Whale Day [3rd Sunday]
Weekly Holidays beginning February 18
Aromatic Spectrum Awareness Week [thru 2.24]
Bird Health Awareness Week [thru 2.24]
Brotherhood / Sisterhood Week [thru 2.24]
Build a Better Trade Show Image Week [thru 2.24]
Engineers Week begins [thru 2.24]
National Justice for Animals Week [thru 2.24]
National Sauna Week [thru 2.24]
Through with the Chew Week (Chewing Tobacco) [thru 2.24]
Independence & Related Days
Democracy Day (Nepal)
The Gambia (from UK, 1965)
Manchurian Independence Day
Roscamistan (Declared; 2021) [unrecognized]
Festivals Beginning February 18, 2024
Aquaculture America (San Antonio, Texas) [thru 2.21]
Baklahorani Carnival (Istanbul, Turkey)
Daytona 500 (Daytona Beach, Florida)
NBA All-Star Game
Feast Days
Angilbert (Christian; Saint)
Aristophanes (Positivist; Saint)
Awen: The Three Drops of Inspiration (Celtic Book of Days)
Bernadette Soubirous (Lourdes, France; Christian; Saint) [also 4.16]
The Blue-Breasted Party Pigeon (Muppetism)
Colmán of Lindisfarne (Christian; Saint)
Duane Michaels (Artology)
Feast of Minerva (Ancient Rome)
Festival of Women (Ancient Persia)
First Sunday in Lent (Western Christianity) (a.k.a. ...
Buergbrennan (Traditional Burning of Bonfires; Luxembourg)
Invocabit (Lutheranism)
Paisee Sunday
People's Sunday (Malta)
Publican Sunday
Quadragesima Sunday
Flavian of Constantinople (Christian; Saint)
Fly-By for Faeries and Elves (Shamanism)
The Fornicalia (a.k.a. The Feral; to the God Manes; Ancient Rome)
Fra Angelico (Christian; Saint)
Frank Miller Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Geltrude Comensoli (Christian; Saint)
Helladius (Christian; Saint)
Ishtar’s Day (Pagan)
Ivrea Carnival begins (Ivrea, Italy) [Saturday before Lent; thru Monday]
Len Deighton (Writerism)
Leo and Paragorius (Christian; Martyrs)
Leone Battista Alberti (Artology)
Louise Comfort Tiffany (Artology)
Max Klinger (Artology)
Navel Appreciation Day (Pastafarian)
Rites of Tacita (Goddess of Silence; Ancient Rome)
Simeon of Jerusalem (a.k.a. Simon; Western Christianity)
Spenta Armaiti (Festival of Women; Zoroastrian)
Theotonius (Christian; Saint)
Toni Morrison (Writerism)
Wallace Berman (Artology)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Perilous Day (13th Century England) [10 of 32]
Sakimake (先負 Japan) [Bad luck in the morning, good luck in the afternoon.]
Tycho Brahe Unlucky Day (Scandinavia) [10 of 37]
Unglückstage (Unlucky Day; Pennsylvania Dutch) [10 of 30]
Premieres
The Big Broadcast of 1938 (Film; 1938)
The Big Rock Candy Mountain, by Wallace Stegner (Novel; 1943)
Bringing Up Baby (Film; 1938)
Constantine (Film; 2005)
The Cuphead Show! (Animated TV Series; 2022)
A German Requiem, by Johannes Brahms (Requiem; 1869)
Good Vibrations, recorded by Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys (Song; 1966)
The Henpecked Rooster (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1944)
The High and the Flighty (WB MM Cartoon; 1956)
The House of Seven Gargoyles (Animated TV Show;Jonny Quest #23; 1965)
I Am Number Four (Film; 2011)
The Invincible, by Stanisław Lem (Novel; 1964)
Just Ask Jupiter (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1938)
The King of Comedy (Film; 1983)
Kiss, by Kiss (Album; 1974)
Kitbull (Pixar Cartoon; 1933)
Lake Titicaca (Disney Cartoon; 1955)
Learn Politeness (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1938)
The Lion’s Busy (WB LT Cartoon; 1950)
Local Hero (Film; 1983)
Mickey’s Pal Pluto (Disney Cartoon; 1933)
Mickey’s Surprise Party (Disney Cartoon; 1939)
The Missing Mustache or Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 258; 1964)
No Jacket Required, by Phil Collins (Album; 1985)
Mister Roberts, by Thomas Hegel and Joshua Logan (Play; 1948)
Pilgrim’s Progress, by John Bunyan (Novel; 1678)
The Pirates of Penzance (Film; 1983)
Porky’s Tire Trouble (WB LT Cartoon; 1939)
Reality Bites (Film; 1994)
The Richest Man in Babylon, by George S. Clason (Book; 1926)
Rumble (Animated Film; 2022)
Samson, by George Frideric Handel (Oratorio; 1743)
Schultze Gets the Blues (Film; 2005)
Severance (TV Series; 2022)
Sick Cylinders (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1929)
Trombone Trouble (Disney Cartoon; 1944)
Uncharted (Film; 2022)
The Villain’s Victory Dance or The Jig is Up (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 257; 1964)
