#I LOVE LORE

[mediumgayitalian]

The infirmary door creaks slightly as Nico pushes it open, wood swollen in the summer heat. He freezes, listening for the sound of angry curfew harpies, but luckily there don’t seem to be any around (they tend to camp around the Hermes cabin, understandably).

The infirmary is much darker than it usually is, letting the three or four people in it overnight rest. Some softer lights are on at the nurse’s station, making the blonde head under them glow. Nico pads forward, steps a practiced silence on the clay tiles. He can’t see if Will has his hearing aids on under his hair; he probably does, because Nico can’t imagine him on duty without them. Either way, he makes sure to approach the medic from in front, tapping the counter when he’s close enough. Will doesn’t startle, only glances up, flashing a smile — he heard.

“Hey, darlin’,” he greets.

Nico rolls his eyes, firmly holding back the smile that tries to force its way on his face. “Hey.”

“Nightmares?”

Surprisingly, no, although maybe that’s just because Nico couldn’t fall asleep at all. After the third hour of trying — which was, frankly, remarkable, he should get an award for staying in his bed the entire time like the Mature Person He Is — he gave up, figuring he might as well put all his annoyance to good use. And Will, for some reason, is endlessly amused by Nico’s complaining, so it’s his personal mission to make the stubborn boy crack. One day, gods help him, Nico will turn that usually sunny grin into a scowl, just so he can make an irritating Apollo-related comment about it.

(He’s hoping for the same eye twitch he gets when he attempts any ‘Underworld-y stuff’).

“Something like that.”

Will hums, but doesn’t press. After a minute he gestures to the spinny chair behind the nurse’s station. Nico takes the hint, ducking through the half-door and sitting on the old leather.

He likes the infirmary at night. Maybe it’s a strange place for him to find so much peace — ghosts often linger here, many of them pained, and it always smells of rubbing alcohol and eucalyptus — but he likes it anyway. It’s less visually sterile than a hospital, more akin to an apothecary, and the whole place always feels warm. Will’s off-tune humming echoes quietly as he works, mixing with the soft snores of the few patients and the repetitive grinding sound of whatever poultice he’s currently preparing. If Nico wasn’t so randomly wired, the sounds would lull him to sleep. They have before.

“Prepping for tomorrow,” Will explains when he catches Nico looking. Some of the softness on his face fades as he tightens his jaw. “I’m sure we’ll need it.”

Nico uncurls slightly from the armchair, peering curiously forward. He’s not sure what’s more intriguing — whatever healing magic Will is prepping, or the uncharacteristic bitterness in Will’s voice.

“…Need what?”

“Everything.”

“Oh, well, thank you, that clears things up nicely.”

Will snorts. His grip on the mortar loosens.

“C’mere, then, I’ll show you.”

When Nico is close enough, he sets down the pestle, revealing very fine, almost bleach-white powder.

“Shells,” he reveals, pointing to several still-whole ones. He smiles slightly. “It’s the kids’ job to gather ingredients, and this is probably their favourite. They’ll play with the naiads for hours to get enough, Gracie’s always tuckered right out after.”

Nico matches his small smile. Gracie, Will’s youngest sibling, is a cute kid, obsessed with mermaids. He imagines collecting seashells from the Greek version of mermaids is practically a dream come true.

“What’re the shells for?”

“They’re pure calcium carbonate, basically. Good for dyspepsia, which won’t help for capture the flag, but also good for caustic burns, which will.”

Nico nods. He has, for some reason, spent enough time around the apothecary to pick up more than a few medical terms – largely because Will talks like he swallowed a pre-med textbook, which isn’t that far off from reality.

“Why use shells, though?” He gestures to the powder Will is still crushing, even though Nico can’t imagine it getting any finer. “Why not just have Chiron order the stuff? It’d probably be easier.”

“Yeah, but it wouldn’t work as well.” Apparently finally satisfied with the crushed shells, Will tips the powder out into a much bigger bowl, then sets it aside. He carefully selects six of the whole shells and begins to crush them – Nico winces, because the first few cracks are much louder than he was expected in such a quiet room. “Whatever Chiron ordered would be crushed by machines, in a factory, probably made from chalk or limestone. It would still function as an antacid, sure, but –” Will pauses for a minute, facing Nico fully. His voice is softer, and he has to lean in to catch it. “Seashells held living beings. For years, they were homes. Maybe for an entire lifetime. And they were gifted, willingly, by spirits of the sea, and then crushed by human hands. At least three exchanges. There’s magic in that, and that makes them more powerful.”

