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aphidoideart · 8 months
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#054: Magiraft
Seldom seen, this creature is said to only appear to those in dire need of a rest. They float on beautiful pink clouds they create themselves, and as they wander through the sky they leave a trail of it that other creatures can stand on! Many use this as a raft to sail through the skies and take a well deserved break!
Inspired by Turritella and Janthina snails! The latter float through the seas by using a mucus raft! Also inspired by Magicant! from the Earthbound series! ==:)
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magpiesmiscellany · 11 months
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Another fossil clearance piece. This one is turritella agate I wrapped in antique bronze wire.
Though when discussing jewelry this is called turritella agate, it's actually a misnomer. These are freshwater snail shells from the genus Elimia. A once flourishing species now extinct, they date from the Eocene. The beds are estimated to have been laid down 51-46 million years ago in what was then a series of shallow lakes. They lived well after the dinosaurs died out, in a warm world where small mammals were establishing a foothold.
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goodwitchcloset · 2 years
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Another of my favorite and hard to find in my area. Turritella Agate is a spiritual crystal, deeply connected to the earth and home, to one’s personal roots and ancestry, even the events of one’s past. It is a survival stone, one of strength and protection. Ancient life held within its form lends the power of wisdom and healing. Keywords: Protection, Humility, Transition, Security. #turritellaagate #turritella #crystals https://www.instagram.com/p/Cd-m82mOhps/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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sexy-sea-basss · 4 months
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Rain would have pretty turritella fossils as horns
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loveisintheearth · 5 months
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Turritella (Elemia) Agate
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What is Turritella Agate? Turritella Agate is the popular name used for a brown, translucent to semi-transparent, fossiliferous agate found in the Green River Formation of Wyoming. It is very easy to recognize because it contains large fossil snails that stand out in a white-to-tan color that contrasts with the brownish agate.
This organic gem material was incorrectly named decades ago when the christener thought that the spectacular spiral-shaped gastropod (snail) fossils entombed within the stone were members of the marine Turritella genus. That was a mistake. Instead, the fossils are of the freshwater snail, Elimia tenera, a member of the Pleuroceridae family.
Before the correct name was realized and widely published, the gem material became quite popular and the name "Turritella" went wild in lapidary magazines, gem, mineral, and fossil books, catalogs, and exhibits. Today it is typically seen without corrective note in all of those sources, along with websites, online auctions, and computer software. Only a fraction of the people who have collected the material, cut it into cabochons, sold it, bought it, or worn it in jewelry have any knowledge that Elimia is a more appropriate name.
It is possible that the misnamed Turritella is the best-known fossil from the Green River Formation.
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Turritella Agate cabochon: A cabochon cut from Turritella Agate that features one of the spiral-shaped snail shells. This cab is about 1 1/2 by 1 inch in size.
How did Turritella Agate Form? About 50 million years ago, during the Eocene epoch, the young Rocky Mountains were almost finished growing, and the landscape of what is now parts of Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming consisted of rugged mountains separated by broad intermountain basins. Rains falling on the slopes of these mountains ran off of the land and collected into streams that carried sand, silt, mud, and dissolved materials down into the lakes that occupied the intermountain basins. Over time, these sediments began filling the lakes, and many types of fossils were preserved within them.
Abundant plants and algae grew on the margins of these lakes, providing a perfect habitat and food source for Elimia tenera, the freshwater snail. When the snails died, their shells sank to the bottom of the lake. The snails were so prolific that entire lenses of sediment were composed almost entirely of their shells.
After these layers were buried, groundwater moved through the sediments. Small amounts of dissolved microcrystalline silica in the groundwater began to precipitate, possibly in the form of a gel, within the cavities of the snail shells and the empty spaces between them. Over time, the entire mass of fossils was silicified, forming the brown fossiliferous agate (also known as chalcedony) that we know today as Turritella agate.
The Green River Formation is one of the best-known rock units in the world for its fossils. Some geologists call it a "lagerstätte," a name given to a rock unit that is exceptionally rich in fossils. Spectacular fish, plant, insect, and animal fossils have been found in the Green River Formation.
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Looking Closely at Turritella: The closer you look at Turritella, the more fossils you find. We looked at a Turritella cabochon with a microscope and saw tiny ostracod fossils in the spirals of the gastropod fossils.
Turritella Agate: The Gem Material For at least the past fifty years, Turritella agate has been prized as a unique and beautiful gem material. When it is completely silicified, it can be sawn into slabs that are polished and used for bookends, desk sets, clock faces, and other lapidary craft items.
Many lapidaries mark ovals, circles, squares and other shapes on the slabs and cut them into cabochons. These make great pendants, belt buckles, bolos, ring stones, and earrings. Scraps and pieces too small to slab or make other items with can be placed in a rock tumbler to produce some of the most interesting tumbled stones.
People who see these beautiful projects marvel that so many spectacular fossils are preserved in the rock. They are also surprised by the cross-sections of the fossils that are visible in great detail on the slabs, cabs, and tumbled stones. Turritella is one of the most fascinating gem materials and a lesson in snail anatomy.
The rock material that contains the fossil snails ranges from a shale to a sandstone. Only a small portion of this rock unit has been silicified into the dense agate that is needed to serve as a gem material. The rest of the rock unit is only somewhat silicified, or unsilicified.
When purchasing or collecting Turritella agate for lapidary work, you must carefully inspect it and make sure that it is fully silicified and that the fossils are firmly cemented into the rock. Some of the vendors who sell it do not know the qualities that are needed for lapidary work. Incompletely silicified material is a waste of time and money. It is frustrating to cut, yields a low-quality product, and doesn't even make nice tumbled stones.
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What About Elimia tenera?
