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I do agree, but I raise you: strawberry muffin

blueberry muffin. you agree; reblog

Fish know about austrailia

something that I wrote to flesh out my worldbuilding, and that I'm really proud of! so here

A failed experiment

A historical documentation essay by Lady Xanthe Nylia- 208

While most people know that fisicana magic is banned in public sectors by the crown, the reason as to why is unknown. Using the testimony of a very dear friend of mine (which will be published in a separate article) and deep research into the royal library, I plan to bring to light why this powerful, and seemingly benign magic has been banned. It starts with experiments, and those experiments started with dragons.

Dragons are a race of creatures that can be described in many ways, majestic, powerful, existentially terrifying. To most people, very, very dead. Dragons had been hunted to extinction by elves a millennia ago, Their heads were used as a symbol of status and power, Their scales and fur were woven and stitched into royal finery. The traditions of hunting dragons had existed for centuries, and it wasn’t sustainable.

Thus, dragons were reduced to mere myth, the only things left of them being the stories written down in journals, and the various trophies that were collected over the years.

This was not an acceptable concept to some people. These people were of unsound mind and believed themselves to be gods. You could see why they thought that way, with their talent for fisicana magic giving them the ability to manipulate the forms of others to their own will.

These people, called the sallow mages, quickly grew in infamy. They were the whitewashed ghosts of the night that parents warned their children about at bedtime. Stories of the sallows spread through small towns like the warning winds of an upcoming storm.

These stories consisted of kidnappings, torture and brutal murder. However, there were still rules put forth in order to avoid the sallow mages; be home before dark and never walk alone.

The vault was what the sallow mages called their workspaces, all of them being connected by isolated and heavily protected tunnels. The actual workspaces were found by the militia in several coastal cities between Trigid and Vulre. The individual vaults contained dozens of holding cells, each of them were full. Each holding cell held 2-3 individuals, all hosting draconic features.

Some prisoners didn’t have that many unnatural changes, just elongated dragon ears and smooth spikes. Some prisoners had a moderate amount of features, with feathered frills, scaly backs, webbed fingers, or the majestic and powerful wings of air dragons and fire dragons. A few prisoners, however, were horrifically changed. 

They had the vertebrae of their spines pulled apart, and their skin stretched in order to accommodate the large size and many legs of the earth dragons. A few fire dragon hybrids had jaws that were more scar tissue than flesh, due to repeatedly biting into their own mouths with their fangs due to their inexperience and lack of control. One air dragon hybrid had their legs permanently fused together as if someone pasted the inside of their legs with glue and stuck them together. They didn’t receive wings, leaving them to crawl on the ground like a snake, ripping out patches of their newly grown feathers and exposing raw, incredibly sensitive skin.

The examples I listed above were the result of repetitive use of the fisicana  magic. The repeated molding and reforming of the prisoners' bodies had left them brittle, causing them to (metaphorically) break. The transformations were no longer stable, and the more extreme the transformation, the more volatile it was. They fell apart, leaving the prisoners half formed amalgamations of dragons and humans that were in long term, crippling pain.

After the “Vault” was found on the 39th of Grecis 201, most of the newly created dragon hybrids were offered physical therapy to undo what the sallow mages did to them. Some took the offer, others kept their changes and learned to live with them, however, those few with drastic changes had no choice in whether or not they wanted to keep their changes, out of fear that any more tampering would damage their bodies further.

These famous Dragon Rebirth experiments are the reason the crown heavily screens and restricts mages that use the fisicana branch of magic. These insane Sallow Mages took an innocent, and sometimes even helpful, tool and turned it into an instrument of horror. 

At least the democrats are self aware enough to have a sense of humor about this

On the one hand I would prefer a functional government, but on the other, the sheer comedy and Schadenfreude of the House Republicans descending into petty, humiliating chaos while the Dem folks are showing up with literal popcorn and chanting for their own Speaker nominee like this is a high school sports game is filling me with manic glee.

This is the gift you give to your ex after a bad break up, it prevents them from being able to date again, because who in their right mind would date someone with a screaming woman on their finger.

I just had to share this cursed object that the internet dared to market to me as a valentines day gift, anniversary present, or WEDDING BAND.

I mean there’s just no way this thing doesn’t steal souls, right?

My favorite thing about the holidays is that my dad's side of the family always makes sausage balls and peanut butter balls, and every year, the people making the balls have free reign to make as many ball jokes as they like. The entire family loves it, except for my cousin, who always gets offended in the funniest way.

Please @bane-of-technology i NEED to know what book this is from

You shouldn’t say ****

girl give me a hint at least

The big night cat only eats Bluefin tuna

Concept: You walk outside one night and notice that there are two full moons. A few hours go by and they don’t seem to move.

You stare up at them.

They blink.

It's new years Eve, but everyday is halloween if tou try hard enough

TOMORROW IS HALLOWEEN!!!

Leaving the house for any reason, for any amount of time. If you don't want to be outside, libraries are really nice, since they're quiet, warm, and have comfy chairs or couches

ive been wanting to get into living what do you guys recommend for a beginner

"Dietitian salary louisiana"

reblog this and put in the tags what comes up when you type “die”

I've been enlightened. The mice went to Venus to escape the rats, and to stay warm

And don't forget little black cats that may just be sentient

girls love runes and sigils and rituals and knives and skulls and blood

Im screaming

I wanna know what show this is from now

Oh uterine horror of the crypt and fear of cis male bodies being involved in birthgiving and the fluidity of gender based on contextual interaction and non normative cycles of reproduction we're really in it now

The thread that ties us together was spun by the mice on Venus, for they are the higher life form

“Where does it come from, the thread that ties us together? Who spun it? What is it composed of, what is its matter? I have half a mind to unpick myself, to find the source; but I won’t.”

— Becca De La Rosa, “Letter from Juniper”

It's so cute! And the top part reminds me of terraria

Annie • blacklillybee

Me, figuring out the genetics of eye color for my mideval fantasy universe because apparently im allergic to writing plot

Aww, she's doing great

pounce!

"It is the beating of his horrible heart"- Egdar all An poe 'A telltale heart

Change of heart

In honor of my favorite Minecraft flower

Lily of the valley 💕🧚🌱✨

You sew on the cuffs

THE INVISIBLE MAN directed by J. Whale | 1933

It was probably dropped there by Dracula

Antique safe made in France around ~1780 / 1810. With three keys and a combination of ordered switches

When there arevoice in your head that tell you you're not enough, look them in the eye and strangle them with your bare hands.

‘I am so tired of my own voice’

This is funny, and kinda reminds me about how I found out that the black and white movie that Kevin watches in home alone is fake

Like, oh my god my whole childhood was a lie

SO APPARENTLY MY ENTIRE LIFE IS A LIE HOW HAS YOUR GUYS’ NIGHT BEEN

And her opposable thumbs

Trying

WELCOME to whipped cream land!

Ivana Metelková

The building looks do unnatural... I love it

Knock loud, I’m home - Steve Messam

North Louisiana, 72F, warm, but only because it's humid as fuck

new game tell me where you're from, what the current temperature is, and whether you think that's warm or cold, just in general. I'll go first: Michigan, 42F, not that cold.

If i we're a qualified psychiatrist, yes. Im not, but i could still give you drops of coffee

would you still prescribe me stimulants if i was a worm