What’d I Say, recorded by Ray Charles (Song; 1959)
The Whole Nine Yards (Film; 2000)
Zorba the Greek, by Nikos Kazantzakis (Novel; 1946)
Today’s Name Days
Constanze, Simon, Simone (Austria)
Bernarda, Šimun (Croatia)
Gisela (Czech Republic)
Concordia (Denmark)
Karita, Karme, Karmen, Rita (Estonia)
Kaino (Finland)
Bernadette (France)
Constanza, Simon, Simone (Germany)
Agapitos, Leon (Greece)
Bernadett (Hungary)
Cinzia, Claudio, Simeone (Italy)
Indra, Kintija, Konkordija, Kora, Vizma (Latvia)
Bernadeta, Gendrė, Lengvenis, Simeonas (Lithuania)
Frode, Frøydis (Norway)
Albert, Alberta, Albertyna, Fryda, Konstancja, Krystiana, Maksym, Sawa, Sylwan, Sylwana, Symeon, Więcesława, Zula, Zuzanna (Poland)
Leon (Romania)
Jaromír (Slovakia)
Eladio, Heladio (Spain)
Frida, Fritiof (Sweden)
Bentley, Blythe, Flavia, Flavian (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 49 of 2024; 317 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 7 of week 7 of 2024
Celtic Tree Calendar: Nuin (Ash) [Day 1 of 28]
Chinese: Month 1 (Bing-Yin), Day 9 (Ren-Zi)
Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025)
Hebrew: 9 Adair I 5784
Islamic: 8 Sha’ban 1445
J Cal: 19 Grey; Fryday [19 of 30]
Julian: 5 February 2024
Moon: 71%: Waxing Gibbous
Positivist: 21 Homer (2nd Month) [Aristophanes]
Runic Half Month: Sigel (Sun) [Day 10 of 15]
Season: Winter (Day 60 of 89)
Week: 2nd Week of February
Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 28 of 28)
Calendar Changes
Nuin (Ash) [Celtic Tree Calendar; Month 2 of 13]
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airlock said: I suppose the thing that really could drive a rift between Catherine and some of the more prim-and-proper jagen clubbers is how she genuinely enjoys fighting – like, in an AU setting where nobody is fighting as a job, would that mean Catherine is still going around picking bar fights and coming home 4 AM leaving Shamir to treat her barstool bruises and beer bottle cuts?
Yeah, that’s just it. If they’re all jostling elbows in the Askr canteen it’s not such a problem (especially not with actual bloodthirsty wackos like FE7!Karel and such underfoot for comparison), but in modern-day NYC, Catherine is TOTALLY picking fights in the bar when the others just want to enjoy their beer & karaoke in relative peace.
(Sounds great, plz add Catherine to FEH k thx)
Alois kinda has the opposite problem, somewhere deeper than all the dad jokes; he’s good at knighthood, but it’s also more or less been thrust upon him from early childhood by Jeralt – some tidbits, especially his endings, make it pretty clear that he’d be happier if he retired and went on to do something more wholesome, like start a bakery or run an orphanage. I suppose modern AU Alois just has a shitty day job but is a family man first?
When I worked for the Power Company I had a co-worker who just... walked out of the control room one day and went to be a sheep farmer. No lie. But yeah, modern!Alois is totally longing for something that isn’t the cop life or the FBI life or whatever. Or running the electrical grid. :)
As for gilbert, all I have to say is “[seth voice] I can excuse walking off on your family, but I draw the line at walking off on your liege” “[titania voice] you can excuse walking off on your family?” … come to think of it, I’m sure Finn’s thoughts on the walking off on your family situation would be a great deal further complicated by him having gone through that whole lachesis and nanna situation
Oh god I can totally hear the Seth and Titania voices. I mean, Seth would kinda squirm inside when confronted by Gilbert’s backstory because Seth knows what a knight is Supposed to Do and he knows deep down in his basest desires he wants some improper things, so what would Mr. Silver Knight actually do in some kinda no-win situation? This is the shit that keeps Seth up at night. As for Finn... yeah. He’s in zero position to side-eye anyone wrt to duty over family, but as The Guy who basically embodies one of the two things Gilbert is fail at (specifically, the ‘protecting your l’il orphaned liege and tryna make sure he grows into a good future king and not a feral boar’), Finn knows how much his own life sucks and tbh might look at Gilbert and think “huh, Gilbert ran off to take holy orders... wait, that’s an option? you can just... LEAVE?”