If you go into a rock shop or a gem, mineral, and fossil show and ask for "Elimia Agate," a lot of people will say that they have never heard of it. But, if you ask for Turritella, almost everyone around you will know what it is. The incorrect name is that well-entrenched in the lapidary trade.
If you want to learn more about Elimia tenera and the best name for Turritella Agate, we recommend a visit to the Paleontological Research Institution - people who know what they are talking about when it comes to fossils. Their article on Turritella Agate was authored by Dr. Warren D. Allmon, Director of the Institution.
From Geology dot com.
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Science & Origin of Turritella Agate Turritella Agate, also known as Elemia Agate, is a fossil formation consisting of ancient snail shells that have been crystallized and silicified. These ancient freshwater snails were highly abundant around 50 million years ago in the Green River Formation in present-day Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming. When the snails died, their shells sank to the bottom of the lake and became covered by dirt and various sediment. Small amounts of microcrystalline silica in the groundwater slowly encompassed the cavities of the shell. This is believed to have occurred in a gel-like substance that eventually hardened over time into a Chalcedony. This brown Chalcedony is the bedrock in which the shells are hosted. Turritella Agate is abundantly found in Wyoming but can also be collected in Colorado and Utah.
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Perfect For Jewelry Turritella Agate appeared in the market in the middle of the 20th century and was widely used as lapidary material. Due to its ease of polishing as well as its abundance of shells, it became instantly popular! While it was being officially recorded and classified as a fossiliferous agate researchers discovered a great misnaming had taken place. The Turritella genius of snails that were believed to be in the fossil was in-fact from the Elimia lineage, a very similar and close family member of Turritella snails.
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Meaning & Energy Turritella Agate is a grounding stone that activates the root chakra and helps connect you to your past life intuition during meditation. These creatures lived during a much higher vibratory phase when mother Earth was growing, where an abundance of energies not accessible today were imbued in every living creature. The crystallization that occurred within these primordial shells encapsulated the energies for you to use in the present day. These tiny amulets are tokens of grounding, which is something the majority of the population seems to struggle with daily. Their deep connection to mother Earth and all of her energies provide one with the necessary restorative powers that will aid you along your spiritual evolution.
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Crystal Pairings Turitella Agate is a useful tool if you are looking for courage, strength, and confidence. This crystal works in perfect harmony with other crystals that promote self-healing through past life recall. Some of the Crystal Council’s favorite stones include Petrified Wood, Amber, and Orthoceras.
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Chakras: Root
Properties:
Self- Healing
Grounding
Strength
Intuition
Transformation
Protection
Confidence
Knowledge
Power
Self-Discipline
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Consciousness
Leadership
Stress Relief
Sense of Purpose
Determination
Gentle Self-Expression
Inner Peace
Peace of Mind
Bridging the Spiritual and Physical Worlds
Motivation
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Anxiety Relief
Self Discovery
Ancient Knowledge
Past Life Recall
Creating Your Own Reality
Life Path
Spiritual Awakening
PTSD
Self-Love
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Planets: Earth
Zodiac Signs: All
Elements: Earth
From The Crystal Council.
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rattyexplores · 4 months
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Gastropoda: Architectonica perdix
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Gastropoda: Bembicium nanum
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Gastropoda: Diodora singaporensis
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Bivalvia: Spondylus sp.
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Gastropoda: Triphoridae sp.
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Bivalvia: Pteria sp.
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Bivalvia: Lamarcka avellana
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Gastropoda: Turritella terebra
Various shells collected in the Yeppoon area.
16/05/23 - Yeppoon shores
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the-crystal-blog-2 · 1 year
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Turquoise and Turritella agate (which is actually a fossil) 💎💙🐚
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anyataylortaylor · 3 months
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Exquisite Accents: Silver Turritella Jewelry to Enhance Your Style
Jewelry has lengthy been a way through which we explicit our individuality, our history, and our sense of fashion. Among the myriad gem stones and materials used in rings making, Turritella stands out for its strong point and profound connection to Earth's records. When paired with the ethereal shine of silver, Turritella takes on an elegance that is both timeless and trendy. Dive with us into the sector of silver Turritella jewelry and discover how this distinct gemstone can raise your style. Wearing Turritella is corresponding to wearing a chunk of Earth's legacy. The stone connects you to the rhythms of nature and the cyclical dance of existence and demise. It's believed to own grounding residences, anchoring the wearer and promoting internal balance.
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reddpenn · 2 years
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Oh, right, I never posted these!  Here are the rocks I acquired at my last rock show!
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This big sparkly girl with the bottle green, glassy appearance is vivianite, a rock which is just as fragile as it looks!  Vivianite has some really cool properties.  It begins as a colorless mineral, but as soon as it’s exposed to light, it undergoes a chemical reaction that turns it this blue-green color.  As long as it’s exposed to light, this chemical reaction will continue, and the crystals will turn darker and darker until they’re completely black.  Another cool thing about vivianite is that it exhibits pleochroism, meaning the crystals look more green or more blue depending on the angle you view them at.
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This funky-shaped sparkly girl is a scepter quartz!  Scepter quartz occurs when a younger crystal begins growing on the tip of an older one, resulting in a big crystal perched atop a skinny one, like the jewel atop a scepter!  This scepter is a smoky amethyst with some really cool stuff going on inside.  My favorite detail is those red spots, which are caused by needle-like crystals of hematite growing inside the quartz!
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This is the third meteorite to join my collection!  This piece fell to Earth about four to five thousand years ago in northern Argentina.  Its melted appearance is because the heat of entering Earth’s atmosphere actually caused it to melt!  Campo del Cielo meteorites are iron-nickel meteorites, made from a metal alloy called meteoric iron.  (Ok, so, not to go off on a tangent but meteoric iron is really cool stuff, historically.  See, iron doesn’t occur on planet Earth in its native, metallic form.  It’s always bound up in ores and has to be processed.  But native iron does occur in the vacuum of space, and sometimes that iron falls to Earth as meteors, so the only iron that Bronze Age people had access to before the advent of iron smelting was from meteors.  They made some really cool stuff with it.  Did you know that Tutankhamen was buried with a dagger made from meteoric iron?)
