#and see what's on the slab

[just-late-roman-republic-things]

Thinkin' about her (the big black Slab that covered part of the forum and the Romans forgot why they put it there, so they made up spooky stories about it being the tomb of Romulus)

Thinkin' about him (the shrine discovered beneath the Slab containing our first hard evidence of a monarchy in early Rome)

(Mary Beard, SPQR)

#so come down to the lab #and see what's on the slab #spqr book #mary beard #archaeology #the Slab #jlrrt speaks

[cottagecori]

if I still posted my face on this site, y'all would drop dead over my costume

#come up to lab #and see what's on the slab #i see you shiver with antici... #cori stop

[booky-arts]

died in your arms

The clock was ticking. Grian knew just as much as Etho and Cleo that the clock was ticking. They were all red. One wrong move and they would be goners. Today everyone would be picked off, one by one, til one stood victorious. 

Grian could feel the bloodlust surging through him that came with being a red life but he also felt something else. He felt the loyalty to his team. Grian told Etho and Cleo that he would stick with them, even if he turned red. And he meant what he said. He was tired of keeping people just out of reach. It never served him any good, he still was the reason those that meant most to him would leave. So this time, this time he would do what he hasn’t. 

Cleo was in the base with Etho getting some last minute gearing up done while Grian was outside keeping an eye out for any reds coming to get them. Grian wished he still had Jimmy with him, despite how annoying he could be. He wished he had someone he could talk to. If Grian was going to do this, there would be no turning back.

Etho left the base while Cleo was still gearing up, finding Grian staring out towards the rest of the server. The fox hybrid snuck up next to the avian and sat next to him on the cobble walls in front of their base. Etho could tell that Grian was in his head, having seen that face of his like that more than enough times now. “Whatcha’ thinking Grian?”

A light breeze ruffled the dirty blond hair on Grian’s head as he continued to look forward, “I think I want Cleo to kill me.” The statement was so straight forward that Etho expected there to be more to it than that.

“You want Cleo to kill you?” Etho’s tail lightly swished against the grass behind him as he turned towards Grian, “Why do you want that? Don’t you want to win?”

Grian turned to look at Etho, seeing his eyes study him right back. Etho’s ears twitched as Grian spoke, “You gain hearts for dealing damage for tasks when red. I want Cleo to get the best chance at winning.” He watched as Etho’s eyebrows furrowed, thinking over what Grian had said. Even Grian felt like it was out of character for him to do this. But he needed his team to live. If he died for his team, it would be worth it.

“Do you think Cleo could win this?” Etho’s voice was so quiet that Grian almost missed the question altogether. “Like, if she did her tasks on you and got her hearts, do you think she could win it?”

“Yeah. I think Cleo has what it takes to win. And I think she deserves a win too.” The breeze picked up a bit, ruffling the feathers of Grian’s wings as he tilted his head back. “Besides, I promised my loyalty to you guys. I’m not gonna back out on my promise.”

Later, the three had been sticking together and doing their tasks as people were dropping left, right and center. Grian was low. Very low. One hit and he would be dead. He frantically ran up to Cleo and grabbed her shoulders, “Cleo! Cleo kill me!”

Cleo stumbled back, “What? Grian I can’t do that!”

Grian dropped his armor as he stood in front of Cleo, “Cleo I am on 1 heart! I’m not gonna win this!” He dropped to his knees and bowed his head in front of Cleo while Etho stood and watched, “Please Cleo, you need the health!”

Cleo went to reject the notion that she would kill her teammate, when Etho put his hand on her shoulder. No words were shared but they all understood what would happen.

