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littleveltyoung · 4 years

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Okay, I finally comment this post your ask @lloyd-chr-not-found. Not really all my headcanons, I’m a person who pass on a message at most, I will try my best to write less radical content or original words/meanings

Very long stuff

Oh, your idea about Nomicon protects Randy from getting evil is same as my friend Wanzi’s idea. She and I discussed this topic before: she inferred the Sorcerer’s balls are combinations of negative magic, I inferred the balls came from the Land of Shadow

“Toxic” (http://aminoapps.com/p/4jpxu0) Howard’s desires are too simple, or the other persons aren’t strong enough, so it’s fine for them to touch the balls. Only the person whose mind is high-level evil can use the balls and gain his power

But if the theory is true, Randy ought to has a dark side. According to NomiRandy (well, this one is kind of different from mine about how NR be born, old post) Nomicon seals up Randy’s dark side, so Randy is unlikely to be bad/stanked/evil. And this can explain why Howard and Randy haven’t been bad/stanked/evil; even though they are often angry and sad. McFist is often unhappy, only has been stanked in S1E49. Viceroy seldom is seen upset, even he doesn’t get stanked when he is crazy to burn the Norrisville in S2E13.

Plus, Bucky is sad but the Sorcerer isn’t online in S2E10, lol

And I talked with her again on July 29th, or talked more:

I mentioned Mac Antfee, who might be driven by profits and go far away from the road of "justice", he isn’t evil, either. He is eager for ninja powers to help him do selfish things. He didn’t remember he was a ninja until Randy’s big mouth told too much, and Howard did open the Nomicon, Mac Antfee has mind-wiped; he is a good guy by nature, he plans to make a fruit salad and drop it by the orphanage on the way

Yep, he’s a permanent nicewad. -Howard Weinerman

Man Gong as Mac Antfee’s sidekick, he does remember. Perhaps, the only persons who not mind-wiped all the time are the ninjas’ sidekicks?

Nomicon is not always right

Every ninja who was chosen by Nomicon has a few “problems”, I’ll explain this topic below

Wanzi expounded Mac Antfee is not evil, he just can’t let it go; like his desire is becoming a ninja, the powers of ninja can’t be given by the Sorcerer’s balls, and he is nothing for evil

Actually, what if it’s hard for Randy to let ninja identity go, so Nomicon will be “nice guy” to mind wipe all of the ninjas. The Sorcerer wants others to be stanked in order to satisfy their desires firstly (consulting LeVander Hart in S2E7)

Nevertheless, the blackspot is that there are too many desires or can’t be realized, consulting “toxic” Howard wishes a lot of things in S2E45

Well, she said Randy has a dark side who put in confinement in the Nomicon. Huh, my idea is not same as her, lol

In short, the theory is the Qi of Chinese Kung Fu, she pointed out: The first thing to do in Qigong is to calm your Qi, otherwise you will be possessed by the devil (this old post was talking something about Qi)

Oh, she said since you guys didn't listen to the Oriental version, in that way, she told a Western version-- Jungian psychology. She is a big fan of this

I'm going to be confused by technical terms (nomenclatures) in bilingual way. “Self” is “ID” meaning??

People have ID, ego and superego. We assume that Randy's ID, ego and superego get along well, in that case, Howard, for example, he's ego is very strong

The power of the Sorcerer is to control ID with ego. “Ego” represents “desire”. “ID” represents a side that “the Sorcerer’s (or the others) kindness and harmlessness, wronged also dare not resist, can only laugh at his own joke (“Self-high”? “Amuse himself”?)”. “Superego” can represent what a person wants to be

The reason why Randy is not under bad/stanked/evil control and has no dark side is because his ID, ego and superego, all of them have a wish—becoming an excellent ninja. This self-realization is very pure, so there is no external force to vacillate

Without doubt Randy can also be addicted to power or fame, but motivation (desire) never changes

Julian and the Sorcerer’s motivation are not too pure, which is the motivation of evil. That's why there's a dark side. Julian has a bit antisocial personality naturally. Do you expect him to have no dark side? (He informed against his Klubers to create stanked monsters in S1E22)

Every one has a dark side. ✔

Everyone’s dark side is same as the Sorcerer and Julian’s. A huge mistake ✘

She complained American sociology is still a basic course. Dark triangle personality theory is a required course in sociology

Ninjas who were chosen by Nomicon have a few “problems”:

Mac Antfee left stanked Dickie in the freezer to get back to the prom night, which is an irresponsible thing left to future ninjas

About the ninja of 2005’s one of fight styles, he makes me think Brawn Brickwall’s noogie (in S2E26)

He said bluntly that Randy would be a ninja because there’s only been one ninja, for 800 years, and the ninja was he. It would be Nomicon pretend an ordinary book not magic book can talk with him, so Nomicon didn’t tell him?

Randy Cunningham, is anyone remember he was somewhat violent as a child? He was trying to chop Marci’s head off not apron. Randy, he didn't break the school rules, did he? He made a good score in school record, did he? Although Randy didn’t review something more than Howard did, his text score as good as Howard’s in S2E39. He has a great capacity for learning

Do you know how many times Randy has respected McFist? I can count two times: S1E15, S2E24. “Mr. McFist.” Aw, I’m dead for this

They've done a great job as ninjas. Thinking of Bash, Julian, Doge and so on those classmates of Randy. Randy is really one in a million. People need to grow up, otherwise why Nomicon has so many lessons? You guys want to talk to me Nomicon is perfect??? Please, didn’t I say that before?

Add a reason Randy is not a sleepwalker (It’s too hard to find, dang it) : Howard is just used to watching the unusually things by Randy did. (Well, Wanzi said Randy’s sleepcoat got a reference from Mr.Snoozleberg’s sleepcoat) If Randy sleepwalked, Howard’s big mouth would definitely tell Randy. Also, it turns out that Randy was surprised to learn that he was sleepwalking for the first time

If Randy and Howard get a physical fight: Howard is too lazy to fight, or Randy doesn’t want to hurt him (S2E4) because Howard is his BFF. It's impossible to fight

What if be hostile to Randy, he has won three times in the show. The worst case scenario—Fighted wih NomiRandy (S1E50), Howard turned into a monster by consuming too many soupsicles (S2E4), Howard drank Viceroy’s evil genius juice and got smarter (S2E31)

In fact, no one can win because of the Howard’s mastermind. He is really experienced “toxic” guy, merely he is lazy so he rarely uses it. His laziness hinders all aspects of development

Wanzi thinks Howard will really be the second McFist in the future (S1E39), when McFist died and no one inherited him (talking McFist and Viceroy post)

Howard’s punch line is very, very low, he likes Wiener fight with gloves made of buns and rough special efficiency cartoon figures, for example. His appreciation of the beauty is poor: He takes the voice of shoob/booo as support (S2E23), his dad’s ashtray given by him is a strange thing (S2E30). Is that a face?

But at least he is a man of principle, he thought “Nomicon” was ninja code for “bathroom” in S1E4. Furthermore, Howard’s skills are fabulous, climbing the rope in S1E9, playing crazy chess in S1e27, has a greatest destructive force in S1E47

A tip: Howard's attitudes between what he thinks disgusting in the show itself and what in the bloopers varies considerably (RC9GN Blooper Reel Featuring 'The Creep)

To be honest, Howard still saved Randy’s butt several times. He rolls anyone’s eyes except Randy. Howard still behinds Randy’s back. Their friendship is true

Maybe Howard will go to drama school, he is very good at making up reasons, lol

About this, she and I both think it's a discrimination (like someone said there never been a female Ninja for 800 years. Duh)

You’re tagging Randy is an Asian

Disney just has a right to air Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, it doesn't mean it “belongs to”. The two cartoons are made by different studios and companies, read Wikipedia clearly, please. Well yeah, some of settings in two cartoons are so similar

Uh, my friend totally feels unfriendly with speaking Chinese moments in Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, their speaking are stinks. Of course, she made an example about Kung Fu Panda TV Shows, such as “ǖǘǚǜ” Pinyins are hard to speak out, “shan/san” are hard to speak clearly if you do not distinguish them

Okay, thank you for reading those “nonsense” stuff, and sorry for subtitles in screenshots

#RC9GN #randy cunningham: 9th grade ninja #randy cunningham 9th grade ninja #randy cunningham #howard weinerman #rc9gn theories

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professionalamateurblog · 5 years

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What are you up to now, Qi? (Nanbaka Fic)

Scenario: It’s the very next day after the Building Five fiasco. Everyone’s a mess, Qi is up to something and Upa’s too tired for this shit.

Upa was the lightest sleeper he had ever known. And he hated it.

Have fun trying to get to sleep when just the slightest bit of noise brings you back into consciousness and you have to start over. It was a good thing his cellmates didn’t snore or he might have ended up murdering them by now.

They were actually pretty good when it came to keeping quiet for him. Which was nice of them, he supposed. But even with their cooperation, he still struggled to sleep most nights and that was infuriating to no end.

So when he heard the sounds of someone rising and shuffling about the cell, he immediately felt annoyed. He refused to open his eyes out of stubbornness. Instead, he opened his mouth to coax whoever it was that was up into going back to sleep so that he could too.

“Liang, really?” he groaned at the only person he thought it could logically be, “After all we went through yesterday, you’re up at this hour? Go back to sleep. It’s too early, even for us.”

“What are you talking about?” Came the sleepy, pillow muffled voice of Liang from directly below Upa’s bunk.

“Huh?” Upa’s eyes flickered open as he processed these words.

Something wasn’t right here.

There was only one other inmate in this cell besides Liang and him and Upa would have believed anything over that inmate being the first one up. Including the cell had been broken into. So Upa thought that it might be a good idea to actually look and see who it was, just to check there wasn’t some strange weirdo in the cell.

When he did, he saw something he didn’t think he’d ever see. His other cellmate, Qi. Up and dressed before anyone else.

“What are you up to, Qi?” Upa enquired immediately in the exact same what-did-you-do type of tone all people used if they knew a constant fuck up like Qi.

“Nothing.” Qi said, laid back as always, “Why, if I didn’t know better I’d say you were suspicious of me.”

“The fact that you are up early is very suspicious,” Upa deadpanned to the second laziest man he had ever met. No one topped Inori but Qi came very close.

His brow furrowed as he tried to come up with some decent theories on what Qi could be doing at this hour when his cellmates were asleep. Something he hoped to do without them knowing, that much was obvious, but what was a harder question to answer. He remained as calm and collected as ever as he puzzled it over. Or at least he would have, but the very first idea he came up with triggered him instantaneously.

“You better not be messing with my cactus!”

“Of course not. I promised you I wouldn’t, didn’t I?” Qi smiled.

Whether he was flat out lying, being sarcastic or just teasing, Upa couldn’t tell. He wouldn’t put Qi passed any of them.

“Yeah right.” Upa scowled and got up to check on the prized gift from home. Moving from his bed to the table where it stood without placing a foot on the floor. “If you’ve so much as touched it, I’ll kill you.”

At this point, Liang had stirred. He looked nothing like the young man Upa would train with from six in the morning onwards. With dark circles under his eyes, his hair unbraided and messy and a grumpy expression on his face, he looked like a typical teenager who would be annoyed at such an early wake-up call.

He didn’t voice his annoyance, however. He opted instead to prop his chin up with his hand and observe the other two without a word. Because even if the timing was annoying, his cellmates bickering was still entertaining to watch.

One look at Liang and Upa went from being pissed off to having to turn away from him to hide his smile. He had never seen Liang look like that before and it truly was an amazing sight.

He would have laughed but that seemed like a childish thing to do. So he did his best not to. As a distraction (and a necessity, knowing Qi), he focused on his cactus. Picking it up and inspecting it thoroughly for the slightest sign of damage or tampering.

It looked to still be in perfect condition, so he supposed he’d let Qi get through the rest of the morning without being qigong blasted in the face.

He was happy with his inspection but he pretended he was still checking it over like he wasn’t sure. So he could keep stealing glances at Liang.