Because bailing on the world without a forwarding address is in the cards and we know it even if the characters don’t.
Wow, what a messed-up bunch of people.
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Chemistry & Conservation: Chapter 11 - Conversations, or We Could Be Happy
Rey knew he’d see the scars. How could he not as he was the one washing her. That had been on purpose. She washed him and he washed her. She didn’t like talking about it, but it was going to come out eventually, especially if they spent as much time naked together as Rey was hoping, and she wanted it over with. He’d been honest with her about his past, his struggles with his parents and his uncle. The pressure others put on him. His panic attacks. She wanted to share her past with him too. It was a freeing feeling, she mused, wanting to share her past pain with another person. Finn was aware of a bit of it, had pieced some things together, but had never had the full story.
“Rey, what is this?” Ren asked, his voice both concerned and angry at whoever had done this to her. He ran his fingers over the silvery marks that were scattered across her back.
Rey shook her head. “Not now. After,” Rey said, turning her face up to the warm spray. Ren reached around her, pulling her close.
“I can’t rinse off all the soap if you do that,” Rey laughed after a moment.
“I like you soapy,” Ren said, kissing her neck teasingly.
Rey elbowed him gently in the stomach. Ren let go, tickling her sides as he did so. Rey turned and laughed, trying to push him.
Eventually, she got all the soap off, and they both got out. Rey threw him a towel, and they went about drying themselves off. Rey wrapped the towel around her and went to the small linen closet. She pawed around a shelf where she kept extra toiletries. Finding what she was hunting, she tossed it to Ren. He caught it reflexively. It was a brand new toothbrush.
“I keep the ones they give me at the dentist,” Rey said.
“Practical,” Ren said, tearing open the package. They went about brushing their teeth, drying each others hair. Rey took Ren’s towel as he went back into the bedroom, putting on his clothes from last night. Rey walked out to find him sitting on the bed, watching her. She blushed as she made her way to her dresser, naked.
“You’re adorable when you’re embarrassed, Rey,” Ren told her.
She threw him a chastising look over her shoulder as she pulled on clean underwear. She fastened her comfy Saturday bra and sought out her favorite baggy sweats and a fitted tank top. She chose to forego the zip up hoodie.
Ren thought she’d never looked more beautiful. Her hair was still a mess from the shower, her sweats riding low and her tank top riding high enough to show a bit of her taut midriff.
“God, Rey,” Ren breathed.
Rey quirked an eyebrow. “What?” she asked, picking up some clothes and throwing them in the hamper.
“You’re beautiful.”
She looked away, blushing again. Ren pushed himself off the mattress, pulling her into a brief kiss.
Rey looked him in the eye. “You’re not so bad looking either,” she said, reaching up and running her fingers through his damp hair.
Ren broke into a broad grin. He’d always considered himself awkward and unappealing. But the way Rey was looking at him now, well, it made him feel like she might just be right.
Rey’s stomach decided to grumble just then, making them both laugh.
“Come on,” Rey said. “Kitchen’s this way.”
“I know,” Ren replied. “I found it last night.”
Rey went about making a pot of coffee while Ren declared he was making eggs and toast. He was much better at cooking eggs that she was, Rey had to admit. Every time she tried to make fried eggs, they ended up scrambled. He could even crack eggs one handed, a skill Rey seriously envied.
They were sitting at Rey’s dining room table dipping their toast into perfectly runny egg yolk when there was a knock at the door followed by a clicking of the lock.
“Does your landlady always just barge in like that?” Ren asked. “Because you might want to do something about that for the future,” Ren continued, a devilish gleam in his eye.
Rey gave him a light smack on the arm as Mrs. Lao poked her head in the door. “Good morning, Mrs. Lao,” Rey said cheerfully.
“Good morning Miss Kitty Kat,” Mrs. Lao replied in her stern grandmother voice. “This young man brought you home in quite a state last night!” she said, pointing to Ren.