Grian was killed by ZombieCleo

#booky.writes #trafficfic #secret life #trafficshipping #grian #zombiecleo #zombie cleo #ethoslab #etho slab #trafficblr #zombiegretho #<- can be read as shipping ^-^ #sorry i had to do something with grian being so vocal with his loyalty to etho and cleo ^-^ #i just but arms tonite by mother mother n repeat and this is what we get ^-^ #i want a zombiecleo win so bad #she deserves to win ^-^ #anyway i am so excited for friday to see who wins this season ^-^

[scribe-of-hael]

drive thru Pharma cy be like -

I TRIED ook ? Its 3am what do you want from me ??? The more I practice mechs the better and I just wanted to draw Pharma

And wow an autobot this time - nd not a Decpeticon AMAZING

#mtmte pharma #transformers pharma #transformers #my art #Transformers fanart #idw pharma #maccadam #My art 2023 #Sketch #Let's see overlord tarn and now pharma #I sure know how to pick em #What can I say #I love the crazy doctor #I have a thing for medics #Id rather be onnthe slab for knockout than Pharma no shade #All the shade #Doctor in the house #Also I give bots sharp teeth #Why #Because bite me like a cookie thats why

[taxi-boi]

hyper specific limited life team up that could technically happen given the current state of affairs

calling it team BEGS

#limited life #trafficblr #bdubs #grian #skizzleman #etho slab #ethoslab #bdouble0 #life series #24l #this is like a late game team up to me #i really dont see bdubs leaving clockers unless something big happens #its not in his character arc #and grian has been absurdly loyal to any team hes ever been on despite how much he supposedly hated said team #or skizz leaving tango and impulse. #actually whats better than saying this is a ''possible team'' #is saying that this would be the objectively funniest final 4

[toastsnaffler]

so with the new context from the unwanted guest what r we thinking abt alecto as johns leftover undigested 'fridge meat'

#YOU DIDNT SWALLOW A DIAMOND.. YOU SWALLOWED A PIECE OF MEAT !! and boy is the whole earth a hefty slab to chew #i guess john realised what would happen and how she would subsume him and he would no longer be the person he was #but he needed some semblance of himself to stay in control and maintain that 10000 year revenge streak grind #presumably locking her in the tomb slowed/stopped the meshing of their souls into a single person.....?? #or maybe its bc alecto will last as a battery for him for far longer in a preserved state.. seeing as souls are 'finite' and wear thin #so it keeps him far closer to real 'immortality' than the other lyctors who have already chewed up every scrap of their cav meat..... #my head is so buzzing from unwanted guest i cant remember what the general consensus on alecto theories was before i read it #so maybe it was smth already along these lines....... ahhhhhh #.diaries #tlt #the unwanted guest spoilers

[flhoarder]

Never forget that if Harry throws up on day 1, he gives the working class woman the handkerchief he uses to wipe sick off his mouth for her tears

#days old boozy sick. you can keep it. ma’am. courtesy of the RCM #he’s also never washed it #if you have that in your inventory he automatically gives it to her. the player does not have a choice in the matter whatsoever #correction: #I’m very wrong to say that and it’s misleading. it’s one of the *secret* difficulty altering things for the check #which is honking #modifiers. that’s the word I’m looking for #it’s just harry being harry #he can eat a dead bird off a slab of concrete but let’s never forget that one of the two parties there is a normal human #kim has his glasses off in the woman’s home so he doesn’t even see what’s going on #de #disco elysium #harry du bois #kim kitsuragi

[dreadark]

at least arknights still acknowledges liking minimalism is a character flaw

#arknights #minimalist #hes healing. good for him #i really want to know what the hell he did to the city before this tho #like why didn't we get to see it #is it just a concrete slab #post

[bonestrouslingbones]

btw big shoutout to that woodworking class i took in my final semester of high school for allowing me to 1. not constantly sound like i'm talking entirely out of my ass and 2. hide some very niche secrets because of the like 2 full months of paperwork & osha training before i got to actually build anything

