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royalarchivist · 4 months
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Phil: Okay, Tallulah admin has said some words. I'm gonna repeat them
Tallulah's admin: Wilbur and Luzu weren't even considered for the Egg event lmao, but they wanted to participate afterwards. And Quackity and Luzu were paired together, so it kind of left Bad and Wil together? But because of the language between English, they gave will his own Eggo and- aka Tallulah. I think originally, it was meant to be Quackity and Bad. I think, my speculation, because of Spanish English, but I think Luzu and Wil didn't make it in time. But I don't know, lore or something happened. jajajaja
[Note: please keep in mind that the second half of Tallulah's message is merely speculation and not confirmed lore.]
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send me a 👀 and i’ll post a snippet of art/writing that i never got around to finishing this year (r.i.p)
This is pretty much word for word what I've got in my first drafts rn. Very little thought other than 'spontaneity' went into this XD Wil is kind of fun to write in a weird way.
Context: post- In Space With Markiplier interaction between the Captain and Wilford Warfstache.
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Wil was a dangerous man. They weren't sure how exactly they were sure of that, but an entity that could collapse a wormhole rift with a stinking butterfly knife, only to be able to summon another one moments after, was clearly capable of great and terrible things. Then there was the whole demanding persona; the veiled threats, and the pointing-the-wormhole-killing-knife-in-your-face thing. Wilford being here put them on-edge, concerned for their safety and existence.
"Hey now, there's no need to be so harsh!" Wilford suddenly exclaimed. "I'm a professional journalist, and perhaps a little anal over things like scheduling and keeping my appointments with interviewees. Do you know how many times I've gotten rain checks for an interview, only for someone like you to give out excuses? And that's not to mention when a subject decides to spontaneously die during, or when the staff has similar setbacks. It's hard work! You can't blame me for being a bit testy!"
The Captain stared at him, wide-eyed. What the @%*#??
"Hey now, language!" Wil chided. "We're having a f***ing adult conversation here."
But the Captain hadn't said anything!! They had been too scared to talk. Had he been in their head this whole time??
"Well, it's not like it's all that difficult," Wil scoffed. "You're especially loud. Your thoughts are written here, plain as day for anyone with a little too much time on their hands to peruse."
So what - he could read them like a book?
"Well, more like an online text blog of some weary writer who's sat on this prose for months on end," Wilford drawled. "More easily transmissible, unfortunately, but extremely legible. This bit wasn't exactly how the original text was meant to go, however..."
The Captain squirmed, wanting desperately to get away. It was so weird and creepy, and they really needed him out of their head!
"Whoa now, didn't you hear me -- you're the one being loud!" the pink man accused. "Not even Glocky-Boo is as loud as you have been. And she is especially well-mannered, for a gun." He reached out to pluck a pineapple toothpick from the edible arrangement and popped it in his mouth, making exaggerated chewing noises and motions.
Was he seriously eating on the Captain's glass coffin like they were some kind of table??
"There's no need to sound so offended about it, whatever-your-name-is," Wil retorted with a huff. "This isn't even the fun way of eating off you. Perhaps another time," he whispered with an obnoxious wink. "And it's not like you can eat it as you are, so why let it go to waste?"
They never asked him to come here or to bring him some kind of fruit art piece.
Wilford sighed. "Now is that any way to treat someone who was nice enough to visit you in your memorial and bring a little offering to your health? Or... not-health. Depends when you are, I suppose. What is this place? Is it a shrine or something? An alter? Do you make sacrifices here? Are you the sacrifice? Ooh - it's been so long since I've participated ina good sacrifice!"
He suddenly shoved a strawberry into his mouth and started to pat himself down with both hands.
"Hold on! I have just the thing for this!" Wil explained excitedly. "I found this baby for sale in a booth at a Dagonic rally and I have been practically dying to break it out!"
From seemingly nowhere, Wilford pulled out a large and jagged black knife. He wielded it over his head, looking down toward the Captain with a wild look in his eye. Strawberry juice clung to his lips and the edges of his mustache, his teeth showing with a gleeful grin.
(it doesn't end there, but you get the idea... >w> Got like four chapters of this thing with at least two more planned... and unwritten.)
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martinezmicah · 1 year
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20221201 | Year-End Beginnings
Content warning: This post contains topics involving mental health and sexual assault.
It’s never too late to start anew this year. I guess?