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This fossil boy is a slab of turritella agate!  It comes from a fossil deposit in Wyoming called the Green River Formation.  Those white shapes are the fossilized shells of turritella sea snails encased in chert.  These shells were once buried at the bottom of an ancient ocean!  Because of the cool patterns their cross sections make, turritella slabs like this one are used by lapidary artists to cut cabochons for jewelry.
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Speaking of cool agates, here’s a neat little fire agate!  This piece came from the southwestern United States.  That metallic, rainbow iridescence (or “fire”) is caused by alternating layers of goethite and limonite, which form as botryoidal bubbles encased in translucent chalcedony.  Fire agate is one of the coolest forms of agate, because it’s so incredibly rare!  The only place in the world where it’s found is an area from central Mexico up through California and Arizona, where it was formed during ancient volcanic activity.
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Here’s another cool agate!  This is Aztec purple lace agate, which comes from Mexico.  I don’t think they’re mining it out anymore (actually, it hasn’t been mined for a long time), so this is pretty scarce stuff!  It doesn’t photograph well, so trust me when I say that this piece is much purpler in person.  Other than that, I don’t know much about it!
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Also very purple and also from Mexico is this Coyamito agate!  Note the super cool hexagon shape.  Coyamito agate is known for its pseudomorph formations: it replaces other minerals and grows in their shape.  That’s rare in agate, but super common in the Coyamito agate deposit!  In this case, the agate was growing in the hollow left behind by a hexagonal crystal.
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Here’s something I’ve been wanting to add to my collection for a long time!  This dignified boy is royal imperial jasper, possibly my absolute favorite kind of jasper. (And unlike most of the rocks the crystal healing crowd likes to slap the word “jasper” on, he’s actually a real jasper!)  We’re seeing in cross-section what’s known as an “egg” formation, the result of a jasper nodule which started small and then grew outward in uneven layers.  Changes in the environment during the formation of each layer resulted in all these different colors!  This piece is also from Mexico.
And finally (drumroll please), it’s time for opals!  As is tradition, I came home from the show with three brand new Ethiopian opals.  Here they are!
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Opal number one!  Beautiful!  Subtle and refined!  10/10!
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Opal number two!  Stunning!  A style all her own!  Her birthmarks really add warmth and color to the overall presentation.
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Opal number three, the Big Girl.  Gorgeous!  Full of fireworks!  What a wonderful sparkly girl!
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gatabaddie03 · 8 months
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Some Psychonauts art stuff again. Raz drawing is from a Magma session, the sketches are my OC Mica Turritella, and the last is Sasha with a Cinnamoroll plush on his head.
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deityoftherain · 27 days
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Oceanfolk Tradition made for Empires SMP S1 Lore
Bestowal is something my friend (@welcome-back-to-hoimycraf) and I came up with together. We went crazy in DMs just building up a tradition that I wanted to include in this fic (more info about it on Tumblr) when we didn't need to but when have we ever been sane about our block people and worldbuilding?
Just because I don't think I will be able to use it to its full extent in this series (I might/will probably recycle it and use it in the future for other oceanfolk fics as needed but some of these I don't see myself ever using it BUT THEY EXIST SEE I THOUGHT ABOUT IT ALL), I will share my notes of it that are in my worldbuilding/planning document. Copy and paste, my beloved.
Bestowal: Oceanfolk give shells to those they care about and they wear them on their person as a display of their love. They start wearing them and giving them out when winter turns into spring. There are different shells to show different types of appreciation, care, and love. Oceanfolk tend to wear a lot of shells on their clothing. The shells given are worn as necklaces/bracelets/hairpieces/etc for the spring and they are later sewn into clothes. The shells are passed down and reused, meaning many oceanfolk wear shells their ancestors had worn before. When they don’t want them anymore, there are take-a-shell leave-a-shell spots. Oceanfolk can trade shells there, donate shells they don't want, or take shells to be able to use if they can’t go out to find their own for whatever reason or if they just want extra for xyz.
Shell Code for ^: https://naplesseashellcompany.com/shell-types.html cowries/olives - for those you would like to acknowledge but don’t know well such as coworkers and classmates! They are common and they are the kind of thing you have children gather for activities when teaching them about the tradition bonnets - to give to those you want to know better for xyz reason strombus - to give to those you look up to or respect in your community, showing appreciation as a fan of sorts, etc (those such as teachers, guards, healers, performers, etc) spindle/tibia - (look like sperm soooo) related to sex and fertility however they want to interpret that (your friend with benefits, pregnancy announcement, telling them you want to have sex, etc) tritons/frog - for friends and other platonic relationships turritellas - for familial relationships such as parents, siblings, children, cousins, etc miters/auger - for romantic relationships that you want to get into (if you’re really bold) or to acknowledge an existing one abalones - reserved for engagements and formally committed relationships (marriage basically)
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For @mdzs-owns-my-ass-i-guess
🎁 🐚✉️ (comfort, fluff)
I"m not convinced I nailed the 'comfort' or fluff on this one. But let me know, I'm open to criticism,
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"I'd be worried about these if you didn't say they were harmless."
Wen Qing held up the small blue and white gift box that had become the only regular occurrence in Wei Wuxian's life.
He sat up too fast, the heart monitor spiked, pain rushed from his stomach to his shoulder in a eye-blinding spike of pain. Clutching the well bandaged wound, he gasped for breath through the pain. White noise filled his ears for a solid minute before it faded back into Wen Qing' lecture, she wasn't talking to him but rather about his morphine drip, and the amount he was supposed to be on.