“I’m sorry to have woken you, Mrs. Lao,” Ren said apologetically.
Mrs. Lao waved her hands. “I just wanted to make sure he didn’t try and take advantage of you!”
“Excuse me,” Ren said, getting up to get a glass of water. Rey had turned a spectacular shade of red, and he was in danger of laughing his ass off.
“No no no, Mrs. Lao! He was a perfect gentleman.”
“Good,” Mrs. Lao replied succinctly. “You,” she declared pointing at Ren again, “You treat my Rey nice Mr. Ren Solo!”
“I have no intention of doing otherwise, Mrs. Lao,” Ren said gravely.
She nodded and shut Rey’s door.
“My mom would like her,” Ren said.
“I’m sorry, Mrs. Lao is really protective. I’ve lived here since I moved almost six years ago, and she thinks of me like a granddaughter.”
“Don’t be sorry. It’s nice to know you have someone looking out for you.”
“You have no idea,” Rey replied, her eyes growing dark.
Taking the cue, Ren picked up their empty plates, rinsing them in the large farm style sink before putting them in the dishwasher. Rey had moved to the couch, stretched out across its length. Rey bent her knees so he could sit beside her, hugging them close to her chest.
“Rey, you don’t have to talk about this if you don’t want to. If you’re not ready to,” Ren said gently.
Rey shook her head. “I want to tell you. It’s just hard.”
Ren nodded, remaining quiet, letting her sort herself out.
Rey decided the best way to go about it was to be straightforward, emotionless. “My parents died when I was seven. They were alcoholics, among other vices. My dad was a beater, my mom was a yeller. After they died, their dealer, Plutt, took me before Social Services found out. He made me tag along with his runners, and I was beaten bloody when I refused. I should have left then, but I couldn’t. I was frozen. It wasn’t until I woke up in the middle of the night and saw Plutt with his pants around his ankles standing next to my sleeping mat that I fought back and bolted. I kept an iron frying pan next to my mat, under some blankets. I swung at him and knocked him over so I could hit him in the head. I grabbed whatever I could and ran. I was eight.
“I made my way to another city, getting rides in the backs of trucks from nice farmers on their way to markets or wherever. One particularly nice man, a Mr. Jinn, drove me most of the way once I got out of Niima. He dropped me off at the outskirts, and I never saw him again. I borrowed his last name. I lived on the street until I was ten. Finn found me on his way home from school one day. He gave me his extra sandwich from lunch. He came back later with his father, Mitch, and mother, Marie, who brought me some dinner. They asked me to come with them, but I wouldn’t. They brought me food for a couple weeks, getting me to trust them. Winter came, but I still wouldn’t go. One day, they found me unconscious and took me to their home. I guess I was non-verbal at that point, and I reminded them of a feral cat when I woke up. Since they couldn’t get a name out of me, they called me Kitty. Finn still calls me that. And Mrs. Lao because she heard Finn call me that once and it stuck.
“I came around in time, started talking again, told them my name. I felt more comfortable around Finn’s mom, and she would take me with her when she went to teach at the university in town, since I was afraid to go to school alone. It was there that I guess they decided to have me tested by the university. Finn’s mom taught an advanced math class, and I did better than half the students on the tests and assignments. She’d given me the extras to doodle on, but I would complete them instead. She’d start getting assignments from colleagues and giving me those.
“After about a year, a team determined I had the critical thinking and analytical skills necessary, and they brought me in under a special program. I’m sure it was just a coincidence that it was good PR for the university. I graduated when I was sixteen and went right into my master’s program there, conservation and medieval studies with some chemistry classes thrown in. I completed both at eighteen, and got my doctorate in chemistry one month shy of twenty-three. I came here when I was twenty-one to finish.”
As she finished, Rey realized tears were pouring down her face. The release had felt good, like a weight was off her back.
“For so long, I felt like nothing, even after Mitch and Marie took me in and raised me alongside Finn. Sometimes, it creeps back, the feeling. I wish I could get rid of it, but it’s always there.”
Rey sighed and looked at Ren. He was facing her, his knees pulled up too, like they were bookends on her couch. He was watching her intently, his fingers steepled on his knees. “That was a lot to lay on you. I’m sorry,” Rey said, wiping her eyes. “I push people away. I don’t trust them. For some reason, I trust you. I don’t want to push you away, Ren.”
