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shenachigans · 2 years

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THRICE THE SPICE | Inazuma’s Big 3

PAIRING: CEO!Yae, CEO!Ei, Co-worker!Sara x Fem!Office worker!Reader

CW: smut, foursome, fingering, brief cunnilingus, overstimulation, squirting, the women are smitten with Y/n and kinda fight over her, slight dirty talk and possessiveness, teasing, nickname use (bunny), double penetration (fingers), messy plot, bottom female afab reader

SUMMARY: Taking three women who are hungry for you at once is a good and bad idea

A/N: It's my first time writing a foursome huhu. Y/n calls Ei "Ms. Raiden" for formality since they're on a last-name basis during work, but I'm not sure if "Raiden" can be counted as Ei's last name (Let's just pretend it is). Sakura is an OC.

WORDS: 4,500

(FANFIC IS UNDER THE CUT!)

A company requires a lot of work. Documents are here, meetings are there, and people are all over the place. Being the team leader of a significant project has left you restless, exhausted, stressed, and undernourished.

You were the team member with the most responsibilities, so you had to rush deadlines, review your teammates' work, and submit it for processing. Hence, you didn't have time to relax and enjoy a fancy alcoholic beverage. But there is always a reward at the end of work and suffering.

The CEO of your company just announced the project's success. Your blood, sweat, and tears have paid off. Archons. You want to return home and enjoy a day of rest to celebrate.

"We should all go to the bar after work to celebrate!" One of your coworkers said. Their joy at the success made you proudly smile because they deserved a break after the nonstop workload.

"Team leader Y/n is the guest of honor!" Itto, another of your coworkers, exclaimed. All eyes turned to you, expecting your approval to join the celebration.

"Ah... I can't drink tonight," you said, slightly embarrassed.

You can drink, but you lied. However, it was merely a white lie because you can't trust yourself to know how much alcohol you can consume without becoming a chaotic drunk. When you're not sober, you're not usually calm, collected, or innocent-looking...

Some accidents happened in the past, and you're too embarrassed to make the same mistake.

Sakura then walked over to you, pouting, and grabbed your hands while saying, "But N/n! There is no point in celebrating if the person who led the project is not present! A little alcohol won't hurt, either, right? You can still enjoy a nonalcoholic beverage even if you don't want to drink. Just join in the celebration with us, please!"

Everyone agreed with her statement, and their action made you feel appreciated. You don't talk to them much outside of work, but they enjoy your presence. They're throwing a party with you as the special guest to show their appreciation for your hard work. How can you refuse now?

Your eyes turned into crescents as you smiled, everyone flushed, and you giggled, blessing them with your melodic voice, "Oh, alright, how can I refuse such an invitation when all of you look at me like that?"

Sakura tightly embraced you while musing, "Y/n is so adorable!"

She's a tiny woman, but her hugs are unbearably tight, not that you mind them.

"Then it's settled, everyone in the team is going to the xxx pub after work, and the bill is all on Ei. What do you guys think?" The figure coming through the door, revealing themselves as Yae Miko, the CEO of the Kitsune Corp and a close friend of your company's CEO, Raiden Ei, elegantly boomed.

She's always in the company when she has free time or when the two companies have a deal, which happens quite frequently because the two companies greatly benefit from each other.

Sara then entered the room carrying two mugs of coffee and handed one to you before turning to face Miko. "What brings you here, Ms. Yae?" she inquired, somewhat unimpressed.

"My, my, Ms. Kujou, you speak as if I'm not welcome here," Miko flaunted, drawing a glare from Sara. The atmosphere was tense, and no one dared to break the tension. They're like a crow and fox competing for something or someone.

"Haha... Now, ladies, if you two keep the tension this high, it's going to get hot as a furnace," you chuckled awkwardly, drawing both of the women's attention to you. Their gazes were belittling. "Is Ms. Raiden attending the after-party, Ms. Yae? Are you also coming?"

"Of course, little lamb, I wouldn't miss seeing your cute little drunk antics for the world, and I'm sure Ei and everyone here feel the same," she teased, making a blush crawl up your cheeks.

Everyone cooed at your flushed state. Even though you are a tough nut to crack, you give in easily to women like Miko. Everyone, especially your boss Ei, knows that she enjoys teasing you.

However, no one notices how Ei's mood changes when you react to Miko's teasing — nobody besides the fox herself.

"How cute," Miko whispered, only for you to hear because you were close enough. Your cheeks flushed at her remark. "It's wonderful to see everyone pleased after the project's success. Your leader did a terrific job guiding this team," she mused before widening her eyes upon realizing something. "If you'll excuse me, I'm rather late for my meeting," she chuckled as she left the room with a sly grin directed at you while everyone said goodbye and expressed their gratitude.

"Oh, boy, oh boy! Y/n was practically trembling under Ms. Yae's gaze! How'd you do it? She's smitten with you!" Itto laughed as he patted your back—no, smacked the life out of you. He flashed a sly look that made you want to die of embarrassment and curl up into a ball.

"Oh, shut up, Itto! I at least don't swoon over women the way you do!" You teasingly chuckled back at him, making him blush embarrassingly.

Sara shook her head with a light smile while the rest laughed at both of your antics. She then sipped her coffee once more before putting it down and clapping her hands to get everyone's attention.

"Okay, people, if you want to celebrate later, we have some work to do first," she sighed. Everyone sulked and went to their desks to finish their work, leaving you and Sara alone in the conference room. Sara began, taking another sip of her coffee, "Congratulations on the success, Y/n."

"Caffeine will kill you someday," you chuckled as you drank your last drop of coffee. "And thank you, none of this would have been possible without the team's dedication," you smiled as you placed the mug on the table.

"Don't act as though you didn't consume eight mugs of strong coffee during your overtime the previous night, Y/n," Sara sneered, and you awkwardly chuckled.

"W-What do you mean...? Haha... You dummy, that was water, not coffee," you fumbled before snatching her mug and drinking from it.

"Hm... So if I fucked you dumb, wouldn't we be considered equal?" she bluntly remarked, as if she hadn't said something vulgar. She smirked as you choked on her coffee. "No wonder Yae Miko likes to tease you," she remarked, patting your back to help you breathe. "Your reactions are a sight to behold, and it's more fun when I make you flush," she added.

"S-SARA! H-How can you say something like that so casually?!" You flushed, covering your hot face with your hands to conceal your flustered face.

"Oh? Why are you so agitated? I was merely teasing you. Unless..." Sara started as she slowly walked towards you and trapped you against the conference table. "Unless you do want to get fucked dumb?" she softly spoke in your ear, her voice so enticing that you whimpered.

"Not here..." you squeaked and turned your head away from her menacing eyes.

Do you not realize how fuckable you look right now?

Sara grinned and leaned towards your neck, pressing open-mouthed kisses on your skin. She was gentle at first, but she soon became rougher. She was stronger than you, so no matter how hard you tried to push her away, there would be no avail.

You were sure Sara would leave a mark on your flesh after she licked, sucked, and bit it. Sara immediately drew back as she heard the hushed whispers of people in the corridor, a ribbon of saliva joining the skin of your neck and her tongue.

It must be break time.

"Count yourself lucky, bunny. I would've gone further if we weren't at work," Sara smirked as she looked at your heaving, flushed mess. She then collected both empty coffee mugs and continued, "You sound melodious. Those charming whines and whimpers are adorable. What more when you scream my name in bed, hm~?"

She abruptly left the room, leaving an embarrassed and intensely horny Y/n.

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"Fuah! It's exhausting to sit all day staring at documents!" Sakura finally stood up from her seated position, groaning as she stretched.

"That's because you're supposed to get up and walk around during your breaks, not sit all day and grumble about how long the day is," Itto grumbled as he passed her desk.

"Touché... Ha, ha..." Sakura embarrassingly flushed. "Anyway, work is done. Let's party!" She rejoiced, raising her arms in the air, causing Itto to cheer and join in the celebration.

"Can you two please quiet down? You guys can rejoice all you want in the pub, but keep in mind that there are people working overtime today," you boomed, all worn out, approaching them with a limp.

Why are you walking that way?

Sara did fuck you in her office during your breaks, and because you had many breaks throughout the day, you orgasmed at least five times.

"Oh, dear, Y/n! Are you okay?!" Sakura exclaimed as she noticed your limping and sweating condition. Itto also sped over to your side to assist you in standing. Shit. You should have just minded your business; now you must explain yourself.

"Oh... Um... The elevator wasn't working in the lobby, so I had to take the stairs, and you see, I have bad knees, which is why I'm limping like this... I'm fine. It's nothing serious..." You trailed off and thanked them as they guided you to your desk. They both gave you skeptical glances, but when they noticed your somewhat suspicious smile, they shrugged.

"Sure! Just message me or call me if you still need assistance moving around. Sakura and I will head to the bar and meet the others, hehe," Itto said as he ruffled your hair with his large hand.

"Okay, okay, I'll also head there once my legs are rested, and don't ruin my hair, Itto," you pouted as you removed his hand from your head, making him chuckle. The two then prepare to depart for the pub as you say your goodbyes.

How long must you endure before using your legs to walk once more? Archons. This woman has such a high sex drive...

───── FLASHBACK ─────

You knocked on Sara's door for permission to enter, and she responded with a hum. You walked into her office, a stack of papers in your hand, and sat down at her desk.

"What do you need? I'm quite busy-oh," she paused, realizing that you were the one who entered. "Y/n, what brings you here? "

You placed your free hand on the table and leaned forward. "I need some of these papers signed, Ms. Kujou Sara~" you hummed, causing a blush to crawl on her cheeks and her eyes to glint with lust.

"Is this the so-called 'Y/n coffee-drunk energy?' How many cups have you already devoured? You're high on adrenaline, little thing~" she chuckled. You didn't respond and just grinned. "I must say, Ms. Y/n L/n, that was rather daring of you. You do realize that your antics have consequences, hm?" Sara sighed as she got up from her desk and came up to you face-to-face. Her menacing stare made you regret your teasing. You're so fucked. Literally.

She snatched the papers from you and brought you close to her with her other hand as it snaked around your waist. Her body towered over yours as she leaned into your ear. She whispers, her voice tickling your ear, "I change my mind." She twisted a strand of your hair over her fingers and said, "By me not fucking you at work, I mean. What do you say, hm~? I can take care of you right here and right now~"

How could you say no to a woman like her?

A woman from an influential family is wrapped around your finger, ready to do anything to please you. A humble woman like you is intoxicating to her, especially when you act submissive.

Too embarrassed and intoxicated by lust to speak, you nodded and made her slyly smile, "As you wish, bunny."

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Sara was both harsh and soft. She spoke to you sweetly while violently pounding her fingers into you as if she were not overstimulating your wet, sopping hole.

Sara was in front of you as you sat on her desk with your legs spread wide while she fingered your moist cunt, her body flushed with yours but with enough room to flick her wrist.

"T-Too much, too much!" You screamed—or should I say, creamed. Although you had already released, she continued to finger you. You have been so overcome with ecstasy that another orgasm was on the way.

"S-Sara, I'm close~!" you moaned and buried your head on her shoulder, wrapping your arms around her neck. The new angle made you release, and you felt euphoric.

"Go on, bunny, cream all over my fingers," she purred, ignoring her wet core dripping with arousal and concentrating solely on your pleasure. "You did so well for me," she said, smiling.