He fell into meditation breathing by habit, pushing the residual pain away and getting his breath and shaky limbs back under control.
"You good?" Wen Qing asked when he opened his eyes.
"Yeah. Shouldn't have done that "
She rolled her eyes, scoffing, “You’ve been awake for less than two hours following major surgery. You’re not used to it yet.” She handed him the box, “I’m gonna go find your doctor and talk to them.” She swept out of the room with all the fury of a patients rights violation behind her.
Wei Wuxian eased himself up slowly, crossing his legs and easing his posture until the strain of his stitches eased to a mild pain he could live with.
The box was smaller than the last one, he had to assume the contents would be smaller as well.
He smiled, running his hand over the plain blue box, and bow tied as neat and as perfect as every other box before it.
He wondered sometimes, the kind of man that pouty child in his blue overall shorts with the bunnies and carrots along the hem, and his pristine white shirt at the beach turned into. Besides a man that had found him and proceeded to mail back every single seashell Yu-furen told him he could not keep.
The kind of man that packed them all neatly into appropriate boxes and perfectly tied bows.
The kind of man that, no matter where Wei Wuxian went, from Lotus Pier, to Yi City, to Yiling, and finally to Gusu, found him and kept sending him seashells.
Wei Wuxian wasn’t sure he had actually gathered that many seashells, they’d been arriving one a week since he turned eighteen, no return address, no notes, nothing to give Wei Wuxian it was anything other than a creepy stalker.
But who else could it have been? Who else had Wei Wuxian ever dumped as many seashells and pretty rocks his ten-year-old arms could carry on? Who else had he met that wore blue and white? Someone from the Gusu Lan Sect? Sure, and that chubby cheeked child from thiriteen years ago maybe have been, or still was, a part of the Gusu Lan Sect. But if he knew Wei Wuxian had been living in Caiyi for two months, after taking all of the trouble to track him down through thirteen years and three moves, several upheavals, why would he not take the opportunity to come and see him?
The ribbon was silk, like all the others, sliding out of the perfect knot with ease, he wrapped it around his wrist, using his teeth to tie it off.
Nestled inside white silk lining was a gastropod seashell, a common turritella, mostly brown fading to white at the tip.
Yuan-er called them ‘unicorn horns’ and had glued several of them to the heads of his horse toys or the hoods of his cars, or two to a doll to make horns.
It felt more fragile now then it had when he was ten, he knew now how they were made, and how they washed up on the shore. But when he had been ten the world had been wide open. There was something new around every corner, if even exploring it came with bitter recriminations from behind him. The beach that one summer he was allowed to go had been once such place.
He’d never seen a body of water so big. The river in Yiling had been narrow, cold, and meandering, the water was always some form of green or gray, rotting piles of trash, bodies,, and waste the only smell for miles around the river. It took days to filter, and the poor people who lived around it were sick for weeks at a time if they had to drink before cleaning. The local government, despite years of effort, had done little to do anything about it by the time Jiang Fiengmen brought into the Jiang Sect as a ward.
In southern Gusu though, the water was a deep and brilliant blue, sparkling so bright it hurt his eyes to stare at the ocean stretching until it met the sky.
The sand was hot, rocks and shells biting into the touch callouses of his feet. Jiang Fiengmen showed little interest in his every discovery, and Yu-furen told him he could only take one home.
Not far from where they were, was another family, a woman and her two children, one of whom was politely reading while the other, with his chubby cheeks, and white-and-blue clothes, stared at Wei Wuxian like this was a private beach and he was intruding with his loud proclamations of every little new thing he found.
Ten-year-old Wei Ying didn’t understand why the boy was sitting under the umbrella, or why they weren’t dressed for the beach, and he hadn’t cared either. It’d only been a week since Jiang Fiengmen brought him in as a ward. Social skills would come later.
So, not only was it surprising that the boy that glared at Wei Wuxian like he was everything wrong with the world at that particlular moment, had not only kept all the shells, and rocks Wei Wuxian had dumped in his lap, and kept giving him as the day wore on until Jiang Yanli called him back for sunscreen where he passed out and woke up to find the boy and his mother gone, but now he was giving them back to him. Having gone through the trouble of tracking Wei Wuxian down and returning each shell one-by-one.
“This is why I don’t trust your care to anyone.” Wen Qing dropped into the chair beside his bed, flipping through his medical chart.
At least, Wei Wuxian assumed it was his medical chart, it’d be odd if she had someone else's.
“What’s happened?”
She snorted, “They brought someone down from the Lan sect to play Cleansing for you to purge your system of your guidao cultivation. Not bothering to check your golden core first. It’s no wonder your wounds became infected.”
He did wonder why they hurt so much when he woke up two days ago.
“That explains so much. How bad is my core?”
“Bad. The damage has spread to seventy percent now because it overcompensated trying to keep you alive during the Cleansing.” She looked at him, eyes flat and hard. He never liked that look on her. That banked anger, she was holding back for him, but she would be talking to doctors, nurses, and the board of directors and if any of them came out with their medical licenses, reputations, and egos intact, Wen Qing had lost her touch.
“You flatlined twice. The Cultivator should have stopped there, and the doctors did try to stop him. But he insisted on getting it all out.”
Wei Wuxian’s stomach turned, it felt like ice had ben poured down his back, he shivered, pulling the thin medical sweater tighter around him.
“The…boys?”
She put a hand on his arm without even looking, “You took care of your will last year, they’ll pass into mine and A-Ning’s custody.” She squeezed his arm.
“Oh good, they did list the cultivator here, now I know who we’re suing.”
“We’re…suing them?”
“Wuxian. There is a advanced directive in your medical file. Commanding any doctors that unless your life is in immeadite danger, you are to be treated by me or any of the Dafen Wen. Needless to say, while your injuries from the-” She waved her hand around, brows scrunching in thought.
