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fouquesartcorner · 6 years
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Starward Passage: (please remember guys, this is still incomplete so I’ll be updating this. If you reblog, it will not  be updated however along when I do, just FYI. Easy access to it can be found : HERE )
--you’re still welcome to, but just that heads up
Main family/peeps:
Cielys (Noah/Noel in other universes) [pronunciation: Seal-liss] {Species: Vitrian Alsius} My main focus in this story/universe and who essentially started this whole journey, both within the story and the starting point in which I started building everything from. He is a lil wimpy, passive thing who watched his friends get abducted by off worlders and try to venture out to get them back, especially after losing his mother to a similar situation. He meets people along the way and learns more about the galaxy than just his homeworld.
Renaiya [pronunciation: Ren-nigh-yah] {Species: Vitrian Alsius} Cielys’s mother, and a healer among their people. She is a singer mother, and was taken off-world.
Sorien [pronunciation: Sore-rin] {Species: Vitrian Adamus} A childhood friend of Cielys. An adventurous hothead who was one of the friends Cielys is trying to help.
Anwen [pronunciation: And-win] {Species: Vitrian Alsius} Cielys’s cousin and more of a survivalist type person who adapts to where she is and tends to not follow rules.
(Cielys’s Uncle) [pronunciation: Ren-nigh-yah] {Species: Vitrian Alsius}  Renaiya’s older brother and Anwen’s father. Can say he’s an artist of sorts, and not very much of a fighter. He prefers to mentor the young and council people when he can. 
Space Station Peeps:
Rhys Sangre / Rhisnyd [pronunciation: Reese-and] {Species: Vesper Dromier} A blind bartender who runs a club called the Whispering Flame in which he organizes a ring of informants from. He is also lowkey connected to a crime syndicate and group of hackavists too.
Kaeden [pronunciation: Kay-den] {Species: Vesper Luminare/Aikaya} A rowdy young Vesper-Aikaya hybrid who went from being a streetrat to an employee for Rhys.
Tanja Avira / Tilana [Pronunciation: Tih-lan-ah] {Species: Aikaya} An Aikaya and adopted sister to Rhys. Former dancer and now spending her time helping Rhys while also runs a side job as a massage therapist.
Miz Anne / Nyss Nania [Pronunciation: Niss Nan-ee-ah] {Species: Citiali} A sassy little old frog lady who works as a cook for the Whispering Flame, and while she looks out for Rhys and Tanja, she is also surprisingly a tough body guard too.
Zann [pronunciation: Zann] {Species: Citiali} Friend to Kaeden in his early years of being a streetrat and was a mentor to Kaeden before they got separated. 
Lar'mier [pronunciation: Lair-meer] {Species: Talirian}  Wandering loner who tries to avoid issues caused by his father.
Ghost Brokers peeps  
Shalimar Kreüz [Proanounciation: Shall-ee-mar  Krootz] {Species: Human} Excellent hacker and information broker, who is the head of an information brokers ring and hackavist group.
Lahti [Pronounciation: Lah-tee] {Species: Vitrian Nixis} One of the informants under Shalimar. A bit of a trouble maker really.
Cole Sandoval [Prounciation: C’o Sand-da-vul] {Species: Human} An independent agent who works for Rhys at the Whispering Flame, and indirectly, works for Shalimar for different missions.
Sylliene [pronunciation: Sill-leen] {Species: Vesper Dromier} Former slave and now works as a detective/private investigator.
Zephyr Anasasi [pronunciation: Zef-fer An-nah-zah-zee] {Species: Human} Explorer and daredevil who travels around collecting artifacts or so. Sometimes works as a courier too.
Villains and Related:
Rau'gan [pronunciation: Raw-gun] {Species: Talirian} A subtle crime lord who goes around stirring up problems anywhere he goes, but somehow manages to avoid being caught.
Krydon [pronunciation: Cry-dun] {Species: A’mok} Rau’gan’s right hand man.
[] [pronunciation: ] {Species: Talirian} One of the Talirians who runs with Rau’gan, who specializes in technology and enjoys making new gadgets to make his life and his group’s life more fun.
[] [pronunciation: ] {Species: Talirian} A large Talirian loyal to Rau’gan, who specializes in weaponry and heavy work really. 
Drankas [pronunciation: Dron-cas] {Species: Vesper Dromier} A man who travels around in space to find rarities such as flora, fauna, artifacts, and from time, species he finds of interest. A collector.
Kirin [pronunciation: Keer-rin] {Species: Vesper Dromier} A young naive Vesper who serves Drankas.