───── END OF FLASHBACK ─────

Your face turned scarlet as you recalled her facial expressions when she was repeatedly fucking you at work. Sara's eyes were lustful, and she was intent on observing how your body would respond to her touches.

Sara would also lick her lips as if she had just had dessert when she makes you cum, as well as sneakily smirk with flushed cheeks when wanton moans and whines leave your mouth as she fucked you to oblivion.

You slapped your cheeks to get rid of such thoughts and decided to stand up, thinking that the time spent remembering being fucked was enough for your legs to recover. You said goodbye to the workers working overtime and stepped into the elevator to walk to your car. You set your GPS to the correct location of xxx pub and began driving.

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You were 30 minutes late due to traffic, plus an additional 30 minutes since you were lost and didn't find a parking spot. 'How embarrassing, Y/n,' you cursed.

As soon as you came to a stop, you gathered your belongings and headed straight for the bar. Sweat covered your body as you ran.

After you gave one of the servers the booking code, they brought you to one of the private rooms. You then entered the private room reserved by your boss for tonight's celebration. No one was there, and it's too late for you to be early.

Fuck.

You might have missed it since they may have ended the night early as everyone was tired. "Oh well, I should have left with Itto instead of resting my legs." A snort interrupted your loud sigh as you turned to exit the room, causing you to look around with a raised eyebrow. "Did I hear—

"SURPRISE!!!"

Everyone shouted as they emerged from their hiding spot. They were all smiling, but as they saw a tear slip down your cheeks, they became concerned.

"Y/N! Are you alright!?" Itto said, worried. "Did you not like the surprise...?"

"No, no! I like it very much," you sniffed as you wiped a tear from your cheek, "I just thought that I missed the whole celebration, thinking that you all left because I stood you guys up," you waved off, making everyone coo.

"HA! HA! We knew you'd come, you always do, and we even became concerned something happened to you," he said, handing you a tissue from one of the tables.

"Sakura said we should wait for you before we start ordering, so while we were waiting, we decided to surprise you by doing this," one of your coworkers stated, a little embarrassedly rubbing his nape. "We apologize if we gave you the wrong impression."

You grinned and told them not to worry about it. You also thanked them for waiting for you even though you were an hour late.

"My, what happened here~?"

"Did you all just get here?"

"Huh."

Three voices boomed, drawing everyone's attention. Miko, your employer, Ei, and Sara were at the door. You all bowed and greeted them, and they told you that it wasn't required because you were no longer at work.

"Oh, my, why is the little bunny crying?" Miko queried, intrigued by what had occurred. Sara and Ei were both taken aback by her question and glanced at you with concern.

"Oh, nothing happened, just tears of joy and relief," You chuckled, wiping the last tears from your cheeks.

Sakura provided context for the three, and Sara and Ei glared at the people involved in the scheme before humming while Miko simply chuckled.

"How thoughtful of all of you, and for Y/n, how adorable," she said and mumbled the last part, but you heard it. There was something in her tone... It was sultry and filled with lust...? But you opted to ignore it, assuming it was all in your head.

"That being said," Itto chimed in, "Y/n's reaction was priceless. And now that everyone is here... LET'S PARTY!" he yelled as he raised several beer bottles.

Except for you and the three women who had just arrived, everyone followed Itto's lead and started partying their assess off.

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Oh, boy, the place felt like it was the center of a carnival. The karaoke was packed with individuals singing their intoxicated hearts out, slurring their words, and making the songs incomprehensible. Passed-out individuals filled the seats. Empty and partially consumed beer bottles adorned the tables.

The only people who weren't drunk were those who didn't drink at all or had a strong tolerance to alcohol.

"We should leave. It's late," Sara mumbled as she held your wrist. You comply since you want to retire for the night.

But before you could pursue her, Sara and you were halted by a tug from your other wrist.

"And where might you two be heading, hm?" Miko held your other wrist while flashing a sinister grin. Sara interpreted it as an annoyed grin. "Ms. Kujou, the night is still young. If you want to leave, don't drag the poor bunny with you and ruin her fun. You're being rather selfish, don't you think?"

There it is again, the tension between the two women from this morning.

"Miko, stop," Ei huffed as she intervened, preventing the two from murdering each other with piercing eyes. "Look. You're hurting Ms. L/n's wrist," she glared at the woman as she snaked her arm around your waist from behind, trapping you between her chest and forearm.

Archons. Because of you, three women are glaring daggers at each other. It's a good thing the room was dark. Everyone was busy because rumors would spread if they saw the four of you in this situation. And the last thing you want is to be associated with a scandal.

"L-Ladies..." You attempted to intervene, but it seemed that you worsened the situation as the three women gazed at you with dark eyes. They were still holding you, and you trembled under their touch, making them coo.

Miko forced you to face her by holding your chin between her fingers and thumb. The proximity caused you to burn with an unknown sensation.

She gave you a sly grin and then turned to face the other two women. "Well, why don't we make a proposition to make the night entertaining? Only if our rabbit agrees, of course~"

Since when did you become theirs?

Sara and Ei exchanged a knowing look and then nodded. Miko smiled at their response before looking at you for consent. You couldn't understand what was going on, though; you were too mesmerized by her goddess-like beauty.

"Bunny, why don't we make you feel good, hm~?" Miko purred. Your cheek is now caressed by the hand previously on your chin. "Since we know you're exhausted from managing the project, let us please you. What do you say?"

You gulped. Your eyes were full of lust, and you forgot you had sex with Sara at work. Despite not having any alcohol in your system, you felt intoxicated.

You meekly nodded, not trusting your voice. The three women smiled at your cute disposition and licked their lips at the thought of you becoming more helpless than you are right now.

"Let the fun begin~" Miko grinned.

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Taking all of them was a bad idea.

As soon as Miko opened the door to her reserved room, all three had their hands on you. They forced you onto the bed and began stripping off your clothes like a predator skinning its prey. Their hands and lips touch every inch of your skin. Your core drooled with arousal, and your skin scorched with need from their touches.

They were taller than you, and you felt so small. They cooed at how your nude body reacted to them: like a frightened rabbit trapped between three hungry wolves.

Ei and Sara were in front of you while Miko held you on her lap and teased you from behind. But despite how enclosed and suffocated you felt, it aroused you greatly. It was enough to make you climax to imagine three powerful women enticing you with their might.

Miko was the teasing one. She abused your lips and neck, leaving your skin covered in bruises and markings, even though her hands and skin ghosted your flesh.

You've had a lot of sex with Sara, but her touch still makes you weak the way she wants it. In contrast to Miko, Sara enjoys holding you for as long as she can, even to the point where her rough treatment leaves bruises on her hands. You get manhandled every time you're with her.

Ei is rather soft—too soft. Her lips and hands moved in sync with your skin, almost as if they were waltzing. Her delicate hands made your hair stand up, and her words lulled you into ecstasy. She counteracts Sara's roughness and Miko's teasing.

Your wet cunt was tired of being ignored. You want all three to touch you where you need them the most. You want them to fuck you right now.

"It appears that the bunny desires more~" Miko murmured as she felt your arousal moisten her garments. She snaked her hand from your waist to your dripping core, touching you bare and gathering your wetness, making you shudder and gasp at her icy, manicured fingertips.

"My nails are too long. What a shame," Miko purred in your ear as her hands groped your chest. She glanced at the two women who sat like puppies waiting for their master's commands. "Why don't you two make up for it and pleasure our needy bunny in my stead, hm~?"

Ei's fingers subconsciously traced your cunt before slipping a digit into your hole. You groaned as her long finger brushed across your cervix.

"You're quite wet, Ms. L/n," she whispered, her eyes wide as if it were the first time she had touched someone's cunt. It was, but the ease with which her finger thrust into you made you believe she had experience. "Heh, what cute sounds you and your cunt make~"

Ei calling you by your last name doesn't seem appropriate in this situation, no? Not when you two have crossed the line already.

Sara did nothing but observe as the two women aroused you. Miko rubbed your puffy clit and made out with you while Ei fingered you. You were helpless in their hands. She was envious of their ability to easily hold you at their mercy in the same way she could.

You were hers first.

"Seems like you'd whore around for everyone," she sneered, drawing Ei and Miko's attention. You were too engrossed in your pleasure to hear her speaking to you. "Your body must've forgotten how I fucked you many times this morning, huh?"

"My, how dirty of you, bunny," Miko teased as she twisted your hardened nipples and nibbled your ear. "I didn't think you were the kind to have sex at work~"

"N-No..." you whimpered as you squirmed in Miko's grasp. You babbled incomprehensibly, making no sense. You moaned as Ei's finger pumped faster in your core, amplifying the squelching sounds that echoed off the walls.

Sara huffed as she approached you, a sneer on her face as her palm caressed your leg, causing you to tighten on Ei's finger.

"Who am I to deny if that's what you want — to be a whore?" she groaned, a pink hue staining her cheeks as she inserted her finger along Ei's in your cunt. "Your hole is greedily squeezing our fingers."

Sara and Ei synchronized their fingers to get you to your climax while Miko assisted by sensually massaging your clit.

The overstimulation made you moan and tremble. The three women's groans and dirty talks increased your pleasure tenfold. Sara and Ei's thrusts quickened as your fluttering walls showed you were close.

"Stop fighting, bunny," Miko observed as you jerked under her grip. She motioned, "Go on. Cum. Make a mess out of their fingers, hm~?"

You yelped, unable to control the string of pleasure, but Sara and Ei didn't stop moving, causing you to whine and thrash.

"N-No more!" you whimpered and tried to stop them by clutching their wrists, but you were too exhausted to exert any force, encouraging them to keep thrusting their fingers.

The three women widened their eyes as sudden spurts of arousal ruined their clothes.

You squirted.

"How messy of you," Miko chuckled as she continued to rub your clit to make you squirt more.

You were seeing stars at this moment. Your body is sore and trembling from overstimulation, and the clouding pleasure has made your vision hazy.

You huffed and sank into Miko's chest, trying to catch your breath. Your fluttering cunt trembled as Sara and Ei pulled their fingers away, making you squirm from the stimulation. Both women brought their arousal-stained fingers to their lips to clean off your wetness.

"Sweet..." Ei smiled as if she was enjoying her favorite sweets. She then grasped both of your thighs and lowered her face to your cunt. Ei's eyes glimmered with lust at how your cum poured out of your hole.

Sara mimicked Ei's movement and licked a stripe of your cunt, causing you to jerk. Ei followed suit, tasting more of your desire. Both of them began to lap your cum like kittens.

"W-Wait! No!" You exclaimed, grasping their hair with both hands and making them groan. You opened your eyes in surprise at the newfound pleasure as the sound vibrated over your folds. "I just c-came!"

"Looks like our hungry kitties are up for another round," Miko sneered as her hands began to touch you again. "You can give us more of your pussy milk, right bunny~?"

Oh, how you wish you hadn't taken them all at once.

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moondustpugh · 28 days

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Guilty as Sin?

Joseph Quinn x Fem!Reader

Summary: They said there's no such thing as bad thoughts, only your actions talk.

Author's Note: Honestly, I just wanted a reason to write smut atp when it came to this LMAO. Enjoy!

Wordcount: 2.6K

Disclaimer: 18+, smut, MINORS DNI

part one - part two

Laughter echoed down the hall as Joe pulled you close to him. His lips couldn��t get away from you since you two had arrived at his flat building. You laughed softly through the kiss as you both stumbled down the hall and Joe’s hands were fumbling in his pockets, trying to find his key. Pulling away from the kiss, he groaned softly when he couldn’t find his key.