“Crab yao.” He supplied.
“Yes, that. It wasn’t in danger until Su Minshin thought he knew better. They should have treated your injuries, stopped the bleeding and called me before anything else was done or medical decisions. Violating that, the hospital has made itself liable, and the Gusu Lan Sect for not ensuring they had the medical right to continue treatment after their ‘client’ flatlined twice in their cultivators care.” She snapped the file shut, squeezing his arm again, “I’m going to go talk to the board of directors, and the Gusu Sect leader. A-Ning is downstairs getting food with Yuan-er and Yu-er, they’ll be up here shortly.”
Wei Wuxian caught her hand before she left.
Family didn’t say thank you.
Jiang Yanli and Wen Qing taught him that. There was no need, they were family. Saying thank you was for strangers.
“Wear your white suit with the red flowers, you look like you could kill and not get it bloody.”
She smiled at him, “I’ll have A-Ning run home and grab it.”
Wei Wuxian held the shell in his free hand, watching her go. He reached under the medical gown to pull out the small blue pearl he’d threaded onto a leather cord.
The little boy with eyes as gold as every sunset Wei Wuxian had seen, had given it to him the last time he delivered an armful of shells.
It was the one thing he took home.
The hospital where he stayed had also been owned and operated by the Gusu Lan Sect. He wasn’t sure if they wanted to sweep the situation under the rug or were actually trying to make amends for his botched medical care, either way they were offered an extended stay at the Caiyi Cultivation Rehab Resort, also owned and run by the Lan Sect, but this one was owned by the main family, Zewu-jun and his relations.
A sprawling resort on the eastern shore overlooking expansive ornamental gardens, meditation gazebos, outdoor areas for relaxation and recovery, a private gym, indoor pool, heated jaccuzzi, and even a kids area though he had no intention of living his sons in anyone's care but Wen Qing or Wen Ning.
The receptionist was a polite young man, he had similar refined beauty as all the other Gusu Lan Sect Cultivators he encountered had. Fine, sharp, features with either wide or fine eyes, either dark or slightly lighter. They wore pristine white robes, and their sacred ribbons. None of them had the eyes of a sunset, or the magnetic pull of a child hiding from the sun.
They got the honeymoon suite, three bedrooms, a main room and a large balcony over looking one of the ornamental gardens and the ocean.
Wei Wuxian, Yuan-er and Yu-er would get the room with the biggest bed, Wen Ning and Wen Qing each got their own.
“I am supposed to tell you that Zewu-jun’s younger brother, Hanguang-jun, is also within the resort.” The Sect member that walked them up said, Wei Wuxian hadn’t caught his name, too busy trying to stop Yuan-er from pulling the fish out of the fountian in the foyer, “He is the only other guest at the moment, he is to be left alone.”
Wen Qing rolled her eyes, “Be sure he knows that we’re to be left alone as well. Don’t need anymore Lan hand’s fucking up my patient.”
The poor boy looked scandalized for a moment before he saluted them, leaving so fast he forgot to shut the door.
“Will I ever not be your patient when we’re in company?” Wei Wuxian asked, pushing the door shut behind the poor Lan.
“Yes, when people stop trying to kill you, and other people stop making it easy. You and A-Ning take the boys out for a walk, let them run off some energy after the car ride. I’ll order us some dinner.”
“Yuan-er, Yu-er, lets get out of Qing-ayi’s hair for a bit.” He called to the boys on the balcony with Wen Ning, “A-Ning you better come too, Qingqing is in a mood.”
He felt Wen Qing roll her eyes, he knew she was going to make him pay for that, probably ‘forget’ to order the chili oil, or something similar.
“Diedie, did you see the ocean? It’s so big. Can we go? Please can we go” Yu-er grabbed his pant leg with wide eyes. Xuanyu had the biggest doe eyes Wei Wuxian had ever seen on a child, he drank the sight of everything in like he wasn’t going to see it twice.”
“Not today little sunflower.” Folding his legs, he sat on the floor, holding both of Yu-er’s hands, “Its late, and during this time of the year the water gets cold at night. When you have your first impression of the ocean I want you to love it. We’ll go tomorrow, as soon as the sun warms the water, okay?”
Yu-er considered that with all the gravitas a nine-year-old was capable of. He nodded, said, “Okay!” Before running off to find his brother.
During the adoption proceedings, Wei Xuanyu, at that time Mo Xuanyu, hadn’t wanted anything to do with Wei Wuxian, the idea of adoption, or a younger brother. Until Yuan-er, and his perfectly timed flu, threw up all over Xuanyu’s atrocious aunt. They’d practically been inseparable ever since, forcing Wei Wuxian to move Yu-er’s bed into Yuan-er’s room so he could watch over his brother.
“Take it easy.” Wen Qing said as they stood at the door, “Nothing extraneous, no running, no lifting the boys up, and definitely no holding them. You still have two-hundred and fifty stitches in your chest. The last thing your core needs right now is more damage to try and fix.”
Wei Wuxian smiled at her, “I’ll be careful, I promise.”
“I’ll watch over him jiejie.” Wen Ning said.
“See, I have the boys to keep me distracted, and A-Ning to babysit me. I’m all set.” He kissed her cheek, then ducked out of the room before she could threw something at him.
“Gross! Wei Wuxian!” He heard her all but scream before the door swung shut.
The ornamental gardens was manicured lawns and hedges with some purple leafed trees Wei Wuxian hoped were native to the area. Well-maintained moss grew artfully over recreations of historical gates, obelisks, or guardian dragons. a pavilion was built in the middle of the large lake with no walkway, only narrow stepping stones. The boys wanted to attempt the crossing, but he was pretty sure Wen Qing’s ‘nothing extraneous’ included fishing a nine-year-old and a four-year-old out of the lake. And it was occupied. Too far away to make out details, but he could see pristine white robes, a long curtain of black hair, and skin as white as mutton fat jade.
