#but not black licorice by itself

[brittle-doughie]

Introducing the Y/N plush! And the cookies and what they do with said plush!

The cookie in the second image are, shining glitter, pomegranate, chess choco twins, golden cheese, caramelon, custard the lll, black pearl, licorice, lychee, komiho, Affogato, lilac, onion, stardust, space doughnut, timekeeper, shadow milk, white lily, snap dragon, pitya, abyss monarch and fire spirit. And if your wondering, the two drawings took 6 hours total-)

The Earthbread Big Seller!

I can tell which of the two took you the longest. I would like to know what it says next to Snapdragon if you can!

“Amazing Y/N Plush! Collect your very own doll to keep. Be the first one on your block to own the amazing new Y/N Plush! Please do not fight over them!”

[A large line had formed at Butterbear’s shop! Cookies of the sea and sky have emerged too to get their very own plush!]

Many fans had considered Shining Glitter’s latest show to be one of her best! She couldn’t take all of the credit though, she had help!

She cuddled close the Y/N plush she had next to her mic stand. She can count on it to allow her to give it her all, as if Y/N themself was watching her!

Having her own plush hold up a mirror for her to help fix her hair up already made itself more useful to Pomegranate than a certain cookie in the CoD.

She took a quick look around before she took it with her to bed, dozing off with the plushie clutched tightly in her arms.

The Chess Choco duo loved that they now have an observer to their chess games in the form of their own Y/N plush! They didn’t expect one or the other to pull anything tricky, but it was nice to have some sort of reassurance that no sneaky tactics came into play!

They split the time in half with how much each of the two got to have the plush. It doesn’t stop disputes from breaking out that had Earl Grey stepping in from time to time!

One of Golden Cheese Cookie’s favorite things to do with her Y/N plush would be to dress it up in whatever amount of riches she can put on it the little doll.

One of her favorite outfits for it is one that makes the plush look like a resident of her own kingdom, complete with wings to match hers. Something she has planned for the real deal when she gets the opportunity!

Carameleon Cookie was so stoked to have a buddy to call his own within the forested areas close to the Silver Kingdom. It sure beats being alone all the time!

He can tell you that he isn’t too attached to the thing as he waits for the actual Y/N Cookie to come by. He just..doesn’t want to lose it, okay?!

It was good to have one of his loyal subjects always around to listen what he had to say! Even if it was just a plush version of them, Custard Cookie III could spend minutes just talking to the plush as if it were a real cookie!

It’s why he considers it as one of his best subjects in the kingdom! Right behind the real Y/N Cookie, of course!

Black Pearl’s Y/N plush is nothing short of the best thing to ever grace her waters. It was down to the very last detail the cookie of her dreams had.

She’d never tire of it, acting protective over the plush, something she’d be more aggressively so if the real Y/N Cookie was with her! The plush will look amazing within her dwelling!

Licorice Cookie didn’t care about Pomegranate’s venom spewing mouth these days, not when he has his bestest friend, the Y/N plush, with him!

He can truly confide his secrets and feelings towards the little plush, like his feelings towards Y/N Cookie, but it better not blab to you! He even uses the plush as a guardian for his diary!

Ha! Why wait in line for a plush when Lychee Dragon could just swipe it from that fumbler, Kumiho Cookie! She didn’t appreciate Y/N Cookie enough, so why not give it to a dragon that certainly will!

Kumiho was not having it though, angrily coming after the dragon for stealing her darling in plush form! She did not let Lychee’s lies get to her, she’s taking back that plush!

Affogato Cookie could just monologue all day to his plush on how he plans to take over the throne one day and Y/N Cookie will join him as part of that dream!

He’d promise nothing but the best life for you with a luxurious life with no worries or limits as he went to caress the plush’s cheek. The best victory would be to have you for himself while that Caramel Arrow Cookie watched! He can’t stop giggling to himself about it!

With how popular these plushies were getting, Lilac was particularly watchful of his. He already called it his own with the lilac scent and he’ll bring down anyone swiping his plush from him.

He always keeps it on his person, both as a precaution and that he has easy access to it to hold and cuddle close when he’s needy. It’s what he would’ve done to the actual Y/N Cookie.

Blackberry Cookie can always count on Y/N Cookie to help settle down Onion during one of her crying bouts, she enjoyed the company from them too. So it was a total win when she received a plush for herself and for Onion.

Onion always liked to go to bed holding both her doll and plushie to ensure a good night’s rest without the fear of a nightmare waking her up, for she trusts the Y/N plush to help her even in her dreams.

Stardust doesn’t mind sharing his Y/N plushie with his friend, Space Doughnut. After all, they share the same trait of seeing Y/N Cookie as a dear friend. Space Doughnut was just as trusting with theirs to Stardust as well!

Space Doughnut does get overly excited when they could play around with BOTH plushies, making Stardust laugh with a smile as Doughnut happily played the two plushies.

Was it really any surprise that Timekeeper Cookie wanted to be greedy and have a number of Y/N plushies? They’re her favorite, why wouldn’t she take them? It wasn’t like the original owners could prove anything against her.

Timekeeper Cookie cuddled herself amidst her plushies without a care in the world, relishing in seeing the face of the cookie she liked all around her. Though it wouldn’t hurt to try and grab a couple more to her collection…and then Y/N Cookie themself!

Shadow Milk’s puppet show was going to be wonderful with the guest of honor being Y/N Cookie themself! Almost! He was able to obtain a plushie from one of his clown faeries and he was absolutely adoring it!

The plushie is always going to be a part of his puppet shows, interacting with a doll of himself that he made. How romantic it would be if the two stuffed dolls danced and smushed together to replicate a kiss! It even made Shadow Milk himself blush at the thought of you and him possibly doing that too~

One of the faeries had gently opened White Lily’s glass case, placing down a Y/N plush they had gotten for her. She immediately grabbed it and clutched it tight close to her, a smile on her face being the indicator that she liked the plush already.

One of the faeries had gotten curious about what made this plushie so dear to her as she reached for it and tried to pull it out of her arms. She had to quickly reel her hand back when White Lily swiped at it, nuzzling the plushie closer to her body, shielding it from any further attempts.

Pitaya Dragon Cookie didn’t expect Snapdragon to enjoy their Y/N plush that much to the point that they whined for Pitaya to hand it over to them. While this was meant to be for Pitaya only, they didn’t mind it as they give it to the young dragon.

Snapdragon immediately swiped it up and flies around with the doll in their arms, babbling happily as they played around with the stuff toy. Pitaya couldn’t help but smile at the sight, it was just like when Y/N Cookie would play with Snapdragon themself…

Abyss Monarch Cookie didn’t find themself going out much, especially for something as small as a stuffed plush. Yet there they were, having went out and gotten a Y/N to call their own.