“Hold on, darling.” He smiled as you set your hand on his chest.

As he looked through his pockets, you kissed the line of his jaw, making him fumble and flustered even more. You let out a soft approving hum as you kissed his neck softly.

“Look who’s all flustered now.” You murmured, softly sucking his skin.

“Darling, you’re not making this any easier.” He gave up on searching for his keys as he grabbed you by your wrists and pinned you against his front door, kissing you deeply.

You moaned softly as he pressed his body against yours. “You have to keep quiet. My neighbors are already asleep.”

Just like that, he reached his hand in his coat pocket again and finally found the key. Pulling away from you, he unlocked his door and took your hand, dragging you inside his place. You smiled as you studied his place for a moment, while Joe slid his coat off. You haven’t been here for a while, and you noticed that he decorated the place a little better. It used to just have empty white walls. Now, there was a bookshelf and paintings on the wall. The one thing that caught your eyes was the frame that was in his hallway. It was a big frame with a picture of you, Sara, Wes, Jared, Laura and Joe. It was your whole friend group.

You couldn’t help but admire it. It was one of your favorite photos of the group. Feeling Joe’s presence behind you, he brushed your hair away from your shoulder before planting a soft kiss on your cheek.

“This is new.” You smiled at the picture.

Joe hummed softly, wrapping his arms around your waist, his chin set against your shoulder. “Just put it up when I got back a few days ago.”

“It’s nice.” You turned to face him, his hand cupping your cheek. “I love that picture of us.”

Joe’s brown eyes sparkled as he studied your soft facial features. He didn’t say anything but the look on his face was saying so much. The way he was staring at you. He never looked at you that way before.

“You know,” You cleared your throat. “You have been running in my mind too.”

A grin tugged on Joe’s face as he raised a brow at you, stepping back a little bit to fully look at you. Investigating your expression if you were actually telling him the truth.

“Oh?” He grinned playfully..

You felt your cheeks flushed as you chuckled softly, leaning against his touch. Joe laughed softly, pulling you in his arms. He knew exactly what you meant by that, and he couldn’t help but squeeze you softly in his arms, reassuring that your thoughts were fine.

That you weren’t the only one who also was thinking the same.

“There it is again.” He said. “You’re so adorable when you’re all flustered.”

“It’s embarrassing.” You murmured on his chest.

“Oh, darling. It’s fine.” Joe grinned. “Can’t deny the fact that maybe I also have been thinking the same.”

You gazed up at him, as Joe cupped your face between his hands, leaning down to kiss you softly. You let out a soft hum, smiling through the kiss. You were literally melting in his arms as he pulled you close, and you couldn’t help but think how this was something you could never imagine.

This feeling.

All of this.

It was all so much to take in, and you didn’t know if your heart could still fit in your chest. Pulling away from the kiss, Joe took your hand and led you towards his bedroom. This was the first time you ever saw his private space. A king size bed in the middle of his room, two bedside tables on either side with a lamp on top. A walk-in closet on the left side, and a little desk on the right side of his room. It was spacious, but he was able to make it look so cozy.

“It’s so… organized.” You smiled as you felt his hands on your hips.

He slowly turned you around to face him, “I’m barely home, that’s why.”

“Unfortunately.” You joked.

“I’d love to take you with me whenever I can.” Joe said.

“No,” You shook your head. “I want you to focus on your job. Don’t worry about me. It’s okay, really. I understand.”

“Are you sure? I know my schedule is crazy.”

“Joe, I understand your job.” You reassured him. “I know what I’m getting into.”

“And that’s why I love you.”

Your body suddenly was paralyzed when you heard those three little words escaped Joe’s lips. He did admit to you tonight that he loved you, but he never actually said those three little words until now. It was three little words that meant too much.

Three little words that made your heart swell.

“I… I’m sorry.” Joe realized what he just said. “I didn’t mean to freak you out like that—”

“No,” You cut him off. “I love you too.”

Pressing his lips on yours, he pulled your body against his as you kissed him deeply and hungrily. His hands on your hips gripped you tighter as you ran your fingers through his hair. For a moment, Joe kissed you passionately, and his hands ran down to your sides before he inserted them under your shirt. A soft gasp escaped from you through the kiss as he felt your warm skin under his touch. This was something that you never thought would actually happen to you. The dreams that you had weren't anything like this at all.

It was better.

Joe continued kissing you lovingly as he slowly led you towards his bed. The back of your knees found the edge of his bed as he pulled away from the kiss and gently and slowly laid you down. His knees dug on the mattress on both sides of your thighs as he towered over you, a smile tugging on his lips. Your hands found the buttons of his shirt and started unbuttoning them, Joe helping you with it and slipped it off his broad shoulders. Your eyes immediately studied his naked body in front of you and all you could think of was:

He was so beautiful.

So gorgeous.

Almost unreal.

Joe watched as your hands gently caressed his bare chest, and you leaned in to press soft kisses all over it. Joe carefully closed his eyes, smiling through every kiss that you left in his body. It was almost like a dream to him as he found his fingers tangled in your hair. Then, your lips trailed up to his neck and on the line of his jaw before finding his lips again with yours. A soft moan escaped from him as he pulled your shirt over your head and threw them on the floor with the rest of his clothes. Soon, your bra was gone too, and you were completely naked in front of him.

You felt your cheeks flushed as you covered your chest with your arms, and Joe immediately pulled away from the kiss, staring at you.

“You’re so beautiful, darling.” He whispered, gently taking your arms off your chest. “Don’t be embarrassed. You’re literally the most beautiful thing I have ever seen.”

His lips pressed a soft kiss on your forehead as you felt your cheeks heat up even more. Joe chuckled softly, cupping your face between his hands and gave you a small quick peck on the lips.

“You’re so cute.” He murmured, pressing his face on your neck. “So smart.” He pressed a kiss on your neck. “So beautiful.” Another kiss on your collarbone. “Stunning.” Pressed a kiss on your chest.

A breathless gasp escaped from you as his mouth found your nipple and sucked on it softly. You arched your back as his hands ran down your back and down to your sides. He continued to suck your nipple, making you squirm under his touch as his fingers played with the other one. Your hands tugged softly on his soft brown curls as he pulled away and trailed feather light kisses down your stomach.

“Joe.” You whispered his name, only for him to grin even more.

The sound of his name escaping your lips was like music in his ears, and he wanted to hear more. He wanted to hear you make all the sounds that you have never made just for him. He left repeated soft kisses just on the bottom of your torso before his lips found your inner thighs. Another gasp escaped from you, and you could practically feel yourself trembling from how much you wanted him.

“Joe, please.” You begged.

“Easy, darling.” He smiled, kissing your inner thigh. “I want to learn all of you.”

You moaned softly, your eyes closing as you felt your head spin from all the heated kisses that left your skin on fire every time. Joe used his palm to open your legs even more and paused for a moment, gazing up at you.

“Joe.” You said sternly, opening your eyes.

“You’re so wet for me, darling.” He said, pressing a kiss on your wet clit, knowing it would just make you squirm even more.

Then, he moved up to you again, towering over you and pressed a kiss on your ear and whispered, “Tell me about those thoughts.”

“What?” You gazed up at him.

“What did I do?” He smiled, kissing down your neck.

“Joe, please.” You pleaded. “Don’t make me do this.”

Joe smiled through your skin before his fingers found your clit, rubbing it softly and letting you moan out his name again.

“Was it like this?” He asked, pressing on your sensitive spot.

“Yes.” You gasped, your nails digging into his shoulders.

Joe continued to rub your wet clit as he kissed you passionately, both of you moaning each other’s name. Your head was spinning, and you could practically feel Joe’s member hard between your legs as he inserted a finger inside of you. Your hands turned into a fist under the sheets as you arched your back, feeling Joe’s finger pumped inside of you deeper and faster. You were out of breath, your legs were trembling. Joe had gone down on you, his finger still pumping inside of you before taking it out and replaced it with his mouth.

“Ah—!” A scream caught on your throat, your fingers finding his hair again.

His tongue licked your sensitive spot until you were so close to scream his name, but you had clamped a hand over your mouth as pleasure built up inside of you.

“Joe, stop. Stop.” You panted heavily. “I need you, please.”

“No, darling. Come for me.” He whispered as he sucked and licked your clit until your legs were trembling.

You were trying your best to hold in the orgasm that was about to wash over you, but Joe kept going until you shattered right all over his mouth. You breathed heavily, throwing your head back on the pillow. Beads of sweat covered your forehead as you closed your eyes and felt Joe’s lips on yours. You felt him smile through the kiss as he slowly inserted himself inside your tight walls. A moan from you was muffled by his passionate kisses as he thrusted inside of you slowly.

Pulling away from the kiss, Joe buried his face on your neck, quickening his pace and small groans escaping from him.

“Shit, fuck!” You cursed under your breath, your nails digging on the skin of his back.

Joe let out breathless gasps as he moved deeper inside of you and thrusted faster. He slid his hands under your thighs, wrapping your legs around his hips as he continued.

“Come here.” You panted, pulling him down for a kiss.

Kissing you hungrily, Joe could feel your walls tightening around him as he groaned your name. You couldn’t even describe the feeling that you had, hearing your name like that escape from him. Your head was spinning, your vision was seeing stars as you scratched your nails down his back. You were making sounds that you didn’t know you could make before, and you have forgotten the world around you. You have forgotten your name as Joe thrusted deeper and kept continuing to hit you on the right spot.

“Fuck, darling.” He cursed under his breath. “You’re so tight.”

“Don’t… stop.” You buried your face on his shoulder as you closed your eyes.

You could feel the pleasure building up in your stomach as you flipped the both of you over on the bed and thrusted Joe inside of you faster. Your hands were holding onto the headboard, while Joe’s hands had found your hips. His mouth had found your nipple again as you moaned his name, throwing your head back.

“That’s it, darling. Come for me.” Joe murmured, quickening his thrusts.

After a few more seconds, you finally let go, both of your moans echoing through the walls of his room as waves crashed over and pleasure took over the both of you. Breathing heavily, Joe slowed his thrusts as you collapsed on top of him in his arms.

“I love you.” Joe whispered, stroking your hair and brushing it away from your face.

“I love you.” You murmured as he finally pulled himself out of you and covered the both of you with the duvet.

Reeling you in his arms, Joe pressed a soft kiss on your hair as you both tried to catch your breaths. You could barely open your eyes, and you could barely feel your legs as Joe held you close in his arms.

You hummed softly, wrapping an arm around his torso and buried your face on his chest.

“You’re… amazing.” You smiled.

“Speak for yourself.” Joe chuckled softly.

The feeling of his fingers stroking your hair was making you sleepy, but you kept telling yourself to stay awake. To enjoy this moment with him. This moment that you literally been dreaming of. The conversation you had with Sara earlier had returned back into your mind, thinking about your feelings with Joe.

You couldn’t help but smile at the thought of being in love with Joe this whole time. The constant fights and arguments just so you could prove him wrong. The constant spark between the both of you that you kept ignoring because this whole time, you thought maybe Joe really just didn’t like you at all.

It turned out to be the opposite.

“I’m guilty of denying this spark between us.” You said, barely opening your eyes and gazing up at him. “I really thought you just hated me so much.”

“Hate you?” Joe smiled. “How could anyone hate you?”

“I don’t know.” You shrugged.

“I’m sorry if I ever made you think that way. I overdo it sometimes.” Joe shook his head. “Seeing you blush… you have no idea what it does to me.”