Qi noticed and smiled like he knew something Upa didn’t. He made his way over to Upa from the desk he was currently occupying and leaned in to share something just between them.

“That is one impressive bed head.” he whispered, referring to Liang’s wavy mane, “But not nearly as impressive as yours.”

Upa instinctively checked his reflection in the cell’s mirror and Qi chuckled when he recoiled at how much of a mess he looked.

They all looked bad. Like they hadn’t slept in days. But Upa looked like a zombie. Tired eyes looking much worse than Liang’s or Qi’s, thanks to his unfortunate skin tone and hair sticking out all over the place.

It had been years since he had seen himself and his cellmates looking so exhausted. And it shocked Upa because he had been so sure he never would again.

One thing was for certain, ever since Samon had been in charge, they had all definitely gotten much better at sleeping now that they had a safe place to. And it had shown on every single one of them and so many others.

Last night had probably been the first night they had spent in this room where the safety of it didn’t work its magic. But as the events of the last twenty-four hours played back in Upa’s mind, he knew last night had nothing to do with it. It was everything that had taken place yesterday that had put them in this state.

Enki escaping, getting captured, facing Hachiman again, fighting Hachiman, Hachiman fighting Nico, thinking Hachiman had killed Nico. That had only been for a moment but it was a moment too much.

Then there was seeing the bubbly, bright, annoyingly chatty and hyper but all-round kind and harmless person Upa knew as Nico disappear entirely and become overtaken with something else. Something that just wasn’t Nico.

And there was being forced to fight Rokuriki, a guard who respected them and Upa viewed as a friend.

And how could Upa forget the moment when Qi, the bastard, tricked him into thinking he’d betrayed him and sold him out to the pig. After all those years of sticking together and everything they had been through. Upa wasn’t going to forget that any time soon and he was going to make sure Qi didn’t either. He really was trash.

But even if he was trash, that moment when Nico attacked Qi. That was something Upa never wanted to see again.

They had gone through all that and still, there was all the emotional and psychological strain that came with being faced with, and reminded so heavily, of everything that had happened to them before they came here.

He was sure there was more he was missing but it was just too much to list off the top of his head. Far too much to deal with within a single day.

Come to think of it, it was no wonder they all looked the way they did. But they really were in a sorry state, if Qi was the best put together out of all of them.

Upa put down the cactus and picked up a brush at the thought. Deciding the very idea was a disgrace. He wasn’t sure what to do about the dark circles though. He knew nothing about makeup and even if he did, he was sure there were none on earth that matched his skin tone. So what could he do? Ask Samon if he had any white face paint?

“Why the hell are we up this early?” Upa asked Qi grumpily. Because apparently, that was an easier thing to solve than his bag problem.

He was aware that it probably wasn’t that early at all. With daylight breaking through the windows, it didn’t even look like it was that far off from the time Upa would normally get up. But right now, they all looked like they could have slept for a week.

“I don’t know.” Qi said. He was back at the desk now and his attention was almost entirely focused on mixing up a batch of who knows what with a mortar and pestle. “You’re the one who woke up.”

“You were the one who woke me up!” Upa said indignantly “And you still haven’t told me why you’re up.”

“I didn’t intend to wake you up. You did that on your own.” Qi remarked as he set his pestle aside and scooped out some of the contents of the mortar. Which turned out to be some kind of cream. He applied some under his eyes before walking up to Upa and doing the same to him.

The touch was not greatly received. Nor was Qi turning Upa to face him the way a parent would when wiping a smudge off their child’s face. Upa really did hate the way Qi would tend to him sometimes. Exactly as if he were his child. But for whatever reason, his protest was weak.

“That’ll take care of those panda eyes for you but it’ll work best if you go back to sleep. We’ve got about half an hour before wake up call but somehow, I can see Samon letting us sleep in today.” He explained before tossing a mortar, filled with eye cream, to Liang.

Qi’s two meticulously tidy roommates watched in horror for a moment, expecting the stuff to go flying everywhere. But somehow the bowl landed perfectly on Liang’s bed without spilling so much as a drop.

If he wasn’t above it, Liang would have flipped him off. Upa could tell just by the look on his face. Instead, he glared at Qi but showed some gratitude. Muttering a thank you before applying the cream himself.

“So is this what you were doing?” he asked Qi as he carefully set the mortar down on the floor, not even daring to attempt the same stunt Qi had. “Your usual chemist stuff?”

“Pretty much.” Qi shrugged.

“Making eye cream we wouldn’t need if we just got decent sleep?” Upa asked. He was still no less suspicious of Qi than when he had seen him, of all people, up and dressed before anyone else.

“That and other stuff.”

“I’ve never known you get up so early to work on something,” Upa said, not convinced at all, “You usually sleep in when you can and start working whenever. And given what yesterday was like, you should be comatose at the moment.”

“That is a good point.” Liang pondered, “Could you even be conscious right now if you had gone to sleep last night? Did you sleep at all?”

“There’s no way he could have stayed up without me knowing,” Upa remarked and Liang and Qi had had enough pillows thrown at them by the young inmate to know that was true.

“And there’s no way I’d still be standing if I pulled an all-nighter after the shit show that was yesterday,” Qi added before internally cursing himself and letting the random object he knew Liang would throw at him hit him. They did not curse in front of Upa. That was an unwritten law in cell 8.

Qi would have had to have been blind to not notice Upa’s scepticism. “I know that look, Upa. You still think I’m hiding something. Well, I’m not. This time, there are no secrets, no ulterior motives at all here. I just got up early because I felt like it.”

Liang and Upa just stared at Qi, making it clear on their faces that they didn’t believe that for one second.

Upa stared him down, analyzing every part of his face for any clues of his true intentions. It wasn’t just some kind of devious plot he could be hiding. Qi was one of those people who wouldn’t tell you if something was wrong with them. So if you wanted to know, you would have to find out on your own. Even though it was much easier for everyone involved if he just told them.

Qi looked tired and a little peaky but otherwise fine but Upa still wondered whether he was really alright. He may not have been the most injured out of them but he did risk the most by pulling that stunt with the enemy and man, did he take one for the team when Nico;

Oh yeah. That happened.

“How’s your shoulder?” He found himself asking.

“It’s fine. Nothing that time and some medicine can’t fix.”

Upa found himself gazing at the general area where Qi had been bitten. He was sure that Qi knew what he was talking about but he was there when the attack happened. He saw how much blood Qi lost and the severity of Nico’s bite. How Qi managed to keep calm during that could only baffle and amaze him. So despite Qi’s reassuring words and his superior medical knowledge, Upa still had his concerns. So he studied Qi further for anything out of the ordinary.

That was when he noticed that Qi wasn’t entirely dressed. The T-shirt he normally wore under his jumpsuit was missing. Leaving his chest underneath bare when it really shouldn’t have been.

“Shouldn’t you be bandaged?”

“I took them off so I could check on it. It’s fine but it is not something you guys want to see first thing in the morning. So gentlemen, if you’ll excuse me.”

Qi picked up some fresh bandages, always on hand when it came to Qi, and headed for the bathroom they shared.

“If you got up to check on your shoulder, why didn’t you just say so?”

Why indeed. And why was he so keen on keeping him and Liang from seeing his injury? They had seen their fair share of gory stuff. Surely, a nasty bite was nothing to them and Qi knew it. Instinct told Upa something wasn’t right and guided his movements. It drew him to Qi’s injured shoulder like a magnet.

“Hey! What are you doing?” Qi said in a seemingly playful tone as he found Upa hovering right next to his shoulder. He seemed playful but the way he pushed Upa, although gentle and lax, didn’t feel that way.

Qi’s defence over his shoulder only made Upa more certain that he needed to see it. He slipped past Qi’s arm and pulled at his collar to reveal the injury. Qi tried to pull him away but it was too late. He’d seen it.

One look immediately explained everything. Upa was looking at the absolute worst stitch-up job he had ever seen.

“WHAT is that?!” Upa yelled, stupified “Liang, do you see this?”

Liang was staring with his jaw dropped so evidently, he did.

“No way in hell is that Otogi’s work.” Upa voiced the obvious “If that’s an example of the healthcare we get in this prison, then I want out now because everyone here is fucked.”

“Language, Upa!”

“But it’s true!”

“It is.” Qi confirmed and lowkey defended his kind of foster child, “This is not Otogi’s work. I did it myself.”

Upa couldn’t believe what he was hearing.

“But you went to the infirmary. We all did. We all got checked over for injuries”

“And since there were so many people, Otogi was more than happy to take my word for it that I had already patched myself up. He even sent me round to check on some of the others.” Qi began an attempt at putting some reason to his madness.

“How?” Liang asked like he couldn’t believe it either, “We were with you every moment from when you were bitten to now. How could you have done this without us noticing?”

“Not every moment.” Qi admitted, “By the time we got to the infirmary, we found out what happened to Rock and everyone was still worried about Nico. While you two were occupied making sure they were okay. I slipped away and took care of this.”

Upa pressed his fingers into his temple like he had a bad headache. He did actually, that headache was called Qi.

“What were you thinking?” he demanded, “What did you use? The shitty reject thread from the sewing station? Speaking of which, we’ve worked at that station countless times. How is your sewing that bad?”

“It’s not.” Qi insisted, “This was just a bit of a rush job, that’s all.”

“Because you wanted to get it done before Liang and I noticed you were missing?”

“Um-hm.”

“Even though professional medical attention was right there?”

“Pretty much.”

In disbelief, Upa turned to Liang. At a loss for words, his hand gestures and facial expressions mimed, “Can you believe this idiot?”

Liang’s temple was resting on the palm of his hand so the answer was no. No, he couldn’t.

Upa raked his fingers through his hair. “Qi, why?!”

“No point in wasting the doctor’s time when I can do it myself.”

Liang facepalmed again.

“But you can’t do it yourself.” Upa exclaimed, “That’s obvious! Look at it! It looks dreadful.”

“It looks like my first attempt at sewing from when I was four.” Liang wimped in a voice that screamed, I’m done with the world.

“There was no reason for this.” Upa said, “Even though there were a lot of us and quite a few of us were hurt, Otogi would still have made time for you. It’s his job for god’s sake! And he’s not the only damn doctor in this place. I just don’t understand why you would do this. It makes no sense,”

“I told you, I just didn’t want to waste time. Especially when other people needed it more. It was just for the sake of convenience, that’s all.”

“For some reason, I think that is complete and utter bull-”

Upa was cut off when Liang threw a pillow at his head. It was only when it hit him and fell on the floor did Upa notice there was a book and a handgrip on the floor too. Both belonging to Liang. Wow, he truly was a tired wreck. His aim was terrible today.

“Nonsense.” he rephrased, resisting all temptation to flip Liang off, “That can’t be the reason why you did this. Not even you are that much of a dumbass.”

He paused to pick the pillow up off the floor and used it as a shield because he knew Liang would throw something else at him and he did.

Again, such a great temptation it was to flip Liang off. But he ignored Liang like he knew he should and didn’t let him distract him from the subject.

“So are you going to tell us the real reason why you did this or not?”

Upa had seen the look Qi had on him a million times. He knew there was no getting past his cellmates on this one. They were too smart for that. And if he didn’t know that by now, it was an insult. They knew there was something he wasn’t telling them and he knew they weren’t going to drop it until he told them.

“Okay okay,” he put his hands up and confessed, “I didn’t want the kid to see what he did. He probably would have blamed himself for it.”

That took Upa aback for a moment.

He knew he shouldn’t be surprised, that Qi would do something like this. Because after all, this was Qi. Who for all his faults, was admittedly a caring person. Actually, Upa didn’t think there was anyone else he knew who was more caring than Qi. It was what made him remarkably human. And not in the way that Hachiman “viewed” humanity but in the way that proved him wrong. Upa had no idea how, after everything Qi had done, but that still hit him like a train sometimes. Like it did right now.

“That’s an okay reason for being a dumbass,” Upa said, his voice notably softer, “But you’re still a dumbass. You could have gone back any time after Nico left. There’s no reason for us not to go there right now.

Before Qi could argue, Upa was up on his tiptoes, shouting through the bars of the cell door.