It's kind of weird that this seemed like a short year yet a lot of things happened. It was a year of fruitfulness, kind of.
I got my first job as an online data entry contributor and researcher. It was a remote job, and I am good at it. However, i felt like I wanted to try having a job in government research or the food industry. Of course I applied for jobs. I had multiple interviews. I never really got rejection letters but having no updates on the application just meant they didn't push through with me.
I really wish they still sent out letters to all who applied, and for people like me who has been through multiple screenings, I wish they had an honest feedback about my application and credentials.
I did become a Project Assistant for a technology business incubator at a state university in March. These kinds of jobs are on a contract basis and we were not exactly employees of the university. I had the job for around 3 months. I didn't renew my contract. I felt my mental health declining before I decided to hand in my resignation. I don't think it was really a resignation since my contract was up anyway.
I went back home and kept my data entry job. I was being paid a bit higher here anyways and when I'm at home, I wouldn't have to worry about rent, food, and transportation.
My work schedule is also a flexible, so I can do some extra work when I still have extra time during the week.
At the end of July, I joined the 13th National Youth Parliament. I was one of the delegates from our city, as being the Secretary General of the first youth parliament. I made new friends whom I still keep in touch with until now.
In August, just a few days after the NYP, I also participated in the ASEAN Youth Forum's SEAYouth Festival 2022. It was a fun learning experience and it was just amazing hearing from different youth leaders across ASEAN. I was also surprised when I was awarded Best Delegate from the Philippines for my participation, granted I wasn't able to join through speaking since I was also volunteering then, but I did type in my suggestions and proposals in chat and through email. It was a really awesome experience and it's just inspiring how these different voices from different nations are coming together for the betterment of the ASEAN Youth.
I have been working productively on my job, but I was still having doubts about my abilities. I also felt like I am not doing enough when my peers are going on 5-year work anniversaries or going abroad for graduate studies and such.
I have been volunteering at church more. I found a sense of belongingness there. They know what I have been through, my depression and anxiety, how I had to go to counseling and drink my meds. Some of them know how I was sexually assaulted by someone I used to trust when I was in college.
And yet, despite these, I didn't hear any judgment from them. They helped me recover. They made me feel welcome and warm and fuzzy. They celebrate with me even in small wins. They cry with me when appropriate.
I have been active in the music ministry again. I even shared my story to the youth leaders in a university last November. Oh, right! I also turned 26 last November.
Among other things, I wished for a lifetime partner on my birthday. I have had feelings for this person and I am still actively praying for him. But I need to guard my heart, more so now that I hear he's also ready to pursue someone. It's just, I know I should have said something then, but I didn't wanna sound needy or too upfront.
I am still gonna pray for a beautiful love story. One that I won't be afraid to show the world. One that I can write over and over and still not get tired after a million years.
But I do hope it's you. I pray to God that it would be you.
It's the last month of the year. A while ago, I went to the Worship Night at church. I led the worship. I led a prayer for the campus ministry. Oh, right, I am going to lead the group for our scholars at Real Life and I am excited to be meeting them this weekend again for our first official mentoring session. I was thinking of sharing my college testimony as well.
Anyway, tonight we just decided to go have dinner at McDonald's rather than go home earlier. After the meal, we played a bunch of mobile table top games, ending it with the classic Chain Reaction game. I didn't win, but it was fun. We shared a tricycle home, and it took us around 30 minutes to actually go home since we lived in different parts of the city but we had to ask the driver to start with the person who lived the farthest from the city proper.
It was a lot of fun, even though it took some time away from what was supposed to be my work time. But it's fine. I still have the rest of the weekend to do the work.
It's getting late. I'm sure by this time, you're probably sleeping peacefully. You have an early morning tomorrow.
I hope I see you on the weekends.