This sense of adoration they start to feel for this plush was almost on the same level as they had for Y/N Cookie themself. They gently picked it up and spun slowly around with it, was this feeling a sign and not a temporary emotion? This feeling of…longing…

Fire Spirit was so stoked to have receive his own plush that he couldn’t wait to have simmer down first before messing around with it, too enveloped in his own that his hands start to emit smoke touching the plush.

He started to freak out when he open his eyes to see that he had turned the plush into a pile of ash, crying in anguish as he tried to salvage what he can. He went back to Butterbear Cookie with the news and he was generous enough to give him a replacement, warning him to be more careful next time!

#brittle answers #cookie run x you #cookie run x reader #cr x reader #cookie run #crk x reader #cookie run kingdom x reader #cookie run kingdom #cr kingdom #cookie run ovenbreak #cookie run ovenbreak x reader #crob x you #crob x reader

[draxomoriatic]

Another cookie oc of mine, Fossil Coral Cookie!

An ancient, terrifying best dwelling deep within the licorice sea, tied closely to the abyss itself. Her appearance is rare, even rarer so due to the near impossibility of traversing the seas without attacks from sea monsters. Usually only her haunting silhouette and striking eye visible.

However, she is not seen as a malevolent being, more of a neutral creature that even the beasts of the licorice sea avoid and fear. Fossil Coral Cookie is protecting something sacred and dear to her, and is more than willing to cooperate should this aid her desires. It is believed that a deal between her and Dark Cacao Cookie allowed for the building of the Black Citadel and the massive wall separating the land from the sea.

Though with that barrier destroyed once more, who knows what deal might be made now…

#cookie run #cookie run oc #cookie run kingdom #mermaid #dark cacao cookie #caramel arrow cookie #fossil coral is a very pretty stone #fossil coral has these bleached coral growths on the side of her face and on her chest #she only has one eye

[minhosimthings]

Enhypen's eyes are pretty like....

Warnings: fluff and a shit ton of poetry, mention of food and alcohol

A/N: just wanted to rant a bit about how pretty Enha's eyes are

Lee Heeseung

Heeseung's eyes are filled with the rain which gets stuck on your window sill, the raindrops that you always made race each other on the car windows as a child. It is the lightining which you would shield yourself from, under heaps of blankets and soft music playing from a recorder. His eyes are made from the grey clouds, the heavy atmosphere threatening to breakdown, bringing with it, heavy drops of beautiful rain. Heeseung is a rainy night, with hot cups of tea, snacks, cats cuddled up against you, and someone's voice singing ambrosia into your ear.

Park 'Jay' Jongsoeng

Jay's eyes are made up of black licorice, and clear night skies. Those night skies when all the stars tell their individual stories so beautifully. Andromeda over there with her flowing hair, Perseus over here with Pegasus carrying him so mightily. Jay's eyes have that black licorice that people have mixed emotions over, the smooth shiny strips of candy, that can make or break a smile out. Those eyes have that feeling of nostalgia, of dancing yourself drunk out on a terrace, of swaying to music at a bar, of making drinks at home and fawning over them. Jay is a panorama of old memories.

Sim 'Jake' Jaeyun

Jake's eyes are almost full, with the amount of scenes of dawn in them. His eyes are pretty like that orangish-yellow of the rising sun, like the birds which sing their song early in the morning to wake us up with a calm feeling of "everything is going to be fine". Jake's eyes speak comfort. They speak those nights where all you want to do is curl up with your lover and sleep, knowing that the universe loves you. They speak those nights where you trace your scars, remembering how your lover would kiss them goodnight, in order to ease that painful memory. Jake is scented pillows, and comfort, and a warm cocoon of welcome hugs.

Park Sunghoon

Sunghoon's eyes remind everyone of that first snow. The first snow when mistletoe hung above your head and you only wished for the galaxies to send you someone to press your lips to. They are those memories of ice skating with someone holding carefully onto you as you begged them not to let go, lest you fall to the ground. His eyes hold that passion of the careful love, the lovers who are too afraid of love itself. His eyes scream that emotion of knowing love not as it is, but as it could be. Sunghoon is a festival of love which is as pretty as the icy moon.

A/N: Mona here! I hope you enjoyed this rant of mine and i hope you know that I'm falling in love with your eyes with every passing moment, dear reader.

#enha #enhypen #enhypen fluff #enha fluff #lee Heeseung fluff #park jay fluff #park jongseong fluff #sim jaeyun fluff #sim jake fluff #park Sunghoon fluff #enhypen smut #enha hard thoughts #enha hard hours #enha poetry #enha hyung line

[bun-lapin]

TWST Voice Line Scene #10

♣️Trey: (looks at the kitchen wall splattered with eggs and green ooze)

♣️Trey: (looks at the stove buried under a pile of licorice pieces and leaking black smoke)

♣️Trey: (looks at Yuu and Lilia covered in flour and noodles) …What happened here??

🦐Yuu: In our defense, Lilia said he could make the cake bake itself and I really wanted to see that.

♣️Trey: You were trying to make a cake?!

🦇Lilia: Khee hee~! I suppose I got a bit carried away with this particular spell. Not to worry though! I'll put everything right back the way we found it! (starts cleaning the kitchen with magic)

♣️Trey: Don't push yourself too hard Lilia. You already spent a lot of magic doing… (gestures to the chaos around them) this.

🦇Lilia: (smiles mysteriously and continues cleaning) Oh, this is still just me messing around. One of these days, you'll see the true essence of my magic.

♣️Trey: …..

🦐Yuu: (whispering to Trey) Psst! Cheer up, Trey! Now we don't have to eat any of the cake Lilia was planning to make.

TWST Voice Line Scenes Masterlist

#I'm visiting family for thanksgiving this week! #this scene was probably inspired by the chaos of thanksgiving dinner prep lol #twisted wonderland #twst #twst imagines #twst voice line scene #twst incorrect quotes #lilia vanrouge #trey clover #twst yuu #gn!mc #bun-lapin écrit

[quibbs126]

So I made a second licofait kid, Licorice Syrup

I’m gonna be honest, I kind of forgot that she’s not just me making a second licofait kid and is instead Red Licorice’s replacement, but whatever. She does still replace Red Licorice I guess

So basically, Licorice Syrup here is a magician who uses sing based magic. I’m not entirely sure what her actual magic is, whether it’s necromancy or something different. I just knew how she’d use her magic and thought I’d figure it out along the way

Personality wise she reminds me of Trixie from MLP. She’s kind of a showboat and she acts incredibly confident. However her insecure side shows with enough pressure on her, and she’s not that much different from her dad in that sense

In my head, if she had a human name it’d be like, Sirena. Which I did pull from Venture Bros and I know isn’t a real name, but her powers remind me of sirens so I thought it fit. I suppose Serena works just as well, with it being like “serenade”