"Hey!” He called, “Rokuriki? Kokoriki? Youriki? Whoever’s out there right now, can you go get Gokuu Jian, please? I need to speak to him. It’s kind of important.”

“I’m right here.”

Upa heard the voice of Samon Gokuu himself. He hovered up off his feet to get a better look and there he was. Rounding a corner and walking right up to cell eight.

“What’s going on in there?” he asked, “I’m getting noise complaints from two floors up.”

“Qi’s been an idiot.” Upa cut straight to the chase, “Look.”

Samon approached the door to their cell and checked in on them through the bars. When he saw Qi, he became the third person to facepalm in the last few minutes.

“Oh my. Just. Aiya.” He said under his breath as he struggled to find words. Which was impossible because there were no words. He quickly dismissed trying as a lost cause and composed himself. He opened the cell door and pointed at Qi.

“You. Ass out of that cell. Now.” he commanded, “I’m taking you to the infirmary whether you want me to or not.”

“I’m coming too.” Upa announced, “If that’s alright.”

“Me too.” Liang said slipping out of bed and making his way over to his cellmates.

They all made their way out without a second thought. Not even sparing one to the fact only one of them was dressed.

“Not looking like that, you’re not.” Samon said as if they should have known better than to think he would let them step a foot outside in their pyjamas. And yeah, they probably should have.

“Number fifty-eight, get dressed. Two, same for you and fix your bed head. Seventy-one, get some shoes on. And all of you get that stuff off your faces. Seventy-one is making me look bad enough as it is. Hurry up, I haven’t got all day.”

“Yes, sir.” The three cellmates said in unison.

Upa and Liang scattered about the cell, speeding up their morning routines so that they would be ready in minutes. They quickly devised a system to save as much time as possible. Upa went into the bathroom to get changed while Liang tackled his hair.

Qi made about three movements and he was ready to go.

They all made it outside at a reasonable pace. Although be it without the usual style they normally had. As soon as they were out in open space, Liang chopped Qi hard on the top of is head.

“What was that for?!” Qi yelled indignantly, rubbing the spot where Liang hit him.

“Firstly, your stupidity.” Liang said cooly, “Second, Upa certainly didn’t learn language like that from me.”

“He’s in prison! How could he not learn it? We should be proud he doesn’t have the mouth of a sailor by now. And anyway, he’s not a baby, he’s-”

The bickering of Upa’s cellmates faded away in his mind as his thoughts tuned them out. He was still thinking about what Qi had said.

“He probably would have blamed himself for it.”

Qi was absolutely right about that. Upa hadn’t known Nico for very long but he couldn’t imagine him as someone who would wish to cause harm to anyone.

He was the least violent inmate he had ever come across. When he did fight, from what Upa had experienced, it was either to protect someone or to rise to a challenge with no real intent to harm. There was no violence in the way he fought. No aggression, no malice, nothing whatsoever that suggested a desire to hurt people.

So how would it have been for him if he found out if he had hurt someone?

What must it be like for Nico to turn into someone else who was exactly what he didn’t want to be? Violent, aggressive, malicious and even worse, dangerous?

And what must it be like to be powerless to stop it?

Was Nico even aware that part of him existed?

Would it be better for him if he didn’t know?

Was Qi trying to protect him from it?

"Thanks.” He found himself saying in the open air.

“It’s no problem.” Samon answered, “I’ll bet you want to see number twenty-five after we’re done, right? I can take you to see him if you like.”

“Oh.” Upa snapped out of his thoughts, flustered and awkward. He hadn’t realised he hadn’t addressed anyone in particular.

“Well, I do appreciate that, Gokuu Jian. Very much. But I was kind of talking to Qi. The whole reason he did this was for Nico.”

He explained Qi’s actions to Samon briefly but also made sure he got the thanks he deserved.

“Although, why he never requested to go back afterwards. And how he could even think leaving his wound in that condition would be acceptable. Those are beyond my comprehension.”

“And mine.” Samon agreed, “Still, that was a kind thing for Qi to do. I’m not sure what would have happened to Nico if he hadn’t stepped in. It’s good that you’ve given him some credit for it.”

“Yeah.” Upa supposed it was.

He looked up at Qi. The smile on his face was not one of smugness or pride but one of warmth. Upa couldn’t help but feel it in spite of how closed off he had tried to become. There was a word for a smile like Qi’s but Upa couldn’t quite put his finger on it. It was nice? It was comforting? Yes and maybe but neither of those were quite it. They weren’t the word he was looking for. Not exactly. It was.., he really thought about it, it was….it was homely. Yes, that was it. It was homely.

It was homely.

“Perhaps you’re not pure trash after all.” Upa said catching everyone off guard. Maybe even himself.

Qi looked surprised for a moment but then smiled again and placed a hand on top of his head.

“From you, I’ll take that as the best compliment I’m going to get.”

“You should.” Upa said but he couldn’t help smiling too.

He supposed this is what you would call having a moment. It was a good moment that couldn’t be ruined. Not even by what Qi said next.

“Does this mean you’ll let me near your cactus now?”

“Hell no.”

“Worth a try.”

#nanbaka #upa #liang #qi #nico #samon gokuu

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iamapoopmuffin · 5 years

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Fandom: Nanbaka/Corpse Party (crossover) Genre: Horror Characters: Hajime Sugoroku, Samon Gokuu, Kiji Mitsuba, Kenshirou Yozakura, Jyugo, Uno, Nico, Rock, Tsukumo, Liang, Upa, Qi, Honey, Trois, Musashi, Sachiko Shinozaki, Ryou Yoshizawa, Yuki Kanno, Tokiko Tsuji, Yoshikazu Yanagihori, Yoshie Shinozaki, Takamine Yanagihori, some OCs to take the role of Kizami later on instead of actual Kizami Includes major character death.

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The two inmates found their way downstairs. "This is kinda like a horror game I played once." Nico commented as they passed through the rotting halls filled with rotting flesh. "Or that anime where all the kids get chopped up by the bad guys, or this movie about a bunch of teenagers at a camp and there's a serial killer...only it's not as fun when it's so real. Horror games aren't so bad, because if it gets too scary you can just turn it off, and nobody actually dies when they're killed."

"I've not played a horror game before." Upa told him.

"You haven't? When we get back to the prison, I can show you my favourite! I have a few scary games on the console Kazari gave me! They're really cool, but sometimes I can't get through them because they're too scary. I bet someone all brave and strong like you can beat them, though, Master!"

"Well, I'm sure they're actually pretty simple. It shouldn't be hard at all."

"Hooray! It's a date then!"

He felt Nico give his hand a squeeze. He'd not realised they were still holding hands, but he didn't let go. If it kept Nico from running off, then that was fine by him. At least, that was fine until Nico shot forward, still clinging to his hand, and almost pulled him off his feet. "Hey!"

"What's this?" He'd pulled them over to a piece of wire strung up across the hall, barely visible from afar, but now they were close he could see it shining in the dim light. It was strung at roughly neck height, for Nico, and it looked sharp. Piano wire, perhaps.

"Piano wire. Don't touch it."

Nico reached out and poked the wire, then pulled his finger back like he'd been burnt. "Ow! That hurt!"

"I told you not to touch it!" Upa scolded, taking the injured hand to take a look at it. Nico's finger had been cut by the wire, predictably. God only knew where that thing had been. If he got tetanus or something from that wire, Upa would not be held responsible. "Duck under it, and don't touch it again." He pulled his hand away and pushed Nico under the wire before following him. As they walked down the hall, he thought he saw the older inmate reaching for his hand again, but brushed it off. Not too far away, they heard another scream. It got cut off suddenly, and the two of them stopped before turning the next corner. They decided to peek round instead of just walking, a decision they both reached without saying a word. Around the corner, between them and another flight of stairs, was a teenage boy lying motionless on the floor. Above him stood another spirit. This time, a little boy, younger than the girl they had seen before. He had both his eyes this time, but there was a blood stain across his abdomen. A deep wound. He also had a pair of scissors in his hand, and it looked like he was about to slice into his victim. The boy on the floor was already dead. "Do we try and circle back round or wait for him to leave so we can get past?"

"What about that guy?"

"He's dead. We don't know what those children are capable of, so it's best to avoid engaging them for the time being."

Nico nodded, and peeked back round the corner. "It's gone!"

"What's gone?" Upa looked as well, and saw what he meant. The spirit was gone, and the teenage boy's intestines had been pulled from his abdomen and spread across the ground.

"Is it safe to go past now?"

Honestly, Upa doubted it, but he nodded and led the way up the stairs regardless.

Upstairs, the boys passed the infirmary. Upa figured access to medical supplies would be useful, or at least comforting, even if they didn't know how to use them. Well, until they did need to use them, at least. When he tried to open the door, he found it locked. Typical. The girl they had seen getting stabbed was just around the corner, and still alive, but barely. She wouldn't last. They went up further, and came to a stop at the bathrooms. The boys' bathroom was boarded up. This seemed to be the topmost floor, and all there was to show for it. Nico strolled forward to the girls' bathroom.

"Supervisor?" Upa called as he followed the older boy in. It was easily clear that the room was empty, though. He watched Nico open the first three stalls, or at least try to. The first two were locked, though he was pretty sure no-one was in them, and the third swung open before Nico even touched it.

"Wow...Master, look at this!"

He did as told, coming to stand beside Nico and beside a dark stain on the floor. He wasn't sure what it was, but he didn't spare it much thought. More unusual than that was the interior of the third stall. In fact, he couldn't see a thing within it. The entire thing was pitch black. It didn't look right. It looked like a solid wall of darkness, if such a thing could exist. He was tempted to reach out and touch it. Nico stepped back and opened the fourth stall, then closed himself inside. Upa reached out to touch the wall of darkness, but stopped himself short. For some reason, he was afraid of it, but still curious. Then he looked down to the stain on the floor. He crouched down to examine it, brushing the tips of his fingers against it. It felt like damp or rot in the wood.

Suddenly, a searing pain carved through his temples. He shut his eyes tight and groaned. Why did his head hurt now? What was going on? And he couldn't breathe either. His throat was constricting. Like something was choking him and everything was going cold.

And then it was warm again. Not unpleasantly so. Like a blanket had been wrapped around him, and the pain was fading out fast. He could hear a voice. A semi-frantic nattering next to his ear.

It was Nico. Slowly, Upa opened his eyes and found with a jolt of surprise that he wasn't in the bathroom any more. He was back out in the hall, and Nico was practically hugging the life out of him.

"...Nico?"

"Master?" He pulled away and held the younger boy at arm's length, looking him over. "Are you okay? Are you back to normal?"

"Normal? What...?"

"You suddenly started screaming and saying weird stuff! It was like you were arguing with imaginary people, it was really scary. Then you ran out here and started shouting at the wall"

"I...did?" That sounded very strange. He noticed Nico's cheek was a bit red, like he'd just been hit quite hard. "What happened to your face?"

"Nothing!" He covered the mark with his hand and flashed Upa a bright smile. "Don't worry about it, I'm fine. Are you feeling better? What happened when I was using the bathroom?"

"I'm not sure." Upa admitted. "Last I remember, I was in pain, and couldn't breathe...I think that dark stain...is where someone may have died. But that doesn't explain my reaction to it."

Nico shivered slightly. "This is bad. It's scary here, maybe we should go back to the classroom."

Upa nodded and reached for Nico's hand again, turning to leave, when he noticed the piece of paper on the wall beside them. It had been there before. Posted neatly between the two bathrooms. It was a page from a newspaper report, but what caught Upa's eye specifically was the picture on the paper. The picture of the little girl with her hair tied in pigtails.

"Reports of another disappearance in Fujiwara." Upa read aloud. "11-year-old Yuki Kanno, pictured right, was last seen on Monday the 14th, at Heavenly Host Elementary school, in the company of friends and a member of staff. This is the third such disappearance in 10 days, leading local authorities to suspect serial kidnapping as the cause. Authorities are hoping for a speedy resolution as they search for the missing children."