Ahmiir [pronunciation: Ah-meer] {Species: Vitrian Nivalis} A morally grey Vitrian who wants to do what he can for the benefit of his species, even if it means doing some pretty nasty things to other people, especially those of not his species.
Itan [pronunciation: Ee-tahn] {Species: Vitrian ??? } Cielys’s father, in which there’s not much known yet about him.
Vitrian Allies:
Ariasia [pronunciation: Are-ee-sigh-ah] {Species: Vitrian} A traveler and a navigator, who enjoys charting the stars as well as flying her way around space. Also likes a good cup of tea too.
Sehkmetir [pronunciation: Seth'k-met-tear] {Species: Vitrian} A ranger/animal handler of sorts. He is a mercenary of sorts, doing odd jobs and always with the help of an animal companion. 
Isavar [pronunciation: Eye-sah-var] {Species: Vitrian Nivalis}
(Isavar’s little sister) [pronunciation: Eye-sah-var] {Species: Vitrian Nivalis} 
Cyrens:
Asamira [pronunciation: Ah-sah-meer-rah] {Species: Cyren}
Olivia [pronunciation: Oh-liv-vee-ah] {Species: Cyren}
Ouja [pronunciation: Oo-jah] {Species: Cyren}
Ilku [pronunciation: Ill-kuu] {Species: Cyren}
*Note: Little tidbits seen here, especially for some crossovers, are within this universe and can vary in other AUs/Stories. Differences make things interesting I’d say!
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jungkoog · 7 years
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@je0n @gooddaybybts ANN IS ANOTHER JUNE ‘96 !!!! this is so cute, I love this. 
also hannah poutypjm tagged us all in the post of jjk right next to eachother lmao.... just a small tidbit i noticed 
Karen your reply made me laugh, ngl this is why Im so skeptical about zodiacs tho tbh cause i’ve never had issues with taurus or cancers. Then again I don’t rly know anyone who is a taurus and really only two cancers
I’ve realistically never had consistent experiences with ppl based on sun signs lmao. Like every person that I know of the same sign is very different, but maybe I’m just not looking in the right places... by that I mean like traits and how to decipher them. Especially since I've never had a wide variety of sun signs around me in my life.... it’s mostly dominated by scorpios with a side of virgos and geminis lmao. Apparently Leo and Libra and Aquarius are the most compatible for geminis? But the only Aquariuses in my life are family, no leos as far as I know and Libras i’ve had a couple strong friendships with but were hindered for reasons unrelated entirely.
to be perfectly honest, and this is purely from a perspective where I would consider zodiac as defining of a person(by which I mean if I were only looking at the signs for answers which is never, quite frankly), virgos are the only sign I’ve ever had an issue with. That’s not to say I haven’t had issues with ppl of other signs, that’s not the case at all in fact the people that have hurt me the most are of all different signs. but i’ve had more problematic virgos in my life than unproblematic....and again and again virgos clash with me, whether it be strained or just no spark whatsoever. which is consistent with a lot of sources on sun signs. again tho TBH i personally believe it’s coincidence.... but its still somehow satisfying to consider the possibility of it being sort of... predestined?
Realistically I probably have met many unproblematic virgos but i’ve had TOO many negative outcomes with them to not be a lil salty about it lmao. BUT then again with the description of virgos that i’ve read, it doesn’t really fit those people, so it must be unrelated.(except there’s also the possibility that it’s because the signs are described almost always in a positive light and I’m looking with a negative one) BUT IM WILLING TO LOOK PAST IT ALL BECAUSE JEONGGUK IS A VIRGO AND SUDDENLY I LOVE VIRGOS WOW..... (me when I first got into bts)
I’m so fickle though, if something doesn’t add up then I’m back to feeling that it’s bs but if something does fit then i’m like omg wOW THIS IS SO TRU WOW HOW ACCURATE. i also dislike those horoscope posts ppl make that are bordering on like.... mental health related? like.. what makes the signs upset or what do the signs worry about idk just anything of that topic cause I'm reading them and I'm like.... yeah ok so I'm literally every sign apparently lmao. I know those posts are pointless for me but it’s still kinda annoying, I feel like my issues are being invalidated which is SUPER dumb
Aries are supposed to be super compatible too.... but I’ve never had the opportunity to have a friendship with an aries but when I meet aries I like them right away, my mom’s an aries (doesn’t rly count in this instance but we are very close), my friend’s boyfriend is an aries, etc.
The most frequent, strongest, and memorable friendships for me have been with scorpios. Geminis I’ve met irl I’ve found to be open-minded but yet still uncaring of issues not within their own realm. My longest running relationships with people have been cancers, and scorpios tho. With scorpios they’re generally really strong and then they fizzle out and then that repeats, with cancers it’s a steady distant friendship, you’re not that close but you’ve liked eachother’s company type of thing.