Also with the thing about sirens, I imagine her to be dating a mermaid, since I feel like that fits. Not sure how it happened but she is. Her girlfriend’s probably not another fankid, but rather someone else entirely

…*sigh* I’m sorry, this isn’t that good. Admittedly, she’s kind of been a thing I do in spare time over different intervals, and most of that time was yesterday when I was waiting for the volunteer event to start and waiting in line to pick up our stuff, so I wasn’t 100% focused on her. And so she’s a bit lacking in areas. This will also be relevant in the design section

Anyways, so her name comes from black licorice syrup. Which admittedly I wasn’t entirely sure was a thing but apparently it is. I came up with the name because licorice, and because Parfait has syrup in her pop star look (even if it’s not in her natural look), and ice cream (and I think parfaits) can have syrup in them

Originally her name was Black Syrup, which on one hand I still kind of like, but on the other, I realized after finishing her that I had recently come up with a new character called Dark Syrup, and the names are really similar so I changed her to Licorice Syrup since that’s still what she is

But yeah anyways, this is a picture of licorice syrup I found online

So I originally drew her in a rough sketch, just doing her hair, but as I recall the hair color itself didn’t look right, so I scrapped her at the time to come back to another day, which I eventually did. All I could really remember about what I wanted is that she’d have a similar color scheme to Licorice

Admittedly her final design may be a bit too plain. I tried to mitigate that with the light blue at the bottoms and with the skull pin, but she still might look too plain. But ah well

Speaking of the pin, I put that there to spruce up her head a bit, but then I forgot that she wears a hood, so I don’t really know how it works

I’m also not sure how I ended up with blue as her accent/secondary color, but I did. I guess it works with sirens and mermaids? It’s also why I made her eyes blue. I color picked them from Parfait’s pop star look, even though I know those are colored contacts, because they were nice and bright

I do wonder if I should have made her eyes a different color though, so that they can be an extra pop of color

Her hair was originally going to be all black, but I wanted to spruce it up a bit by having the ends white. The idea is that her hair is yogurt covered in licorice syrup. One of the main things I tried to do with Licorice Syrup even just starting out was that I wanted her hair and hair color to make sense, instead of just going from black to white for no particular reason like with Red Licorice, and I like to think I accomplished that

Overall while I recognize she may not be the best, I do still think overall I like what I did, and I hope you guys like her too

#I haven’t done much art since like last week #I need to do more of that #anyways now I’m thinking of giving her a sea based costume #and her with her gf #whom I don’t even have a name for she just kind of exists #cookie run #cookie run kingdom #licorice cookie #parfait cookie #licofait #fankid #fanchild #licorice syrup cookie #my ocs #my art

[adriennebarnes]

Parents Day

Masterlist

Paring: Xavier Thorpe x Mexican!Reader

Summary: it’s parent’s day and Xavier is finally going to meet his girlfriend’s parents.

Warnings: Spanish with translation. Boyfriend!Xavier, involved parents, probably many spelling mistakes

A/N: Since I don’t know much folklore or mythical creatures from different Latin American countries, I made the reader to be a catrina like La Muerte from Book of Life because it revolves around Mexican culture and that’s the culture I know the most. If you haven’t seen The Book of Life, La Muerte is made entirely of white sugar candy with knee-length black licorice hair that is tied in a low ponytail and multi-colored glowing eyes with aqua eyeshadow that are in shades of gold and red. Though a catrina itself is just a skeleton, La Muerte is different. La Muerte has magic to transform herself into a human, has telekinesis, can revive anything including nature, controls and generates fire, and in her catrina form, she leaves trail of marigold petals and levitates herself. So to avoid any confusion in Nevermore, Y/N is usually in the human form that she has created for herself. When her parents come in for parents day, they are in their catrina form. Xavier knows Y/N is a catrina but he has NEVER seen her in her catrina form. Understand? Cool.

This is how La Muerte looks, Y/N’s catrina form is basically like that but smaller since Y/N is younger. Y/N’s mom is basically La Muerte in her Catrina form

Y/N was hanging in Xavier’s art shed, just watching him paint.

“Are you excited for parents day tomorrow?” Xavier asked Y/N as she plays with the marigold plant she gave Xavier last week. “Kinda, why?” Y/N asked. “So I can finally meet your parents. You barely talk about them. Like I know you talk to them on the phone a lot but you never talk to me about them.” Xavier said as he got closer to Y/N. “There’s not much to tell, we’re a very Mexican family.” Y/N commented, waving her hand over the marigold so more flowers can sprout.

“Well I cant wait to meet them. I’ve even been practicing my Spanish.” Xavier said, sitting next to Y/N. “That’s good that you’ve been practicing.” Y/N commented. “I do have a question though, how come I’ve never seen you in your Catrina form?” Xavier asked. Y/N was shocked at the question, for the years you guys have been friends, months of dating, he has never asked this before. “I’ve been reading up on Catrinas so I don’t say anything stupid in front of your parents, right? In this book of Mexican Folklore, it says that a Catrina is made up of white sugar, candy, has black licorice for hair, their eyes are glowing candles, their faces are decorated, their clothes are made up of candy too. Catrinas are literally made up of sugar, slice, and everything nice! But they have the ability to take on different human forms. I’ve always seen you in your human for, how come I’ve never seen you in Catrina form?”

For Y/N it was a sensitive topic. Not that she didn’t like her Catrina form, she LOVED it, it was very beautiful, reminds her of when she would visit Mexico and see all her relatives. However, being the only Catrina in Nevermore, Y/N became self conscious.

“I’m not entirely comfortable with being in my Catrina form in front of people that are not my family.” Y/N said, when Xavier was about to say something, Y/N’s phone rang, a Luis Miguel song playing, Y/N got off the seat and walked towards his paintings. “My mom, LOVES him, bueno? (Hello)” Y/N answered the phone.

“Hola mi amor! Como has estado? Mañana es el Parents Day de tu escuela así que tu padre y yo vamos a estar contigo todo el día, llevaremos a tu hermano, me encantaría conocer a todos tus amigos. (Hello my love. How have you been? Tomorrow is Parents Day at your school so your dad and I will be with you the entire day, we’ll bring your brother with us too, I would love to meet all of your friends)” her mom said.

“Sí, claro mami. Van a estar con su forme humano o Catrina? (Yeah, of course. Are you guys gonna be in human form or Catrina form?)” Y/N asked. “Forme humano para no llamar mucho la atención. Pero eso sí, cuando ya me cansé, me vuelvo catrina, no entiendo como puedes mantenerte en forme humano todo el tiempo, aveces cansa (Human for to lay low. But once I’m tired, I’m going back to my Catrina form, I don’t get how you can stay in your human form all the time, it’s exhausting)” her mom commented. “Si lo sé, te hablo luego, adios (Yeah, I know, I’ll talk to you after, bye)” Y/N hung up the phone, Xavier just stared at her. “What?”