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inseongsfoxybae · 3 years
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The way you move
Pairing: Boyfriend Jaeyoon + Idol Female Reader; established relationship
Genre: Smut + Fluff ending
Warnings: hard dom!Jaeyoon, jealousy, dirty talk/cursing, sex against the wall, thigh riding, a bit of fingering, overstimulation, unprotected sex (reader’s on birth control), riding, creampie + aftercare
Words: 2,375
Requested: Hello! I would like to make a request for Jaeyoon, where his idol!girlfriend has a sexy stage with kai from exo and he gets jealous and it leads to rough sex? 👁👄👁 
Author’s message: Hi, dear anon!, your request is finnaly here! I had a great time writing it (as Jaeyoon as wrecking me more then anything these days), so I hope you enjoy it ^.^. Also, feel free to send in a new request anytime. Foxy kisses  😘
P.S: As english is not my mother language, it may contain misspelled. Also, sorry for any other mistakes :) 
Synopsis: After a hot special performance with your friend Kai, Jaeyoon got jealous of your touchy moves on stage and proved who owns your heart and body when you got home.
this gif is killing me  🥵
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You are close friends with Kai and, as he’s going to have a stage on a music festival, he invited you to make a special performance of Mmmh with him. Your group was out of the line up, so you had enough free time to practise with him and gladly accepted the invitation. 
When you told Jaeyoon the news, he looked a little uncomfortable, but even so, he smiled and supported you. It's not that he wasn't happy for you or didn’t trust you, he just knew how sexy this song is and he didn’t like other guys touching his bae, especially Kai, who had known you for so many years. Jaeyoon was a bit jealous, but didn’t show it to not muddle your enthusiasm. 
You had three weeks for the festival and you stepped into a dance room of SM to start the practices. At first, you thought his back dancers would participe on the performance too, but when you entered the room, only Kai was waiting for you and then you realized what his “special stage” meant - a couple performance. 
You got a bit nervous about what Jaeyoon would think about it, but shook those thoughts off your mind and focused on the choreography. Everything went good during rehearsals, you learned and cleaned the movements quickly and the great day has finally come. 
SF9 was performing at this festival too, so you came along with them, your mind running between giving attention to your boyfriend and passing the choreo one last time into your head. Once you had arrived at the arena, you said your goodbyes and hurried to your dressing room to get ready. Kai was already there, wearing a super tight and sexy outfit that would make any girl swoon. 
You quickly put on your clothes - hotpant shorts and a sexy cropped top - and make up and rush to watch SF9’s stage. They performed a special version of Good Guy and Summer Breeze and you almost drooled at their sensual movements and outfits. And when they left the stage and Jaeyoon was face to face with you, you swore you almost fainted at your gorgeous boyfriend. 
Jaeyoon froze when he saw you dressed like that, his heart skipping some beats. “So, am I pretty?”, you smiled and stepped closer to him. He swallowed while staring fondly at you. “You’re stunning”, he breathed quickly and you chuckled. Jaeyoon was about to pull you into his arms to kiss you when Kai showed up calling for you. “We are the next. Get ready”, he said shortly and glanced at Jaeyoon. 
“I have to go now, baby. See you later in my dressing room”, you pecked his cheek and ran away to the other side of the backstage. Jaeyoon was very proud of you, but he couldn’t stop to feel uncomfortable about you being alone with Kai. However, he shook it off his mind and found a place to watch your performance. 
It was your turn, the moment you waited for the last month was finally happening and you felt your heart race faster. Kai took your hand and led you to the stage, where you got your positions and started to dance when the music played. The song was sexy, the choreo was hot and you felt his hands running through your body, his face only centimeters aways from yours, his hot breath fanning your neck and lips. 
Both of you gave yourselves completely to music, feeling every beat with your bodies pressed together in fluid movements, the crowd going crazy with your intimate connection on stage. It was a success, one of the best performances of the night and the media had their eyes on you as soon as you left the stage. Kai was answering some reporters and bloggers when your eyes found Jaeyoon on a corner. His lips were showing you a proud smile, but his eyes were serious, dark, maybe even angry, mainly when Kai wrapped an arm around your waist and whispered something in your ear. 
When you looked at Jaeyoon again, he wasn’t there anymore. You got rid of Kai’s grip and ran to look for your boyfriend, but your manager pulled you to your dressing room first to take some photos and changed your clothes. You were leaving the room when Kai approached you. “Thank you for today, Y/N. You were amazing”, he said smiling. “I‘m the one who has to say thank you”, you answered, smiling back and Kai unexpectedly hugged you tightly, catching you by surprise. 
“I have to go”, you broke the hug and turned around only to see a dumbfounded Jaeyoon watching you. “Jae, where were you?”, you asked, trying to catch his attention, but he only locked his eyes with yours, no words. “Do you still have schedules today? Wanna go home with me?”, you reached for his hands, but he stepped back. “I go to the car”, he spoke for anyone in particular and left. “Wait for me!”, you exclaimed and ran behind him. 