Gemini and sagittarius are apparently opposites and is supposed to result in like SUPER passionate relationships (of any kind) it’s generally like... if it works it REALLY works and if it doesn’t it REALLY doesn’t. I think it could also be both at the same time, like it could start off as super compatible and then if something goes wrong suddenly everything clashes. Which is interesting because the only person irl that I have ever felt genuine and incredibly passionate romantic feelings for was a sag and it started out amazing and suddenly was a nightmare.
I’m curious to know what your experiences with the signs are.....??Like who would you say your closest friends are. what the most memorable signs are in your lives??
Anyway....
me: “i don't really believe in zodiacs anyway”
also me: *writes an entire novel about my experiences with the signs*
P.S. (if you made it this far) @Karen, Ann and I just discovered that we’re both born on june 13th, so we’re curious to know what your exact bday is?
P.S.S. Do you guys have KKT? and if yes, do you wanna exchange IDs?
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ichhabeschwein · 6 years
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Life Update
I’m pretty terrible with keeping up with this blog, huh?
Well first I’m going to give a general update on my day to day, and if you stay tuned, you’ll get to read a kind of life update/new goal of mine! Isn’t that exciting? I hope so.
“SO” (this is how most Germans start off a sentence when they’re really getting ready to do something with/for someone. The “S” is usually kind of drawn out and half-sounds like a “Z”). 
Here’s what my day to day looks like.
7:00-7:20am: Up and at ‘em. Gotta get ready, maybe pack a gym bag, scarf down some Müsli (cold oatmeal popularly eaten all over Europe, but mainly in German-speaking countries, I believe) and catch the 15-minute train to the city. (If you remember from my last post, I’ve moved in with a host family that lives in a dorf (small village) outside of the main city, Magdeburg). I watch the horses go by, oogle at the Barleber See (a lake north of Magdeburg), and show my month-ticket to the ticket checker when they inevitably come around and say, “So, ihre Fahrkarte, bitte.” Which basically means, “May I see your train ticket” (And if you don’t have one, you will have every eavesdropping commuter judge you while you get a ticket for 60 euro).
8:30am: Most mornings I go to the University gym, which is a little dungeony, since it’s in a basement with no windows, but it’s cheap, and that’s what I’m after while on my minimum-wage budget. When you walk into the locker room, you’ve got to say the classic “Guten Morgen” (Good Morning/formal greeting) to all of the fit grandmas getting ready for whatever fitness class they’re taking there. They’re a happy bunch and inspire me to stay active and create a band of fit older women when approaching my old age. 
Now, I live in former east Germany. This was the part under the soviet rule when Germany was separated into East and West after WWII. This introduced many practices and general moods to the German culture, and one of these was a general acceptance of nudity in East Germany. Enter FKK, or “Frei Körper Kultur”, which translates to “Free Body Culture.” This basically means Ossies (shhhh, I know Germans living in former East Germany don’t like this term) are pretty cool with the naked body.
Now that you’ve gotten this lil’ cultural tidbit, you probably get where I��m going with it. 
There are no barriers in the shower area keeping any one of these fit grandmas from seeing all your natural goodness when you want to wash your pits. I’ve gotten used to it and like to think that I’m a pretty open-minded person (* waves my big old Women’s Studies Minor flag *), but sometimes it’s hard to shake the culture that informs the way you interpret the world-- the main one in this situation being the EVERYTHING-INVOLVING-SEXUALITY-IS-BAD one from that one country with apple pies and stuff. And what embodies the symbol of sexuality from the US better than the naked, stereotypically-female body!! I’m beginning to rant. I’ll get back on topic, I swear. 
10:00am: So after I expose my goodies to the grannies (the alliteration was too good to pass up, sorry mom) then I just hop right on across the street from where I work out, swipe my cool, little electronic key on a pad, and let myself into the Max Planck Institute for the Dynamics of Complex, Technical Systems (MPI). An interesting thing here is that the institute is very international, which I guess shouldn’t be so surprising, since this reflects scientific research in general: very international. I’m pretty sure everyone here tries to follow Germany’s cultural rules, but because it’s so mixed, I can never be sure if the cultural practices I’m learning pertain specifically to German work-life or not. One of these practices is that everyone greets everyone, even if you don’t know them, even if you just pass someone in the hallway or if you’ve walked into a kitchen, etc. I’m not the expert on this, but this hasn’t been common practice anywhere I’ve worked in the US. (Another random side note and weird formality in Germany is that people address and give a sign off for text messages here. So, every text starts with a greeting, which depends on how formally you want to address the person, and a sign-off like “Sincerely, Megan,” for example. And this is expected even if you’re texting someone your own age!)