“I just love hearing you speak Spanish.” Xavier said with a loving smile. “Maybe you could teach me Spanish!” Xavier said, Y/N just laughed in disbelief, “Last time I tried teaching you Spanish, you didn’t pay attention like at all, so no. Stick to duolingo, guapo.” Y/N commented. “I know that word! It means handsome, right?” Xavier asked Y/N as he got up to stand in front of her, his hands on her hips. “Yes it does, good job.” Y/N said, Xavier leaned down and kissed her. They continued kissing until they ran out pf breath. “If we keeping kissing like that, I won’t be able to stop.” Xavier said, leaning his forehead against hers. “I’m going back to my dorm, don’t stay here too late.” Y/N said, giving Xavier one final kiss before leaving his art shed. As Y/N was walking back to Ophelia Hall, she was making figures with her fire powers, so much fun. She saw Yoko and Enid talking.

“Finally you’re here! We’re having a sleepover in the dorm, Divina and Wednesday are coming too.” Yoko told Y/N. “Are you sure Wednesday is the sleepover type?” Y/N asked, looking at Enid. “Maybe she’ll surprise you. I can’t wait to meet your parents tomorrow! What are they like? Are they really made out of candy? Are they coming in their Catrina form? I was asking Wednesday about Catrinas because Xavier has the book.” Enid said and Y/N was shocked. “Why do you want to learn about Catrinas?”

“Because you are one! No one is teaching us about different creatures and outcasts from around the world so I gotta learn.” Enid said. They entered Yoko and Y/N’s dorm and waited for Divina and Wednesday for the sleepover. “How is your mom dealing with the whole ‘not being able to wolf out’ thing?” Yoko asked Enid as Enid was painting Y/N’s nails a pastel blue color. “She’s not handling it well, I swear, we she comes for Parents Day, it’s going to be awful. I’m better off meeting Ajax’s parents, that doesn’t sound too bad, actually.” Enid said, a few minutes later Divina and Wednesday showed up. “Girls, you’re just in time, sit on the floor, let’s get started.” Yoko said.

Meanwhile Xavier and Ajax were playing video games. “Dude, I just don’t know what to say to her parents. What if they don’t speak English?” Xavier said. “There’s a reason why you’ve been learning Spanish. Just relax, her parents can’t be different from Y/N, you’ve been learning about Catrinas, why are so nervous about meeting them tomorrow?” Ajax asked, they have been having this same conversation for a week.

“I don’t know, i just want to make a good first impression.” Xavier said. “I’m sure you will. Now one last round before you go back to your dorm.” Ajax said.

The next day was Parents Day, Principal Weems finished her announcement. Enid was sitting with her parents, Wednesday was with her parents and Pugsley, Xavier and Y/N were sitting together at a table, talking to Ajax.

“There is no way you stoned yourself. I thought there were some showers without the mirrors.” Y/N said as she laughed after hearing Ajax’s story about why he couldn’t make his date with Enid. “There are! Those were taken though, such a horrible experience, even if it does last a couple of hours.” Ajax said. “My folks are here, I’ll talk to you guys later.” Ajax said, hugging both Y/N and Xavier. When Y/N and Xavier were talking, Y/N saw her parents walks in…they were in Catrina form. “Ay, no manches (no way)” Y/N said looking at her mom, she walked towards her parents.

“Hola hoja, como has estado? (Hi, how have you been?)” Y/N’s dad asked her, hugging her. “Pensé que iban a estar en forme humano, qué pasó? (I though you guys were gonna be in human form, what happened)” Y/N asked her dad, getting out of his hug. “Dante quería estar en su forme alebrije, por lo menos tu hermano está en forme humano (Dante wanted to be in his alebrije form, at least your brother is in human form)” Y/N’s mom said. “You couldn’t give me a warning?” Y/N asked her brother. “I would have but mom took away my phone.” Y/N’s brother said, she was gonna keep talking to him until she felt Xavier come up from behind her and hugged her.

“Are these your parents, babe?” Xavier asked. “Obviously, mami, papi, él es Xavier, mi novio. (Mom, dad, he is Xavier my boyfriend.)” Y/N said. “Mucho gusto conocerlos, señor y señora, mi español no es muy bueno pero estoy tratando lo mejor que puedo (nice you meet you, my Spanish isn’t really good but I’m doing the best I can)” Xavier said and Y/N looked proud, she kissed his cheek.

“Well, Xavier, it is nice to meet you too. Where are your parents?” You mom asked in English but with an accent. “My dad couldn’t make it.” Xavier said. “Oh that’s fine son, just spend the day with us, it will be fun, we brought tacos.” Y/N’s dad said. Xavier smiled, “I would love that, thank you.”

They went to the park/picnic area of the school so they could eat. “Here you go, honey, you should add the salsa to your taco, it tastes so good.” Y/N’s mom said. “Sure, thank you, is it spicy?” Xavier asked. “No, not really.” The whole family replied, Xavier added the salsa to his taco and took a big bite, a few seconds later, his eyes were watering and drank about half his bottle of water. “That’s really spicy, what the heck.” Xavier said.

“Rule number one; of a Mexican says something isn’t spicy, it is. If they say it’s a little spicy, it’s very spicy. If they says it’s very spicy, don’t eat it. Now you’re all caught up.” Y/N said as she finished her taco. The day continued that way until everyone’s parents had to leave, they said their goodbyes and now Xavier and Y/N were in his shed.

“I wanted to show you something. But first close your eyes.” Y/N said. Xavier did what she asked. “Okay, now open them.” Xavier opened his eyes and low and behold, Y/N was in her Catrina form. She looks very similar to her mom, except instead of having a big hat with candles and skulls, Y/N had a flower crown made out of marigolds, with 3 small skulls, and 2 small candles. Her dress was made up of cherry fruit roll ups, decorated with marigolds, the hem of the dress was lined with candles as well but the dress went up to their knee.

“What do you think?” Y/N said, she was floating, gauging Xavier’s reaction. “You look absolutely beautiful. Can I paint you like this?” Xavier asked. “Sure.” Y/N “flew” to the stool that Xavier longed her to, leaving a trail of marigold petals and she sat on the stool. “Is this pose fine, Xavi?” Y/N asked. “Yeah, babe, you’re good.” After about 2 hours of painting, Xavier was finished. Xavier showed Y/N the painting and when she saw it, she was so happy, his painting was amazing. He moved his hand in front of the painting to make it move and the Catrina in the portrait began dancing and twirling around. Y/N went back to her human form.