Remembering that the Second Jade of Gusu Lan was also at the resort, Wei Wuxian quickly herded the boys towards the Chang’e courtyard, tempting them with the idea of jade rabbits and a history lesson.
The Moon Courtyard was everything he expected. A monument to Chang’e on one side of the courtyard holding two jars of the famed elixer of immortality, and her husband Houyi on the other looking up at his wife, between them a moon of gentian blossoms sat in the center with four rabbits around the moon.
The boys fell silent upon enter the courtyard. Wei Wuxian couldn’t blame them, there was something about this place that felt more reverent that the rest of the garden. More…personal. It felt like an homage. an honoring. Similar to how he felt in family shrines, or at funerals.
It felt holy.
Keeping the boys respectful as they saluted to both Houyi and Chang’e before they crossed the courtyard and into the hedgemaze on the other side.
“Tag.” Yuan-er shouted, breaking whatever spell had fallen over them in the Moon Courtyard. He slapped Yu-er’s shoulder, “You’re it.” He took off running before Wei Wuxian could even found the words to stop him.
“No, wait. We shouldn’t play that game.” A-Ning said, catching Yu-er's shoulder, “Your die is still hurt. Go, I’ve got him.”
Wei Wuxian walked faster then Wen Qing would have probably been happier with, and walked faster still when he heard tiny sniffles, and a quiet voice.
Rounding the corner he saw a Lan Sect member kneeling in front of Yuan-er, holding a handkerchief to his chin.
Wei Wuxian never minded blood, he could shake off his own injuries as fast as anything, a strong golden core and guidao cultivation ensure, was his delicate balance not screwed up, he could heal from most injuries within hours or days.
Seeing blood on his son however, twisted his stomach unpleasantly. Squeezing his heart, filling his head with white noise.
“Yuan-er?” he was patting his son down, looking for the stab wound, the gunshot, the yao injury, anything that would make the blood on the white silk and Yuan-er’s tears make sense.
“I’m okay diedie.” Yuan-er said, he didn’t look okay. His eyes were wide, red and puffy, fat tears trailed down his cheeks.
Wei Wuxian pulled him into his arms, squeezing him tight, “Are you sure? We can go back to gugu.”
“He fell.” The voice beside him rumbled, polite yet oddly strained, “Scrapped his chin. I believe he is just in shock.”
“Thank you, I-”
Eyes. As gold as at the sunset. Set in a face as beautiful as every lotus blooming, mountain range covered in snow, or one his son's laughter of pure delight. Skin as pure as mutton fat jade.
He knew him, all at once, from seashells returned in ornately wrapped boxes, and caring so gently for a child that was not his.
“Zhan-er. Ah, Lan…Zhan?”
His face lightened as if Wei Wuxian had said a password only the two of them knew, easing from guarded wariness to calm, warm and accepting.
“Wei Ying.”
There was so much warmth in that simple address. The way his eyes roamed across Wei Wuxian’s face like it had been something he had been wanting to see for decades.
His gaze locked onto something at the base of his throat.
Wei Wuxian smiled, touching the pearl, “You kept mine as well…well kind of, you have been giving them back.”
“You said your Furen would not allow you to have them. I believed when you became an adult she could no longer tell you what you were and were not allowed.”
He wasn’t wrong, mostly because when he turned fifteen, an adult by cultivation standerds, she kicked him out of the sect. Something she’d been promising to do since Jiang Fiengmen’s death.
The tiniest sniffle brought both of their attention to Yuan-er.
“Oh, I’m sorry, I should take him back to his aunt, get him looked over. Make sure he’s fine.”
He found a hand on his elbow, gently helping him stand,
“I want to see you again.” His cheeks warmed at the sudden, bold, declaration, he buried his face in Yuan-er’s hair, letting out a mortified groan.
A huff, something like a chuckle, or a gentle laugh, “I want to see you again as well.”
He jerked his head up, noting adorably pink ears, smiling at the still beautiful face in front of him.
“Don’t laugh, we’re in the honeymoon suite, I came with my…sister and brother, and my sons, so we needed the extra room.”
It was unfair that he even frowned beautifully,
“Your wife?”
Wei Wuxian scoffed, “Would I be flirting with the second-most eligible bachelor if I were married? Not to mention I am the fourth eligible bachelor on that list. If I were married, you’d have known.” He bent closer, sandalwood drifted across his nose, it was a fitting fragrance for someone so refined and otherworldly beautiful,
“And here I thought were you paying attention to me. You knew when and where I moved within weeks of me getting there, and yet you thought I was married.”
“Diedie, Yuanyuan!”
In the cinamatic history of perfect timings, Yu-er and Wen Ning came around the corner, clamping onto Wei Wuxian’s leg, tugging at them so he could see his brother.
“What happened? Is he okay? Does he need the hosptial like you did?”
“No, no, nothing like that.” Wei Wuxian stroked his head slowly, “He just fell and is a little shaken up.”
“I will walk you back.” Lan Zhan said, folding his arms in his voluminous sleeves, “I am staying a few rooms down from yours.”
The warning about not disturbing Zewu-jun’s younger brother now made sense.
“Oh, I’m not sure that’s a good idea,” He added a teasing lilt so Lan Zhan knew not to take him seriously, “You see, we were warned not to disturb Zewu-jun’s younger brother. And if you come up to my room well…” he let his eyes drift up and down Lan Zhan, “...we’d disturb the whole floor I feel like.”
Wei Wuxian smiled, unable to stop the urge to tease even if he had better control over himself.
Really, if Lan Zhan didn’t want to be teased, he shouldn’t have been so pretty and refined and understanding and kind.
It’s his own fault really.
“Shameless.” Lan Zhan retorted, his ears darkening.