Other than that, I make up samples, test solubility and different crystal formation behavior of a specific substance and report to a young PhD, whose project I work on. Sometimes, I wait long periods of time on crystals that never behave how I want them to! Crystals are can be very unpredictable in their behavior, and this one behaves especially unpredictably, which is why industry has handed its issues over to us to standardize. But in this down time, I usually sit on skyscanner and plan trips to different countries, “huhu” (this is how Germans type out “haha” if they want to sound cheeky. I imagine is sounds something like “hyuhyu” in their heads, but I’ve never heard a German actually say something like this out loud.).
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I share an office with a bunch of other HiWi’s (”Hilfswissenschaftler”, or research assistants that are paid through the University) and it is usually dead quiet in there. People are coding, typing furiously, reading through research articles, etc., so this isn’t exactly the place to chat. People usually gather in the kitchens on their respective floors and chat over lunch or breakfast, but no one really uses my kitchen! I’ve slowly figured out that most of the Master’s students stroll on over to the Uni Mensa (cafeteria) for lunch in packs at specific times. I’m trying to work my way into one of these lunch possies and have had some invites to come along, but remember how I said crystals are unpredictable? Yeah, I usually have to babysit them and/or work through lunch to tend to them. Yay, work social life! 
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4:00 - 6:00pm: Once I decide there’s nothing left to be done for the day (this time varies depending on what was on the work-menu for the day), I usually wait until I can catch a train home (it only runs every hour). When I get home, my host dad is usually cooking dinner or cutting up our appetizer of various fruits. I give Momo, our cute lil’ miniature Bernese Mountain Dog, a couple scratches and then try to get something done before getting called to dinner. I have no idea what my host mom and host sister do beforehand, but once dinner has been called and my host dad and I are sitting at the dinner table, it takes a solid 20-30 minutes before they mosie on down the stairs, maybe slowly making a cup of tea, or checking their phones at the counter before they sit down. In Germany it is rude to start eating or even to serve food until everyone is ready to eat, so, as you can imagine, my stomach is like, “whaaaaaaaaat’s the hold up.” The TV is usually on during dinner, so there’s not usually a lot of conversation until we’re all done eating and someone turns on the news. They meckern ( “to gripe” kind of fits this translation) about politics, and this is my time to grasp some German and try to get involved in some German conversation. We’ve talked about gun control, driving laws, the western-hemispheric drug war, the (related) refugee crisis in the US (most call this the immigration crisis), the change in the cultural climate in Germany due to immigration from Turkey and refugees from Syria, etc. 
8:00 - 9:00pm: After dinner, the mom or dad takes the dog on a walk (interesting tidbit: if you own a dog in Germany, you are walking this dog 2-3 times a day, automatically. I have yet to meet a German who does not walk their dog at least 2 times a day.), and this usually signals the end of dinner. I head upstairs and usually talk to my boyfriend about travel plans, our days, etc. and then hit the hay.
NOW. I was just talking to a few friends about this, but with this schedule, I’m trying to fit in a new piece, namely, studying for the TestDAF.
What the hell is the TestDAF? 
This is a language test that evaluates how well you can wield Deutsch als deine Fremdsprache (German as a foreign language). 
Why would you want to do that, that kind of sounds like a lot of work? (What my brain says to me every time I think about taking the test, really)
Well, I want to apply for a master’s program in Germany. 
To anyone from my program reading this statement, it’s kind of like, Na klar, ich auch. But to friends and family, hey yea what’s up I might live here a little longer term. 
There is one program in Germany, specifically in Hamburg, for Cosmetic Science, and all of the classes in this program are in German. This means I have to take the TestDAF, prove that I am C1, or basically fluent, in order to apply and have my application considered. One of my huge motivators for pursuing this opportunity is that school is free in Germany. 
You read that correctly. And anyone can apply to their schools, as long as they can fluently speak the language that the program is taught in. They have small administrative fees, which also include a student transit ticket that covers all of the transit in the city the school is in (some tickets cover multiple federal states!! What a deal!!), but the semester fee is less than ($250) half the cost of cheap rent in Ann Arbor. 
So why not try?
I wouldn’t usually post about something exciting that isn’t a sure thing yet in a public space, but seeing as I haven’t started pursuing TestDAF preparation materials, etc., getting something concrete out there to hold me to my goal seems like a good motivator. 
I hope all is well on the other side of the pond for y’all! I fly back July 17th and will spend some time in NYC with my little (who I miss so much, shout out to Ryan Gentil) before I’m back in Michigan, but I hope to post a few more updates until then!
Alles Liebe
Megan
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