“Xavier, I love it, it turned out so beautiful.” Y/N hugged Xavier and Xavier kissed her forehead. “Of course, this is probably one of my favorite paintings yet. You, my love, are a walking work of art.” Xavier said and kissed Y/N. “You’re so sweet. Let’s go to your dorm though, maybe I can thank you a little more intimately.” Y/N said as they walked out of his shed.

Hope you guys like it, if you know of any other “mythical creatures” native of Latin American countries, it would awesome if you let me know. If not, every Hispanic outcast reader will be a Catrina or a Nagual.

#xavier thrope imagine #xavier thorpe #xavier thorpe x reader #hispanic reader #hispanic #latinx #la muerte #book of life #percy hynes white

[terushimooo]

aloe vera and tsukki 😁🤭🤣⛷️🥳🥳🥳

ALOE VERA

What's something (mundane) you really want to experience in life?

Tsukishima x f!Reader

t/w: implied murder of secondary character, blood, implied abduction, yandere, stalker tsukki, unedited

a/n: this is dedicated to a special bug in my life <3. I hope you like it! I am very much praying it was bug™️ who sent me this ask, and if not I’m so sorry I called you a bug… fbdshbfhjbfhjdsbjh

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Tsukishima is like black licorice: salty, bitter, and definitely not for everyone. 

When asked to describe their classmate; students often label him as arrogant, rude, smug… Antagonistic even. 

But the most commonly flaunted word, worn proudly by the blond himself, is the name of bully.

It took years for Tsukishima to build up his walls, to carefully lay his foundation, weatherproofing, and countless layers of brick and mortar. It’s gotten to the point where even the sun is blocked by this metaphorical wall’s looming presence. And yet, underneath that fickle facade is a man who sees himself as inferior—a being riddled with insecurity and uncertainty. 

All it would take for his walls to crumble is a gentle caress, the soothing of kind words and encouragement, the touch of fate—all he needed was someone to give him a chance… 

But just as life would so often have it, instead of a chance, Tsukishima was given a challenge.

How different his life would’ve been if he had only met you sooner. 

If only you’d remembered, if only you hadn’t abandoned your oldest, most dear childhood friend. 

Tsukki’s never asked for much. 

Not truly. 

He doesn’t have some grand bucket list. He isn’t asking a genie for unlimited wishes or billions of dollars! Instead, all Tsukishima really wants, what he wishes for the most, more than anything in the entire world, is mundanity itself. But only if that mundanity includes you.

All he wants is a quiet life, a quiet year, a quiet moment—hell!—even a quiet second, if only it be beside you, his best friend. 

His true love. 

But how could he have that when you’ve forgotten who you are to him? When you cling to the pariah he’s forced to call his coach? How can Tsukki ever forgive you when he sees you loyally and continuously packing his coach’s lunches, when he sees you acting like a falsity, like the dutiful wife you supposedly are—not the whore he now knows lives beneath your skin.

But what irks Tsukki the most is when he sees the glint of ownership, the taunting scrap of metal you like to call a wedding band sticking tightly around your finger.

As Tsukki stands under the waning moon of a cool autumn night, a dented aluminum bat hanging heavily in his hand, he can’t help but think that this is all your fault. 

You made him do this.

And yet, he doesn’t feel anger. And he certainly doesn’t feel regret. His coach, now laying cold and lifeless at his feet, he got what he deserved. There’s no contesting that. 

No, all Tsukishima feels is a sense of narcissistic sadness. 

Sadness for the man he was, for who he could have been, and for who will never come to be. 

In Tsukishima’s mind, all of this—a whole lifetime's worth of suffering—all of this was leading him to this moment, to the moment he finally gets to take you in his arms (albeit unconscious from head trauma) and back to the home he’s so carefully prepared for you.

A frown plasters his face as Tsukishima takes in your appearance, as he takes note of the deep and oozing wound on your forehead, the one he placed there only moments prior. But fear not, Tsukishima thinks to himself in an effort to ease any guilt he’s been repressing, solely from the mere thought of hurting you, his most precious darling. It’s nothing that can’t be fixed with a regular dab of aloe vera… 

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#yandere haikyuu #yandere haikyu x reader #yandere hq #yandere tsukishima #haikyuu x reader #tsukishima x reader #tsukishima kei x reader

[homestuckexamination]

Is the Red Mile in refence to the Green Mile movie or is that just a conscience that they both have Mile in the name.

As far as I know, it's a direct mirror to Snowman's Black Inches, which is, in itself, a reference to CD's Dirty Magazine (Displaying a roll of black licorice), and a parallel to HB's Red Cheeks Magazine (Which is directly referenced when Snowman's lashing her whip at Slick, calling that her Black Inches have been responsible for more than a few Red Cheeks.)

This is then made a layer deeper when Lil Hal compares himself to Deep Blue, and tells Jake that they have 'Blue Leagues' of Infinite Depth to fight back against the Red Miles' Infinite Reach.

#Homestuck #Canon

[bonefall]

Snowbird Ann here: x_x I have Fennel growing in my front yard. That stuff...it tastes like black licorice and it's stringy like celery. But when it goes dormant, it leaves stalks that would be great building materials. Med cat/builders could get a fresh stalk, soak it in water to make it bendy and shape it into whatever. If I remember I'll go out and snap a picture of the dormant Fennel tomorrow.

Fennel is actually suuuuuuuuper useful for dozens of reasons. It's related to parsley and has been naturalized all over the world because humans find it so useful.

The cats could use it for:

-Funerals This herb can be STINKY. This could absolutely be one of the funeral herbs that elders rub onto the deceased, especially since it's non-toxic.

-Cooking It's full of fiber meaning it can be a good supplement even for cats, if not consumed in excess. It's also got potassium, manganese, calcium... They can't taste sweet but that licorice-y flavor would come across just fine. It's actually used in sausages a lot.

-Alcohol If your Warriors drink responsibly. And know how to distill. Mead made from honey would still be easier but fennel was used for health tonics in the middle ages... and then eventually got used to make absinthe.

-Insect repellent This one's actually huge because the OTHER big bad bug buster is mint... and all mint is toxic to cats. This is a really good non-toxic insect repellent for warriors next to lavender.

-"Toothpaste" Not like, a PASTE but, a sort of... sticky mouthwash poultice. Fennel's actually super good for oral health, eliminates bad breath, and fights plaque buildup; and remember, Our Friends Mint & Co is toxic to cats. You can make it into an oil and help a warrior with a gum problem. It's especially good at fighting streptococcus, which is one of the most common infectious bacteria in wild cats.

-General medicinal purposes Helping clean eye infections is just one medicinal use, fennel is useful for all sorts of ailments. It's anti-inflammatory, it's antibacterial (but not as good as honey), can help with digestion...