Ren said nothing at first. He was overcome with anger at the people who’d hurt her and admiration for her perseverance. He couldn’t think of anything to say that wouldn’t sound trite. Instead, he leaned forward, one leg on the floor, one stretching out, pulling Rey to him so she was between him and the couch cushions, her head resting on his chest. He held her gently, one hand cradling the back of her skull, the other holding her side. He whispered to her, “You’re not nothing. Not to me, not to anyone. And you couldn’t push me away now, not even if you tried. Don’t be sorry. Never be sorry.”
Rey settled into the space he made for her, resting her arm on his chest, clutching his shirt. She sighed deeply, starting to drift off as he played with her hair. Soon enough, they both fell asleep, not sure where they were going, but content that they’d started off right.
***
Rey felt something cold and wet in her hand. She twitched her fingers, and whatever it was started licking her palm. One eye cracked open, and she found herself staring into BB’s bright brown eyes. The Shiba Inu gave her his trademark silly grin, and jumped, placing his front paws on Ren’s chest in an effort to reach Rey’s face.
Ren was startled awake, inhaling sharply. “What the hell?” he asked sleepily, looking at the dog currently trying to climb onto him to get to Rey.
“Should we come back later or…” Poe asked, amused.
Rey and Ren sat up, scrambling apart. BB was yipping excitedly. Finn, Poe, and Rose were standing in front of them, bemused expressions on their bright faces.
“Does everyone walk into your apartment, Rey?” Ren asked her.
Rubbing her eyes, Rey muttered, “Finn why did I give you a key?”
“For emergencies,” Finn smirked.
“We just wanted to check on you, Love,” Rose said. “We hadn’t heard from you in awhile.”
“I’m fine, you guys. I’ve just been…” Rey wasn’t quite sure how to finish that sentence.
“Busy?” Finn offered helpfully.
“Yeah,” Rey replied.
“So who’re you?” Poe asked, looking at Ren.
“Uhh, Ren Solo,” Ren said, standing to shake Poe’s hand.
“No shit? You’re in the Chem department right?”
“Yeah. You’re in Engineering?”
“Yeah, man! We all are, actually. Well, except Rey here.”
“And you two are sleeping on the couch together because you’re nap buddies?” Finn asked sarcastically, cutting to the chase.
Rey glared at him. Finn just smiled broadly.
“We’re actually, umm…” Ren replied, looking at Rey.
Rey looked at him, and smiled, reaching for his hand. “Together,” she finished. Ren smiled back.
Rose clapped her hands in front of her face, stifling a ‘squee’ sound.
Poe nudged Finn, “Told you she had a guy.”
Finn rolled his eyes. Looking at Rey, Finn said, “Look, we actually came over to ask if you wanted to get lunch, not interrogate you and your new boyfriend. That was a bonus.”
“You’re welcome to come, Ren! I mean, Doctor Solo,” Rose added brightly.
“Ren. And yeah, I could eat,” Ren shrugged. “Thanks.”
Rey looked from Ren to her longtime friends. The only three people who had stuck with her through the years. She was overcome with a swell of feeling for them. She smiled and said, “Sure, just let me change.” As she walked to her room, BB following at her heels, she wiped away the happy tears that had formed in her eyes.
***
Ren settled in comfortably with Rey’s friends after the interrogation he’d been expecting. They’d sat at the patio at Maz’s that day so BB could join them. Maz even brought BB a bowl of water and a plain burger cut up into pieces.
“Are you that Ren Solo? The chemistry genius and son of Leia Organa-Skywalker and Han Solo?” Yes, I’m THAT Ren Solo.
“Is it true your dad ran a covert rescue op and that’s how he met your mom?” That’s the short version, yes.
“Isn’t your uncle the Chair of the History Department?” Yes.
“You know if you break Rey’s heart or hurt her in anyway, we’ll kill you?” Understood. And I have no intention of doing so.
“Bark!” Pat pat belly rub.