“Hm…” You smiled, leaning up to kiss him softly. “Now, I do.”

Joe sat up on the bed, pulling you on his lap as you lay your head on his shoulder. You could barely move, feeling exhausted after what just happened.

“Are you hurt?” He asked, caressing your bare arm.

You shook your head and said, “Just tired.”

“Well, get some rest. I’ll be here when you wake up.” Joe smiled, kissing your head.

Closing your eyes, you let sleep take over you, peacefully knowing that tomorrow Joe was going to be here next to you. No more dreams that made you feel guilty and created a knot in your stomach as you thought about it.

This time, everything was real.

And not only that, Joe loves you too.

The End.

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phantovia · 2 years

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WORTHY ACCOMPLISHMENTS !

✾ SUMMARY. | how would your significant other react to your accomplishments? big or small?

❁ FEATURING. | ayato, thoma, scaramouche/wanderer & itto

✿ ADDITIONAL WORDS. | first work on this blog! special thanks and mentions to @seelestia and @thatjadedhotmess for the character suggestions!

edit 1: I don’t particularly like this like at all, but I wont scrap it since I feel that others may feel differently about it, maybe? I was going to add more characters but i lost motivation midway, apologies for that :( (scaramouche + purple is so amazing yes i know he’s anemo but STILL)

ITTO would want to celebrate your accomplishments by throwing parties hosted by the Arataki Gang themselves (Shinobu doesn’t approve of this at all). Even the smallest accomplishments will earn a party planned out by Itto, he feels that all of your achievements should be appreciated in a fun and “appreciating-enough manner”.

Of course, you would think that a party for something as small as beating him in an Onikabuto battle was too.. far-fetched. You soon confronted him about it, “At least throw a party when I’ve beat you in something that isn’t Onikabuto battles.” you would state. You beat him every time, but to avoid any more unnecessary parties being thrown, you sometimes lose on purpose. Once stating this fact to Itto himself, he was absolutely flabbergasted that you couldn’t help but feel a little bad. But then you were reminded of the look on Kujou Sara’s face when she asked for you to ask Itto to tone down the number of parties he was throwing “without any particular reason”. You were only glad that Itto hadn’t been around to hear her words. To save her some trouble, you kept the actual reason a secret.

Firstly, AYATO would want to hear all the details of your achievement, what did you do? How did you do it? Was it difficult? If it happened before his eyes—he would come up with an excuse just to hear your voice. If you were the type to ramble, he wouldn’t dare to stop you from doing so.

He would drop a few words of praise, congratulating you on your accomplishment with a smile that you weren’t ever able to read. He was definitely planning something, the look in his eyes wasn’t all too innocent like everyone would’ve guessed. You pointed it out, hoping he’d give you even a subtle hint. He responded with another smile and a quick kiss to your forehead. As confused as you were, the loving action only made your cheeks warm. The next morning, you were surprised to see a large bouquet of flowers at the kitchen table with a note attached to it.

“In honor of your accomplishment, shall we go out for dinner this evening, love? :)”

THOMA would use your accomplishment as an excuse to have a self-care day because as he claims, “You deserve it.” When you came rushing to him that day with the widest smile spread across your face, he couldn’t help but have you tell him all about it (just like Ayato). His encouraging words and praise seemed never-ending, if Thoma were a stranger, you would have assumed that his trail of positive words were fake.

You both had decided to go out to eat, visit your favorite places in Inazuma, go shopping, and once you got home it was Thoma’s duty to make sure you were relaxed and comforted. It was the least he could do to appreciate your hard work. He constantly reminded you of that each time you tried to assist him in helping with the dishes, cooking, or even laundry. “You deserve some time off, don’t worry about me!” — of course as much as you would like to have your hands empty for the entire day, you acknowledged that Thoma worked just as hard as you did. Therefore leading to you dragging him away from chores in order for him to spend time with you instead. You kept a note to yourself to give him a self-care day soon as well, it was the least you could do because he treated you so well.

SCARAMOUCHE would show no particular reaction to your accomplishment, which ended up upsetting you. You knew that hoping for too much would be your biggest mistake in a relationship with him, but you couldn’t help but want him to at least acknowledge your hard work.

This eventually led to you subconsciously ignoring him for a while. He undoubtedly noticed the sadness in your eyes as you walked past him one evening. Then it all clicked and he finally realized why you were so miserable. He charged into your room a few minutes later and cupped your cheeks. He gave you a quick kiss before muttering the words “good job.” loud enough for you to hear before marching out of the door. Your rapidly beating heart and your warming cheeks weren’t helping but you chased after him nonetheless. You grabbed his wrist and wrapped your arms around him, trapping him in your grip. He loudly sighed and avoided your gaze. Trying not to focus too much on your face, he looks at the ground instead. He let out another few words before releasing himself from your warmth. “I’m.. sorry for not saying anything earlier.” You knew that the last thing he wanted to do was to sound small, but he did anyway. That let you know that he was being genuine. You wanted to tease him about how adorable he was being, but now wasn’t the right time for that.

#[ 🌱 ] % nahida’s blessing!#ayato x reader #scaramouche x reader #thoma x reader #itto x reader #ayato x you #scaramouche x you #thoma x you #itto x you

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worriedvision · 1 year

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You're his safe choice - Heizou

Gender neutral reader, Kujou Sara is that friend that keeps telling you Heizou isn't a good match for you but you're blind to it. Well, that's until she shows you his continuous actions with other people.

The traveler can be either Aether or Lumine.

Oh, Heizou was so dreamy to you.

When you first met him, he instantly had you wrapped around his pretty fingers. When you were with him, he seemed to play into the idea of you guys being together but just casually. He always rationalised it to you by explaining his job as a detective would put you at risk, and you were only friendly.

Well, to everyone but you. He gave you the occasional shoulder touches that made you feel like you were unofficially his.

Your friend kept telling you to stop falling for Heizou, saying she kept seeing him with the traveler. At first you didn't believe her, and you knew it wasn't true - rumours would have started by now surely?

Well, they weren't dating, that much was true, however he was blatantly flirting with them. He made much more of an effort to get close to them, to sweep them of their feet, and he started spending less time with you. He never came for his lunches, only occasionally deciding to join you if the traveler was busy. He rationalised that this was due to the traveler being busy.

Kujou Sara had enough of it. She compiled evidence, stacking up with reports of all the things they did together and somehow finding out tonight's date for the duo. She invites you to come along with her to eat, and you think nothing of it.

Seeing Heizou turning his charm onto the max for the traveler felt like a punch to the stomach. The traveler was, although blushing, saying they wouldn't be around for long, but Heizou only pushed on.

"See?" Kujou Sara whispers, you nodding as the words leave you. "You deserve to be someone's only option, not the safe one."

"You're right." You admit, shaking your head. "I feel like a fool. How did I not realise it sooner?"

"Love is a complicated thing." Your friend sighs out.

The traveler left Inazuma without even saying goodbye to Heizou, clearly not wooed at all by his flirty actions. Unlike you, they had enough confidence to know they shouldn't just settle for someone who was flirting with them.

It hurt Heizou, and as he was wallowing in his pity, he started to think about when he last saw his safe option. Now that he thought of it, you stopped trying to get his attention a good few weeks ago, and you were nowhere to be seen.

If he loved under a rock, he would have dared himself to ask your friend about your whereabouts. He knew your friend never approved of him dating you, he couldn't help but feel proud of himself when you insisted that he did love you. It seemed like she finally convinced you that he was using you as a fallback option, a last resort if something went wrong. He wanted to look for you, but he knew that Kujou Sara would no doubt do anything in her power to stop him.

All he could do was move on.

#genshin impact imagines #angst #heizou x reader #heizou x gender neutral reader #gender neutral reader #kujuo sara #heizou #traveler

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beevean · 10 months

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Thinking about it LoI's cutscene with Mathias kind of clarifies why Dracula keeps being evil even after Alucard told him of Lisa's last wish and he himself even apologizing to her for his actions.

When Leon calls him out on his bullshit claiming that Elisabetha would never approve of his actions Mathias....just ignores the question

He simply states that she was a kind woman and that's why he's pissed at God and then proceeds to ask Leon "Hey you would've done the same don't judge me"

But inadvertently he kind of answers Leon's question by claiming that Elisabetha was kind which means that, on some level, he knows that what he's doing would disgust her yet he represses that truth so that he can keep walloing in hatred.

Dracula knows that Lisa would hate him for his actions yet he keeps doing them because he can't let go of hatred. When he apologizes to her it's probably not just for what he's done already but for not being able to meet her wish in general

Similarily, in DoS, Soma knows full well that giving up to his dark self would be awful yet he tries to go along with Celia's plan anyway upon thinking Mina died, even apologizing to her for what he's about to do

Yep! Dracula is a selfish bastard. He claims to love his wives, and yes he certainly saw something in them and was fond of them... but he didn't actually care enough to put their wishes above his own.

That scene with Mathias himself is also very telling. My man just finished confessing to having ruined Leon's life, to having used him and Sara for the sake of his plan, and then he offers Leon to join him in immortality and pulls a surprisedpikachuface.jpg when Leon understandably tells him to go fuck himself. He's been swallowed by his rage against God for "taking Elisabetha away from him", he appeals to Leon's grief by saying "after what you've been through, you should know" probably expecting him to renounce God as well, but didn't expect that he would feel the same towards Mathias for pretty much doing the same thing. The lack of empathy is astounding.

"Elisabetha was a kind, honorable woman. She was concerned only for me to the very end… That is why I hate Him! Am I wrong?!" You can nearly see Mathias starting to think "huh, yeah, my wife was a good woman, she'd probably be concerned for me for what I'm doing"... until he retreats in his anger again and chooses to blame God once again. I mean, he just ruined so many people's lives and absorbed Walter's soul to become a vampire, a little too late to accept that he fucked up.

And this is baby Dracula. It's easy to imagine that, by the time of SoTN, sunk cost fallacy more than applies. He died and got resurrected so many times, he killed so many people, he spread so much misery... and for what? For him to realize that his loved women would hate him? No, he can't go back now.

As for DoS, the line "If it means getting Mina's revenge, I'll do it. Make me the dark lord" really hurt the first time I played :( all this time spent rejecting his fate, and he's aware that he'll lose himself and become the sworn enemy of his friends... but he just has enough of seeing his loved ones die. celia is so fucking dumb

Needless to say, NFCV barely touches this point, despite the whole "appeal" of N!Dracula being that it expands upon his grief. S2, through Godbrand and Carmilla, insists on the point that Dracula's plan was stupid, that he won't think about how vampires will feed, that he only wants to die, and why didn't he just turn Lisa into a vampire, but IIRC no one among the heroes (and yes I'm talking about Alucard in particular) points out his sheer hypocrisy and lack of respect towards the woman he's supposed to love.

(although, to be fair, I love the line "Kill for the endless lifetime of hate before me". He also knew that he would never recover from his rage. until he did but shhh)

#castlevania #dracula castlevania #mathias cronqvist

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ISLAM 101: AN INTRODUCTION TO HADITH: Part 1

The Hadith Studies and The Sunnah: Part 1

MEANING OF “HADITH”

The Arabic word hadith denotes “news” or “tidings” and “a word,” with the plural form being ahadith.