Historically it's also been associated with helping to treat colic in babies and estrogen-related issues like menopause and milk production, which is actually NOT proven with modern studies... but I think the idea is just cool enough to hand wave the science away, I would use it just to have an herb for colicky kits. It's weird that colic has never shown up in canonical kits before!

But...

Building use?

Probably not. You've noticed it's stringy-- that's actually where fennel gets its name. Fennel = Foenum = Latin for Hay. It's more like hay in consistency than twine and would be too soft to build with.

For strong material, you're just gonna want plain old wood. Twigs, branches, anywhere you can find fennel you're also going to find bushes or trees that'll make better beams.

For twine? Skip the fennel entirely with its short stalks and just get some tall grass. Or, if you've got long-haired cats, they can make yarn out of shed fur if they collect enough of it. Better yet, if you've got access to flax? Then you're REALLY cooking with fire, that bad boy can be made into fabric, rope, clothing... Don't even get me STARTED on industrial hemp, you could weave reality itself out of that popstar. Paper, clothes, canvas, shampoo, lamp oil, rope, bombs, you want it? It's YOURS my friend--

Anyway

TL;DR stick to the herbal uses for fennel. You're better letting dormant fennel re-grow because it's better in the paws of your medcats than your warriors.

#gonna get me monologuing about fennel over here #fennel #fennel uses #Clan Culture #Warrior Cats #Clan Herbs #Medicine cats #BY THE WAY I always tag stuff like this as Clan Culture #Anything I do that's a sort of ''Here's how Warrior Cats could use this thing'' post I tag it as clan culture #I do have other posts like this if you guys ever want references for fanclans #Also this is absolutely why my favorite parts of warriors are always problem solving segments #Yessss Sandgorse talk to me about digging #I want to know about how you shore up the walls of your tunnels and about the benefits of hitting a clay seam #My ideal WC super edition is me being beamed between Brackenfur and Dustpelt as they reinforce the nursery for the 100th time #The rest of the fanbase would be in hell but I would be in heaven #I could ascend to StarClan happy #I would reinforce their nursery up there

[localplaguenurse]

Got any dottore hcs?

Domestic maybe or any flavor if hcs you feeling rn

I just went with whatever headcanons I could think of off the top of my head which ended up leaning towards like, modern Dottore

I mentioned once before, but Dottore has random perfectly square scars on various parts of his body. They’re from him taking various skin/tissue samples of himself to use for cloning/growth/regeneration research. 

Is this a headcanon? I’m not sure, but I associate Dottore with 4 degrees by Tool, but I think he’d also actually really like Opiate (both the EP and the song itself) and Webttore/Beta I think would be really into either Undertow or Ænema. 

I think Dottore likes bitter or umami tasting things. He rarely indulges in sweets besides dark chocolate and black licorice. Even the younger segments don’t eat a lot of sugary foods. Some like sweets more than the others but they all prefer bitter foods and meats. 

Dottore gave himself/his segments sharper teeth specifically to make eating meat easier. 

None of them handle spice well. They all turn bright red and start sputtering.

Their alcohol tolerances and preferences also vary. 

They once made Beta drink sambucca and he almost threw up on the floor and in the sink. 

Okay that was less a headcanon and more me remembering when I almost died as Webttore at a Halloween party-

So you know how everyone associates Dottore with Zydrate Anatomy? That’s the one song he’d like from Repo! The Genetic Opera, because it’s the only good song. He’d think the rest of the movie fuckin sucks (as do I and you can’t change my mind). He’d much rather watch Little Shop of Horrors or Sweeney Todd. 

He would be into really gory films. Saw is a guilty pleasure series but he’s actually really into body horror. 

Would do your top or bottom surgery no questions asked. Don’t even need a note or anything.

#ask #genshin dottore #dottore #il dottore #dottore headcanons #genshin headcanons #ivy!

[sincerecinnamon]

My favorite candies are dark chocolate covered coffee beans, dark chocolate itself, red hots, and black licorice ^^

I suppose I prefer bitter, strong flavors with a small bit of sweetness in it :)

[cleolinda]

So I tried Black Opium Extreme again

A relatively simple installment this week: remember how I tried this one and got nothing but jasmine? Well, I remembered two things:

I tried this on my wrist, not the back of my hand.

I tried it only a couple days after the sample arrived in the mail, rather than letting it settle for a couple of weeks.

I cannot tell you why either of these things make a difference. All I can tell you is that I wore Black Opium Extreme again, and suddenly it was an intense mocha (more a chocolate supported by coffee than the other way around, on me) with an undertone of licorice. In fact, through the lifespan of the perfume, the white floral blend (jasmine and orange blossom) was the least noticeable. I mean, it was there, but you could smell it as part of all the other notes, not standing unto itself. And if you look up there in the original post, jasmine was all I got. Even after the coffee-chocolate-licorice fades, it's not really the jasmine that comes out; it's more of the pear-heavy gourmand I remember from getting vaguely sprayed with the original Black Opium at an Ulta.

And I have also been able to (re)try the original. Let's compare the notes for a moment:

Black Opium (2014): Pear, pink pepper, orange blossom, coffee, jasmine, bitter almond, licorice, vanilla, patchouli, cashmere wood (Cashmeran), cedar.

Black Opium Extreme (2021): Black coffee, cacao, mandarin orange, lemon, pear, jasmine (grandiflorum? sambac?), orange blossom, bourbon vanilla, patchouli.

(For the record: the creators are Nathalie Lorson, Marie Salamagne, Olivier Cresp and Honorine Blanc.)

The newer variant is advertised as being very heavy on the "dark" gourmand notes, especially the coffee, and when I finally got Extreme to cooperate, that's what I got. Licorice isn't listed, but I feel like that's a big ol' lie, because I smell it more clearly here than in the original. Who knows? Not me.

As for the original, we gotta put an asterisk by this, because what I have is a very old Sephora sample (but less than ten years old). I think it aged really nicely, but I can't tell you for sure if the balance of the fragrance has changed—have the basenotes gotten stronger, has something else faded, what have you.

The original opens with the fruity pear-citrus blast that nearly choked me out while shopping; gradually the gourmand notes come out as a sort of pear cupcake foundation. I mostly read the (remember: aged) sample as a vanilla cupcake rather than a coffee or chocolate one, with those notes and the patchouli (which has probably aged very smoothly) subconsciously giving the base more weight. It doesn't come off like a mocha latte; it smells very Vanilla, and very Cake, and eventually, that's the scent left behind once the fruits have gone home. The white floral is still wound up in there, but again, you wouldn't really think of this as "floral" or "blooming," as opposed to the way that the Samsara EdT smelled oddly fresh and airy for a heavily sandalwood fragrance. So: A fresh batch of Black Opium might smell very different, but with this sample, that's what I get. The Extreme version is meant to bring the coffee and chocolate out and put it on top, so that checks out.

