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starr-fall-knight-rise · 3 years

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HASO, “Found Out.”

I took inspiration from the ONE question on the discord server that has caused me no little amount of annoyance. I have had it asked so many times that now there is an auto response to anyone who asks me the question. Those of you who are on the server know what I am talking about. Those of you who don’t. I will answer at the end of this post.

Simon had to see what was going on.

Granted, the admiral’s business was the Admiral’s business, but there was something strange going on here, and she felt that it was her job to figure out what that was going on. As it occurred to her, generally when something was going on with the Admiral, oftentimes it was something strange and dangerous.

The odd behavior that Corporal Ramirez was now exhibiting might be evidence of some sort of strange contagious mind control alien that…. Well she didn’t know, but it probably infected other people through like…. Spores or something.

She never knew with the Admiral.

She made her way up onto the command deck and passed the vacant offices. Most of the officers had already clocked off for the day and gone to eat dinner or to bed. Even she should have been off by then, but the strange behavior of the corporal and reports from Yeb (the strange little Tricar with the Green mohawk who now worked with the mess hall staff) that the marine had been stealing large amounts of fruit from the walk in fridge.

Whatever was going on, she had to get down to the bottom of it even if no one else was interested in helping.

She had tried to go to Krill, the only rational person ironically not even a person, to talk to him, but he had been too busy with a relatively routine, but still emergency, surgery and had been unable to speak with her. Dr Katie had been assisting him, and she considered Dr. Katie to be the second most rational person on the ship, and super sweet, but just her luck both of them were too busy.

So it was up to her to figure out what was going on.

She made it up to the Admiral’s door and waited.

She could hear nothing overt just yet, and so she pressed her ear up against the doo hoping that she might be able to hear something, but of course there was nothing. She went to step back contemplating what might be best to do, but as she did, her hand pressed against the opening pad on the door and it slid suddenly open with the soft familiar hiss. She was a bit surprised at first, having expected the door to be locked, and so she stood there blinking owlishly.

The room was dark mostly, light spilled in from the window on the right, bathing the room in the delicate pink of a nearby nebulae.

It wasn’t the only light source though, overhead, on the ceiling a strip of blue neon rested over the bed shedding light downwards on all of his strange and nerdy possessions, movie posters, moon lander replicas, and some other weird stuff that she couldn’t identify.

She saw some movement, and looked down to see the captain’s dog waffles resting in her bed. Her tail thumped once or twice upon seeing Simon.

Simon pursed her lips, she liked Waffles well enough, but was more of a cat person, and was glad the dog didn’t get up,

However, the good things about the animal was mostly to do with her being a good indication of what was going on in the room. As far as Simon could tell, the dog didn’t seem upset in any way, or even distrubed. In fact, she lay her head back down and closed her eyes barely even bothered that Simon had intruded on her master’s room without calling.

Her eyes scanned ver the room as her eyes adjusted, the dull neon light showed more and more of the room.

And the two men lying prone on the bed.

She froze not entirely sure what to think.

Crew fraternization was CLEARLY against the UNSC rules, and a marine with the admiral had some implications that she didn’t even want to think about.

She stood there confused in the doorway for a long moment not sure what to do.

By all rights she should turn the two of them in according to the UNSC guidelines, but… but could see do that? She didn’t know? The rest of the crew would be pissed at her if she did, and she could lose her job. Was this really something she wanted to get herself involved with? Was this really something she COULD get herself involved with.

She stood there racked with indecision for the longest moment until one of the figures began to move, likely allerted. She went to turn around, to run away or something, but just then the Admiral sat up and looked over at her.

He tilted his head as if confused and then his eyes went wide.

She held up her hands, “Admiral I…”

Before she could do anything, the admiral leaped forward off the bed ran over and grabbed her arm, dragging her inside and forcing the door shut. Corporal Ramirez was sitting up now looking groggy and confused.

The Admiral had a hand clamped over her mouth.

Her eyes were wide and wild.

She tried to pull away but he gripped her tighter, “Simon, don’t freak out.”

Ramirez sat up rubbing his head.

“Promise not to freak out, and I will let you go.”

She paused and then nodded, not entirely sure she was going to do what he wanted but she relaxed anyway.

He let her go and held out his hands eying her as if he was ready to jump forward.

Simon didn’t try to run away, but she did cross her arms, “This is unacceptable, Admiral. Absolutely unacceptable.”

He frowned at her seeming oddly confused for someone who had been caught.

“But you haven’t even-”

“Fraternizing with members of the crew!” She announced, she pointed at Ramirez, “And you with your commanding officer.”