There was a small car waiting for you, one of FNC's staff would drive you and Jaeyoon home. Neither of you spoke along the way, Jaeyoon’s eyes were fixed on the window, looking at no place, while you were staring at your lap, trying to find words to tell him. Even when you got at your building and entered the elevator, he didn’t say a single word or looked at you. 
Only when you stepped out the hallway, you got the courage to talk to him, grabbing his hand. "Jaeyoon, what's wrong with you?", you inquired staring at his back. Jaeyoon stopped in front of the door of your shared apartment and sighed heavy. "I'll show what's wrong", he snorted, opening the door and pulling you into the room. 
He slammed you against the wall, pressing your bodies together, his hot breath fanning on your face. "The way you move. That's the problem", he growled against your lips, but without touching it yet. "The fucking way you fucking move beside fucking Kai", he spat his words on your face, his dark eyes penetrating deep in your soul. 
"Are you jealous?", you teased him as he pressed you stronger on the wall, so that you were almost on tiptoe. "Are you mocking me now?", Jaeyoon stepped even closer. "Do I have to show you who you belong to?", his lips only millimeters aways from yours. "Show it", you implied as he mouth was roughly pressed against yours, kissing you hungrily, devouring and sucking all you have for him. 
As his lips worked up there, his hands roamed along your sides and hips, pushing your skirt up. His fingers hardly rubbed your pussy, you gasped and arched your back at the sudden stimulation, as he pulled your hips towards his thigh, placing it between your clothed core. Jaeyoon flexed his muscle thigh and started to move you back and forth in a desperate pace, his leather pants causing a searing heat against your thin lacy panties. His mouth was now attacking your neck, sucking and biting hard, leaving deep marks on your soft skin, as his hands set the unforgiving pace of your body. 
"Could Kai fuck you like this, Y/N?", Jaeyoon whispered in your ear. "Answer!", he commanded and you moaned a desperate "No". "Of course not. I'm the only one who can ruin you like this, make you feel good", he groaned, sucking another portion of your skin. "And tonight, baby, I'm gonna fuck you till you forget your own name", he continued as one of his hands moved to rub your clothed clit, you were squirming and screaming at the overstimulatiom, your wetness going down on your inner thighs. "Cum for me, babygirl", he growled against your skin, licking a sweet spot on your neck.
And like a flashlight, the knot on your stomach exploded and your orgasm flowed over your body, your legs shaking hopeless around Jaeyoon's thigh. He placed you on your feet, you barely being able to stand by yourself, while he took off his pants along with his briefs, his full hard member bouncing into the air. Jaeyoon closed the distance between the two of you, kissing you harshly, while his strong hands ripped your panties effortless. He grabbed the back of you thighs and pulled you up, wrapping your legs around his hips and mercilessly slamming his length into your throbbing core. 
Jaeyoon set a unforgiving pace since the beginning, his thrusts deep and violent into you, filling your pussy completely. “I bet Kai couldn’t take you like this, huh?”, he groaned as you screamed his name desperately, your back banging against the way with every powerful thrust as your nails digged into his flesh. He had barely started and your eyes were rolling to the back of your neck already, your body convulsing in pleasure. “JAEYOOON - FUCK”, you screamed at the top of your lungs as you came undone, your waters washing over Jaeyoon’s dick.
He increased his pace, chasing his own high, grunted “fucks” and a long hiss leaving his mouth when he released his seeds deep into you. His shaking legs lost their strength and he collapsed on the floor with you still in his arms, both of you breathing hard and trembling. Jaeyoon pulled out and watched his semen coming out from your slit, dripping on his low stomach and down his thigh.
Your face was still hidden in his neck, your arms had fallen loosely on his sides. "Y/N", Jaeyoon called you, softer this time, as you just hummed, too weak for answering. He wrapped his hands onto your upper arms and moved you away from his neck, leaning you on the wall. Both of your eyes met and you smiled at him. "Well, I guess you proved I'm yours", you teased him and you both laughed. "But I think I'll have to dance with other guys more often if it means you'll fuck me on the wall every single time", you confessed and he chuckled, blushing slightly. 
"Are you okay? I mean… Aren't you sore?", Jaeyoon asked shyly. "It's not a big deal", you shook your head and placed your hand on his chest, feeling his heartbeat. "Jae…", you stared at him, "... I still want you...", you pecked his cheek, "... inside me…", you pecked his nose, "in our bed", you kissed his lips. Jaeyoon wrapped his arms around you and got up with you into his embrace, kissing you passionately. 