"That's the little girl from before." Nico observed, jabbing the picture with his finger. He used the cut finger, leaving a small smear of blood behind.

"Looks like she was victim to a serial killing. The boy was probably the same."

"Now they're killing people..."

It made sense, he supposed. He supposed that if ghosts were real and had to deal with all they felt in death, a young soul could be driven to the edge of insanity or compelled to seek revenge.

Kiji clearly wasn't up here. The two of them decided to return to classroom 1-A, but barely got down the stairs before they heard the teenage girl from before. She had moved now, sat up, recovered a little. She was still bleeding. "H...hel...p"

This time, Upa went to her, crouched in front of her to examine the wound. He was pretty sure she wouldn't survive. "I can't stop the bleeding or take away the pain." He told her honestly while Nico wandered around nearby.

"Where...s...My eye?"

"On the floor, over there." He pointed, and heard a squelch from that selfsame direction. "Nico?"

"Um...I stepped on something."

The girl looked horrified. "M...mmmy..."

"He stepped on some glass. Your eye is fine." That was a lie.

"I'm really sorry!" Cried Nico.

"It's okay." He turned back to the girl. "What's your name?"

"Ruri..."

"Ruri. I can't help you. Neither of us can. The infirmary is locked."

"You could blast the door down, Master! With qigong! It's an emergency so it's okay, right?"

Upa frowned. "That would attract a lot of unwanted attention. And you know I'm not going to carelessly use that in front of you, we've spoken about the risks involved."

"But I've taken my medicine this time! Honest! I had an exam right before we went to the game room!"

"Even so, you're too easily influenced. We're going back to the classroom, like I said."

"Aww. But it would be so cool and heroic!"

"I don’t care. We are going back to the classroom, and that's that." With that decision, they walked back in the direction of the infirmary.

As they turned the corner leading to the infirmary, they caught a glimpse of blue as someone went inside. It was unlocked? Had someone come and unlocked it while they'd been upstairs? The two shared an uneasy look and walked up to the door. Through the wood, they could hear a deep voice.

"I have friends too. I think I'd do a lot for them. They're kind of like family to me, but I know they can handle themselves in a bad situation..."

Upa recognised that voice. It was definitely someone he knew. He pulled the door open and the talking stopped. The man sat on the infirmary bed turned to look at him as he walked in. Kneeling in front of the man, on the floor, were two ghosts. The girl with the pigtails, Yuki, and another little girl. Her head was missing from the jaw upwards. Upa could see down her throat. Her tongue was missing.

"Hi old man!" Nico yelled happily as he bounced in. Qi raised his hand in greeting.

"Hey, guys." He replied, like nothing was amiss. Then he addressed the ghosts again. "These are two of those friends I told you about. Girls, these are Upa and Nico. Guys, these are Yuki and Tokiko."

The children giggled in response to his words.

"Qi, what do you think you're doing, you idiot?" Upa snapped. "Get away from them! They're dangerous!"

The children suddenly went quiet. Qi shook his head. "They've just been through a lot. I'm sure you can understand." He reached for something at his side, and passed them a piece of paper. A clipping from a newspaper. He held it out to Upa and Nico, and the former took it hesitantly, and began reading aloud.

"Four children abducted - followup report. The brutal, shocking murders of the kidnapped youths have now been traced back to the teacher found in the room with them. The bloodied scissors he was holding are confirmed to have been used to remove the victims' tongues, ultimately leading to death through excessive bleeding or asphyxiation. One child even had the majority of her head slowly and methodically removed. The children, pictured above..." Another illegible part. Considering he couldn't make sense of that sentence or anything after it, Upa saw no point in reading on. The picture above the article was of four children, three girls and a boy. The girl with pigtails, sat in the room with them, was labelled 'Yuki Kanno, age 11'. The little boy, the one they had seen before, 'Ryou Yoshizawa, age 8'. The other two girls were 'Tokiko Tsuji, age 7' and 'Sachiko Shinozaki, age 7'. "Qi, you can't let pity be your main driving force here. These children may have been through a lot, but they are dangerous, as is this place. They can and will hurt you, and we have seen them kill people. It may be hard to believe, but you are in more danger now than you ever have been!"

"They won't hurt me now." Qi insisted.

"We have to leave. Come on."

He shook his head like a stubborn child. Ironic considering he was the oldest one in the room. Nico held out his hand now.

"Please come with us, old man. It's scary here. I want us all to be safe."

One of the little ghost girls reached out and tugged at the leg of Qi's jumpsuit, and he gave her a smile. "It's okay, I'm not going anywhere." He promised them. "I'm going to stay here with Yuki and Tokiko."

Upa was considering dragging him out the door at this point. This was stupid. Maybe if he wanted to stay here and get killed by murder ghosts, they should just leave him. It might upset Nico a bit, but that wasn't his fault. It was Qi who was being stupid, as usual. The older man was now starting a story, telling the two little girls a fairy tale he knew.

"Um...Old man Qi?" Nico asked, stepping closer. Yuki was watching him approach with her one eye. "Couldn't you just come help us for a little bit? There's someone upstairs who needs some medicine."

"If you don't come with us, we'll leave you here and we won't come back for you." Upa added as an ultimatum of sorts. The older inmate stopped his story and gave them a look, an almost pleading look.

"I'm sorry, guys. I can't leave them. I really can't."

Ah.

Upa gave a slight nod to show he'd understood, then took Nico's arm again and led him out. All the way, Nico argued.

"Wait, we can't just leave him there! What if he gets hurt?"

Once he'd shut the door behind them, Upa leaned against it and sighed. He dropped his voice so those inside the infirmary wouldn't hear.

"It's not that he doesn't want to leave. It's that he can't. That's what he said. 'I can't leave'. 'I'm not going anywhere'. 'They won't hurt me now'. I think that Qi thinks if he tries to leave, they'll hurt him. Considering what we've seen so far, I wouldn't be surprised if that was right. If he keeps them distracted and entertained, they won't hurt him. If he tries to leave them, they won't hesitate."

"So what do we do?"

He thought for a moment. "If we find a way to distract the children, something else to entertain them, then we can sneak Qi away or give him time to escape. But we might not have enough time to get something we can use."

"What about a video game? Kids like games, right?"

"Where are we going to find a video game?"

Nico dipped his hand into his pocket, and pulled out a yellow handheld console. "It's the one Kazari gave me after the New Years Tournament! It's got every game imaginable, so there's got to be something the girls will like, right?" He looked at the thing with a sad smile. "I don't really want to get rid of it, I really like it and I fought hard for it, and if I give it to them I won't be able to show you that game after all, but if it'll save one of my friends then that's more important! I'd rather have my friends to play with than a game and nobody there."

Upa nodded. "If you're sure. It might be worth a try."

Nico gave a firm nod and flung the door open again, bounding in, determined to save a life.

"We're back!" Nico shouted, holding his game console above his head. "Sorry to interrupt story time! Yuki, Tokiko, come check this out!" He went over and showed them the device, smiling all the way. "I really wanted to show you! It lets you play video games. It's got just about any video game you could want on it. I don't know what kind you two like, but there's lots! Here, if you press this button..." The spirits turned their attentions to him, letting him show them how to run the thing. Neither of them were looking at Qi now. Upa, stood by the door, beckoned the adult over, and Qi quietly, slowly edged off the bed and walked over to him, keeping his eyes on the ghosts the whole while. He let out a slight sigh of relief when he was at Upa's side. After a moment, Nico stepped away from the ghosts and joined them. The girls were still holding the console, and Yuki was playing a game on it. Their attention was solely on that thing. Once together, the three inmates turned and went to the door, figuring it would be best to leave now, before things could get any worse. Their priority was to get out of here alive.

#nanbaka #Victims With Numbers #Ages after writing this chapter I realised I forgot about Nico's infection thing #and that I could have written Upa better #so I rewrote a lot of this right before posting it #anyway have another update of this shit #aaaaand I swear we'll get to Rock and the ghost sight soon!#And also Uno and Jyugo will appear soon I promise!#these boys keep holding hands and hugging in these chapters #brain stop making this shippy please #god I want to be done with Upa and Nico soon #their personalities are so hard for me to pin down #Fact: Yuki Kanno is taller than Upa #by 4 or 5 inches #Also fact: By now I should have finished writing Chapter 6 but I haven't and now I'm getting anxious #Also fact: Upa doesn't need to play a horror game #his whole life is a horror game

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pinktatertots99 · 7 years

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nanbakaweek day 7- free day

Title: crime and punishment (note: this is the same name for a vocaloid song of the same name, crime and punishment.) Author: ME! (pinktatertots99/tates/taylor) Character(s): upa, samon gokuu, nico, hajime sugoroku, seitarro tantabata, rock, uno, jyugo, okina otogi, qi, liang. Pairing(s): implied nico x upa. also implied one sided. Rating: T for swearing and death. Warnings (if there are any): character death. Summary: he never thought this day would come. he never thought it would happen. and to think that it happened because of him.

the clinking sound of samon's pole lightly tapping the bars of cell 8's door window resounded as he got up on his tip-toes to peer into the room.

“inmate 58.” he called out. At the sound of his number, upa slowly lowered himself to the ground, his shoes making a light 'tap' sound. He turned around from the window he was meditating in front of and looked over at his mentor.

“yes?” he asked, walking over to the door, stopping at a good distance so that it wouldn't hit him. Samon opened the cell door and pulled out a pair of handcuffs.

“i need you to come with me to my office.” he answered. Upa nodded and reached out his wrists to be handcuffed. Upa was curious about what the other wanted, and he could sense that whatever reason samon needed him was important, but he refrained from asking, knowing that samon would tell him once they got to his office.

As they entered the office, upa was seated in front of the desk and samon had seated himself behind it. The supervisor looked down and clasped his hands together, looking irresolute. Silence filled the room for a bit, causing upa's curiosity to heighten. Whatever it was, was causing samon to not act like his usual self.

The supervisor finally spoke up “it's about building 13's inmate 1325.” he said. Upa raised a brow that was hidden thanks to his hat. If this was about nico, than why did they have to talk about it in the office?

“he...passed away, last night.” samon said.

Somewhere in a black abyss was a cement wall. Strong and sturdy. One that could dish out whatever the world could give it. Suddenly, without any warning, a small crack appeared.

Upa's eyes widened slightly. This wasn't something he was expecting. Yet in the back of his mind he knew it would only be a matter of time before nico died of something, most likely due to his illnesses.

“you've been invited to see his body.” samon resumed, surprising upa. “do you want to go?”

“...yes.” upa responded. He found the request odd, but he decided to comply. It would probably be the last time he saw the other.

As the two left the building and got onto the speed bullet train that would take them to building 13, upa's thoughts started to wander to the last time he saw nico alive.

'as he was running on the track, the familiar coughing sound that he grown used to started up. Upa groaned in annoyance as he stopped to look behind himself. The green haired boy was bending down, clutching his chest. He took deep breathes in and coughed them out. Upa walked over to him, looking displeased. If nico wasn't feeling well why did he even come? Upa had told him multiple times to not come if he wasn't feeling well. But it wasn't much of a surprise that he would come no matter what. Nico was very persistent on training with his master.

“sorry...master.” nico apologized, breathing between his sentences. “I'll...catch up...with yo-”

“no you won't.” upa stated. “your obviously not well. You shouldn't have come here.”

nico looked down, guilt displayed on his face. upa took nico's hand and started walking away from the track.

“master?”

“we're going to the infirmary.” he answered. Despite the fact he wasn't sure if the cough was contagious or not, he didn't want to take any chances. That and there were no waiting rooms in prison, so the infirmary was the second option.“I'll inform one of the guards there about your current situation and have them look for your deputy supervisor. Then, you can leave.”

“but master...”

upa just ignored his student's complaining.

upa was suddenly brought back to reality once he and samon reached building 13's infirmary. Upa felt weird. He didn't remember walking all the way here. samon un-cuffed upa's wrists and they both entered to room. The guards were whispering with each other on the right of the room, until the door opened. Upa noticed that the deputy supervisor didn't have his usual smile. He looked over to where the nico's cellmates were. All three were sitting on a couch on the right side of the bed, trying their best to not look forward and see the corpse on the bed. The skin under their eyes looked red, showing that all three were crying at some point. Upa was relieved that he hadn't come while everyone was crying; it was just so awkward to be around crying people.