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Armed Forces Day (Sierra Leone)
Clean Out Your Cubby Holes Day
Cold Day in Hell
Cow Milked While Flying in an Airplane Day
Critical Care Transport Nurses Day
Dale Earnhardt Remembrance Day
Day of Spenta Armaiti (Zoroastrian Goddess of Earth & Fertility)
Dialect Day (Amami Islands, Japan)
Don Luis Muñoz-Marín Day (Puerto Rico)
Enzo Ferrari Day
Flirting Day
Great Back Yard Count begins (North America) [until 2.21]
Huck Finn Day
International Asperger’s Day
Kimathi Day (Kenya)
King Biscuit Flower Hour Day
Konudagur (Wife’s Day; Iceland) [1st Day of Góa]
Kurdish Students Union Day (Iraqi Kurdistan)
National Airboat Day
National Battery Day
National Democracy Day (Overthrow of Rana Dynasty; Nepal)
National Hate Florida Day
National Thumb Appreciation Day
Pluto Day
Rain Water Day (Chinese Farmer’s Calendar)
Rakali Awareness Day
Saidai-ji Eyo Hadaka Matsuri (Naked Festival; Japan)
Sepandārmazgān (Women's Day; Zoroastrian Iran)
Stained Glass Appreciation Day
Tacita (a.k.a. Rites of Tacita; Roman Silent Goddess)
Tanigumi Odori (Dance Festival; Japan)
Toni Morrison Day (Ohio)
Thumb Appreciation Day
University Mental Health and Well-Being Day (UK)
World Corporate Social Responsibility Day
World Information Architecture Day
Food & Drink Celebrations
Drink Wine Day
Eat Ice Cream for Breakfast Day
National Crab-Stuffed Flounder Day
3rd Saturday in February
Barley Wine Day (San Francisco) [Saturday before Presidents Day]
Community Pubs Week begins (UK) [3rd Saturday through 4th Saturday]
International Restaurant Day [3rd Saturday] (also May, Aug & Nov)
National Black Movie Day [3rd Saturday]
Red Sock Day [3rd Saturday]
Saturday before Ash Wednesday [Wed., 6 Weeks before Easter] (a.k.a. ...
Carnival begins (Brazil, Malta)
Carnaval de Barranquilla (a.k.a. Barranquilla's Carnival; Colombia)
Carnival Saturday
Egg Saturday
Shopping Cart Saturday (New Orleans) [Saturday before Mardi Gras]
World Pangolin Day [3rd Saturday]
World Whale Day [3rd Saturday]
Independence Days
The Gambia (from UK, 1965)
Roscamistan (Declared; 2021) [unrecognized]
Feast Days
Aristophanes (Positivist; Saint)
Bernadette Soubirous (Lourdes, France; Christian; Saint) [also 4.16]
The Blue-Breasted Party Pigeon (Muppetism)
Colmán of Lindisfarne (Christian; Saint)
Festival of Women (Ancient Persia)
Flavian of Constantinople (Christian; Saint)
The Fornicalia (a.k.a. The Feral; to the God Manes; Ancient Rome)
Fra Angelico (Christian; Saint)
Frank Miller Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Geltrude Comensoli (Christian; Saint)
Leo and Paragorius (Christian; Martyrs)
Navel Appreciation Day (Pastafarian)
The Prophet’s Ascension (a.k.a. ...
Al Isra et Al Mirage (Djibouti)
Isra and Miraj (Kuwait)
Isra Mikraj (Brunei)
Isra’ Mi’raj Nabi Muhammed SAW (Indonesia)
Leilat al-Meiraj (Comoros)
Maha Shivaratri (South Africa, UK, US)
Miradji (Matotte)
The Prophet’s Ascension (West Bank and Gaza)
Rites of Tacita (Goddess of Silence; Ancient Rome)
Simeon of Jerusalem (a.k.a. Simon; Western Christianity)
Spenta Armaiti (Zoroastrian)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Butsumetsu (仏滅 Japan) [Unlucky all day.]