The two of them looked at each other for a second confused again before it seemed to dawn on them.

Even in the Dim neon light she saw the Admiral turn red, and Ramirez raised his hands defensively

“Woah woah hold on.”

“We are not , we were’t….”

“Never in my life.:”

“He’s not even my type.”

“This looks weird, but I promise I can explain everything.”

Simon frowned and crossed her arms, “Oh I think it is pretty obvious. You all are acting weird, and then I find you in bed together. That seems pretty clear to me.”

Admiral Vir raised a hand, “I mean I'll admit it does LOOK shady, but we fell asleep kind of on accident, but I would never, not with him.”

Ramirez frowned, “ouch, insulted, but seriously. We weren’t doing anything. And you know me, if we were I would definitely make some inappropriate joke right about now for sure.”

Simon huffed angrily.

“Then what WERE you doing.”

“Well…”

At that moment a dark snakelike shape rose up from the center of the bed, turned towards her and opened it’s mouth.

Simon screamed and tried leaping away, but the Admiral grabbed her again and clamped a hand over her mouth. She tried to fight out of his grip, but he was far too strong. The THING on the bed lifted up higher it’s mouth still open. What was that! Some kind of mind control creature! An alien brain sucker!

She continued to struggle.

The Admiral Pushed her up against the door hand over her mouth.

“SImon, SIMON!, stop. Stop struggling and we can explain! But I swear if you scream I…. I’lll….. Well I don’t know what Ill do right now, but it will be….. Very unpleasant.” He paused and frowned, “Mindly unpleasant…… well it might be a little unpleasant, definitely a good scolding.”

She frowned in confusion and stopped struggling, and the man, once again, removed his hand from her mouth.

The thing on the bed closed its mouth and blinked one slimy yellow green eye at her.

“What. the. Fuck. is. That.”

Admiral Vir rubbed the back of his head, “Well that is…. That is Jeffery.”

“Jeffery…?”

The snake-thing unwound itself from it’s curled position and slithered onto the floor. Waffles was standing up drawn out of her bed by all the commotion, and as she stood the snake slithered over, reared up and slipped over the dog’s back, wrapping around her belly once and then once around her neck, until it was wrapped around her like some strange looking scarf, head raised into the air like some knd of demented parascope. The dog leaned her head down to lick the snake once before looking back up at Simon.

“Where…. Where did you get it.”

“Huh…. um…. So funny story, we were down on this planet you see-”

She groaned, “You stole and alien from an alien planet!.”

“I mean…. Yes and no, you se Jeffery wanted to come.”

She glowered at him, “Did Jeffery SAY that.”

“Well, no, but I did try to put him back, honestly I did, but then I went to leave. He followed after me and he just looked so sad that I couldn’t leave him.” The man’s eye was wide like that of a child asking to keep a kitten he had found on the side of the road.

Waffles took a few steps forward, and now the snake was nearly at chest height looking at her.

She eyed it warily.

“Go on.” The admiral urged, “he likes chin scratches.”

She turned to look at him, “No I am NOT going to pet the snake.”

From the other side of the room Ramirez whispered, “Do it.”

The Admiral nodded encouragingly, and the two of them together frustrated her enough that she finally reached forward and hesitantly rubbed the soft skin under the strange alien’s chin. To her surprise the snake thing learned its head back as if it was enjoying the experience. Before she knew what was happening, it suddenly began curling around her arm and slithering up around her shoulders until it was resting with it’s head on top of hers.

It was…. Strange, and kind of…. nice .

Simon didn’t generally like hugs, or being touched by people period, but there was something about this that felt like…. All the good parts of a hug without any of the bad parts.

She knew pretty immediately that she had been dragged right into this with them.

She frowned.

“Do the two of you even know how to take care of a snake?”

They paused and turned to look at each other. Adam shook his head and Ramirez shrugged.

“Well he isn’t exactly a snake now is he?”

They did have a point.

“Besides, we’ve figured out what he can eat. He likes blueberries, strawberries. And he really loves Pineapple.”

“Pineapple, are you serious?”

“Yeah we were kind of skeptical at first, but he really just went for it, and you know we have been monitoring his health to make sure that he is ok, and it seems to be working rather well.”

Adam nodded, seeming pleased with himself, “Yeah, I seem to recall those berries having a pretty acidic smell, so maybe that’s sort of just the kind of thing that he eats.”

Simon frowned, clearly the two of them had no idea what they were doing. They were definitely going to need her help to be more organized and to take care of this guy way better. She absently reached up to rub Jeffery’s chin.