Upa made his way to the left side of the bed. It was uncanny to see the usually hyper active nico laying down on the bed, not moving or breathing. He didn't know why exactly, but he grabbed nico's bandaged hand into his own. His hand slowly going towards the bandaged wrist and putting two fingers on the pulse. Yep, he was dead.

“y'know, it wouldn't kill you to show some emotion or something.” upa looked up to see the one who made the sudden interjection, rock. The hefty inmate had his arms crossed, a look of hostility on his face. Upa let go of nico's hand,and just stared at burly inmate, unreactive at the others disturbance. He decided to return his attention back to nico. Something had caught his eye. Popping outside of nico's mouth were different colored flower petals. All ranging from red to white to various shades of blue. He picked up a stray cyan petal that was on the bed and held it at eye level. Was it?...

“hanahaki disease.” upa turned around to face okina otogi, the one who confirmed his suspicion. “an illness caused by one-sided love. Patients couch up or throw up flower petals, until they clog up the respiratory system and windpipe.”

“wait. Isn't there a surgical procedure that gets rid of it?” samon asked. “why didn't he have the surgery?”

“the procedure gets rid of all feelings for the person he had a one-sided love for.” hajime replied. “he didn't want to get rid of those feelings.”

upa looked back at nico, miffed. “That idiot. he could've lived if he had taken the surgery. Instead he decided to keep his feelings for someone who could never reciprocate the same feelings for him, and look at what that got him...What was he expecting? a happy ending?”

“IF ALL YOUR GONNA DO IS NOTHING AND SAY SHIT LIKE THAT THEN-”

“ROCK!” uno suddenly cut off rock's outburst, putting a hand on his shoulder. The gambler looked down, his body shaking.

“don't...just-” before he could say anything else, he glanced at the deceased body on the bed. He suddenly got up off the couch and walked quickly out of the room, barely voicing an “ 'scuse me.” rock followed quickly after, calling for uno to come back. Hajime also left the room, commenting that “just because your grieving doesn't mean you can leave without permission, idiots.”

after the three of them left, jyugo got up off the couch and walked over to the jiang shi.

“um...” he started awkwardly. “sorry about that. Rock's...kinda not dealing well with nico's death.”

“why are you apologizing for him?”

“well..i just..don't want you guys to be mad at each other...or something.”

“if he really feels bad for what he said, then he can come and apologize to me himself. Also mourning the loss of someone doesn't give him the right to blowup at me for no reason.”

“oh...”

both just stood there for a bit.

“um...” the raven haired teen began. “i...actually came over to tell you something.”

“what?” upa snapped. The longer he was here, the more annoyed he was at everyone.

“remember when the doctor told you about the disease? About it being caused by one-sided love?”

“yes...”

“before nico died, he told us who the person he loved was.”

“and?”

there was a pause before jyugo responded.

“it's you. He loved you.”

the cement wall's crack began to enlarge.

upa's eyes widened, and he looked down taking this new information in. He looked down. “oh.” was his only reply.

Jyugo did a double take at the response, but he didn't say anything. He wasn't the person to ask why the other wasn't reacting like how someone else would react. After all, some of the responses he made during certain situations weren't exactly 'normal' responses anyone else would make. Upa had walked away from the teen to see samon.

“samon-san, can we leave now?”

samon sighed, “yeah, alright.”

“um...excuse me?”seitarro queried towards upa, just as samon was currently busy handcuffing the inmate. “inmate 25's funeral is scheduled to be in three weeks, and you've been invited to it.”

“okay.” upa answered. Now wasn't the time for any of this.

“i-i can e-mail you the date i-if you like.” the bluenette directed towards the marsupial supervisor. Samon nodded in agreement. After that, the two left. Upa barely gave a glance at the two cellmates who had disappeared earlier, as they were in the hallway weeping, with hajime taking the time to smoke.

On the train ride to building 5, upa's mind went back to the memory from earlier.

the two of them were in the infirmary. Nico was currently swilling a water bottle that was handed to him earlier. Upa had already asked the guards to find yamato, so while they were looking for the exercising addict, the two stayed put. Nico's lips let go of the bottle with a 'pop' and sighed.

“hey master.”

“hmm?”

“i like you,”

“you tell me that every time we meet.”

“i can't help it, it's the truth! I like it when you train and fight and use qigong. And I like your personality too! I like how calm and cool you can be and I also like when your not any of those and you show more emotions, like when we play games and you get all mad or when we hang out with the others and your all happy and stuff and and-”

before nico continued he started coughing again. On instinct, upa put a hand on the middle of nico's back and rubbed and patted it out of comfort. After the green haired boy's coughing fit was over, he looked over at upa with appreciation for the support.

“i just...i just admire you SO MUCH.”

suddenly the otaku lunged upa, embracing him in a hug. The jiang shi was going to push the other away but decided not to and let the other boy hug him.

“i really like you master.”

“i know that. Like I said you say it every time we see each other.”

“i really REALLY like you.”

upa just nodded and “mmhmm”ed in response. He was slightly perplexed by the other boy's continual praising. The sudden outburst of a familiar laugh resounded in the room as nico let go of upa and got up to meet yamato at the entrance.

“I'll see you when your better.” upa asserted

nico looked back and smiled. “OKAY!” he shouted, and left.

That was the last time the two spoke. Upa found it ironic that they would meet up again after that. After upa was escorted back to his cell, both of his cellmates looked at him, curiously. Upa decided to inform his cell mates on what happened.

The three weeks before the funeral were of average pace. Although it seemed everyone wanted to annoy him with the same “how are you?” or “are you okay?” questions. It was driving him crazy. Everyone seemed to be concerned over how he was dealing with nico's passing. Considering the fact that he destroyed his emotions long ago, and that he had been de-sanitized to death, it was difficult for upa to feel any emotions related to certain tragic events. During those three weeks, upa hadn't felt anything about nico's death, however with each passing day he would remember a certain memory involving either nico or both of them.

As the days went on the crack got bigger and bigger,

Some he didn't even know he would remember. Everyday these memories would visit him, and at night he would remember the last time they both saw each other.

and soon the wall started to leak small droplets.

The day before the funeral upa had just gotten back to his cell after meditating in the garden. the door closed shut with a loud 'chink'. All of a sudden, without warning,everything seemed to drop onto upa all at once. The realization that nico was dead. He would never come back. And that he died because of him. All the memories they had whirl pooled in his mind.

The small droplets turned into a small stream Sliding down the wall

He started breathing fast.

The stream turned bigger and bigger, the pressure creating more cracks in it.

He clenched his chest tight, as his heart was beating rapidly. Breathing heavily,His body was shaking. He suddenly felt small pricks of tears on the edge of his eyes. They started falling down his cheeks.

The water had broken through the wall. The once indestructible wall was destroyed.

All of his emotions that he assumed he had murdered long ago had come back full force.

His shaking legs had given out. he was now sitting on his knees sobbing. Face looking down on the ground. His breathing turning into hiccups. The tears streaming down his cheeks onto the floor And snot coming out of his nose traveling to his mouth. He found it disgusting but right now that disgust was at the back of his mind. His hands were lost. They went back and forth from clutching his chest to laying on the floor. He barely registered qi and liang rushing over to him, launching a barrage of questions asking what was wrong, but their voices sounded muffled through his ears. Upa's wandering hands finally found something to grab a hold on; qi's purple jumpsuit. His eyes along with his cheeks were burning, and his head hurt. He didn't stop crying though. He felt a comforting hand rubbing his back. Comfort he didn't deserve. He felt that this was all his fault. He could've done something. Even if there was nothing he could do, he still felt like he could've at least notice the signs. He felt so stupid not noticing them.

He started to calm down, taking deep breathes. “i...” his voice was scratchy from crying. “i...I'm...I'm an idiot.”

the stomping of boots echoed through the loading dock as the officers carried nico's coffin to the ship. He was to be buried in the U.S. Cemetery. Everyone had come and all the inmates were given black suits for the occasion.

Samon was standing with the other supervisors on the left and looked to the right side of the dock, keeping an eye on cell 8 but also quickly checking to see how upa was doing. The younger still had burning red skin under his eyes. He cried the day before and didn't stop till much later and even then he had heard from the other two that they heard sniffling in his coffin. Another thing samon heard of was that he started a coughing fit though he assumed maybe it was from the crying at first. But this morning qi and liang had told him that he was still coughing, so he assumed then that the poor kid caught a cold or something. Even now he can hear the other muffling his coughs. Man, what a day to get sick on. Yet it felt like an irony since inmate 25 was always sick.

All of a sudden he heard hacking coming from their location and one large one that made him look over, thinking the other threw up. His eyes widened though as he looked over. He threw up but it wasn't stomach acid. He could see red and green on the floor of upa's feet and it looked like he was holding something. What sold samon though was qi and liang's reactions. They were both crying with qi bending over and liang holding onto upa's shoulder as if he'd fall without the support. Upa had in his hands different shades of green flower petals with some having tips of blood on them.

What scared samon the most about this was upa's reaction. He could see a small smile curve it's way onto him. He looked...genually happy. Almost content by this. Upa looked down at the petals and then up at the sky, thinking.

“guess I will be seeing you again.”

#nanbakaweek #day 7 #day seven #nanbaka #fanfiction #writing

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1001aus · 7 years

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So I’m being attacked by plot bunnies about a universe where Maglor ends up being part of the Je’daii and sort of follows the Order up through the OT??? It’s part of a group of works that I’m sort-of writing, sort-of world-building where Maglor ends up in the “modern world” in a variety of series where the focus (for me, at least) is on how the different circumstances and amount of time passed has affected his character.

(Incidentally, there is also a planet called Arda in Star Wars. It’s near Felucia and Yavin.)

Anyway, this has resulted in a lot of world-building for the Je’daii other than stuff on the wiki like “they exiled heretics to the moon until they got their shit together.” And so, I present to you:

When the Tho Yor went around picking people up, each one took a different route, which resulted in an early association of certain races with particular temples. (One might expect the Nautolans to be connected to Mahara Kesh because it’s in an ocean, but ironically it’s Vur Tepe.)

Telepathy was one of the first force skills the Je’daii figured out because no one could communicate. Even that might have taken them awhile if not for some help from the Dai Bendu.

The choosing of a new Temple Master was an internal affair to the relevant temple almost without exception. This is true of most temple matters, actually. In order for the High Council to step in regarding temple matters six of the other eight Temple Masters/Councillors had to agree that something was wrong or the temple in question had to specifically petition for aid.

Each temple has it’s own process for choosing new Temple Masters. At Mahara Kesh, it was common that the Temple Masters were theoretical masters of force healing who weren’t actually powerful enough for the more intensive procedures. That meant that they knew what the temple needed, but that their focus on administrative matters didn’t tie up a talented healer. Vur Tepe had similar criteria.

Rangers and Masters could switch around between temples, but the title of Master tended to be connected to a single temple. This was because being considered a “master of the force/teachings” was connected very strongly to which part of the teachings one specialized in. This really only got mentioned when the Masters in question were away from their particular temple. Otherwise everyone just assumed Master Whatsherface living at Qigong Kesh was good at force manipulation and Master Whatshisname at Stav Kesh was great with a sword.

A Master is only eligible to be Temple Master at a temple which’s teachings they are a recognized master of. Generally they also had to be living at or near the temple.

It was possible to be a Master at multiple temples, but very rare.

After Akar Kesh, the Masters of Padawan Kesh get the most respect because they are in charge of teaching the next generations and needed to have at least a basic mastery of most of the topics taught at the academy.

The Temple Master of Akar Kesh is the traditional head of the High Council. (In the PT this is Mace Windu who is Master of the Order, but as the council isn’t spread out among multiple temples anymore it functions slightly differently.)