Wei Wuxian laughed, long and loud, like he hadn’t since the Chang Clan and Xue Yang disaster.
“I can’t yet anyways. I’m here to recover and I feel like you would be the ‘extraneous’ activity jiejie warned me to avoid.”
“Do you flirt with everyone like this?” Lan Zhan asked, turning to offer a hand to help Wei Wuxian down the stairs into the Moon Courtyard.
“Only the really pretty Lan’s that return seashells.”
Lan Zhan hummed. He didn’t let go as they crossed the courtyard, pausing long enough for Lan Zhan to make his own bows to Chang’e and Houyi before wondering back through the winding paths they took before.
The pavilion was empty now, of course it was. Wei Wuxian if Lan Zhan had seized the opportunity to arrange a meeting in the hedge maze when he heard them talking the boys out of going to the pavilion.
Wen Qing was waiting for them by the door, she stubbed the cigarette out before Wen Ning saw, her eyes darting between Wei Wuxian, Lan Zhan and their joined hands and immediately decided she didn’t want to know a single thing about it.
“Yuan-er fell, I think he just scraped his chin, but could you look at him for me?”
Yuan-er was reluctant to be released, and he settled for leaning against Wei Wuxian while Wen Qing looked over his chin and hands.
“I’ll apply some antiseptic when we get back to the room.” She frowned at him, “You should have put sunscreen on before you went out. I don’t care that it’s spring, the sun is still cancerous.”
“Yes Jiejie.” Wei Wuxian suffered under her care, he really did. No spicy foods, no alcohol, no sex-she didn’t specifically say ‘no sex’ just nothing strenuous. Which is the same thing really-no fun.
Aside from Jiang Yanli, she was the best sister anyone could ask for.
“I am beside you, I will walk you to your rooms. Please disregard the staffs instructions not to disturb me.” Lan Zhan offered Wen Qing the appropriate salute, “I would like the opportunity to know you all further in the coming days.”
“He’s one of the good Lan’s” Wei Wuxian said, putting a hand on Wen Qing’s arm when he saw her stiffen and frown, “I doubt seriously he knows what Su Minshin did, or the Lan sects participation.”
“Su Minshin?” Lan Zhan brows furrowed, he looked at Wei Wuxian sharply “What has happened?” It was a question, but it felt like a demand.
Wen Qing sighed, “Why don’t you…come around for dinner. I can explain everything then. Does the Lan sect still eat at six?”
Lan Zhan nodded, “We do.”
“We’ll see you in an hour. Come one Yu-er, didi, Wuxian.”
Wei Wuxian stood, holding Yuan-er.
He stared at Lan Zhan, pristine features staring after Wen Qing.
“She’s making it sound far worse than what it was, really.” He kissed Lan Zhan’s cheek, he wished he flushed as subtly as Lan Zhan, cause right now he was sure his face was as red as tomato, and he couldn’t blame it on the sun.
“See you at dinner.”
He got two steps before he was pulled to a stop. Lan Zhan hadn’t let go of his hand yet.
Lan Zhan stepped up to meet him, his free hand drifting to Wei Wuxian’s cheek. His eyes searching his.
“I…have wanted to give you this for a long time.” He pulled a white envelope out of his sleeve.
Like the boxes it was plain envelope and no fancy seal. Even in its simplicity there was a subtle extravagance in the embossed paper and textured cloud design.
“Do not open it now. And you do not have to answer now, or soon. Just to know it is an option.”
It took every ounce of Wei Wuxian’s self control to not rip open the envelope until after Lan Zhan-apparently forgetting he was walking him back to the room-vanished around the corner.
Wei Wuxian walked over to the stone bench beside the door, slid his nail under the seal and opened it.
The paper was light blue, with a subtle pattern of seashells in hues of cream and blue.
Wei Ying,
If you remember me, I am a friend you once made thirteen years ago. I am Lan Wangji of Gusu Lan. I am a friend still.
If you want, would you join me in Gusu?
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That concludes the final three emoji prompt.
thanks to everyone that participated and sent in requests.
A special thanks to Moma (Mdzs-owns-my-ass) for waiting two days longer.
While doing research for this prompt, I noticed the similarities between Chang'e and Wei Wuxian.
Legends vary about when, and why Chang'e ascended to the moon, but there was always the constant theme of rabbits and two bottles of immortality elixer and her husband was an archer.
Wei Wuxian climbed "ascended" the Gusu Sect walls at night, during a full moon with two bottles of Emperor's Smile, later he gave Lan Wangji two rabbits and the Lan Sect uses jade entrace tokens. The Archer is represented both in Wen Ning and Lan Wangji.
MXTX is Chinese, it makes sense that similarities from Mythology and Lore would be in her books, I just thought it was fun to notice it.
Anyway, I'm off to practice writing short oneshots.
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tornrose24 · 3 months
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Behold, my crystal/gem collection that I started this year! (Should you consider one for yourself, I HIGHLY recommend getting the ones that appeal/call out to you the most, given how much they can cost if you aren't careful with your selection.) While they might not gaurantee what they offer, they still felt nice to have around.
In the center we have:
Blue Lace Agate the shy gem
Peach Adventurine the ‘shut the loud negative voices out of my head’ gem
Iolite the face your issues gem
Clockwise we got:
Howlite the ‘get rid of anxiety and go to sleep’ gem
Lemon Chrysoprase the success and ‘increases fidelity and fertility’ gem
Adventurine the ‘I got this for like 50 cents’ gem
Red Jasper the LGBTQ friendly gem
Morganite the ‘help you find a soulmate’ gem
Dalmation Jasper the good luck and ‘is good with animals’ gem
Grossular Garnet the ‘make your imagination become a reality and I make you think of mint chocolate chip’ gem
(Ok the next two are Lepidolite and Rubelite but I honestly forgot which is which. Rubelite is supposed to be a passion/courage gem and Lepidolite is the ‘face emotional trauma’ gem)
Turritella Agate the ‘give you access to past lives and connects you to homeland/ancestors’ and ‘I also got this for 50 cents’ gem.