In ancient Arabic, the term was employed to express important news and words that are esteemed. The Arabs used to refer to the news of their famous and important days in pre-Islamic Arabia as ahadith and would describe those expressions that had become idioms as sara hadithan or sara uhdutha, meaning “it has become a hadith,” or “it has become a thing, or matter, that is called off, told, or narrated, and transmitted”. The word hadith has been employed in the Qur’an to mean a special discourse. In the Qur’anic verses,

“…let them produce a discourse like it,” (at-Tur 52:34) and

“Allah sends down in parts the best of the words…,” (az-Zumar 39:23)

hadith denotes a special word or sign. The term also comes to mean “news” or “tidings.” The word is used in the verse,

“Has the report of Moses come to you?” (Ta-Ha 20:9) refers to the news.

Just as the word hadith is mentioned in the Qur’an, it is also referred to in the words of Allah’s Messenger, upon him be peace and blessings. The Prophet’s Companion Abu Hurayra, one of those most avid to acquire knowledge from him, once came to him and inquired about the person who will be happiest with his intercession on the Day of Judgment. The Messenger of Allah said,

“Abu Hurayra, I thought that none would ask about this hadith (this word) before you since I know your eagerness for hadith [i.e. learning].”

The Messenger’s using the word hadith in reference to his own words constituted a model for his Companions. Thereafter, his words were referred to as hadith and the discipline constituting the study of these hadiths was called Ilm al-Hadith, or the Hadith Studies.

The Hadith Studies has also been called Usul al-Hadith, or the methodology of Hadith criticism. Hadith scholars have determined a set of rules for the preservation of the Prophet’s words and the communications of his Companions describing him, and to enable their transfer to succeed generations without alteration; as such, they have put forth a specific methodology. The discipline wherein these methods are expounded has been referred to as the “science of Hadith methodology.” With the substance of its subject matter flourishing over time, all of its various branches have virtually each become separate disciplines unto themselves. Independent studies have been conducted in relation to each of these disciplines. The entirety of all these disciplines has together been referred to as the “Hadith Sciences” (Ulum al-Hadith).

When reference was made to knowledge in the first Islamic century, the Hadith Sciences were specifically implied, by virtue of their significance. When many separate disciplines arose examining the hadith from myriad perspectives, all of these were collectively referred to as Ulum al-Hadith. Author of one of the first works in the field of the Hadith Sciences, Hakim al-Nisaburi (d. 1014 CE), titled his book Ma’rifat Ulum al-Hadith. Ibn al- Salah (d. 1245 CE) penned the most important work examining the Hadith Sciences, entitled Ulum al-Hadith. Topics expounded in these works such as sahih hadith and hasan hadiths have each been accepted as separate disciplines, for there are a great number of sub-branches and literature which have accumulated under each.

SCOPE OF THE TERM HADITH

In the same way that the words and sayings of Allah’s Messenger are referred to as hadith, the words of the Companions regarding an incident involving him or reporting one of his actions has also come to be known as hadith.

The Prophet’s words, his actions, and decisions as well as the practices that he approved of, allowed or condoned, and reports pertaining to his disposition and character have also been included in this category.

For instance, the Messenger of Allah has said,

“The Prayer performed without the prescribed ablution is not accepted.”

This saying is a Tradition that Abdullah ibn Umar heard from the noble Prophet and narrated. Ali’s 1 narration that

“The Prophet performed ablution three times (for each limb),”( Sunan at-Tirmidhi, Tahara,)

is again a hadith attributed to the Messenger of Allah, for it is Ali’s report indicating the Prophet’s behavior.

THE MEANING OF SUNNAH

The word Sunnah, denoting such things as the visible part of the face, appearance, path, character, and nature, has acquired a particular meaning in the Islamic scholarly tradition and has been used to refer to the path pursued by the Prophet in his life and in his actions.

The term encompasses the willful actions or deeds of Allah’s Messenger; similarly, it also includes his morality, character, and humanity. He is the greatest example of humanity, in every aspect and manner. There are models of behavior for human beings in every deliberate and unintentional action.

Alongside the widely accepted literal meaning of the word Sunnah—“a way,” “road” or “path”—is it's being used to refer to a thing’s distinctive characteristics. The words, actions, and behavior of the Prophet have become a path followed by human beings and the ostensible, pronounced characteristics of the religion have become known through the Sunnah.

The Sunnah are the words, practices, and approvals—collectively—of Allah’s Messenger, while the hadiths are the duly reported narrations that convey these words, actions, and approvals (taqrir). The Sunnah has been identified and recorded by means of the hadith. The Sunnah can only be known for certain in our day through the hadith. In other words, the Sunnah is known via the narrations of hadith scholars. Such being the case, in periods succeeding the Age of Happiness, the words Sunnah and hadith have more often than not been used interchangeably.

The word having a meaning opposite to the term Sunnah is bid’a, meaning something introduced later or an innovation contrary to religion.

Over time, Sunnah also assumed sociological signification, with those dedicated to the way of the Prophet is known as ahl al-Sunnah (those devoted to the Sunnah) and opponents being called ahl al-bid’a (people of innovation in religion).

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...okay, so Ei DID, in fact, know about the war and the Fatui pulling the strings and people dying, she just doesn't give a shit. But inmediately after she tries to argue that she's going gung-ho "eternity!" for her people. Like...what. I don't know if this was supposed to salvage Ei but imo they just drove the final nail in the coffin.

Her reasoning for not giving a shit over the war doesn't even hold water! It's not like the rebels are wiping each other out, they're facing against YOUR ARMY! Sara is outraged because soldiers have died in that war. The shogunate soldiers aren't even dying for *their* ambitions, they're dying for YOURS!! (I wish I could have seen Sara rip her a new one over this actually, the same way she ripped into the NPC, does she really just go back to fawning, argh)

But nooooo, the TRUE tragedy isn't any of that, the important part is how lonely she was in her SELF-IMPOSED isolation!! Boohoo, isn't it sad? Well no! There's people dying out there! Ei could musou no hitodachi the resistance in 5 secs and save everyone the trouble (given that the writers EXPLICITLY made it a joke) it's not like they don't know where they're based. There's only a war because she's LETTING IT.

...actually, the problem there might be that the writers don't get that win or lose, during war a battle never ends without deaths on both sides...

In the end I'm left feeling like they skimmed through and butchered a story that could have been very interesting. I wish I knew how to write war and politics to make the resistance stand a chance and the kamisatos maneuver around the other comissions and sakoku wreck trade and tourism...

:) It's pretty obvious why Sara has to be knocked unconscious off screen and we never see her confront either Raiden. Because that's a confrontation that would require actual character writing and acknowledging some very uncomfortable gray areas. And we can't have that in Genshin.

I will note here the position of Ei's defenders. What she says is that she knew about the Vision Hunt Decree and ONLY that. From what I was able to find, no one ever mentions the war or Sakoku during the final stretch.

Ei: Indulge my curiosity. What is the reason that I find you standing here before me once again?

Ei: Do you hope your foolhardiness will shelter those people? Or… was it simply a means of seeking an audience with me?

Traveler: The Fatui have deceived the Raiden Shogun. The Vision Hunt Decree should never have existed.

Ei: Oh? Surely you didn't rouse me from my state of eternal meditation only to tell me this?

Ei: If so, then you underestimate me. I am quite well-informed about the Vision Hunt Decree.

Traveler: You know everything that's going on outside?

Ei: Not so. Only everything that pertains to eternity.

Ei: The Vision Hunt Decree has my tacit approval.

Ei: The Fatui's actions thus far do not constitute a threat to eternity, otherwise… they would have been purged long ago.

Traveler: But the Vision Hunt Decree is damaging. It comes at a great cost to the people of Inazuma.

Ei: Individual ambition is inherently incompatible with eternity.

Ei: What you might not realize is that all too often… people have far more to lose by chasing their dreams.

Ei: Consider this — no one will lose their life on account of having their Vision taken away…

Ei: Rather, those who have lost their lives are the ones who insisted on pursuing their own aspirations, are they not?

Traveler: Teppei…

It's almost funny to pick Inazuma apart because it's so self-contradictory. Like, the writers were aware that they were writing nonsense, but they had to barrel onward to the predetermined conclusion (waifu Ei).

In Act 1, Ayaka directly acknowledges that the Vision Hunt is a lesser issue that affects very few people. It's not the cause of the war or the reason why most people in Inazuma are suffering. Inazuma has a myriad issues, including but not limited to corruption, economic struggle due to Sakoku, Watatsumi's long history of negative relations with Narukami... They've straight up had multiple wars and rebellions before this, unlike Liyue and Mond. But since those things are complicated and something Ei is, franky, too stupid to give any answer to, they gotta refocus on Visions. It's all about Visions now.

(Note the charming bit of victim blaming the ruler of the entire goddamn nation, an actual all-powerful tyrant, adds here.)

And, god, you're right. I was buttonmashing this part when I played it because I was So Tired, but the last argument Yae uses against Ei, the one that convinces her, is that Ei is just so sad and lonely like this.

Ei: Never-changing eternity is the promise I made to my people.

Yae Miko: But what your people need from you is not your promises. They want your attention… your divine gaze.

Ei: …You mean Visions?

Ei: Humans have a lifespan of barely a hundred years. They cannot afford to bear any extra losses.

Ei: But I have experienced it all. That is why I have chosen to guide them along the correct path toward eternity.

Yae Miko: sigh…

Yae Miko: But eternity is far too cruel a fate for you, Ei.

Ei: For me?

Yae Miko: Not only have you stopped paying attention to the world, but you have stopped paying attention to yourself.

Yae Miko: It must have been terribly lonely here, all alone, for centuries on end.

That's what convinces her in the end. You see, she has to admit that she's happy to see Yae again.

And in another, better story, that might even work. But three quarters of Inazuma is about other people suffering! Who cares about Ei?! Who cares about Yae simping for her?? I don't either of them and I don't care!

Unfortunately, Inazuma is a story that Genshin was never equipped to handle well and which honestly doesn't fit it. Genshin is about the gods, and the power levelling we've seen so far makes it very clear that humans have no real say in anything. I like to bring up Old Mondstadt and Decarabion, but there was a minor mention in some of the books that future-Barbatos had already gained some power from being worshipped, so it's likely his support was the only reason the resistance succeeded. (Note how that and the also Barbatos-supported takedown of the aristocracy are the ONLY historical rebellions to have succeeded. Everyone else failed... implication being they failed because no god supported them.) Similarly, all political maneuvering is ultimately meaningless in the face of the sheer power of an actual Archon. It's really notable how few cases we have of actual humans participating in meaningful battles.

In this sense, Sumeru is... "smarter" about its writing. We spend a lot of time with Nahida and she's presented in an emotionally manipulative way so that you are expected to prioritize her (assumed) feelings and not ask too many questions. And the actual threat of the chapter is shifted into something more ambiguously god-related and detached from actual people. The parts that are more grounded remain very weak, like the Akasha and the desert dwellers and the sheer insanity of the Akademiya's practices. Those are relegated to flavor text that will maybe kind of presumably get solved by Nahida's superior leadership or something.