#dont click see all on the tags i accidentally went insane over woodworking Its Not Worth it #god that class was such a mess. it took so long bc we couldn't all go to the shop unless everybody passed the safety test #and. well i'm pretty sure only i and like 3 other kids actually wanted to be there . im still a bit angry about it yeah #i wanted to build a table for my mom for mother's day and didn't finish it til JUNE and then it fell APAAARRTTTTTTTT!!!!! but its FINE #I WAS GRADUATING LIKE A WEEK AFTER BUILDING THAT TABLE BUT ITS ///FINEEEEEE//// #THE actual knowledge that i still retained from it is really funny tho tbh #the only thing you can call a guard on a bandsaw is the lil 2" radius circle printed around where the blade goes through the table #if you put your fingers inside of that circle they will be Swiftly Removed #i am more comfortable with that fucking thing than a hand drill #however drill presses are fine. kinda fun actually #walnut smells really good when it's being ripped but the dust gets fucking everywhere somehow even more than white oak #that was my last class of the day that semester and i would constantly go home with my black clothes having turned brown #and i'll say. most fulfilling class i've ever taken to be completely honest #ik i am not attending a trade school but WHYYYYYY DOESNT MY UNIVERSITY OFFER WOODWORKING AAAAGGG #WHAT IF I DROP OUT TO BECOME ONE OF THOSE YOUTUBER GUYS THAT MAKES TABLES THAT ALL LOOK THE SAME HUH. WAHT THEN!!!!!!!!!!!!! #WHAT IF I WANT TO MAKE 32 TABLETOPS OUT OF MINIMALLY TRIMMED SLABS AND EPOXY THAT ALL SOMEHOW LOOK BORING. WHAT IF I MAKE BANK ON THAT #ITS! BETTER!! THAN ALL THESE ESSAYS!!!!!!!!! #ahegm sorry folks. what i meant to say is that whenever ebony looks like he's creaming himself over furniture that's me talking through him #all that being said if i ever have to look at autocad ever again i will start huffing the polyurethane

[sgrumby]

do prawn cocktail crisps actually taste like prawn. I am a guy who hates fish (one time I kissed my partner after they ate sushi and that was too icky for me) but I do like prawn cocktail. what does this mean

#i probably won't eat a prawn either way. those guys are too Shaped #i don't like when you can see what the shape of the animal used to be. give me a slab of pork and i am fine

[chaotic-queer-disaster]

thinking abt my "culture" as a concept is super... strange. as a white north american. and i dont know how to articulate this beyond "its so big it's nothing" and im aware it's so so so incredibly privileged to have a big disconnect from "my culture" because it's everywhere as opposed to because people tried to stamp it out! I know. i'm just thinking out loud about how it is strange.

[on "no reblogs" just bc i dont know if im articulating this exactly as what i mean and im mostly thinking out loud in the tags]

#hello bat if you see this youve actually sparked thinkingthoughts bc of that oc question on nicola-writes skdhfksdf #anyway. #i dont know the actual CULTURAL origin of the food i eat or the clothes i wear or the music i listen to or w/e #i know its. european. presumably. and i know it's canadian/american clusterfuck. and i also know it is influenced by other cultures #on some level ! like i dont live in a bubble with NO other cultures in it but i dont rlly think anyone does lol #but like..... all the influence i can NAME is ONLY influence from /other/ cultures. not mine #i can recognize when something *isnt* part of my culture but i also dont rlly know how to define what my *culture* is beyond... #idk ! a big ol slab of White #the hallmarks of my culture are like. whiteness. overarching influence. white christianity. having everything made for ''wide audiences'' #usually just made w/people like me in mind (most popular clothes most common food most tv characters etc) #and again thats SUPER privileged. obviously. im not complaining about anything (though ofc i dont think it /should/ be like this). #this isnt a ''poor white ppl :( no culture :('' thing this is more... wow we really did just destroy our own individuality for the sake of #white supremacy didnt we. #i dont know many people around here who can name parts of French or English or German or Irish or w/e culture SPECIFICALLY #even if thats what they are. #i read somethign once written by a woman of colour talking about how she noticed that white ppl seem to sacrifice actual individual culture #for the culture of Whiteness and White Supremacy (she capitalized it like that specifically. dont remember why) #especially white north americans (its less common in other places) #which CREATES this phenomenon where we genuinely just don't participate with culture on a conscious level very often #because. its everywhere. it's the ''default assumption'' of north american society. POC & their cultures are ignored in favor of us #and we really only notice when something is *not* our culture but not when something *is* our culture bc we never have to look for it #we participate with culture. obviously. its impossible not to. but we often dont do it on purpose. #idk. thoughts!! thought times. sometimes i have a single thought in my brain #and i am aware this is like 1 perspective and also the least important perspective on race & culture ever kdjhksdjf #i am just thinking.