Perilous Day (13th Century England) [10 of 32]
Tycho Brahe Unlucky Day (Scandinavia) [10 of 37]
Unglückstage (Unlucky Day; Pennsylvania Dutch) [10 of 30]
Premieres
The Big Broadcast of 1938 (Film; 1938)
Bringing Up Baby (Film; 1938)
Constantine (Film; 2005)
The Cuphead Show! (Animated TV Series; 2022)
Good Vibrations, recorded by Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys (Song; 1966)
I Am Number Four (Film; 2011)
The King of Comedy (Film; 1983)
Kiss, by Kiss (Album; 1974)
Kitbull (Pixar Cartoon; 1933)
Lake Titicaca (Disney Cartoon; 1955)
Local Hero (Film; 1983)
Mickey’s Pal Pluto (Disney Cartoon; 1933)
Mickey’s Surprise Party (Disney Cartoon; 1939)
No Jacket Required, by Phil Collins (Album; 1985)
Mister Roberts, by Thomas Hegel and Joshua Logan (Play; 1948)
The Pirates of Penzance (Film; 1983)
Reality Bites (Film; 1994)
Rumble (Animated Film; 2020)
Schultze Gets the Blues (Film; 2005)
Trombone Trouble (Disney Cartoon; 1944)
Uncharted (Film; 2022)
What’d I Say, recorded by Ray Charles (Song; 1959)
The Whole Nine Yards (Film; 2000)
Today’s Name Days
Constanze, Simon, Simone (Austria)
Bernarda, Šimun (Croatia)
Gisela (Czech Republic)
Concordia (Denmark)
Karita, Karme, Karmen, Rita (Estonia)
Kaino (Finland)
Bernadette (France)
Constanza, Simon, Simone (Germany)
Agapitos, Leon (Greece)
Bernadett (Hungary)
Cinzia, Claudio, Simeone (Italy)
Indra, Kintija, Konkordija, Kora, Vizma (Latvia)
Bernadeta, Gendrė, Lengvenis, Simeonas (Lithuania)
Frode, Frøydis (Norway)
Albert, Alberta, Albertyna, Fryda, Konstancja, Krystiana, Maksym, Sawa, Sylwan, Sylwana, Symeon, Więcesława, Zula, Zuzanna (Poland)
Leon (Romania)
Jaromír (Slovakia)
Eladio, Heladio (Spain)
Frida, Fritiof (Sweden)
Bentley, Blythe, Flavia, Flavian (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 49 of 2023; 316 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 6 of week 7 of 2023
Celtic Tree Calendar: Luis (Rowan) [Day 28 of 28]
Chinese: Month 1 (Jia-Yin), Day 28 (Ding-Wei)
Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)
Hebrew: 27 Shevat 5783
Islamic: 27 Rajab II 1444
J Cal: 19 Xin; Fiveday [19 of 30]
Julian: 4 February 2023
Moon: 4%: Waning Crescent
Positivist: 21 Homer (2nd Month) [Aristophanes]
Runic Half Month: Sigel (Sun) [Day 10 of 15]
Season: Winter (Day 60 of 90)
Zodiac: Aquarius (Day 29 of 30)
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Holidays 2.18
Holidays
Armed Forces Day (Sierra Leone)
Clean Out Your Cubby Holes Day
Cold Day in Hell
Cow Milked While Flying in an Airplane Day
Critical Care Transport Nurses Day
Dale Earnhardt Remembrance Day
Day of Spenta Armaiti (Zoroastrian Goddess of Earth & Fertility)
Dialect Day (Amami Islands, Japan)
Don Luis Muñoz-Marín Day (Puerto Rico)
Enzo Ferrari Day
Flirting Day
Great Back Yard Count begins (North America) [until 2.21]
Huck Finn Day
International Asperger’s Day
Kimathi Day (Kenya)
King Biscuit Flower Hour Day
Konudagur (Wife’s Day; Iceland) [1st Day of Góa]
Kurdish Students Union Day (Iraqi Kurdistan)
National Airboat Day
National Battery Day
National Democracy Day (Overthrow of Rana Dynasty; Nepal)
National Hate Florida Day
National Thumb Appreciation Day
Pluto Day
Rain Water Day (Chinese Farmer’s Calendar)
Rakali Awareness Day
Saidai-ji Eyo Hadaka Matsuri (Naked Festival; Japan)
Sepandārmazgān (Women's Day; Zoroastrian Iran)
Stained Glass Appreciation Day
Tacita (a.k.a. Rites of Tacita; Roman Silent Goddess)
Tanigumi Odori (Dance Festival; Japan)
Toni Morrison Day (Ohio)
Thumb Appreciation Day
University Mental Health and Well-Being Day (UK)
World Corporate Social Responsibility Day
World Information Architecture Day
Food & Drink Celebrations
Drink Wine Day
Eat Ice Cream for Breakfast Day
National Crab-Stuffed Flounder Day
3rd Saturday in February
Barley Wine Day (San Francisco) [Saturday before Presidents Day]
Community Pubs Week begins (UK) [3rd Saturday through 4th Saturday]
International Restaurant Day [3rd Saturday] (also May, Aug & Nov)
National Black Movie Day [3rd Saturday]
Red Sock Day [3rd Saturday]
Saturday before Ash Wednesday [Wed., 6 Weeks before Easter] (a.k.a. ...