He moved you to the bedroom and laid you carefully on bed, taking off the rest of both of your clothes. His mouth and hands were all over your skin, touching and kissing and nibbling all the right places, his dick cradled between your legs getting hard again. His thumb found your clit and rubbed it slowly, taking his sweet time to make you wetter and ready for him. His fingers teased your entrance, curling up one, then two, then three digits inside your pussy. 
"Jae...", you moaned his name quietly and he looked up at you, "... I'm gonna ride you now", you two smirked and Jaeyoon was caught in surprise when you pushed him till his back touched the mattress and your legs straddled his hips. You kissed the tip of his dick and palmed him a little till it's full hard and pushed yourself down, filling your pussy to the brim, both of your moans echoing through the cold air of your room. 
You started to slowly grind against him, wiggling your hips with his in a sensual pace that drove you wild, in a way only the two of you could. Jaeyoon gripped your hips and helped you move, pulling up and down on him. "The way you move, babe...", he breathed, ".... it's so good - ohmygod", he groaned when you set a faster pace, your body bouncing on his. 
You leaned in to kiss his lips and neck and he took the chance to dig his heels into the sheets and thrusted upwards. His balls slammed against your pussy roughly, the cacophonous sound of your wild dance and moans filling the room. You clenched around him, his deep thrusts making you high already, and Jaeyoon grunted your name, increasing his pace. 
The merciless speed made both of your visions hazy and your legs shaking, desperate whines and trembling when your orgasms hitted you like a rocket. You two collapsed into each other’s body, breathless, sweaty, cloudy mind. Jaeyoon slipped out from you and pulled you closer to him, taking your lips in a tired tender kiss. Your hands wiped away the sweat and some strands of damp hair from his forehead.
A few minutes later, when you calmed yourselves down, Jaeyoon broke the silence. “Y/N, I’m sorry for the way I acted earlier”, he swallowed hard. “I shouldn’t treat you like that, ignored you like that, hurted you like that”, he whispered guiltily. “You didn’t hurt me, Yoonie. You just have to trust me better”, you looked up at him. “I love you, Jae, more than anything. And you know I’m yours and only yours, no one can’t take me away from you. Do you know it, right?”. 
“I know, babe. And I trust you, but when I saw you dancing with Kai like that… I can’t help being jealous. Sorry about that”, his eyes shook.
“Shh… Don’t talk about Kai anymore. Let’s forget about that performance and focus on us. I love you, Jae, and you won’t lose me for anything or anyone”, you reassured him.
“I love you too, baby...”, he smiled and pecked your lips. “... and I’m yours forever”, you both smiled. “Now, let’s take a shower together and sleep?”, he suggested and you nodded.
Jaeyoon took you into his arms and guided you to the bathroom, where you took a hot shower together, relaxing into each other’s bodies. After the both of you were clean and properly dry, you plopped into your bed and snuggled closer under your thick blankets. Jaeyoon ran his fingers through your hair, sweetly humming a lullaby till he fells your head pending over his chest, your calm and steady heartbeat and breath. He kissed softly your forehead and closed his eyes, drifting away as well.
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travelscrabble · 7 years
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Bypassing the Vietnamese annexe of the Russian Mafia
We had spent the last couple of days trying to find out how to get to the area where the best of Vietnam's coffee is produced, a city called Buom Ma Thuot. Information on a potential route was limited, and our options even more so. Staff at Phuong Or Villa hostel had tried a couple of times to telephone the one company who used to run a local bus route to Buom Ma Thuot. There was never ever any answer and getting that bus would've meant a 30km detour in the wrong direction before we could even pick up the route. Hannah​ and I found a website for a bus company advertising the route from Hoi An to Buom Ma Thuot, but two different hostel staff took one look at the site and said it couldn't be trusted. Our remaining option was to get a night bus to the Vietnamese annexe of the Russian Mafia, Nha Trang, and then take a local bus from there to Buom Ma Thuot. Our transfer bus from the hostel to Hoi An bus station had just screeched away when Hannah realised she'd lecture phone plugged in - the driver seemed relieved to find that the din could be calmed by making a quick U-turn.  The 7pm bus to Nha Trang was already waiting for us when we arrived​ at the bus station a touch before 6.15pm. Within a few minutes the driver ordered all passengers aboard and promptly set off. Goodness knows what happens to anyone who should arrive just half an hour before the scheduled departure time. 