As Will crushes the new shells, Nico steps up beside him, reaching into the larger bowl and digging into the powdered carbonate. The granules are finer than sand, fine as sugar – he buries his hands in them and concentrates, and in seconds he can feel the tiny remnants of spirits in them. Not souls – there is no human death lingering here – but thousands and thousands of fractured pieces of something that was once living. His arms tingle, goosebumps raising all over his flesh.

“Huh.”

Will grins. “Yep.”

Nico watches him out of the corner of his eye as he works. He is totally focused on his work, face slacking again as he sinks into the motions of it: twist, twist, scrape, check grain size; over and over, again and again. His arms must ache. It’s something like three in the morning, he’s been on duty since ten. Nico knows him too well to assume he’s been sitting idly for any of that time.

“Why don’t you ever play capture the flag?” he asks, surprising himself. He’s not usually one to break silences. Will tenses slightly beside him, and the rest of the words come tumbling out of his mouth, although he was unaware he’d been holding them in so tightly. “I mean, you’re always on shift. I know you’re in here a lot, but you like training, usually. Especially stuff where you get to run around. I would’ve guessed that –”

“I know that capture the flag is important,” Will interrupts. His hands have gone still. Nico snaps his mouth shut immediately. “Obviously. Everyone needs to keep their skills sharp.” His presses his lips together. A particularly loud snore from one of the patients makes them both look over, and it’s a long time before he speaks again.

“But I don’t like when we play war against each other,” he says. He turns to Nico and smiles humourlessly. “I know it’s dumb. But it just feels…I dunno. I’ve treated the injuries after the fact for years – too many of them aren’t accidents. Besides, I’m more help here, anyway. Chiron’s a field medic, anything more serious will need the infirmary.”

He abruptly turns back to crushing the shells, clearly ending the conversation. He has also begun humming again – aggressively and upbeat. The tension is gone from his shoulders, but his knuckles are white against the grip of the pestle.

He is not telling the full truth, Nico thinks. Will is a bad liar. All Apollo kids are, but Will especially – he squirms.

But Will is his friend. And Nico can take a hint – or maybe a silent begging to drop it.

“What time does your shift end?” Nico asks. “Six?”

Will slumps in relief, shooting him a genuine smile. “Yeah. Austin’s taking over for the morning while I sleep, then I’m back again at 2, just before the game starts.”

“I’ll stay up with you, then.”

“Absolutely not, doctor’s orders, Nico, you need to sleep –”

Nico places his hands over Will’s shaking ones, fleeting. His stomach erupts in a way he’s learned to ignore. The tremor in the medic’s hands finally stills, grip loosening.

“I’ll stay up with you.”

“Yeah,” Will says finally, starting the pestle up again. “I guess that’s fine.”

———

part two

#i have lore again #i love lore #pjo #percy jackson and the olympians #hoo #heroes of olympus #pjo hoo toa #nico di angelo #will solace #will/nico #nico/will #solangelo #deaf will #pining nico #pre relationship #ctf au #fic #my writing #longpost

[tunapesto]

just some guy whos like 6000 years old and the guy he waited a 1000 years for

#genshin impact #venzhong #zhongven #zhongli #venti #hghdhdgrgdggdgdgd dead dead im found dead on the ground #i love Lore #art

[jardinvrm]

How did Fuyumi react to the Ninja after she got out of prison?

Awful and clearly upset, like she was throwing tantrums and insults at the ninjas the entire time she was being uncuffed and screaming telling them how lonely she felt and how nobody came to visit her... the worst part was that she was being framed for killing her parents which is... not a pleasant situation to be in

Meanwhile the ninjas; they're feel so fucking guilty and dumb on how they thought she was 'acting' the entire time she was being arrested or when she found out the empress and emperor died

This all takes place after the ninjas found out Harumi is the Quiet One and she takes away Lloyd and bla bla bla it's basically how the storyline goes in canon

#i love lore #THIS IS THE OLDEST ASK IN MY ASKBOX IM SO SORRY FOR NEVER RESPONDING #AAAAAA #ninjago #twin au #harumi's twin sister au #ninjago oc #fuyumi #my art #ninjago au #ninjago original character #oc #ninjago fanart #should i tag the ninjas #ok #kai smith #nya smith #jay walker #cole brookstone #zane julien #thats it ig #harumi is mentioned #prison

[yankaphobic]

I absolutely hate how this one turned out but oh well

My exam is over btw I'm back with more art and doodles 😎

#qsmp #q!badboyhalo #q!foolish #q!forever #art #myart #i love lore

[malk-with-tea]

Character card for Clematis!