What any of this has to do with opium, or even Opium (1977), I do not know.

The thing that intrigues me is that I keep seeing jasmine/licorice combinations in perfume; I've been having a little trouble distinguishing licorice-anise notes, so I've been researching that. By researching, I mean "eating actual licorice candy even though I don't like it." The short version is that licorice, anise, star anise, fennel, and even magnolia blossoms all have a very characteristic smell/taste (granted, I have never eaten a magnolia blossom), and that common denominator is the compound anethole. That's what I'm looking into.

Jasmine sambac (aka night-blooming jasmine, mogra, sampaguita, melati putih, "Arabian jasmine") doesn't seem to have any anethole, but I'm convinced that it blends particularly well with licorice (etc.). As it turns out, I have a sample of Nemat's "Mogra," just because I like jasmine, and will you look at that: mogra is jasmine sambac. It's exactly what's in Black Opium(s). I don't care what anyone says, that's what it is. And jasmine sambac apparently has a scent that, if not containing anethole, is damn compatible with it; either I haven't learned to distinguish licorice very well yet, or they just blend together that well.

And I noticed that the jasmine/licorice combination is in two other fragrance samples I have: the original, eponymous Lolita Lempicka (1997), and the (for some reason completely different) eau de parfum concentration of HYPNOTIC POISON. So I'll be reporting back on those soon.

Perfume discussion masterpost

#perfume #perfume discussion #perfume: ysl #note: jasmine #note: licorice #long post #updates

[nakanodivision]

Happy Halloween!

from BittASweetZ

Ririko - Witch

“Hehe~ The cutest witch in Nakano has come to steal your heart! Soo, what do you think of my costume? Alice put her blood, sweat and tears into this, so you better not say anything bad! OH, before I forget, here, have a treat from the sweetest witch in Japan! ☆~”

You received a treat!

Chocolate Witch Hats. Pieces of chocolate that have been perfectly shaped into the hat of a witch. When you bite into them, they are filled with gooey, sweet caramel.

Shu - Demon

“ I’m not usually one for Halloween, but Ririko insisted that I dress up. At least the costume Alice made for me fits nicely. I’m not sure why she thought I’d be a good demon. Oh, Ririko said that people usually give out candy on Halloween, so here.”

You received a treat!

Devilish Licorice Tails. Grape flavored licorice with a triangle shaped piece of dark chocolate attached to the ends to make it look like the tail of a devil. The ends are even decorated with black ribbons.

Alice - Angel

“ It’s always so nice to see your work finished and worn, I hope Ririko and Shu enjoy their costumes! I had said that I would modify the concept of the angel costume and make it my own, unique costume, and I suppose I did a good job! I haven’t celebrated Halloween since I was in the states, so I’m very excited to celebrate it again! Here, have a treat that I made earlier today.”

You received a treat!

White Chocolate Halos. Pieces of white chocolate carved into the shape of a halo. There is edible gold glitter dusted onto the halos. The chocolate itself is of a very high quality, milky and not too sweet.

#hypmic oc #hypnosis mic oc #hypnosis mic #hypmic #bittasweetz #ririko akihara #shu kawakami #alice shiroka #nakano division #halloween event 2023 #hypmic halloween

[magic-human-bean]

I have an idea for a good way for cookie and humans to meet A team of scientists studying the cookies and the whole miniature candy ecosystem after coming to find out where the black sluge is coming from before it ruins delicate ocean ecosystems. Spoiler the slice is from the licorice sea

Okokokokok but I do love the idea of the licorice sea being an environmental issue that eventually becomes a problem for humans as well.

In general I think it would be interesting to explore how Earthbread itself is an environmental hazard anomaly (and should be considered an SCP!) because it is, a magical island of sweets, producing sweets the same way our forests produce biomass.

To be fair Earthbread is fairly small and can't be a threat more than humans are. However the licorice sea is SUPER WEIRD and we DON'T know how far it goes, if it can spread, and what kind of wildlife it can kill.

What's also really fun to imagine is that, after the Cacao Kingdom gets over their skepticism and untrusting ways, they could become extremely supportive of the scientists trying to set the licorice sea on fire.

"Check this out." A human scientist says to the cacao warrior they somehow befriend, showing them a really big red bottle. "That's gasoline, we usually try to avoid pouring that stuff in water, but we're gonna make a tiny exception to set the licorice sea on fire."

"You can make the pest BURN???"

"...Hopefully anyway."

"...Please, please do. And, if I may be so bold, can I watch...?"

#cookie run g/t #dark cacao kingdom

[punkbakerchristine]

lonely hearts macarons

I thought of this a couple of weeks ago, especially with Valentine’s Day coming up here and I have red and pink baked goods on the mind. I think I was watching chopped when I thought of this: one of the basket ingredients was black garlic, and I did a little reading on that. It sounds really weird when in junction with a sweet baked good like cookies, but it’s basically garlic that’s been fermented in a warm, humid place for anywhere from two weeks to three months. The fermentation breaks down the enzymes that make garlic pungent and turns it sweet: everything I’ve read says the taste is kind of caramel or licorice in flavor. (You know how when you cook an onion in a skillet and once it turns brown, it sort of “caramelizes”, especially when you put a little sugar in there, too? It’s kind of along those lines.) Because of the flavor profile, black garlic can be used in dishes with red wine, red meat, any kind of hearty fish like salmon or swordfish, hearty soups or veggie dishes, and of course, dark chocolate.

And so figure, my thought process just went from there 😅

I’ve looked up recipes for macarons and i’ve often wondered what it would be like to make some with really hearty flavors like apple pie or banana split or strawberry shortcake or with booze incorporated. ***I should say that if you are going to incorporate alcohol into, say, the frosting of a baked good of any kind, be sure to boil it for about 5 to 7 minutes before hand to rid of the alcohol so you have the taste of the liquor without any worry of feeling sozzled later on 😉

100g egg whites (usually between 3–4 large egg whites)

1/4 teaspoon (1g) cream of tartar

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 

80g superfine/caster sugar

1–2 drops red gel food coloring

125g almond flour

125g confectioners’ sugar

For the frosting:

1 cup/2 sticks of butter, softened

3 1/2 cups (420 grams) confectioners’ sugar, sifted

1/2 cup (41 grams) cocoa powder, sifted

1 clove of black garlic, mashed

3 tablespoons (45 milliliters) heavy cream or milk

1/8 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoon vanilla extract 

1/2 cup of red wine (optional, just knowing how expensive wine is)

Wipe down a large glass or metal mixing bowl with lemon juice or vinegar. Add egg whites. Cover and refrigerate for 24 hours, then bring to room temperature.