#playing genshin

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Conservative media personality appointed to seat on Georgia State Election Board

A media personality who co-founded a conservative political action committee has been appointed to a seat on the Georgia State Election Board, which is responsible for developing election rules, investigating allegations of fraud, and making recommendations to state lawmakers. Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns, a Republican, on Friday announced the appointment of Janelle King to the board, effective immediately. She replaces Ed Lindsey, a former Republican state lawmaker, who resigned his seat after having served on the board since 2022. “Janelle will be a tremendous asset as an independent thinker and impartial arbiter who will put principle above politics and ensure transparency and accountability in our elections, and I look forward to her work on behalf of the people of Georgia,” Burns said in a news release announcing King’s appointment. King is the third new member appointed this year to the board, which has four Republican members and one Democrat. In January, Gov. Brian Kemp appointed Waffle House executive John Fervier to chair the board, and the state Senate approved the nomination of former state Sen. Rick Jeffares. Janice Johnston is the Republican Party appointee to the board, and Sara Tindall Ghazal is the Democratic Party appointee. King and her husband, Kelvin King, co-chair Let’s Win For America Action, a conservative political action committee. Kelvin King ran for U.S. Senate in 2022 but lost in the Republican primary. Janelle King has previously served as deputy state director of the Georgia Republican Party, as chair of the Georgia Black Republican Council and as a board member of the Georgia Young Republicans. She appears on Fox 5 Atlanta’s “The Georgia Gang,” has a podcast called “The Janelle King Show” and has been a contributor on the Fox News Channel. Despite her history as a Republican operative, King said she plans to use facts and data to make the right decisions while serving on the board. “While my conservative values are still the same personally, when it comes to serving, I believe that I have to do my job,” she said in a phone interview Friday. “So I think I’m going to show people over time that I am fair, I am balanced, and that I’m able to put my personal feelings to the side when necessary if that’s what it takes to make the best decision.” The State Election Board has had an elevated profile since the 2020 election cycle resulted in an increased polarization of the rhetoric around elections. Its meetings often attract a boisterous crowd with strong opinions on how the state’s elections should be run and the board members sometimes face criticism and heckling. King said that wouldn’t faze her: “Look, I’m a Black conservative. Criticism is nothing for me. I am not worried about that at all.” Recent meetings have drawn scores of public comments from Republican activists who assert that former President Donald Trump was the rightful winner of the 2020 election. They are calling for major changes in Georgia’s elections, including replacing the state’s touchscreen electronic voting machines with paper ballots marked and counted by hand. King declined to comment Friday on her feelings about the state’s voting machines, but in a February episode of her podcast she said she has seen “no proof of cheating on the machines” and that she wasn’t in favor of an exclusively paper ballot system. Campaign Action Source link via The Novum Times

#The Novum Times

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'cara is saying when she saw me running 2014, then she saw me looking into her eyes, at night, walking by me, opposite ways, 'we talk it through when we come home, those split seconds, 'i love you, am in a meeting now. ..or i should had grabbed her off those sliding mirrors movie of 'gwyneth poltrow.. which i never do, like four or more even, times in my life. then the smile, we must catch up, we must go out w a smile, the netiquette at least. the 1986 Alien look, 'sigourney weaver. the white 'sara bowles poster, men running for Mars, the jet rocket engines light projected onto her face, as she be sling shot buckled, and fall into 'valhalla.. the kingdom of six lands, the 'Atlantis, the sharp tongue i gotten all of a sudden.. the drunk 'james bond to do the cleaning after.. such a gran'ma talk style, 'cara was not aware i could.. am aware it sounded sharp, and not at ease, orders even to be obeyed. am aware no woman would marry me, reading such tongue. never mind me.. thank you for being online w me at least at the beginning of all doom. god bless you, i loved you for a wife ..at brains level. you hated the Swedish 'james bond, thus America opened hearts and doors, they were aware you were not commi fan, either. London is huge, even queens and kings run for shelter at castles outside London, when they grow old. U.N. medical approaches are intrusive and fast, like a surgeon in the Army, double dagger sides to cut for tissue, various 'psychotropic supplies I was signing off 'legally approved, at 2002-2003, just for the 'Briggs. it should be seasons and crop rotations, third year repeating the 1st, in way. and 'cortana will make it so somehow you will had learned, read, smth linked to your course of action medically, but at least couple months earlier.. mebbe. if you feel that, it be Vienna, not London. m

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December 10th, 2023 - Board Meeting Minutes

Shorebrook Community Club

December 10, 2023 - Board Meeting Agenda

Board Present:

Brock Graber, President

John Stockwell, Vice President

Sara Graber, Secretary

Jeff & Trish Butterfield, Treasurer

Rick Anderson, General Director

Bob Lillie, General Director

Jan Selvar, General Director

Absent Members:

None

Community Present:

None

Meeting called to order at:

Meeting called to order at 10:06am

Approval of minutes

Approval of minutes from September 10th, 2023 meeting

Bob motions to approve, John seconds and the motion carries

Treasurer’s Report

Sheila emailed the balance sheet for Board review

The Balance Sheet verses Accounts Receivable shows a discrepancy of $10 and some change (Sara will follow up with Sheila regarding this discrepancy).

Review of past due assessments for current year - Board will look into sending a reminder notice to members in the community who remain past due for current year assessment.

Update regarding past due assessments prior year(s)

Brock spoke to our attorney who suggested that we send a notice to all homeowners and tenants residing in an owners property, who are past due on assessments from prior year(s). The notice will notify the owner and tenant that we will cut water to the property within 10 days if they do not make their account whole or begin making payments in a reasonable amount.

Sara will confirm with Sheila that any prior notices sent to these individuals included a return receipt (certified mail).

Letters will go out to all members past due in January.

John motions to approve Treasures report and Bob seconds - motion carries

3. Old Business

Status regarding update to by-laws related to short-term rentals

Our attorney is working to record the by-law change voted on at the annual membership meeting. We will pass out new by-laws to the community along with the long-term rental form once this update is complete.

Shorebrook Community Rental Form is available if we become aware of long-term rentals within the community.

Review request from Steve & Cindy Olson to have a meter installed for their off-plat lot OP21 - a water meter had already been installed on this plat (no further action to be taken).

Update signatures at bank

John will contact Key Bank to make an appointment on Friday, January 5th in the afternoon for Brock, the Butterfield’s, and himself to update bank signatures.

Community Bulletin Board - Brock is still working to secure a bulletin board for the community park

Dock has been secured up/stream & bathrooms have been winterized

4. Update on Caldervin Creek Dredging

Carey prevailed immensely in court case against DNR

The goal is to get the creek dredged in January

Court ruling is that creek has be to restored to original pre-2016 condition.

John sent photos from current year to 2015 year for review.

There will be 3 phases to the dredging and the state has 90 days to come up with a plan.

Phase 1 - road to beach

Phase 2 - cleans upward of the creek

Phase 3 - 5 years later continuation of restoration

Community members should continue to document damage to property from floods and file claims with DNR accordingly.

5. New Business

Contractor box for the community park to store keys - John will donate a box and secure it to storage shed.

Werner property sale - Water will automatically transfer to new property owners (no need to shut off water). Sara will confirm with Sheila/Butterfield’s that we have collected the $250 new membership fee from the new owners.

Jan spoke to our insurance agent - everything looks great as related to our coverage. No changes or amendments will be made at this time.

Next meeting - March 10th at 10:00am

Bob motions to end the meeting, John seconds (meeting ends at 11:06am)

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prittyvenus · 5 months

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The Medium and the Nameless Ghouls

Case file 005-7 Nihil file William’s visions

After finding another soul fragment from Saltarian, Sara, Omega, and Phil decide to recruit Wiliam, Sara's apprentice, and Nihil to help in the search. Will they find the soul fragment before Saltarian and Sister Imperator?

William and Detective Stevens arrived at the clergy offices. "Sheesh, this place is like a maze," William complained.

"Yeah I know, but we’re here now." Detective Stevens points to the window. "That's where the witness, Dewdrop saw the murder of Lucia Watson."

William looks out the window and sees the pond on the far side of the window next to the walkway. "I don't think that he saw the murder all the way through."

"Will, time to get the gloves on." William looks at Detective Stevens. He takes the box and gives it to William. "We will start with the desk, then with the cabinet." William puts on the rubber gloves as Detective Stevens sets up the camera. "I will document what you find."

"Sure thing John." William looks down at the desk and feels the top of the desk. "I don't feel anything. The desk doesn't have any spiritual energy."

"Try looking in the cabinet." Detective Stevens gets the forensic kit and opens it. "Any luck finding the murder weapon?"

"Don’t rush me!" William looks into the glass window of the cabinet. "What the…" He sees a small figurine of a man with a goat head covered in blood. "Detective, I think I found something." He opens the cabinet door and takes out the figurine. An image of two people fighting appears in his mind.

He sees a nun and the bishop arguing about someone. "What do you mean by I can’t?" Lucia yelled at the bishop.

"It’s just like I said." Bishop Johnathan calmly explained. "You can’t just be a prime mover without approval of the church. Also you are in hot water for your missed deeds from your own family. You have not repented from your own actions."

"My family has nothing to do with this!" She yelled out.

"You do realize that you have a child." Lucia froze at his words. "You have to be a virgin to be eligible for the position of prime mover. Also you haven’t done the ritual of rite. Without it you can’t receive the blessing of carrying Lucifer’s son."

"What does he have anything to do with it?" Lucia yelled at him.

Bishop Johnathan takes off his glasses and pinches his nose. "Lucia Watson, what you are doing is endangering yourself and Papa Emeritus the Fourth." William sees Bishop Johnathan fiddling with the figurine on his desk. "You can’t become prime mover just by marrying Papa Emeritus. You have to be wed to Lucifer himself." William begins to fiddle with the figurine the same way as Bishop Johnathan. "To become a prime mover you must be the wife of Lucifer and bear his son. The Dark Messiah."

William snapped out of the vision and sees Detective Stevens. "You Okay?" Detective Stevens asks William. "Did you found something?"

"Yeah," William lifted the figurine and told Detective Stevens of the vision he saw. "this was on his desk when the Bishop was fighting with a nun."

"Nice work, Will!" Detective Stevens praised William. "Can you find anything else?"

William goes back into the vision by staring at the figurine.

"You’re joking." Laughed Lucia. "Are you trying to tell me that I am not worthy enough for that high position. You are pathetic!"

Bishop Johnathan sat up from his chair. "Sister Lucia Watson! You know how many times I’ve seen your record?" Lucia went silent. "Each time I receive your file, I see numerous complaints about your performance and behavior." Lucia’s face turned red. "Remember, you are here because you were be re-educated by your disowned parents." Lucia click her teeth. "They even had your child taken away from you. How do you expect to learn anything if you keep repeating the same mistakes and blame it on others?"

Lucia smiles at Bishop Johnathan. "So was the mistake of you rejecting the poor little girl of her love for you." Bishop Johnathan turned pale. "Oh, you know. The four-teen year old girl that burned herself in the fire in Argentina." Bishop Johnathan became enraged. "The archbishop must be happy about the death of the girl and the burning down the only church in the village."

William sees the angered Bishop picked up the figurine and rushing over to Lucia and beating her with it. William snaps out of the vision and then slumps to the floor. He puts his hand over his mouth. Detective Stevens runs to him with a trash pail. William puked in the plastic bag in the trash pail.

"What happened?" Detective Stevens asked William.

William tries to catch his breath. "This statue is the murder weapon…" William points to the rug in the middle of the room. "…she died there…"

Detective Stevens goes to the rug and lifts it up. He sees the bottom of the rug stained with dried blood. "Looks like they did an awful job cleaning up the crime scene."

"What do you expect from them? They are boys after all." William and Detective Stevens look at the door and sees a short female water ghoul. "You know you’re not supposed to be here. This place is off limits."