2021 version under the cut

#oughhh my baby #clematis has been my baby for like 3-4 years now i love you cleemis #i love you descarn. i love you clematis. i love you embodiments #i love lore #oh yea context for this pic #this is a character (intro) card i made for a lore server me and my partner have! #its usually a bit inactive bc the server doesn't have much too offer atm- and me and noah are pretty hesitant about revealing lore bc #yknow..... we want to eventually make a webcomic that doesnt have everything spoiled already dsbgfjds #but its a lore server nonetheless. and im very happy to have been able to make this piece for it! #posting descarn doodles and stuff there is fun n all but i love a good rendered lore based piece now and then #ANYWAYS sorry for yapping jbdss #normal tags now #art #digital art #painting #digital painting #oc #oc art #descarn

[vulto-cor-de-rosa]

Something I only noticed in the end of the last episode, the light on Ranboo's mask is on when the fog is in effect, blinks when they start to notice that something is up and is off when he actually see's what's up. SO COOL

#AUFJOA I LOVE GENLOSS SO MUCH #I LOVE LORE #rosa's garden #genloss spoilers #genloss #generation loss spoilers #generation loss #ranboo live #gl ranboo

[poet-splendorman]

Splendorpoet? Are you alright there?

@poet-slenderman

*She is sitting in the corner of his living room, scrawling on a piece of paper with the quill that usually sits in their hat. She glances up to look at Slenderpoet - his eyes still have the glowing red slit pupils, their fangs still bared, her bells still showing sharp teeth. The bells were no longer actively hissing, at least.*

Hello, little brother. I... apologize, if I caused any problems between you and your fiance.

#i love lore #The quill is me guys actually /j

[darkhelllovedie]

So. I guess I’m 22 now.

Meet new son - Abis

#my art #sketch #artist on tumblr #random stuff #traditional art #my ocs #trolls #trolls world tour #trolls band together #trolls oc #techno trolls #rock trolls #Abis #yes I’m watching cartoons for kids #bite me #I love lore #тролли #тролли мировой тур #тролли группа в сборе #dreamworks trolls #trollsona

[ariellewm]

Arielle W.M. Presents Worldbuilding Month: History & Lore

#worldbuilding #fantasy worldbuilding #lore building #fantasy history #creative writing #on writing #writers of tumblr #writing tips #writing advice #writer #fantasy lore #i love lore #folklore

[cheesystinker]

"Now that you are under my protection, the Ministry cannot brainwash you under normal means. Their new abomination of a machine will not work on you directly.

However, this does not mean you are immune, and it is important that you stay vigilant.

If The Minister was to get his hands on you, she has other ways of controlling "defectives". And well, I can't let that happen to you.

Not only because it is a traumatic experience, but you are now one of the sole individuals who has a chance in this battle."

"What about you?"

"I cannot risk my Connection getting destroyed, lest I be banished from this mortal plane for millenia. You are more important in this scenario, and it is for this reason that you must be careful not to fall into the hands of Stacy X.

Do you understand?"

#alton towers #the smiler #my art #oblivion #my ocs #cheesystinker creations #LORE TIME LORE TIME #I LOVE LORE

[mellonyheart]

As uncomfortable as L35 was I did find something interesting.

A little bit of long past classism between the winged and the wingless if I'm reading this right?

#I love lore #I don't love awkward dining scenes where my partner decides everything for me #My relationship with Lucifer is complicated #He's going hope this is a sin issue because it'll take a while for me to forgive him if its not #obey me nightbringer #nightbringer spoilers #obey me lore

[hellany]

☆Himitsu is both my Record of ragnarok and saint oniisan oc but different storylines but same lore (though I mostly use her in Ror)☆

[ Saint oniisan☆

In saint oniisan Himitsu disguises herself as a human and plays as Matsuda's 'granddaughter' in order to spy on buddha and jesus (not a stalker way) Buddha does find Himitsu suspicious but he tries to ignore it...

Record of ragnarok♧

Also in Record of Ragnarok Himitsu was banished from the pantheon because of her twisted nature by Buddha and due to a certain 'incident' and locked her up in the lowest level of Naraka 'Avici' as it drove Himitsu insane as her desire to escape and get revenge grew... ]

Who knows if she's a goddess or not.