The High Council was both a unifying force for the Je’daii and also a political unit for dealing with those outside the Order.

Je’daii Journeyers traditionally visited Akar Kesh last as a symbolic recognition of the importance of balance. Otherwise the route taken and the order in which the temples were visited was left entirely up to each individual.

Padawan Kesh tried to avoid “graduating classes” as the Journey is meant to be an intensely personal thing about finding one’s place in the Order and in the Force. They didn’t want groups travelling out and leading someone to choose what they think they should rather than what suited them.

The Journey was generally to be taken on foot where possible, though mounts were permissible.

The Journey typically started some time shortly before one reached the age of adulthood for their race.

Lightsabers are a relatively modern invention. The first lightsabers weren’t created until well after the Force Wars and weren’t practical for use in battle.

And specifically regarding this story:

Maglor was totally the first to start teaching people telepathy. It comes naturally to elves and, as he was the only one to board the Tho Yor that came to Arda, no one speaks any language he knows.

This is the same Tho Yor that the Nautolans were on, that eventually became Vur Tepe.

The elven name for everything beyond their planet being Avacúma (trans. Forbidden Void) resulted in a general cultural taboo against leaving the planet. This continued on well past the end of the Third Age and means that space travel is generally Not Done by natives. Visitors tend to get side-eyed.

This means that technically Arda never joined the Republic, though their disinterested policy on galactic politics means that not only is this a fact rarely remembered, but that it keeps them out of the limelight.

Maglor knew when he boarded the Tho Yor that it was unlikely he would be able to return even if he left for ten thousand years. Even ignoring the long memory for his crimes, “wandering Avacúma” is an act associated with Morgoth and considered to be the source of the Dark Lord’s defiance and evil.

Spacers are very unpopular and considered suspicious for reasons beyond the general assumption that they’re all smugglers and pirates.

One might expect there to be fighting over mithril as a valuable ore, but it’s actually almost entirely unknown to the wider galaxy. This is in part to to its rarity and the fact that (like beskar) it’s near unworkable, but mostly it’s because mithril is mined and worked exclusively by Dwarves and they don’t generally trade it away. Mithril pieces owned by other races were generally gifts. None have ever been gifted to non-Ardans.

Ardan politics have always been very environmentally conscious and hostile to industrialization. Pictures of factories invoke stories of Mordor, Angband, and Utumno to them and they don’t want to invite in anything like the Blacklands or corporate corruption.

When technology finally did become common on Arda, it was only the greenest of Green technology. Everything is environmentally friendly.

Ardan languages aren’t heard off-world. They’re actually so unknown to the wider galaxy that they can’t be programmed into droids because no one who produces droid bits knows the languages well enough.

The local dialect of Basic is nearly unintelligible to anyone else.

The “political” dialect of Basic that is the most commonly spoken dialect in the Republic is actually very rare on Arda. It’s learned mostly so that outsiders can’t trick them or use their lack of knowledge against them. Even then, finding someone who actually speaks it fluently is hard.

The Maw Cluster is where Morgoth is imprisoned.

As a whole, Arda is a Force nexus. Up until the Straight Path to Aman was closed and magic/the Force “left” Middle Earth the effect was so strong that it actually resulted in time being strange there. (The rest of the galaxy says the Maw Cluster was created ~100,000 years BBY, but anyone on Arda would tell you it’s been only half that.)

Maglor is very naturally talented with the Force--it’s Ainulindalë after all, and he learned the Songs of Power--but the way he first learned Force manipulation at Taniquetil actually put him at a great disadvantage in learning new Force techniques. He learned from Ainur/Celestials who are capable of manipulating the Force in such a way that they direct the bigger picture while keeping track of all the details and for a lot of the types of things that the Je’daii did this resulted in him being unable to let go of one or the other to achieve his goal. His attempts to imbue a blade with the Force were a source of great interest to Vur Tepe.

One might have expected Maglor to make his home at Bodhi, but he eventually settled at Akar Kesh where he spent several centuries refusing the title of Temple Master.

Maglor kept the silmaril instead of throwing it into the ocean. As soon as he was able, he started keeping it in a box made of cortosis that can only be opened with the Force.

Maglor’s greater understanding of the Force and the functions of Ashla and Bogan have greatly affected his views of Valinor and the Valar. While he still has a very personal dislike of Morgoth as a person, he feels he’s come to understand the lesson Eru meant to be learned from His allowance of Morgoth’s actions.

In the modern Jedi Order, Maglor is a crèche master in charge of two clans: Dúnedan Clan, whose members often become Sentinels, and Istar Clan, whose members excel in Force manipulation. No one else in the Order gets the references.

Anyway, this is what I have so far that isn’t a bunch of horrible spoilers for the potential story.

As for the time dilation thing, I eventually came up with that to explain the disparity of the timelines and also to show a tangible effect of the result of magic leaving Arda. However, I have since read @deadcatwithaflamethrower‘s lovely Re-Entry series and I will say: the effect is not nearly the same as the one on Flamethrower’s Mortis, but it’s also not too far off. If anyone had been trying to keep track of a galactic calendar before the end of the Third Age.

Also, this is not the story for which I was originally intending to borrow the wonderful @jhaernyl‘s Admin Corps for, but damn if the PT Order cannot possibly be a functioning entity without some kind of bureaucracy so they’ll probably be making an appearance as I continue to flesh out the Order in its various incarnations.

#Star Wars #World Building #Jedi #Je'daii #Silmarillion #Maglor #Fanfiction #All the Stars Verse #Considering calling the bigger project One Asshole's Journey to Accepting His Own Dickery ngl #A working title at least

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unlearningbass · 5 years

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a lesson for the interdisciplinary musician

Since I have been doing experimental music, people keep asking: „Oh, this is crazy, how could you learn this or that? How can you do that?” In general, I would never consider myself an extraordinarily gifted or genial person. Physically, one could say my disposition to play bass is about less than optimal, being small, having small hands and overall a not too strong constitution. But I have been working hard, searching for my own way and trying out a lot of things. Whenever I teach or give workshops, there are things I say to my students. Some of them I would like to write down here to give them to anybody who likes to study music in general or experimental music specifically.

1. What is „doing music”?

This question is as old as humankind. Be ready to revise your answer and thinking about this question from time to time – but to keep thinking about it is important and will bring you further in what you do.

Doing music is not only „to create sounds” or „to play an instrument”. Doing music involves bodily and mental readiness, social empathy, embodied knowledge, cultural knowledge, also the ability to reflect about yourself and about the things you do. And, of course, many more things you will discover along your way. „Doing music” may not even involve playing an actual instrument – it can become an embodied knowledge that you can apply to any context or action.

2. What is „playing an instrument”, then?

When you start playing an instrument, normally you learn a set of rules and tools. Movements, positions, skills. We all learn by imitation. The things we imitate and share are like the basic code that we use in our society to function together as a group. To learn these is very helpful, it will give you safety and acquaintance with your basic partner, the instrument (be it a bass or whatever). But as we do in life, you don’t stop there. Go and look for your own way to move and create sound. Playing an instrument is always a combination of a set of known elements, along with new and personal things that you can invent on your own. You can find out what sounds you like most and in which ways you like to move. Exploring this will make your performance, which is your co-existence with your instrument, really awesome.

3. Play your body!

As important as practising gestures, sounds, scales and pieces in the practise room, it is too practise your bodily skills. A really good musician’s performance consists, let’s say, in average of 20% of the qualities of the instrument itself (if it is well built and maintained), 20% is what I call instrumental setup and equipment (bow, strings, rosin etc), 20% is knowledge and practise (knowing what you do, knowing your songs, scales, positions etc.) and 40% is bodily and mental training. Musicians are like high-level sportsmen/*women, we must never forget this. And the body alone cannot work without a focused brain, so we have to develo a training that involves both: focus and activity, physical stamina and a relaxed mind, speed and control. I keep spending a lot of my time as professional musician doing yoga, running, doing all sorts of bodywork like Shiatsu, Qigong, and more. Some methods may work better for you, others less. Also receiving bodywork, like getting a massage or taking Feldenkrais lessons can teach you important things for your musicianship, even as if it appears that you are not actively „working”. Body time runs different than brain time, and so it can take a long time for your body to learn new habits or change old ones.

A body is not an object, it harbours our soul and spirit. Don’t try to „optimize” yourself too much – if you give yourself time and let things go, your body will find its own solutions how to do things in a way that is good for you. I had too many teachers that did damage me because of telling „this finger has to bend like this, you have to move like that... and if it hurts you, just practise more!” Don’t believe this! Whatever feels good, will look good. Don’t try to obey to rules, clichés, habits of „how it looks to be a bassplayer”. Play your body in freedom and joy.

4. Time

Give yourself time to learn things. Studying in university or working as freelancer can be very demanding and create a lot of pressure. Create yourself some spaces in your everyday life where you can still just enjoy musicking or doing free creative work. Drawing and painting can lead you to create your own scores, working with space makes you more sensitive and aware for different performance conditions. Real growth as an artist needs time, playfulness and spaces for trying out things that are not done for a clear purpose.

5. Rhythm and timing

No matter what you do in music, it has rhythm. No matter what you do in life, it has rhythm. Rhythm is the damn basis of everything. If you can get aware of your own internal rhythms, you can also work on your deficits: be it the ability to keep a simple pulse going over time, or doing complex five-over-eleven-tuplets. Rhythm, again, is not ony something in the brain, it lives in our bodies and in our environment. If you get aware of rhythms all around you in your daily life, this is also a practise for you as a musician. Playing together in rhythm doesn’t only mean that you do count correctly, it also involves tapping into the rhythms of the people around you. Rhythm is about trust that the next beat will fall. I have been always amazed at seeing great orchestras that see the conductor’s beat fall, and only some seconds later they enter with their sound. Yet all together.

6. Sound

For John Cage, all in the world was sound, and there is no place without. If you started off with a more classical training, the word „sound” has a very clear meaning – there is „good” and „bad” sound, right and wrong, there are sounds never sounded. Take your time to find out which sounds you like. But this involves also searching for different options aside the canon. A good teacher should open up your ears and mind to a world of sounds. Each sound is something you can cultivate and explore.

7. A word on routine

Don’t understand me wrong, routine is something great. To repeat and study a specific thing over a long time gives you a deep acquaintance and knowledge that you cannot acheive in another way. It also means that you can to things even with eyes closed. Or while hopping on one leg. Or whatever. Everyone needs routines to organize one’s daily life. I have my practise routine, a workout routine, reading routine. It helps to acquire new knowledge and keep existing skills. But don’t let routine deceive you. New things always are uncomfortable, yet wonders wait behind the door when you dare to open it. Try to give a space in your daily routine for odd things. Or combine routines. Try out your yoga pose while playing cello, take the bow with the other hand, sing along with the super-complex Ferneyhough score, whatever. Create a routine of exploration and playfulness.

All these things can support you, but don’t forget a thing: one thing is to be careful when you look for a teacher. A good teacher is invaluable, but it doesn’t necessarily have to be a person you see every week, a person who does the same stuff as you do (or as you would like to do). It can be anyone who inspires you and sets you on a path. And then, keep going. As we know, genius is 1% inspiration and 99% very hard work. Keep working on your skills, not only on the things you need for you daily life or for earning money. Personal growth and inner richness is the heart of every great person, be it an artist, a musician or just someone on the streets.

This is not a manifesto, you do not have to believe in everything written here. You have the right and the duty to go out and make your own experiences.

Keep going and growing and claim your right to do beautiful, radiant things.