Another good experience on a Vietnamese night bus came to an end as we arrived in Nha Trang around 4.30am. However, the bus had not stopped at the bus station, but instead on a random side street somewhere in the city. We alighted and got talking to a couple of taxi drivers about getting a ride to the bus station. The sometimes-lifesaver app MapsMe wasn't​ doing us any favours in terms of locating the bus stop or station. And so began the negotiations. Driver One started ambitiously, opening with 500,000 Dong (over £17) for which we could have gone some distance back to Hoi An. Driver Two was more realistic but still too high at 400,000 but we held out, and the drivers had a mini-confernce in Vietnamese before Driver One offered 350,000, and Driver Two walked away. A little over £12 to an unspecified distance at 5am seemed like it was a risk, but a reasonable one. When we arrived at the bus station a little over 15 minutes later, it was clear we had been had. It was getting light and Driver One showed us to the bus to Buom Ma Thuot, which was waiting on the forecourt. The bus driver loaded our bags into the back of the clapped-out vehicle. Even by Vietnamese standards, the bus didn't look as though it would ever start, let alone make a journey of several hours into the hilly countryside. The price was 200,000 Dong per person. There was something causing a lot of amusement between Driver One and the bus driver. Hannah went to investigate at the bus station counter. When Driver One saw where she was headed, he tried to distract her and call her away from the ticket office. I joined Hannah over at the ticket booth where the lady on duty informed us the price to Buom Ma Thuot was actually 100,000 Dong per person. We thanked her and went out to the forecourt to have a word with the bus driver. As yet no money had changed hands but we told him what we had found out and agreed the proper price of 100,000 per person. At this point Driver One scarpered. We boarded the dilapidated carriage and sat a couple of rows behind a young family. As the morning sunlight bounced off the coastline, I didn't think Nha Trang looked all too bad. The road was in a fair condition and our route was a very straight one as we reached the outer edges of the city. Even so, the dad of the young family in front of us couldn't keep his breakfast down. Looks as though the whole family knew it would be happening as the young child scrambled over to his mum's side, while she passed the dad one thing plastic sick bag after another. The bus had long lost any rubbish facilities it may have had and so the dad chucked the bulging bags out of the passenger window. Every now and then he didn't put enough umph into his throw and a bag would catch on some jagged edge on the outside of the bus, causing the bag to split and dribble its contents down to the road. I felt a mixture of sympathy and schadenfreude hilarity as the frequency of the eruptions remained strong. The bus made regular stops on its way out of the city, as people used it as a postal service, loading on sacks of rice, and handing over sealed envelopes to the driver. We picked up a few more passengers too and after a while we seemed to have left the city behind, climbing into forested hills and winding round bumpy roads. This change in road conditions didn't help the vomiting dad and, there must have been something in the water as a couple of the new passengers were suffering from the same affliction. The bus was full of locals of all ages, including another child, sat on his mother lap, who filled his first sick bag of the day. Hannah had managed to nod off and so didn't witness the child's mother try to (unsuccessfully) convince the lady sat between her and the window to accept the swinging bag of sick. Even though I was on the other side of the bus and a couple of rows back, I grew from interested to nervous as the game of hot potato spread from the bench where it had began to other unwilling participants on the rows directly in front and behind the poorly child. Eventually someone gave in and briefly held the bag between their fingers as they launched it out of their window. Whilst not getting distracted by all the stomach spewing on board, the scenery en route to Buom Ma Thuot was lush and green in parts while the urban sections had a lot of niceish looking houses with a consistent theme of setees on the verandas, and buffalo in fields. We arrived in Buom Ma Thuot around midday and unusually there was no throng of taxi drivers, just a large, quiet bus station. We were off the tourist trail. We went to find a taxi and locate the one guesthouse which sounded like it might be open. The ticket office staff had been a great help in Nha Trang so we paid the Buom Ma Thuot branch a visit. In lieu of any English words, a friendly lady gestured apologetically. Equally unhelpful, our two-week crash course in Vietnamese had resulted in the far key phrases "thank you (camon)" and "three (ba)". The language barrier was high. The Vietnamese lady called her colleague who also spoke no word of English. He did however, have Google Translate on his phone. Passing the device between the four of us, we were able to communicate what we needed and were soon in a taxi to the guesthouse.
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