Carnival begins (Brazil, Malta)
Carnaval de Barranquilla (a.k.a. Barranquilla's Carnival; Colombia)
Carnival Saturday
Egg Saturday
Shopping Cart Saturday (New Orleans) [Saturday before Mardi Gras]
World Pangolin Day [3rd Saturday]
World Whale Day [3rd Saturday]
Independence Days
The Gambia (from UK, 1965)
Roscamistan (Declared; 2021) [unrecognized]
Feast Days
Aristophanes (Positivist; Saint)
Bernadette Soubirous (Lourdes, France; Christian; Saint) [also 4.16]
The Blue-Breasted Party Pigeon (Muppetism)
Colmán of Lindisfarne (Christian; Saint)
Festival of Women (Ancient Persia)
Flavian of Constantinople (Christian; Saint)
The Fornicalia (a.k.a. The Feral; to the God Manes; Ancient Rome)
Fra Angelico (Christian; Saint)
Frank Miller Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Geltrude Comensoli (Christian; Saint)
Leo and Paragorius (Christian; Martyrs)
Navel Appreciation Day (Pastafarian)
The Prophet’s Ascension (a.k.a. ...
Al Isra et Al Mirage (Djibouti)
Isra and Miraj (Kuwait)
Isra Mikraj (Brunei)
Isra’ Mi’raj Nabi Muhammed SAW (Indonesia)
Leilat al-Meiraj (Comoros)
Maha Shivaratri (South Africa, UK, US)
Miradji (Matotte)
The Prophet’s Ascension (West Bank and Gaza)
Rites of Tacita (Goddess of Silence; Ancient Rome)
Simeon of Jerusalem (a.k.a. Simon; Western Christianity)
Spenta Armaiti (Zoroastrian)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Butsumetsu (仏滅 Japan) [Unlucky all day.]
Perilous Day (13th Century England) [10 of 32]
Tycho Brahe Unlucky Day (Scandinavia) [10 of 37]
Unglückstage (Unlucky Day; Pennsylvania Dutch) [10 of 30]
Premieres
The Big Broadcast of 1938 (Film; 1938)
Bringing Up Baby (Film; 1938)
Constantine (Film; 2005)
The Cuphead Show! (Animated TV Series; 2022)
Good Vibrations, recorded by Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys (Song; 1966)
I Am Number Four (Film; 2011)
The King of Comedy (Film; 1983)
Kiss, by Kiss (Album; 1974)
Kitbull (Pixar Cartoon; 1933)
Lake Titicaca (Disney Cartoon; 1955)
Local Hero (Film; 1983)
Mickey’s Pal Pluto (Disney Cartoon; 1933)
Mickey’s Surprise Party (Disney Cartoon; 1939)
No Jacket Required, by Phil Collins (Album; 1985)
Mister Roberts, by Thomas Hegel and Joshua Logan (Play; 1948)
The Pirates of Penzance (Film; 1983)
Reality Bites (Film; 1994)
Rumble (Animated Film; 2020)
Schultze Gets the Blues (Film; 2005)
Trombone Trouble (Disney Cartoon; 1944)
Uncharted (Film; 2022)
What’d I Say, recorded by Ray Charles (Song; 1959)
The Whole Nine Yards (Film; 2000)
Today’s Name Days
Constanze, Simon, Simone (Austria)
Bernarda, Šimun (Croatia)
Gisela (Czech Republic)
Concordia (Denmark)
Karita, Karme, Karmen, Rita (Estonia)
Kaino (Finland)
Bernadette (France)
Constanza, Simon, Simone (Germany)
Agapitos, Leon (Greece)
Bernadett (Hungary)
Cinzia, Claudio, Simeone (Italy)
Indra, Kintija, Konkordija, Kora, Vizma (Latvia)
Bernadeta, Gendrė, Lengvenis, Simeonas (Lithuania)
Frode, Frøydis (Norway)
Albert, Alberta, Albertyna, Fryda, Konstancja, Krystiana, Maksym, Sawa, Sylwan, Sylwana, Symeon, Więcesława, Zula, Zuzanna (Poland)
Leon (Romania)
Jaromír (Slovakia)
Eladio, Heladio (Spain)
Frida, Fritiof (Sweden)
Bentley, Blythe, Flavia, Flavian (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 49 of 2023; 316 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 6 of week 7 of 2023
Celtic Tree Calendar: Luis (Rowan) [Day 28 of 28]
Chinese: Month 1 (Jia-Yin), Day 28 (Ding-Wei)
Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)
Hebrew: 27 Shevat 5783
Islamic: 27 Rajab II 1444
J Cal: 19 Xin; Fiveday [19 of 30]
Julian: 4 February 2023
Moon: 4%: Waning Crescent
Positivist: 21 Homer (2nd Month) [Aristophanes]
Runic Half Month: Sigel (Sun) [Day 10 of 15]
Season: Winter (Day 60 of 90)
Zodiac: Aquarius (Day 29 of 30)
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