Line 3 large baking sheets with silicone baking mats or parchment paper with circles drawn on the back—because of the occasion, it can also be hearts! Set aside.

Add cream of tartar and extract to egg whites. Using a handheld mixer or stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment, beat together on medium speed until very soft peaks form: the egg whites and cream of tartar will be foamy, but the bubbles will tighten and the beaters will leave “tracks”. Once this happens, you have soft peaks. 

Add about 1/3 of the superfine sugar. Beat on medium-high speed for 5 seconds, then with the mixer continuing to run, add another 1/3 of the sugar.

(*superfine sugar by the way is granulated sugar that’s been blitzed in the food processor)

Beat for 5 seconds, then add the remaining sugar with the mixer still going. Beat on medium-high speed until stiff glossy peaks form, i.e., the whites are stiff and pointy and you can turn the bowl upside down and they’ll stay put.

Using a rubber spatula, slowly and gently fold the food coloring into the egg whites.

Sift the almond flour and confectioners’ sugar together in a large glass mixing bowl. *make sure you get it all sifted in so you have exact measurements (baking IS chemistry, after all 😉)

Slowly fold the beaten egg whites into the almond flour mixture: folding the batter will stop air bubbles from forming and will keep the actual cookies nice and smooth; the batter itself should resemble honey in consistency.

Spoon the macaron batter into a piping bag fitted with a medium round piping tip. Holding the bag at a 90 degree angle over the baking sheet, and pipe batter in 1.5 – 2 inch rounds about 1-2 inches apart on prepared baking sheets. 

Now, the piped batter will flatten out on its own, but bang the pan a couple times on the counter to pop any air bubbles.

Let the macarons sit out until they are dry: depending on the humidity of your kitchen, it could be anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour. Drying will give the macarons a “skin”, which will then give them their “feet”. However, you don’t want to let them sit for too long because they can deflate. 

Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 325°F (or 163°C, for our international friends). Bake for 13 minutes. The macarons should form “feet” as they bake.

Touch the top of one with a spoon (be careful not to burn yourself if you use your finger). If the macaron is wobbly, give them another 1-2 minutes. If it’s set, it’s done (just like with anything else baked in the oven, if it’s set, it’s probably done).

Let the shells cool on the baking sheet for 15 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack to continue cooling. After cooling, the shells are ready to fill and sandwich together.

As for the frosting:

Whip the butter in the mixer with the paddle attachment, and very carefully pour in the sugar a little at a time until it’s all creamy and smooth. Very carefully pour in the cocoa powder, the salt, the vanilla extract, the milk, and lastly, the black garlic. Beat for 1 minute at the least, 2 minutes at most—you apparently don’t want to overwork black garlic because it can not only turn to mush, but its caramel-y, tamarind-y flavor will give way to something akin to burnt toast.

(If there’s wine in the frosting, very carefully boil for 5 minutes to rid of the alcohol beforehand; keep an eye on it that it doesn’t scorch ).

Use the offset spatula to spread the frosting on. Cover any leftover macarons and refrigerate for up to 5 days, and enjoy!

***while I was editing this, I also thought of a vegan version, using aquafaba (the liquid from chickpeas) in lieu of egg whites, margarine in lieu of butter, and soy milk in lieu of milk

#lonely hearts #valentines day #macaron flavors #macarons #chocolate #black garlic #recipe #mine #heartcore #sweet stuff #lovecore #amateur baking #veganrecipes #text #bakers of tumblr #bakers gonna bake #baked goods

[booksandchainmail]

Pale 3.z

this security shell is weird. cool! but weird and terrifying. It also feels like a great way to lose apprentices who aren't quite up to being technomancers

Looks like they're pulling out the big guns, if teachers are getting involved. And I guess this means nicolette got herself away from the wolf and is ok

Black tee, black leather jacket, jeans, hair slicked back in a very different way than Ray had. Some might have said it was a 50s style, but it was timeless, as far as Zed was concerned

fair enough

Nice to use this interlude to meet some people from the school, instead of being dumped in with all new characters later on. Looks like two from Belanger, two from Durocher, one from Ray, and one independent?

She was killed, and the way Black Dogs work, they punish the people that kill them with curses. Most of the time they come back again and again. She was put down for good. The curse was a big one, it was stored away, and it manifested as the Hungry Choir ritual.

hey! this was one of my theories. Or technically two, if you count the curse as part of her corpse being used. Which means the question is who manufactured this, and why?

“I’m looking forward to summer school for once.”  Nicolette smiled as she said it. “Me too,” Zed agreed. “New crop of students.” “Exactly.” They were on the same page. Similar oaths. Similar awareness.

this feels somewhat ominous

“By the accords of Solomon!” Zed called out.  “By the order of man, I summon you to audience!  Obey or cede this territory!  Black Dog Yalda, come!” “I ask a second time! Black Dog Yalda! Casualty of war and child of Famine! Come!” “For the third time, with your worth and power at stake! Black Dog Yalda!”

one of the neat things about the otherverse is that do a certain degree the magic runs on rule of cool

There was a way to challenge the ritual, and tonight, with the malice biasing the challenge, would be a great time to do that… except there was a rub. A trick. Rad Ray Sunshine had explained it at one of the rest stops. It was easy for a ritual like this to jam some hidden trick or secret into things. A magic word, a hidden verse, or a secret a way to make the animals behave. Like… playing music. Or something. Not that Zed had his.

oof. well now I'm glad they didn't try that. who gave the Kennet Trio that advice again? Looked it up and: it was Maricica. Was that one of her traps? I think at one point they guessed that some of her "minor" traps might be deadly things that she would save them from.

They couldn’t get in between her and her prize.  The very being of the Devouring Song was tied into that.  She couldn’t be obstructed from eating.  Hurting her mid-meal did that, so the nibbling on the licorice from that king-size bag served to protect her.  Any lasting harm or death was similar, because she couldn’t be kept from future meals.

this fucks. using the choir against itself

Brie’s weight pressed the Black Dog down.  She kept eating.

gods this is fucked up

“Are you the murder weapon, used by others to kill the Carmine Beast?”

damn. ... I don't think I ever theorized about method

“Yes,” Yalda said.  “I killed the red wolf.”

mystery solved! story over

It was one of the eight original ritual participants.  The kid with the mask.  He carried a gun.

what happened to no weapons?

Yalda :( The Choir was fucked up, but I can't help but feel bad for her, it doesn't seem like she ever had many options. At least she got to pass on a final message to John? I hope she was at peace.

He did have his worries, though.  The degree of intent behind the Carmine Beast event… the premeditation, the covering of tracks, and the creation of something like this, implied to be done well in advance for that specific purpose?

so this plan had to have been in the works for at least nine years... that changes my thoughts on motives

#booksandchainmail reads pale #pale #wildbow