#recordofragnarok #shuumatsunovalkyrie #Ror #Sym #Buddha #Lore #record of ragnarok buddha #Snv #Oc #GOD IM SUCH A NERD AT THIS #justforfun #recordofragnarokoc #I LOVE LORE #Pls dont take anything seriously #Also This is not part of mythology or any Historical Texts! I made this my own

[koolaidashley]

🔥 🩹 for the ask game <3

🔥-Leo CAN be accident prone (and he is sometimes) but his brothers usually do a good job helping him out with things like that. He’s horrible in the kitchen thought. Permanently banned after the mac and cheese incident of 02 😬

🩹-Donnie’s the medic! Raph likes to shadow him though. He thinks the blood and stuff is cool lol

#tmnt #tmnt 04 #04 raph #04 Leo #04 Donnie #04 asks #this is great #I love lore

[c3lestialmonarch]

LoS shitposting cause their concepts gotta go somewhere (death mention n stuff beware)

Copen - Jean-Pierre Colored Pencils XII, simply called Pierre. Born into a family of renowned artists, resurrected by Olly after dying in an elevator accident. He was granted with magic after swearing his loyalty, much like the others. Has a fear of heights, and despite this was tasked with guarding the red streamer at the top of Overlook Tower. He, much like is family, is a wonderful artist, and had spent hours on the drawings scattered along the tower levels. He dyes his hair frequently.

Rubber Band - Marilyn Ivory, not a fan of nicknames. Born into a family of doctors and lawyers, however, became an actor despite her family's disapproval. She was resurrected by Olly after falling through a trap door during a major play and dying due to it going much farther than the cast expected. Big Sho' Theater is where that play had taken place, however that wouldn't stop her career. She just made sure everything was safe for her new cast members... Despite everyone getting screwed over by Mario. Personally knows Flurrie from TTYD.

Hole Punch - Real name unknown, usually just goes by Puncher. Born into a poor family but was put up for adoption due to his parents being able to care for everyone. Was later adopted by a wealthy family. Their new father was a CEO, their mother stayed at home. She was put into ballet, but wanted to do something like breakdancing instead. They were resurrected by Olly after being hit by a car on their way to a ballet recital and being 45 minutes late.

Tape - Trevor Jones, hasn't been given a nickname yet. Grew up in Rogueport for most of his life, living a life of crime, then moved to Glitzville to become a Glitz Pit fighter. Got too close to Grubba's mystery and ended up with all of his energy drained. That was how he died, and then later was resurrected by Olly. He went back post-game, becoming the number one fighter since Mario wasn't there anymore.

Scissors - Sabrina (Last Name Unknown), only goes by Apprehension. Not much is known about them, only how they died. Of course, their death gained the attention of many, from how brutal it was. They had been murdered by an intruder in their own home, and was later resurrected by Olly. Served as a bodyguard unknowingly for Puncher's father about a year before they died. Much preferred the sword compared to modern weapons.

Stapler - Breed is a mix between German Shepherd and a Doberman. Was hit by a car and was put back together by Olly kinda like in a Frankenweenie way but instead of being sewn back together and electrocuted Olly brought it back by magic and replaced any non-functioning parts with mechanical ones. That's how it has the staples. Olly was devastated when he learned what Mario had done, especially since Stapler was Olly's childhood dog to begin with. He had to deal with his best friend leaving the mortal plane not once, but twice.

#origami king #paper mario #legion of stationery #paper mario the origami king #flurrie mention #i love lore

[malarkgirlypop]

Helloooo! How are ya doing?

I was just reading your newest chapter of the MEDIC! fic and now i'm wondering: how are things in the present?

I mean, Emily simply vanished to the past never to be seen again, what is happening with her friends? Colleagues, family? Someone would notice... idk, just got really really reaaaally curious about it xD

I hope you're having a wonderful time! Thanks for writing so many good stuff, you are lovely and i absolutely adore ur story! 💕💕💕💕

Hello!

Thank you so much for all your support and love, it really means the world to me! I am always so happy when I see you have commented on my post! You are so sweet and kind, it really makes my day to hear from you!

So about Emily I have actually done a little bit of a backstory on her, it might help?