Don’t worry, she thought, I am going to take good care of you

That question is, “Can Drev eat Pineapple.” The answer is NO, but Jeffery can!

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of-sea-and-stone · 6 years

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Sigil Making (pt 1/??)

Sigils are thoughts and intentions given a concrete form. Many different religions and paths have used them throughout history, and one of the most notable collection of sigils is the Key of Solomon, a grimoire which contains sigils and seals dating back to roughly 14th- or 15th-century Italian Renaissance. In modern day, they're primarily used to give a concrete form to wishes and desires, which are often called intents. The magic behind sigils rests primarily in the process of making them, connecting magic and psychology together in a really neat way that allows anyone to use them. Their uses are varied, from providing good luck or for protection, to boost one's confidence or to aid in sleep, and there's no right or wrong way to create them. If you have an intention, you can create a sigil!

A Few Methods of Making

**Austin Osman Spare This method was widely used by Austin Osman Spare, a chaos magician, artist and naturalist who utilized sigils as a concrete forms of thoughts and desires. It takes the written phrase of the intention, crosses out the vowels, then crosses out duplicate letters. The leftover letters are then used for the sigil. An example:

"I am patient and kind" -remove vowels "m ptnt nd knd" -remove repeated letters "m p k" will be the letters used.

There's also a few variants of this method. One removes only the vowels, and another removes the repeated letters. In the end, there isn't a right or wrong way to use this method.

**PLANETARY SQUARES This method I'm not familiar with (as I haven't looked much into planetary squares yet), but I'm going to list it here for anyone who may be interested! Planetary squares are mathematical squares with the arrangement of distinct integers in a grid in which the integers of each row, column and diagonal all add up to the same number, and they use the names, numbers and representations of planetary bodies. Most of the squares used in this method are ones that have been created thousands of years ago, but there is a simpler method to making your own square (using math). Each planetary body has a number that represents it. That number becomes the numbers of boxes horizontally and vertically. Then, each box becomes a number, and all the numbers in the boxes will add up to a sum, which will then be divided by the planetary number. This example will use Saturn. It's represented by the number 3, so there will be three boxes horizontally and 3 vertically, which gives a total of 9 boxes in the square. The sum of the square would be 1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9, which equals 45. 45 divided by Saturn's planetary number 3 is 15, so each row and column needs to equal 15. Now, to make a sigil using the planetary square, you can utilize the Western system of numerology in which each letter has a numberial equivalent. When you choose your word or phrase of intent, you would use the letters' numbers to drawn the sigil with each number correlating with a number in your square. I personally haven't used this method yet, and there's a lot of research needed for using the already created squares. Before using this method I would recommend looking a little more into planetary and magick squares for a better understanding of it.

**Zodiac This method is similar to planetary squares, but instead of a magickal square it utilizes a chart for the person who is the object of the working (usually a natal chart), or for the place/time the creation is intended to take effect. There's a ton of sources that will make charts for you, ranging from free services to paid programs. The charts generally use the Hebrew Alphabet (it doesn't contain vowels), but there's resources available to help convert those letters into their English counterparts. Once the chart is drawn and the symbols replaced by the letters, the sigil is drawn in a similar manner to the planetary squares using one or two words of intent.

**Freeform The Freeform method is only a title I've come to call it, but I'm sure you'll find it called other things depending on who you talk to. This one has become my personal favorite, as there's no limit to what you could create. However, some may find this one a little more difficult than some of the others, as this one has no set method to it. The main part of the freeform is to convert your intent or thought into a picture format using symbols and/or elements that represent the thought/intent. It may take several sketches before it becomes the perfect picture. A good dose of creativity is definitely needed, which can make this method difficult at times, but I find the results in the end to be extremely rewarding.

All-in-all, there's absolutely no right or wrong way to make and use sigils. If you don't want to use the usual alphabet, create your own! Don't want to use just pen and paper? Don't be afraid to get creative and use paints, colors, dry-erase markers on windows, water, dirt, fire, ash, or even your finger in air (though sketching it on paper before drawing in the air would definitely help). You can even tie sigils into talismans, jewelry, stones, quilting, cooking, and more! I will recommend always doing a little of your own research as well-- a little more knowledge on the subject can never hurt! I'll have another post about the different methods of charging, casting, and using sigils, and the more that I learn and find, the more I'll add on to both this post and the future ones.

#blue's stuff #sigils #witchy tips #freeform #austin osman spare #zodiac #planetary squares #witchy #how to make sigils

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