Detective Stevens showed his badge. "I’m here to do an investigation." He gets the evidence ruler from the bag along with a camera. "Let me take that from you." William hands over the figurine to Detective Stevens. "Take it easy for now. I got it from here."

The female water ghoul looked at a spray bottle in the bag. "Please don’t mess with that." A female officer shouted at the female water ghoul. The Female water ghoul hisses at the female officer.

"Hey knock it off, Mist." The director said as he walked by the room.

Mist lowers her ears. "Sorry, sir."

"Now come. Let them do their job." Mist followed the director and growled at them before leaving.

"Nancy, can you set up the black light? We have to see how much blood was spilled from the carpet."

"Yes, sir." She takes out the tripod and sets it in the corner of the room. "Are you okay, kid?"

"Yeah, I’m fine." William puts the trash pail next to the desk. "Just give me a few minutes."

The sound of a TV show intro was playing in the room. "That must be my phone." Detective Stevens takes his phone out of his jacket. "Yes, this is Detective Stevens."

The voice of a male officer appears on the other line. "Afternoon, Detective Stevens. I'm Walter Ashton of the investigation department of district 9. Did you hear about what happened to Sergeant Davis?"

"No, I have not." Detective Stevens answers. "Did something happen at the precinct?"

"Yes, Peter Davis..." There was a long pause. "...sexually assaulted an undercover officer from the 10th district."

"What! Are you serious right now!" Detective Stevens yelled at his phone.

"I wish I was, but it's true. Every one is panicking right now."

Detective Stevens rubs the top of his head. "So, I have to return to the precinct for an emergency meeting."

"Pretty much, yeah..."

Detective Stevens sighs. "I'll be right over with the other officers of the 9th district."

Fred runs to the door. "Where's Sara? I can't find her!"

Anime music rang out from William's phone. "It's Sara!" He picks up the phone.

"William, is everything alright?" Sara panicked. "Is Detective Stevens with you?"

"Yeah, he's here." William answers. "Why?"

"Can you put your phone on speaker? This is an emergency." William pressed the speaker button on his phone. "Is it on speaker?"

"Yes, it is." Detective Stevens answered.

"Sara, where are you?" Fred panicked.

"I am at a diner not very far from here." Sara spoke. "I was talking with my dad when I got the call from the precinct."

"Sara, is everything okay?" Alexander asked. "Be honest with me."

Fredrick got closer to the phone. "I'm sorry to say this Prosecutor Alexander. It's my uncle, he got involved with an undercover officer from the 10th district and got arrested."

"You're joking!" Alexander yelled.

"No, sir. It's true. There's going to be an emergency meeting at the precinct to discuss the matter further." Fredrick said calmly.

"I see..." Alexander paused for a minute. "Do you want me to look after the boy when you leave?"

"Yes, please." Sara answers. "Will, I'm having my dad keep an eye on you when I'm away at the meeting. I'm ordering some burgers to go. So, you can have something to eat when he gets there."

"It is okay, Sara. I'll be waiting in the mansion if anything."

"No, your waiting with us." Detective Stevens called out. "You can't trust anyone here. Sara will be reprimanded if anything happens to you." William looks disappointed. "Remember, she's your legal guardian. If anything happens to you, she will get the blame. So, the answer is no."

"Three well-done burgers to-go, with fries and, two large diet Pepsi and a medium sprite!" A male voice yelled out.

"Over here!" Sara yelled out. "I'll meet you guys in front of the cathedral."

"Be careful, Sara." William said.

Sara giggles. "I will, Bye-Bye. Dad you got enough gas in the car?" Sara ends the call.

"Nancy, call headquarters and inform Jackson that there's an emergency at district 9."

"Rodger." The female officer uses her walkie talkie.

Jackson and two of the officers from the mansion showed up at the crime scene. "What happened, Detective?"

"Sergeant Peter Davis fucked around and found out with a undercover officer from district 10." Detective Stevens complaints. "Now, there's an emergency meeting at the precinct."

"What's with the statue?" Jackson points to the figurine.

"It's the murder weapon." William told Jackson.

Jackson takes the spray bottle and a small flash black light from the forensics bag. He sprays the figurine a points the black light on it. The figurine glows blue on its bottom half. "Where's did you find it?" William points to the open door of the cabinet. "Nice job, kid." William gets up so Sergeant Jackson can get to the cabinet.

"It's the empty space on the second shelf. That's where I found the murder weapon." William points to the cabinet.

Jackson sprayed the area and used the black light. "Two for two." He takes the red cloth from the cabinet. He shows a square blood stain glowing blue with the black light.

"The bishop must have hid it when the ghouls walked in." One of the officers inform Jackson.

"The evidence was right under our noses and we didn't even notice." Said a forensics officer with a camera.

"Will, they got it from here. Come on. Sara is waiting for us." Detective Stevens takes William to the hall.

"Going somewhere, Detective?" The director shows up with Mist the female water ghoul.

"l have to meet up with Sara. We need to go to the precinct for an emergency meeting."

"You can't even finish your work, sir." Mocked Mist. "You're joking."

"Actually, my work is finished." Detective Stevens told Mist. "It's up to the forensics team to find the next piece of the puzzle."

Mist growls at Detective Stevens. The Director slams his cane on the floor making Mist yelp. "Is there anything I can do Detective?"

"Help us find Bishop Johnathan. We don't know where he is, and no one is cooperative with us."

The director smiles and his left eye turned white. Mist bows and fades away. "I'm not as strong as the main bloodline. But I do get the job done. That's why I became director."

"Sister Imperator will have to face the music at some point." Detective Stevens pointed out. "She has interfere with the investigation too many times and that demon, Saltarian is no help."

"Demon? Saltarian? We don't have a demon named Saltarian." The director pause for a minute. "Hold on..." He thinks for a minute. "Let me look something up for you. I will let you know if I find something."

"Report it to Sergeant Jackson." Detective Stevens told the director. "I have to leave with Sara."

"Understood, Detective." The director goes into Sister Imperator's office.

Detective Stevens took William to the front of the cathedral. They waited for a while until a black BMW arrived at the cathedral. Sara got out with a shopping bag of ready to go meals and soft drinks.

"Hey, Sara!" William waves at her.

Cowbell and Sunshine got out of the car as Copia ran out of the cathedral. "Sunshine!" Copia rushes over to Sunshine. "You naughty ghoul. Where have you been?" He pets Sunshine. "You had your papa worried sick."

"Sorry, papa." She bleeps.

Sara gives William a container of a burger and fries with the sprite. "Wow, the burger is huge." William pointed out.

"Now Will, I'm going to the precinct for a meeting. I'm having my dad look out for you. Do you understand?" Sara told William.

"Is it about your job?" William asked.

"It's more about my boss then my job." Sara explained.

"What? Are you leaving so soon?" Copia asked.

"There's an emergency meeting at the precinct. I can't go into the details, but it's bad." Sara told Copia.

"You will tell me when you get back." Said Copia.

"If, I can come back." Sara sadly said to Copia.

"Come on. We need to get going." Detective Stevens yelled.

A sister of sin runs out of the cathedral. "Papa! Come and take a look at this!" Everyone looks at the nun. "A jar has appeared inside of Primo's coffin!"

"A jar?" Copia asked.

"Grandma's urn!" Sara yelled.

They rushed inside and saw a crowd around Primo's casket. Sara gave the food to Fred as Detective Stevens and Alexander pushed their way into the crowd. Sara shows up last when they see the urn lying down in Primo's left armpit. The crowd whispers as if it was a prank from the ghouls. Sara and Alexander were shocked.

"You finally got your wish, Grandma." Sara whispered.

A spirit of an old woman appears in front of Sara and Alexander. Primo appears next to the old woman.

"How on Earth did it get in there?" Alexander scratches his head.

Primo smiles and leans over to the old woman and kisses her lips. They both change to the younger version of themselves.

"Oh sweet Lucifer," One of the ghouls yelled out. "That’s Prime Mover Lady Elizabeth Bathory!"

Copia looked at Elizabeth then at Sara. "How long did you know about this?"

"Phil recognize her from the photo while I was packing up for the case." She told him. "Why didn’t you notice? I’ve been calling you Uncle Copia for so long."

Detective Stevens looked at Sara. "I can see the resemblance. You do look like more of your grandfather than your grandmother."

Primo and Elizabeth vanished from sight as they embraced each other.

"I have to get them flowers when I get back from the meeting." Sara wiped her tears.

"Come on now. We need to get going!" Fred yelled out.

"We're coming!" Sara, Fred, and Detective Steven left the clergy in a cop car. They wonder if things would change for the better.

Case file closed

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#the band ghost #nameless ghouls #papa emeritus iv #copia #ghost fanfiction #papa popia #mist ghoulette #dewdrop ghoul

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mnovenia · 7 months

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November 8th, 2023

Important day for you 드디어 has come 🏨🥲🙌🥳🙏😇💪💯

It's been a while, been busy with work, travel, hosting people here and there till I couldn't remember to update about 'this journey'. Marlene Jie came, Bebey came, Yoora came, Han Sang Hyuk jibsanim came, busy with my lifegroup, work that thankfully never ends, teaching Norman, visiting family in Surabaya, date w my brother, took care of our villa, met up with Bella, Pat, busy busy busy.. Last interaction was perhaps he loves my IG story with bey + when Yoora posted my pic while picking her up at the airport. So ever thankful for October that God provided been most fulfilling so far (apart from Aug ;)) and I believe God is at work, even when it seems He's silent and I don't make any progress. I also learnt about Aquarius AHAHAHA cmon marsh, but i think sifat2nya ada mirip: CUEK, PROVE WITH ACTION, so I learn emang dia ky gitu ENFP pula and I believe by God's grace, he knows what he's doing.

I sent him small gifts through Yoora, it made my heart kinda flutters again because while she and Sara were here they were teasing me and Gwang Hui, they said: cmon Eonnie, everybody knows about you and GH, who went to noraebang just berdua?? Ber4 ber3 itu wajar, tapi ber2? Geugoneun daeiteu <3 hahaha emang, as much as I want to claim it as one, I hope he thinks the same way.

Anyway that's not important, after receiving the gifts he sent me messages, video, photo and thank me by Shella Nuna//// we talked about our both soon a little bit (told him about dede n stuff), he also said I only 1 month left with my group, so I guess he's focusing on ending his work first, his duty and planting as much seeds as possible to his current members, before preparing his way to Bali (guess you have 1 whole month of December to prepare)~ In the meantime he spent time with his supercute nieces 3 girls like Yusosu! What a coincidence, of course for marsela the cocoklogi girl hahaha.

While me? I have also been doing quite the same thing: helping BSF, teaching norman, learning korean, facilitating my soon members, hosting the korean team who keeps coming, helping Han jibsanim looking for church buildings (that was the most tiring day of all month), and guess what? Jibsanim posted everything in our Kakao group that's loved by him of course thank you hahaha..