Was born in Boston Massachusetts to her Mother Melissa Lane, her father was not in the picture. Raised in a loving home with her Mother and Grandmother Kimberly (Nanny Kim). Had a good childhood when she was little. Had friends and was surrounded by love. When she was 14 her Mother was diagnosed with stage two breast cancer. Melissa went through all of the treatment and the outcome was looking good, until she had another biopsy. The doctors found the cancer had actually metastasised and had spread throughout her body, she was only given a few more years to live. When she was 16 her Nanny Kim passed away. Her mother seemed to be doing fine, Emily had hope she would pull through. Unfortunately her mother started going downhill in her health as expected and died just after Emily graduated high-school. Emily after loosing both of her only family members, started to push everyone away. She isolated herself and in doing this lost all of her support system. She was lost but knew she needed to earn money, she was always so grateful for the nurses who cared for her mother, so she applied to university to sit her Bachelor of nursing. It was hard, and she still was alone, but she persisted. She was in her final semester when the story begins.

So like she had thought in the chapter when she was comforting Babe (part 10, I think), she had worried no one would notice that she had disappeared. I guess we don't know how the present is until she goes back, if she goes back that is.

She is an empathetic person, who would've had many friends if she had been able to handle her mother's death. Unfortunately she shut down, she didn't want to make connections again because she was scared she would loose them, like she lost her mother. She thought it best to not love, rather than love and get hurt. But I think she has realised that she missed having those connections with people and has really found a new family within Easy company.

I hope this helps, we are a bit far from the ending but I have it planned, don't you worry! But for now we will just have to guess.

#thank you for your questions #I love lore #so this is fun #heheh #I had made her backstory ages ago #But I didn't think anyone would ask about it #so this is great #thank you for the ask!

[sunmoonjune]

Ive been meaning to ask for a while but what does Bug’s mask look like to you? (Like is it a complete half mask that covers half the nose and mouth or a mask that goes around them like a phantom mask, does it have depth or is it flat, material, etc ) I’ve always been curious what you envision! ♥️

ok ok ignore how sloppy this is, but this is what I had drawn out for reference a few weeks ago (also just a random reference photo for face shape, it has nothing to do with how bug looks! bug is still sort of supposed to be the reader, so their appearance is still based on you! she just has some specific things about her that are defined, like her scars and such) also I apologize if bug ever becomes too much of an oc! that's why I added that oc!reader tag becuase I'm not quite sure if bug is becoming an oc xD

I drew this super quickly because I needed some kind of reference when I was drawing a cover for the printed version of LTM that I have a hard copy of! The cover that I drew is essentially just what's beneath the mask so I needed a reference to what the mask would cover! (I would love to show you that cover but right now it's a BIG SPOILER, so I will withhold it from you for now (also I am a terrible artist so I should probably find an artist friend or commission someone to make a book cover for me))

so the photo above is approximately how big the mask would be and what it would cover!

it would tie behind her head near her forehead so that it wouldn't obscure her left eye (also totally ignore that I drew the mask on the reference model's left side, cause I totally did not do that LMAO I forgot about mirroring xD I am def not an artist hehe )

It's definitely fairly tight against her face, like form-fitted in a way. It's very simple and definitely scuffed up and scratched and such since it's been used for more than a decade.

I've always imagined it to be dark colored, like black or a very dark brown. It's also probably got a leather base since there's not a ton of material bug had access to in her village :(( the leather part probably is against her skin with a layer of hopefully softer cloth that will be against her face so that it doesn't agitate what's underneath.

I also always imagined it to have a tougher shell as an exterior that's scratched and scuffed up, but it sort of acts as armor in a way. after what happened she wanted another layer of protection between that side of her face and the outside world, so the outer layer of her mask is a little tougher, but I can't necessarily say what kind of material since I'm not too sure what she would have access too (I'll have to do a little more research!

it's pretty tightly pressed to her face, because when her tear duct ruptures, the blood pools at the bottom of the mask as it tries to slip between the crack and out of the material ( kind of gruesome I apologize :( ) she often has to replace that inner layer of cloth when it gets soaked with that blood since she doesn't want anymore infections, but she does it in privacy far away from camp (I haven't yet talked about this in the story itself, but it will be coming soon -- in fifteen perhaps >:DD )

and no, the mask doesn't completely cover what she's concealing. I didn't draw them here ( I hide that layer so you couldn't see it quite yet) but her hair sort of obscures the rest of it so it's not easy to see.

#like the moon spoilers #I've always wanted to write this!! #I LOVE LORE #ask me more LTM lore questions!! #I will answer them to the best of my ability without spoiling you!! #moonie speaks #like the moon #like the moon reference