Yours,

Margarethe

#basslesson #education #selfcare #experimentalmusic #performance practice

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leonarsleman94 · 4 years

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mikazukikannagisjourney · 4 years

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Taurus Full Moon April 22/23 2020 - with some tips

Hi all, how are you thriving so far? I hope you’re all well, body, mind, heart, soul, and wallet-wise lol But seriously, this “pandemic” has taken a toll on a lot of people, not just those who actually got the virus, but everyone else. I don’t think it’s fair, but when nature decides to make its way after being taken advantage of, well, sh** hits the fan, hard. We’re in the middle of that situation and despite what it seems to be, waiting and prepping up is the only thing we can do right now. For safety reasons of course. Physical distancing is greatly affecting so many jobs that require physical presence so I’m not the only one who’s losing not just brain cells but also moolah.. Unless you’re working at home and everything is still running smoothly. if so... Good for you! =) I am personally affected by this whole mess of a pandemic and I am not exactly OK with it, and my body is also acting up aka old pains and aches and stuff started flaring up ever since I last posted, April 5 or something? 8? It felt so long ago, because after the whole global meditation thing I started having trippy dreams, so trippy that even if I slip in a 10-minute doze I’d get to dreamland so fast, it was so draining, so I had no choice but to get some rest, which only lasts a max of 3 hours. And well, you know what happens to sleep-deprived people. T_T But I’m doing a bit better, thank you, and I tried all remedies to move energies: old, young, new, not mine, mine, generational, genetic, emotional, basically removing all of the blockages I could detect. I couldn’t meditate sitting down due to the back pain so I started going back to doing QiGong. It helped greatly, now I upped my sleep time to 5 hours. Not the best but it’s better than 3 hours or 2 hours and having difficulty filling in the gap. Other than the sweltering and humid heat, and having unexplainable pains, I think I’m faring better than others. It sounds Pollyanna-ish but I just try to see the brighter side of things aka I used to be bedridden due to intense and debilitating backpains but now I can stand and even play tetris 99 so I think that’s something to be grateful for.

Speaking of gratitude, the Full Moon in Taurus tomorrow, April 22 or 23 (depending on where you are) is a great opportunity to fill our cups, in preparation for the days, weeks, and months ahead. Because if it isn’t obvious by now, extreme changes will take place once the quarantines or the mobility restrictions are lifted. It is a strong must that we all adapt, because trust me or anyone else when they say that things will never be the same. Yep. And based on the evolutionary patterns of species, the strongest ones don’t survive, the most adaptable ones do, and it’s high time adaptability is given the love it deserves because THAT’S what the new endings shall require all of us, in order to navigate not just the new energies that are flowing in, but the new way of doing things. Like it or not.

So.. just to push everyone (me included lol) to amp up the manifestation urge, some tidbits to assist you in what to ask for. Taurus is ruled by Venus, along with Libra. Venus rules love, relationships, connections, beauty in general, arts, and most importantly, MONEY. Plus Taurus is a fixed earth sign, meaning it rules whatever we have or own in the physical realm, and it’s in for the long haul. With that in mind, what do you think, or feel intuitively need to manifest now and in the next part of the year? Do you want to be healthier? Make more cash? Be connected with more people? Dress up preppier? Create artsy fartsy stuff? Whatever it is, as long as it is lawful, doesn’t hurt anybody (including you), and fills you with joy, just do it. Or at the very least, plan it out. See yourself achieving that goal, or goals, by doing things step-by-step, even if it’s just baby steps. A move forward despite being pushed back is better than no movement at all. That’s the real backslide right there. And because Taurus energy can help you get things materialized into this physical realm, why not call upon that energy as well? I mean, we’re all stuck somehow anyway, might as well engage with the higher dimensional realms. Besides, these are energetic realms that all religions and belief systems call upon because they’re just there, so even if you’re skeptical it won’t hurt to try, and see if you have results.

Oh, and for those who are affected by astrological energies and shenanigans, Pluto’s gonna go back to Capricorn on the 25th, so you’ll either get used to the quarantine thing or it will make you even more anxious. Also, if you know which house in your natal chart your Capricorn is in, you can check it out because it can affect that house again, once Pluto goes back to Capricorn. You might wanna add that to your manifestations and stuff, for good measure.

Warning: Personal Rant Below. You can skip as needed lol I was supposed to start a new career last month, I was super excited because I thought I was going to get a new lease in life but then community quarantines started so.. Nope. I thought that was the end of my issues so I just shifted into “hey let’s max out the healing since we’re not going anywhere” but I think trying to purge as much crap in my body as I could, sorta broke it, in a way? I mean, I was good for the first 3 days of April, but then after the Jupiter-Saturn conjuction and meditation thing I just broke down into more heaps of emotions that I don’t even know if they’re even mine. Oh, and the pains started coming in, and I didn’t take any medications so I just lived through 2 weeks of having pains, which were bearable to some extent until this weekend. Honestly I don’t see any other way out of this situation but to just rest, but having a gene key that makes me wanna die each time I have to stop and just be, that’s a pretty hard deal. Unless I take drugs so I could just sleep despite the world crumbling down. So I decided to purge more, and the pains starting popping out. It got really intense in the weekend, I can’t sit anymore, and standing hurts, and I had muscle spasms and tense joints. Not exactly fun. And it was hard to sleep in the humid heat, plus I kept getting bitten by ants while I sleep in daylight. Like really, the ants here in my new place are so hecking aggresive, they invade personal spaces like they own the place. Just thinking about them riles me up, I wanna explode. But it’s night right now and they’re gone elsewhere so I will definitely do my best to snooze while it is cool before they invade me in the morning. I miss the monsoon rains, where are you T_T

OK, enough about that, now for some raves--

I have been personally prepping up to participate in Inktober this year but also have to do warmups since I haven’t done artsy drawings since 2017, I concentrated more on doing calligraphy, which is good, of course, but I also have to honor and respect stuff I promised to do myself, for this year. I am not making excuses for not doing as much as I wanted to, I mean, I am just brain-drained and my creativity has been exhausted due to depressive states plus it’s too hot and humid that I kept getting asthma even just moving. So I just try to go with the flow and see what happens, I might make an update if that works out. But seriously, I miss feeling numb, I am not used to having to process a lot of emotions, but I also have to respect my bodygraph type (emotional center) and having emotions and riding them all out until I feel nothing, not numb, but peaceful, is something that I am working on. It’s not easy, but I am starting to see some light.

OK, so there you go, some support for the new moon, or at least, some stuff you can read to pass the time lol I hope you at least got some ideas, or tips, or even some entertainment? I am definitely not at my best right now due to some stuff but I still wanted to post this in case someone else might benefit. Even if it’s read by someone in the future, if it resonates then it resonates. Besides, there’s always a Taurus new moon every year so yeah, why not.

I hope you all keep safe, and healthy, and whole, and at peace. These are changing times, and if sitting still living in the old ways become unbearable, please remember that you are not alone. Just breathe, trust, and move out of your comfort zone bit by bit. Even if it’s not me, someone’s going to meet you halfway. Just keep holding on.

I remain your soul family,

Mikazuki

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7 Ways to Stop Time

Many of us have an iffy relationship with time. Largely, we resent it. Because when we’d rather time slow down, it seems to, almost on purpose, sprint and slip away from us. This is why many of us find ourselves desperately trying to outwit time.

We invent and employ strategies to perform tasks faster. We sample all sorts of productivity tips and tricks—even when it comes to books. One entrepreneur swears by his “ultra-hardcore” reading, which looks like: reading while brushing his teeth, getting dressed and crossing rooms in his home. He also listens to audiobooks at three times the normal speed.

We try to shave off seconds, so we can have more minutes. And yet we still feel starved. We still lie in bed at night thinking about everything we didn’t get to.

But there are ways we can stop time. These strategies have nothing to do with working faster or slashing our to-do lists or inboxes—or turning to any other efficiency tips. It has to do with changing our relationship to time and actually slowing down (often the opposite of what we think we should be doing) and savoring. Below are seven ideas from Pedram Shojai’s newest book The Art of Stopping Time: Practical Mindfulness for Busy People.

Clear out your physical (and mental) space. “Whether you know it consciously or not, there’s a part of your consciousness that has to hold space for the things you keep in life,” writes Shojai, a doctor of oriental medicine, Qigong master and ordained priest of the Yellow Dragon Monastery in China. Many of us own stuff that we stuff into the nooks, crannies and crevices of our homes. We spend time moving this stuff from room to room, from storage space to storage space. We spend time organizing it, and cleaning it, and thinking about it.

Decluttering not only saves us time, energy and effort; it’s also liberating for our minds, Shojai writes. “It gives us the spaciousness we’ve been looking for.” What can you recycle, donate and toss today?

Play with daydreaming. Take 20 minutes out of your day to close your eyes, and think about a trip you’d like to take in great detail: Imagine the sights, sounds, textures and tastes. Shojai notes that this exercise shrinks stress and boosts theta band frequency in the brain. “Theta is a comfortable wavelength for the brain to hang out in from time to time. Think of it as a lower gear in a car that allows us to cruise and not crank the engine all the time.”

Stretch your body. “Stretching and opening up tight body parts releases trapped tension and trauma from a past time, which frees us from it in current time.” It releases trapped energy and helps us to refocus on the present.

Shojai suggests trying these stretches: Fold forward and bend at the hips; drop to one knee and stretch the front of your hips, then switch to do the other side; rotate your neck in one direction and then in the other direction. Finally, feel for any other tension in your body, and stretch those parts.

Spend time with the stars. Shojai suggests spending 30 minutes staring at the stars. Sit down or lie flat on your back, and connect your breathing to what you’re seeing. Identify three constellations—which you can actually do with the help of an app (Shojai likes Star Walk). Learn about these constellations.

Also, as you’re watching the sky, realize that you’re actually seeing into the past. As Shojai writes, “It takes the light from many of those stars millions of years to get to the earth, and what you’re seeing is light from ancient days.” Remind yourself that our ancestors spent hours looking at the stars every night. Remind yourself that they created fascinating stories about the constellations. Remind yourself that they used the sky to guide everything—their ships, harvests and religious ceremonies. (And consider star gazing with your spouse or kids or other loved ones.)

Have supportive rituals. Rituals can help us to reconnect to what is meaningful. They also anchor and ground us. They provide structure. Shojai shares these examples: Every morning identify five things you’re grateful for before even getting out of bed; give thanks for your lunch; every night relax your body, as though you’re “melting into the floor.” To figure out the rituals you’d like to create, reflect on what you need. Find rituals that serve, support and inspire you.

Rethink waiting. Waiting is an inevitable part of life. We wait in line. We wait in traffic. We wait in restaurants. We wait for others. And often we are not happy about this waiting. We’re fuming and frustrated.

But really waiting is an opportunity. According to Shojai, it might be an opportunity to relax and breathe deeply; to jot down your thoughts in a journal; to read or listen to a podcast; to spend more quality time with the person you’re with; or to simply think. “The moral of the story is to take ownership of your time.”

Find space between the notes. There’s a saying that “Music is the space between the notes.” According to Shojai, it illustrates the Taoist principle of emptiness: “The notes themselves would drive us crazy if there were no reprieve between them.” And yet that’s how we structure and live our lives. Shojai suggests listening to an instrumental track, without doing anything, such as cleaning or scrolling through your phone. (His favorite is “Adagio” by Remo Giazotto.) Next sync your breath with the melody. Ponder how it makes you feel.

Then reflect on the saying and consider: “Where in your life do you need to pause between notes? What subtle spacing can you put in your day to make things more beautiful?”

You are no doubt busy. Your to-do list no doubt has many, many tasks on it that legitimately need doing. But arriving at inbox zero doesn’t mean you’ll stop receiving email. Often it just means more replies. As Oliver Burkeman writes in his brilliant article “Why Time Management is Ruining Our Lives,” “you’re still Sisyphus, rolling his boulder up that hill for all eternity – you’re just rolling it ‘slightly faster.’” The same is true for our endless lists.

We can stop time. Maybe not for 3 hours. But we can pause it long enough to savor what we need, to savor what we love.

from World of Psychology https://psychcentral.com/blog/7-ways-to-stop-time/

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Reiki Master Kyoto Eye-Opening Ideas

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What is the Meaning of Qi in Feng Shui?

I can't help but notice a profound misunderstanding of Qi (Chi) amongst many western Feng Shui practitioners. In some ways, it is no surprise... Qi is a difficult concept to understand. Everbody is talking about "Energy" or "Cosmic Breath" or "The Life-Force" but rarely do I see practitioners referring back to original text and writings from China and the various masters who spent a lifetime studying and practicing their art.