[neonpigeons]

in my "afraid of everything" era

#is it anxiety? probably #i've been extra paranoid lately over things that are legitimate threats but not like. a real pressing concern #like bears? grizzly bears? was in the woods on saturday and i was like ''if i see a bear im gonna shit'' but we didn't #i didn't want anything to happen to noodle #but my friend had a shotgun to scare them off so we were fine #i also heard coyotes the other night while walking and im also afraid of them going after noodle so i haven't walked in over a week #AND ALSO THERE'S A SERIAL KILLER that's in a town that isnt THAT far away from where i live #the funny thing is that my fears are making me fall asleep at a decent time cuz I don't like being out at night alone anymore #gah I've also always had a fear of predator animals attacking and eating me but it's been worrying me more lately idk why #when i was a kid my aunt lived in the deep woods of oregon #and a mountain lion killed some of their baby cows and i unfortunately saw the dead cows. when i was a kid #it fucked me up more than i wanted to admit and i was always so fucking scared of an animal gutting ME #like when i delivered pizzas at my last job and i had to go to the more remote areas closer to the foothills #the fear i always had in the back of my head 😵‍💫 #everyone always thought i was silly for it!! they were like ''cougars are afraid of cars they wouldn't bother you'' #okay but im holding a tasty fucking pizza in my hands? covered in meat? im a walking slab of meat? what if one is especially hungry?? #hgkfnkshfsk okay sorry im fine it's fine i am safely in my home it's okay. i need to stop freaking out over nothing #ari speaks #sorry for the long ass tags #if you've gotten this far i love you and i hope you have a wonderful day 😚💌🫂 #oh this also doesn't even dive into my fear of love and human interaction. but i should maybe save that for a therapist #...if i ever get another one

[keeps-ache]

!! nemanade !!

#just me hi #l!! lemonade!!! #i wish i had sweet tea but this yellow stuff is pretty good!! #can't believe we're on the planet that came up with this stuff! fruit and sugar water?? say no more my guy i'm not going anywhere lol #i like pink lemonade better (does it taste different ?? i honestly don't know i just like that it's pink fvhshsh) but this is still the bes #juice on the planet. like what in the world could top Lemonade? #don't answer that btw :) #!!! juice !!! #//gonna go run to ~costco~ with my parents #idk why people act like getting trapped in an ikea is bad‚ if i got trapped in costco it would take me less than an hour to lose it hvhsd #it really loves to lean into the Big Soulless Slab Of Concrete Charging You Money To Touch It thing #i HATE it there. but also i like being taken places to walk so i gotta suffer <3 #/nobody takes me anywhere for goodness sake!!! somebody take me for a funkin WALK. gosh #//but anywaY i gotta draw things!! #i hate time limits but i love making things and so they must join hands and somehow convince me to do something in a timely fashion #so i will see you! on the other side of this internal debate!!! toodles !! :>>

[mar-im-o]

I found this author who was writing some really sweet age regression fics with Etho and I was like "oh this is SO cute love to see Etho be treated affectionately" bc yknow he deserves it he has every singlr mental illness ever

but anyways i got too deep and my brain's tryna do that mirroring thing and I'm like "🧠🔫 watch it we've got shit to do today no time for this we arent Etho Slabs"

#me 🤝🏽 mr slabs #having every single mental illness #it's what makes us so quirky #i dont watch etho a lot just see fan content of him #but i too am a mentally ill bitch who refuses to be taken care of and takes comfort in wearing face masks #kin #what was i talking about again #agere #ethoslab

[mightaswelljxmp]

hey what if i. used april fools as an opportunity to actually reblog all the naruto stuff in my likes. thinking….

#there is so much in there though guys #i dont have sideblogs or anything so everything i see that i like but doesnt necessarily fit the blog as ive established it goes in there #i just. i really enjoy (parts of) naruto. and the fanworks out there is like the best part of it but i have spared you all so far from-> #having to decide whether the post i just reblogged is kks or mr slab #hmm you know what. i think i will do this. have fun with the nart today everyone