Cepet banget ya Tuhan bekerja, ky ga percaya within 3 months kita di granted dana besar untuk pindah gereja, dan caranya itu loh bner2 bukan cara manusia, krn me n bella literally not doing anything and cannot take credit. And pas Yoora forum aku blg gatau gmn tithe yg bener, 3 hari kemudian dijawab dg kesaksian jibsanim, therefore I decided to give 50jt as my perpuluhan dan juga renov bathroom gereja baru kita <3 tbh gaada yg bisa aku banggain sih, bulan ini smua kerjaan ku lancar banget, smua akad kredit di approve and I received ratusan juta. I think God is also testing my obedience (while my villa still on progress), and of course I will just follow His way, I pray that I can return what's His in the first place to expand His kingdom. Aku uda takut bgt waktu Ko Wilson kesni, turned out smooth bgt, aku cm doa Kristus walau uda gabisa tidur berkali2, it's like God showed me: ketakutanmu gaakan terjadi Marshella, fight the satan's voice of fear with God's words, hancurkan kegelapan dengan doa, be obedient and prioritize Him in every areas of your life. He cares about your spiritual growth as much as your work, your love life, all the things that you may thought He didn't or He's been silent. Truly my spiritual life renewed after PI, aku ga takut apa2 lagi, aku bener2 bisa berserah sm kedaulatan Tuhan, aku bener2 bisa percaya Tuhan kerjakan seturut firmanNya bagi kemulianNya sesuai waktuNya, dan Dia gak akan membuatku dipermalukan.

Saat ini aku juga punya kekhawatiran gimana nanti pas GH di Bali, even dia jadi kesini atau engga (kok gaada tanda2 prep sm aku), mau soon pake bahasa apa, dia tinggal dimana, banyak cewe2 yg rubungin dia, kita bakalan bisa serius dlm relationship atau engga, berapa lama dia akan stay, dan banyak kekhawatiran lain, yang aku belajar untuk serahin aja sama Tuhan. Apa yg Tuhan reserved untukku toh gaada bisa diambil orang lain, kl bukan pun ya pasti ada yg lebih baik lagi. Kl berefleksi, gw pun kok bisa gak tergoda sm cowo2 indo, colleague, or even si sungchan yg suka DM2/kakao wo. Same thing I believe God protected Gwang Hui from what is not his.

In the meantime, fokuslah sama apa yg ada di depan mata, jadi lah teman yg baik untuk sekitarmu, maafkan org2 yg mgkn bersalah, buang prasangka thdp orang yg Tuhan kirim di hidupmu, use your time wisely, beresin villamu, spend time sm adik dan keluarga mu sebelum kamu berkeluarga sendiri dan harus sibuk urus keluarga suamimu.

Hari ini 2 hari sebelum peringatan 9 tahun mama meninggal, Gwang Hui posted di IG (as pictured above), I think his last day at Korea University Hospital huhuh.. dalam kehaluanku, dia pasti nurse yang di treasure semua colleague nya, 3-6 tahun bukan waktu yg sebentar, but i'm glad he is walking in obedience, following God's plan for his life. Urineun chukeum bites anichi gwuanghuiya? I think nunado lumayan di sayang org2 sekitar, I hope that what makes we can walk together in the future, seiman dan sepadan. Ok excuse kehaluan ini, tapi bener2 gawatnya, ga pernah kynya ada 1 hari gw ga mikirin GH, tiap hari ada aja yg bikin kepikiran, pictures berdua di jimbaran again dlm keadaan pacaran (remake foto PI ceritanya) aduhaduhaduh gila bgt mmg pisces, tapi perkataan adalah doa. Mana kemaren di surabaya gw bilang sm tante da n om hap, mobilku itu yg siap dijual kapan aja kl aku harus pindah keluar negeri lagi (korea for a while maksudnya), entah kenapa ada feeling gt walaupun nantinya tetap balik ke Bali. Ya anyway semua sesuai kehendak Tuhan aja. So let's not focus on the future, aku saat ini cm mau mencintai Tuhan setiap hari, melewati hari2 dengan nikmat anugerah Tuhan, menjadi saksi kebesaran Tuhan dalam menulis cerita hidupku, berbagi bgm Tuhan bekerja dg cerita, waktu, materi dan semua yg Tuhan mampukan aku. Sekali lagi, chukaderimida nae sarang, sugohaesseumnida, na yogi neo gidariyo! Appeuchimalgu, hangbokhaeyo, spend a lot of time with your appa, chukadeul, last moments with sun members, you'll surely greatly missed by each of them as you're making your way to come here. Nuna will pray for you always, let's meet in prayer, oneulbam do!

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marjaystuff · 1 year

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Guest Review: Still Waters by Sara Driscoll

Still Waters by Sara Driscoll is an entertaining story. Sara Driscoll is the pseudonym for authors Jen J. Danna and Ann Vanderlaan. This story combines training, competition, and murder.

“At the beginning of June, we were contracted for two more books, eight and nine in the series. It was in the middle of June Ann had received word that she had cancer. We all thought she had three to six months. Because it was breast cancer that metastasized, she died in two weeks. It was four weeks start to finish. I hope Ann has taught me everything I need to know.”

The FBI K-9 team gets approval for a water-search training weekend in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in Superior National Forest in northeastern Minnesota. This training is combined with a three-part search and rescue timed competition. The first morning the handler and their canine partner are on a boat with a pilot, diver, and trainer. Hidden at the bottom of the lake is a small container of human remains. The dogs are supposed to bark when smelling it and the diver goes down and retrieves the bait.

“The idea for the story sort of came to me. It is based on a classic Agatha Christie in an English manor. My problem was putting all the canines into an English manor. Our version of doing this, trapping them in the wilderness. Ann came up with the idea of having law enforcement competitive trials. All search and rescue (SAR) need continuing training and education. We built the competition into the training, with all different types of dogs.”

It is not just a competition but an R and R for the team. The Human Scent Evidence Team is represented by Meg Jennings and her black Lab dog Hawk, along with Brian Foster and his German Shepherd dog Lacey. They are accompanied by Lieutenant Todd Webb, Meg’s boyfriend that works for D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services, Ryan, Brian’s spouse, and Josh and Luke, Todd’s brothers.

“Todd is very pragmatic, straight forward, grounded, and practical. As a firefighter he will always come to people’s rescue. He is Meg’s rock because he is calm, caring, and protective.��

The evening of the first day, Meg went for a walk with Hawk. Upon returning she sees a fellow dog handler, Rita Pratt, from the Laramie Sheriff Department, abusing her dog. Because Pratt fears Meg will report her, she quickly files an unfounded complaint against Meg that could cost her job and have Hawk removed from her care. To make matters worse, the next day Hawk scents more human remains. But this time when the diver goes down into the water, he finds the body of Pratt. Because of the run-in, Meg becomes the prime murder suspect. The FBI investigator also has tunnel vision and seems to only look at Meg as the guilty party. Now Meg needs her wits, Hawk’s skills, and all her friends to help prove her innocence.

“Pratt has a hard exterior. Meg does not understand how Pratt treats her dog, abuse-like. She is arrogant, an instigator, petty, cruel, aggressive, and a troublemaker. There is evidence in the past she is a back stabber who double crosses.”

This story is action packed from page one. It has suspense that will keep readers on the edge of their seats. A bonus is learning more about the bond between the dog and handler and the different approaches Search and Rescue must use given the different terrains.

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teenageread · 2 years

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Review: Wicked

Synopsis:

In idyllic Rosewood, Pennsylvania, four very pretty girls just can't help but be bad. . . .

Hanna will do anything to be Rosewood's queen bee. Spencer's digging up her family's secrets. Emily can't stop thinking about her new boyfriend. And Aria approves a little too strongly of her mom's taste in men.

Now that Ali's killer is finally behind bars, the girls think they're safe. But those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it. And they should know by now that I'm always watching. . . .

Plot:

A is dead. After fighting Spencer, Mona reveals her true colors, just as Spencer remembers her knack for pushing people, as she kills Mona by pushing her over the edge. Where Spencer displays zero guilt for killing Mona, Hanna is feeling the emptiness of losing yet another pretty girl's best friend. With Kate and Isabelle now living in Hanna’s house, her father made it clear that Hanna can either be friends with Kate or be disowned. Aria knows the feeling; as she tries to rekindle a relationship with her mother, a hottie at an art gallery caught her eye, but we knew Aria could not judge age (remember Ezra). Thus she was horrified when the guy she dreamed of kissing turned into her mother’s thirty-four-year-old boyfriend. Even Emily is dreaming of kissing boys, as her relationship with Maya is over, Emily’s heart flutters over lead singer Issac at her mother’s church concert, who happens to share the same music taste as her. The only one not boy obsessed, but no fret there is still kissing action happening, is Spencer, who faces a bigger problem. Seen as a true Pretty Little Liar to her teachers and classmates, Spencer's words and actions are constantly being questioned, including her verdict for Ian’s trial. When a tragedy strikes the Hastings family, a deep dark secret about her parents' past comes to light, one that will affect Spencer in a major way. With the girls banned together for Ian’s trial, they first must attempt a school fundraiser at Spencer’s house, where one party person will not leave alive.

Thoughts:

Another mediocre story by Sara Shepard. The story is kind of blending together with the previous books, as Shepard follows her format of drama, big event (school fundraiser at Spencer’s house), the girls must find one of them because they are in danger (this time it Spencer, again), and for the last few books ending with the girls talking to the police and someone is dead. This is why starting now, along with my A suspect list, is a body count because I am going to start losing track of all the characters Shepard mercilessly kills off (but for the previous book, so no spoilers). Let's start with the good, with the favorite character for the first half being Hanna - I know it took her a while to become likable. First, for Hanna, the girl has it rough. Her best friend died, and not only is Mona dead, but Mona was also A, who was torturing Hanna and the others for the last four months. The only issue is, Shepard made no one care that Mona’s dead. Hanna's father is still Kate-obsessed, Kate is still doing her nice-girl-but-maybe-not act, and Hanna just has to continue on being Hanna Marin is Fabulous, despite the depression and grief she should have been going through. Thus, where Shepard's writing is weak, as she is good with the drama, she is less good with emotions, as this novel should have made Hanna a really deep character with lots of emotion. But instead, Hanna loses five pounds, shines her hair, and basically forgets that her only friend was her tormentor and is dead. Shepard did write a few times of Hanna being sad that Mona’s not there, but the writing could have been a bit more emotional, but that is probably out of Shepard’s skill set. But again, Hanna is only the favorite for the first half, as Hanna makes some dramatic choices to keep her popularity, and it is hard to see her as a good person afterward. Spencer’s story is pretty good for this novel, as Shepard has her trying to make amends for past mistakes; if you could arrest people for being mean towards their child, her parents would both be serving life sentences and some family drama that will probably be a major arc in Spencer’s series. Emily realizing she is bisexual with her feelings towards Issac is okay, but compared to the other girls, Emily is not a major player in this novel, and her being bi is literally Shepard just trying to keep her relevant. Aria needs glasses or to not talk to guys she does not know their age, as Shepard makes Aria a center at yet another age-gap relation, this one with extra strings because her mother is involved. Talk about yuck. Compared to the last novel of Ian’s arrest and Mona being A, this is a letdown, as Shepard gives another “shocker” of an ending that does not affect this book but the next, mediocre relationship moves and gives us a mini main event (the fundraiser) instead of the one we wanted (Ian’s trial). With this novel starting phase two of the girl’s lives, Shepard is not even close to being done with the series, as this book sets up some major plot moves for the series as a whole, even though it did not have much effect on this novel.

A Suspects:

The concept of the novel is our four girls trying to find out who A is, thus I thought it would be fun to keep a suspect list to see how many people Shepard writes for the girls to at one point suspect and by whom. So here is the list for book #5:

Maya by Emily

Ian by Spencer

Body Count

As Shepard keeps killing people off, I think it would be a good idea to keep track of who died, but without spoiling the ending of the current book, as her habit is killing them off with two chapters to go. So here is the list of the dead for the previous book #4:

Mona, Toby, and Ali