Cinabrite the ‘fllow your dreams’ gem.
Plum Agate the ‘will help you with job seeking’ gem
Carnelian the ‘I got this near Yellowstone at a giftshop’ gem
Snowflake Obsidian the ‘also from Yellowstone’ gem
Sodalite the writers and teachers as well as ‘I’m also good for students but I wont guarantee you’ll pass that exam’ gem
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runawaymun · 7 months
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6 Sentence Sunday!
I was tagged by @welcomingdisaster to post the last six sentences I wrote, which I think is about as much as I've written this week with everything going on lmao. At this rate with all these tags you guys are going to get this next chapter of To Partake in six-sentence bite sized pieces!
Elrond pulls the pouch out, then walks back over to the desk, opens the pouch, and begins to line them up. Pale green prehnite, black turritella agate, orange tiger iron, patchwork sodalite, a bit of pink quartz, a shard of fragile mica, a few more stones that are simple: basalt, obsidian, granite -- things he picked up during hikes simply because they made him happy. For a moment, he just stands there looking at them, thinking.  He likes how they look here. The midday sun casts a yellow slice of light over this exact spot. As he stands there, basking, slowly the stones become warm to the touch, drinking in the sunlight. 
No pressure tags for: @slightnettles @niennawept @raointean @elentarial @jaz-the-bard & @polutrope <3
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pwlanier · 2 years
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Two English gold-mounted shell boxes; the turritella box,
London, circa 1765
Courtesy Alain Truong
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paixarina · 2 years
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: ̗̀➛ Kei Miyama x GN!Reader
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"until the last day coming to us, you will always be the one who i remembered"
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"Kei..."
You whispered to call him, as he stands on the pier at the beach, watching the sunset while the wind keeps blowing and pierces his skin, causing him to shudder in the cold.
Kei looked at you with a soft, blank stare, curious while wondering what would you want to say to him. His face gets covered by his hair, coming from a strong wind that constantly blows both of you and him.
"If you have anything to say, feel free to do so. I will gladly accept it..." Kei whispered while a smile come to his face.
You went awkward and feels anxious in your body, unable to think what you should say to him, despite you hold something for him.
Your feeling towards him.
The feeling that you keep hidden inside your heart. Hard to express, even he was curious and want to hear your words. Instead, you stare into the ocean that keeps waving around recklessly, just like how you are feeling right now.
You bite your lips anxiously and then, sighed. Later, you tried to hold your breath to make yourself calm, until Kei unexpectedly hold your hand, much of your surprise and delight.
"Hey..." he whispered, while rubbing your hair with his finger. Then, he asked you something.
"Do you... love me...?"
Your face went surprised. That was the word you were supposed to ask for him, however, he already took your word to confess you instead.
Then, a little blush appeared on your face, while he looked at you, confused after seeing your reaction over the confession to be his beloved.
"Ah, are you okay? You look sick..." Kei asked you in a worried tone. You went surprised and shake your head.
"No...? I'm just shocked that you would say that to me..." You replied with a blush on your face. Kei chuckled a little bit. He smiled at your confused face, later then, he kissed your cheek softly, leaving you have another small blush.
The sunset rays into Kei's face, revealing Kei's soft face with a smile on his face. You could see how much happiness that guy has, just after he confesses to you.
Later, both of you and him hold each other hand and kissed, while the sunset rays up, along with the calm wind blows over both of you and him, giving a relaxing, romantic vibe on each other.
"Did you like it?" Kei asked. You nodded slowly.
"That's good, you seem like it, don't you?" he chuckled. You blushed and smiled a little bit.
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Then, Kei walked up and went into the sand to pick something. You are assuming that he will probably pick a shiny, empty shell as a fond memory for you to remember him.
Turns out, your assumption is right.
Kei holds a small scallop, a small conch, and other variant kind of shells in both of his hands. All of them are white-colored, with a bit of brown on some of them. You gazed in attention to one of the shell that looks like a unicorn's horn. You didn't know the name and asked him.
"What is the name of this shell? I have seen it everywhere. I always called it unicorn shell."
"Oh, they were called turritella, they looked like a unicorn's horn. I found it cute" he replied.
You smiled and later, realized something odd.
"Kei...? Why did you give me these shells? What am I supposed to do for this...?" You asked him in confusion while accepting the shells he gave.
Kei stares at the sunset that started to fade away into the darkness. He turned on his head to you and smiled. The sunset rays his face in one last time. Then, he speaks his feelings.
"I want you to remember me as your partner, or if I could be, your spouse in the future, until our last day came to us, where we are no longer together anymore and choose our own path. I give you those shells so you can remember our fond memories that we shares to each other during our dating time..."
Kei's answer gave you a single tear on your eye. He is right, there are so many fond memories you have with him. All the fun, smile and laugh are still stuck in your mind. You smiled while crying when you remembered all of them.
"Ah, are you alright? Would you don't mind if I wiped your tears off with my thumb?" Kei got surprised when he noticed that you cried after you receiving the shells.
"No... that's okay, you don't have to. In fact, this is actually a tear of joy from me. I'm not upset, I'm actually feeling too overwhelmed after remembering any memories with you. I'm so happy to be with you. You mean a lot to me. I hope we could stay together and build our relationship well"
You wiped your tears off with your hand while trying your best to smile at him. Kei smiles at you back and suddenly, a single tear came into one of his eyes. Later, you put all the shells into your pocket and quickly hugged him, while both of you and him are sobbing, as the sunset fades.
"The sunset may faded, but the fond memories will still there. Shining in our mind until our last time, when we are no longer together anymore"
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