“Fiat lux! If you want to talk improbable, let’s talk about this”—a scrape of stone on stone—“being three thousand and some years older than this.” A heavy clunk.
“Inexplicable, Warden.”
“Certainly not. Like everything else in this ridiculous conglomeration of cooling gas, it’s perfectly explicable, I just need to explic-it.”
“Indubitable, Warden.”
“Stop that. I need you listening, not racking your brain for rare negatives. Either this entire building was scavenged from a garbage hopper, or I am being systematically lied to on a molecular level.”
“Maybe the building’s shy.”
“That is just tough shit for the building.”
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Replenishing the Nonfiction Stack; or, We're Calling the Book Buying Ban a Wash, Officially.
I am not, apparently, immune to coupons for niche nonfiction that's directly up my alley (octopus minds and RUSSIAN OWLS, hello??? Thanks, bookshop!).
I thought perhaps the BURGLAR'S GUIDE would also be covered under said coupon, since it was publisher-specific (alas: it was Not, but we might as well bundle for shipping purposes). And then while I was shopping IRL for gifties I found a copy of ROOM, which has been on my list for...ever? So! Hopefully these will hold me over on the nonfiction front for a minute!
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wip wednesday
tagged by @wikiangela whose car sex fic has me SAT
i started the heart attack fic for bthb, but i'm gonna keep that to myself until it's finished and posted because i’m very insecure lmao, so have a little bit of eddie vs the hoa
“You sound jealous.”
Eddie balks, insulted at the mere suggestion that he’s jealous of somebody as contemptuous as Abbie Jean Gentry. “I am not!” He snorts. “I have never in my thirty-two years of life—count ‘em, thirty-two—I have been shot and stuck beneath the ground and lost my wife and been to war, but I have never, ever been jealous of anybody, and especially not motherfucking—”
“Could’ve fooled me,” Buck interrupts, elbowing him in the side and motioning with his head at the woman walking up to their stall. “Hi, Mrs. Gentry.”
Abbie Jean Gentry is a beautiful, chubby woman with long, curling black hair and big, light green eyes. Her voice is deep and her laugh is infectious and she pulls off heels just as well as sneakers; she commands any room she walks into and makes sure to shake the hands of every person she meets and does her best to help solve whatever problem she’s faced with.
She’s not a bad person.
Eddie can’t stand her.
“Hi, Buck.” She smiles, all straight white teeth, and Eddie remembers the two years he wore braces with disdain. His sisters were ruthless when they made fun of him. “How are you?”
“Enjoying all these sweet treats,” Buck says, laughing, and hands the last sugar cookie off to one of the little kids that were following Chris around earlier. “Looks like the sale’s going well.”
She nods, appraising the fish bowl full of paper bills and coins at the edge of their table. It’s not as full as hers—she’s probably so proud. “It’s going even better than I expected,” she agrees, judging their clutter of cupcakes and broken cookies. “Did you make these yourself, Buck?”
“Huh? Oh, no.” Buck grins, hooking his thumb toward Eddie. “Eddie helped.”
Abbie Jean Gentry blinks, feigning surprise. “Oh, Mr. Diaz.” She smiles, close-mouthed and thin. “I didn’t see you there.”
Funny. Eddie’s standing right next to Buck, near enough their shoulders are touching. One can’t notice and speak with Buck without noticing the other.
Eddie curls his lip up. “I’m sure you didn’t.”
Buck elbows Eddie again, hard enough to hurt this time. “You’ll have to excuse him,” he says, giving her his best grin and wow, his best friend is a suck up. “We stayed up late last night finishing the cookies and cupcakes, and he hasn’t had anything to eat today except sweets.”
this fic accidentally turned into a whole thing so we’ll see where it goes
no pressure tagging: @disasterbuckdiaz, @thewolvesof1998, @wildlife4life, @alyxmastershipper because i saw you say something about sub eddie 👁️, @shitouttabuck, @eddiediaztho 💜, @diazblunt, @watchyourbuck, @try-set-me-on-fire, @honestlydarkprincess, @housewifebuck, and uh whoever else 🫶🏼
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People who complain about those who undercut by 1 Gil you know that we do that to be polite right?
If everyone undercuts by 1 Gil, the price stays relatively stable. If everyone undercuts by hundreds or even thousands it leads to devaluation or worse, a fluctuating market. Trust me, the bots that undercut are annoying, but it’s the bots, not the undercutting.
Ppl complain about stuff being overpriced and I’m not going to knock that one bc it’s true to some extent—that being said it is ridiculously easy to make extra money in this game if you really want to. To what extent do we lower the values of certain items? Inflation is out of control wrt things like materia absolutely (especially DOH/DOL materia but if you’re worrying about that you definitely can make enough cash to deal with that) but on some level, it is a free market. Hop over to another world if you rly need something on the cheap ig.
But honestly I’m curious how people feel about this.
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last belated tag game, i promise
tagged by @dilfbuck and @opaleyedprince and @strixhaven! thank you!!
URL Song Game:
W — World So Cold - Fire From The Gods [YT, flash warning]
R — Rule #13 Waterfall - Fish in a Birdcage [YT]
I — iGhost - MNQN [YT]
G — Grapes - James Marriott [YT]
H — Hexie Mountains - Orville Peck [YT]
T — The Tower - Drama Moth [YT]
P — Please, Just Breathe - Written by Wolves [YT, flash warning]
H — His Hands - Blegh [YT]
O — OUROBOROS - Former Vandal [YT]
E — Everglow - Starset [YT]
N — Not Yet / Love Run (Reprise) - The Amazing Devil [YT]
I — I Want to Live - Borislav Slavov [YT]
X — XO - EDEN [YT]
6 Songs on Repeat:
Masterpiece Theatre III - Marianas Trench [YT]
So Much (For) Stardust - Fall Out Boy [YT]
Cold Reactor - Everything Everything [YT]
Long Time Friends - The Living Tombstone [YT]
成歩堂龍一 ~異議あり! 2001 - Masakazu Sugimori [YT]
逆転裁判3 〜スペシャルブレンドミックス - Capcom Sound Team [YT]
tagging: @woohooincoffin @spiderslyre @notmeowse @thesem @vanoefucks
(sorry if i tagged anyone who already did it, also feel free to ignore or only do one of these!)
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please buy these things
They're stuck in my hibernal den, but please take them off me - I don't have any hard or fast prices, just offer anything and I'll pull them out for you - message me here or on FR. Think of it as PWYW!
Find the eviction note-ees here! Details of them in order under the cut--
Noc F - Marigold | Saffron | Orchid
Noc M - Orange | Goldenrod | Aqua
Noc F - Pearl | Cream | Terracotta
Noc M - Platinum | Mulberry | Driftwood
Noc M - Black | Silver | Royal
Noc M - Flint | Cobalt | Storm
Noc M - Algae | Ultramarine | Beige
Noc F - Flint | Rust | Cornflower
Noc M - Obsidian | Lead | Indigo
Noc M - Eldritch | Murk | Fire
Noc F - Obsidian | Berry | Mint
Noc F - Pearl | Nightshade | Eldritch *Goat Eyes
Noc F - Cream | Thicket | Obsidian
Noc F - Sanddollar | Sky | Carrot
Noc M - White | Caramel | Plum
Noc F - Banana | Pumpkin | Cyan
Noc M - Moon | Cerise | Coral
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