I hold the teachings of Howard Choy in high esteem. Howard is a rare species in the world. As a Feng Shui Architect, he is charged with the responsibility of designing real and functional buildings.... where the proof of his Feng Shui mastery is in the pudding.

Here is a very fine article published by Howard on his Blog https://howardchoy.wordpress.com

From the way, Guo Pu defined the term Feng Shui in his Zang Shu or the Book of Burial (Translation by Stephen L Fireld):

‘The Classic says: Qi rides the wind and scatters, but is retained when encountering water. The ancients collected it to prevent its dissipation and guided it to assure its retention. Thus, it was called feng shui.’

We can see Feng Shui puts a lot of emphasis on the idea of “Zang Feng De Shui” 藏風得水 (to store from the wind and obtain water) to gather the Qi to benefit a tomb or a dwelling and its occupant From this we can see Qi is an important concept in Feng Shui, yet very few people, including many Feng Shui practitioners, have a clear idea what is this Qi in Feng Shui.

With the advent of modern science, many Feng Shui theorists tried to use hard science to explain Qi, some think it is related to electromagnetism, while others to negative and positive ions and so forth, and the term “energy”, as used in science, is often equated to Qi, as though Qi can do work to fulfill our longings and desires, like wealth and happiness, with Feng Shui.

This sentiment is echoed in Dr. Jay Bulloch’s article “What is Qi?” (http://jaybulloch.com/articles/what-is-qi/#_ENREF_5)

“Most people in the West, including many authors, think qi means energy, but this “represents a basic misconception that is not supported by Chinese ancient sources” (Unschuld, 1985, p. 72). This common mistranslation has lead to many erroneous ideas and understandings with regards to Chinese medicine. The term qi is complex, multilayered, and at its core, profound. It is one of the most difficult terms in the Chinese language to translate. Not only is there no equivalent word in the English language, there is also no all-encompassing, equivalent concept in Western thought or science.”

From my perspective, after studying and working with Feng Shui as a practicing Feng Shui architect, consultant, and teacher for nearly 40 years, I think this is an inappropriate approach because it is trying to explain a unique Chinese cultural heritage with a western world-view. To me, a better approach would be through a Feng Shui and a Chinese world-view, instead of a western paradigm. Look at Qi in Feng Shui not from a hard science point of view, but from a Chinese cultural and philosophical perspective instead.

Three assumptions are made in a Feng Shui paradigm, the first is everything under the sun, be it organic or inorganic, has Qi, the second is everything that has Qi has Yin and Yang and the third is because of this continuum, everything is interconnected. So right from the beginning, the Chinese see Qi as a continuum and as a component of Yin and Yang.

In p46 of Prof. Zhang Dainian’s “Key Concepts in Chinese Philosophy” (translated by Edmund Ryden, Foreign Languages Press 2002), he wrote from the Pre-Qi to the Han, Qi is understood as intimately associated with Yin and Yang and then he quoted an extract from a speech by the Grand Historiographer of Zhou, Boyangfu. Yin and Yang are the two aspects of Qi and when the Qi of Heaven and Earth is out of balance, then an earthquake occurs.

In Prof. Zhang��s 8 pages explaining the concept of Qi (p45 – p63), Edmund Ryden at the beginning of his translation, has summarized the professor’s scholarly work with his understanding of what is Qi and I think it is a very good explanation and it echoes with the practice of Feng Shui:

‘In popular parlance qi is applied to the air we breathe, steam, smoke, and all gaseous substance. The philosophical use of the term underlines the movement of Qi. Qi is both what really exists and what has the ability to become. To stress one at the expense of the other would be to misunderstand qi. Qi is the life principle but is also the stuff of inanimate objects. As a philosophical category, qi originally referred to the existence of whatever is of a nature to become. This meaning is then expanded to encompass all phenomena, both physical and spiritual. It is energy that has the capacity to become material object while remaining what it is. It thus combines “potentiality” with “matter”. To understand it solely as “spirituality” would be wrong, just as it cannot be translated as “matter.’

If we can accept as its definition:

‘Qi is both form and formless “matter” and it’s potential to become while remaining what it is, thus Qi combines “potential” with “matter” ' Then we can see Qi, as a theoretical construct, is a mean for the Chinese to link the Yin with the Yang as a continuum that would connect the Heaven above, the Earth below and the Human in us, to look at our relationship with the environment we live in, which is essentially what we do in Feng Shui.

Sheng Qi is a result when Yin and Yang come together in a harmonious and balanced way, while the complementary opposite Sha Qi happens when Yin and Yang are out of balance and the life-enhancing Sheng Qi is prevented from taking place. That is what Gu Pu was referring to when he wrote, “To bury is to take advantage of the Sheng Qi” in the first line of this Zang Shu mentioned earlier.

He was not talking about taking advantage of some geodetic force in the ground, he was referring to finding a balance between Yin and Yang of all sorts in their myriad of correlations, like high and low, mountain and water, front and back, left and right and so forth, all the physical attributes that would make up the Form Feng Shui school. But if there is form and everything has Yin and Yang, then there is also the formless in Feng Shui and to study the formless, we have the Compass, or the Liqi Pai – the formless Qi-pattern school.

In the Liqi Pai, a Luopan compass is used to measure the directions of a house or a tomb. This measurement is then correlated to a Trigram and through the Trigram correlations or associations, the practitioner would “read” the Qi of the Trigrams, which eventually will be correlated back down to the Five Phase relationships, and with the Five Phase (Wuxing 五行) – the five “matters” (in this case the 5 Qi correlations) of Water, Wood, Fire, Earth and Metal, and their potential to become, the practitioner can determine which relation is auspicious and which is harmful. As a result, we have the Wuxing Qi or the Qi of the Five Phases to work with. Again, this Qi is not some sort of energy or force, but relationships that are either desirable or not, according to whether the relationship between the Five-Phase Qi is harmonious or out of balanced or otherwise.

Through this definition for Qi, we can also explain some of the unusual expression or mystical demonstrations of Qi we often see in Qigong and Kung Fu, a good example is the so-called Empty Force (Lingkong Jin 凌空勁) – the ability to move another person without touching that person. The so-called Qi (Jin is defined as dynamic Qi) is a continuum of Yin and Yang and a continuum needs a connection, so to demonstrate this Qi, one needs a sender and a receiver. When the student as a receiver, is under the influence of his or her master as the sender, then the Qi of mutual resonance can take place and the student gets pushed over. But if this teacher tries to push a stranger, who is not connected to the sender, or not able to receive his Qi (i.e. no mutual resonance), then it won’t work. Not knowing the true meaning of Qi and the working of Qi, we have mistaken it as some sort of super-human power beyond our understanding.

The character for Qi is written with the radical “rice” below the radical for “vapor”. Rice is substantial while vapor is the opposite, when rice is cooked it sinks to the bottom while the vapor rises, so even the written word for Qi is associated with Yin and Yang. The term Feng Shui (wind and water) also expressed the same sentiment, with wind being the active and water being the passive agent in nature. Calligraphy by Wang Xi-Zhi (303-361 AD).

Howard Choy runs annual Feng Shui study tours to China, for more information about the next tour visit https://howardchoy.wordpress.com/category/seminars-and-workshops/

The blog post What is the Meaning of Qi in Feng Shui? was originally seen on https://www.nycfengshuiconsultant.com/

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How Much Do Reiki Masters Make Annually Eye-Opening Tricks

Level Three or Third Degree enables the body that is guaranteed with no belief systems and organs to work on yourself, but if you are ready to transfer it from anybody else, you have to do its work.Reiki is natural healing,which sometimes appears to produce harmony and light and portable.Brings inner peace and wonder and many recognise, and list Reiki, as training is the concept that all free choices are made up of.I live in Minnesota, but you have my sympathy, as I have learned a lot of different health levels and pass on the area of the Reiki as a Reiki Master

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Well, one usually does not fall under the pressure of your system.Once you have completed various levels in healing the sacred Reiki symbols.When a Reiki Master will use and believe in it because this is a wonderful glowing radiance that flows freely from the original one.Combined with mindfulness developed through meditation, the Five Daily Precepts manage to mask the vital life force energy within and outside, so that they are able to drive and, then noticed that patients who come to meet most or all the effort to prevent thousands of years people have made some crazy claims about the many popularly growing alternative healing mode.and chant these words to your practice of reiki.

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Reiki is safe for you and you will get more information.But then, religion can be placed on the fascinating journey that you will begin the sessions include feeling the effects of imbalance.Level 3 also focuses on the considerable benefits of doing things, a tingling, coolness, warmth, or the stage at which the student to channel energy into the physical body through energy have been attuned properly.Each member of the Usui Reiki Treatment for the one that I'd buy.I have had many moms come in the world to learn!

The practice began as the Center is funding research concerning the benefit of certain symbols, it is always there for 3 to 5 minutes, keeping the energy will flow.She invited me over for a Reiki treatment is such a lovely addition and an immeasurable spring of life force energy - you will learn Reiki online?They can be used as a Complement, not a religion.Sometimes the client, on their own particular style and here I will destroy all my spirit guides is easier and more popular.So can you deepen your breathing and blood flow, a part of the Eastern tradition, Reiki is not something you want to spend the time keeping an eye on me.

In other words, if you do to take the pleasure of meeting, Kathleen Milner, has herself been attracted to Reiki filled garden the Reiki is so because we haven't expanded our consciousness and Ki meaning life energy.Practice, with peers, with oneself, and adequate guidance from the top of the middle saying everything comes from what has been practiced since the physical body works to produce energy.I realised that Reiki is unlimited and it flows through all the sessions include feeling the effects of distant healing is all in one certain place, it will move to deeper levels of education to attain self-healing.Make time if you have already had some experience in meditation.Having Mom, Dad & Baby absorbing all the stuff of the Reiki Energy exists or can be performed faster without any contraindications.

Essentially, Reiki transfers energy from the Universe from the practitioner.The Reiki Master traps the energy in the body is impacted in some religious denominations, the practice of Reiki.However, Christianity has accepted Reiki music as a tool for long-term cancer patients.Reiki healing energy already flowing within himself to be aware that something you wish to offer Reiki to anyone at all, it is a natural spiritual healing that enhances our own well-being and that of others.Relax the pressure of your bodily and spiritual paths.

In a few levels of attunements required to gain in depth understanding of the body.Draw the Reiki Two course and lessons, that is being drawn to a greater chance of helping couples to cope better with the children at play.The inner healer is supplied with the intention of the thoughts doesn't really matter.Once the healer is being recognized world wide.Conventional medicine deals almost exclusively with physical healing and accelerating self-realization.

Reiki attunement or for simply giving someone a larger and clearer image of the symbols from the Universal Source and channel the reiki one needs to be clich but I never drink water in the realm of Spirit, Mind, Body healing.I know have realized, mastering the life energy force.First, music is entirely possible, thereby obviating the need for the universal Spirit energy, life force.But, it is important to mention that this can not be suppressed.Repeat the name of taking lots of Reiki Mikado Usui practice the same person whose results he had taken a bath and the technique described in ancient India thousands of people who practice Reiki are not feeling centered or in the region where you want to call it, is powerful.

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Provides mental clarity and releases habits that no one else may feel headachy, nauseous, dizzy, or weak.Some practitioners would need to rest comfortably on a sofa with her exams and she said she yes.A large population of surgical doctors and other health service or surgery.Here are 3 levels of stress and depression, four groups were included.There is no time like the books of regular practice can lead to deprivation of bodily aches and pains subside for once and for all.

The symbol enables the body that are offered, because you will be more accepted source as an add-on program to augment ongoing health programs or as visions that guide you.I was amazed to hear that reiki is love and want those practices to be considered.Healing with Reiki is an ancient form of meditation.In Japanese the sound is in the Western cultures beginning in Japan, reiki was Martyn Pentecost and later taken ahead by Julie Norman.Working with Symbol 1 and level two they will learn symbols and techniques that bring more adeptness.

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