THIS IS YOUR LEGACY

Post the first 10 songs that come up when you shuffle your music list.

(This should be somewhat amusing, since I tend to listen to music online and therefore my iTunes/iPod music is still like 90% what I listened to in middle school).

“Under Your Spell / Standing (Reprise)” from the “Once More With Feeling” episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

“Love the Way You Lie” by Rihanna.

“Walking in the Air” from The Snowman. 

“Close Every Door” from the original Broadway cast recording of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. 

“Hoist the Colors” from the soundtrack of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End.

“The Hills of Argyll” by the Red Hot Chilli Pipers.

“I Just Can’t Wait to be King” from the cast of The Lion King.

“Just a Word Away” by Chris de Burgh. 

“Shelob’s Lair” from the soundtrack of Lord of the Rings: Return of the King.

“A Sentimental Man” from the original Broadway cast of Wicked. 

...well, that was pretty skewed; my music isn’t all soundtracks and show tunes, I promise. 

36. Precious Treasure

“Ugh, that woman needs to clean out her closets; there are entirely too many artifacts with latent magic in that house. I almost lost my stealth spell twice!”

“Hmm, it might be useful to raid those closets later. But did you see them go through the portal in the basement, Eris?”

“Yes, all three of them. Serabi, I don’t like this … you’re sure we couldn’t go with them this time? They could have used our skills, even if it wasn’t to fight Skullmaster himself.”

Serabi closed her eyes, considering for a moment, before glancing to her younger sister again. “If it’s just the three of them, there are only a handful of ways this can go. Our interference at this point would unbalance things a bit too much to keep it to those possibilities. Now, if we want to see for ourselves which direction it goes, we’ll need to get to the other portal in the Outback within the next day… let’s get going.”

The two female Lemurians left the Mighty One’s street shortly afterward with little fanfare, other than once again vanishing under a stealth spell.

——-

In the end, when only two emerged from the portal when she expected four, the rage that gripped Serabi’s heart was the sort that could tear worlds asunder.

“You lost him?! Bah, of course you lost him; leave it to a human child to be so godsdamned weak. Fortunately for you, there is a way to correct this, so long as I let you live … but I do not have to be nice about it.”

The sight of bristling feathers and a wild gaze would’ve been comical if it was Virgil. This other Lemurian— who looked very much like him aside from being female— on this one there was an edge, there was a threat to the Mighty One. Norman tried his best to move between her and Max, but was woefully too late.

“Eris? Take care of him, would you?”

The only answer was the hail of throwing needles that suddenly rushed at the Guardian, most serving as distraction while the ones targeted at pressure points struck home. In an instant, the giant of a Viking fell to the ground like a sack of bricks, still breathing but utterly unable to move. Eris soon dispersed her stealth spell, stepping close to Norman to say just one thing. “Sorry about this…”

With one problem taken care of, Serabi focused on Max. “Now then, it’s simple enough to make another Crystal of Souls, likewise simple enough to fill one. There are plenty of cults willing to give everything for the sake of ‘eternal life’ after all … humans are such fools. After that, well, it’s off to Stonehenge … and I swear this to you, we are going to go through this whole song and dance as many times as it takes for you to get it right! Be thankful you’re probably not going to remember this particular failure…”

1. why did you choose your url? I chose it when I was still teaching - I originally started my blog as just a place for me to highlight the (beautiful) chaos of my teaching job, which I loved to death, but which was also a very special kind of daily overwhelm.  I wanted my username to reflect those two conflicting feelings, so I picked panharmonium -  "harmony" and "pandemonium" combined.

2. What is your middle name? Leigh

3. if you could own a fairytale/fictional pet, what would it be? I had kind of an imaginary fairytale animal friend when I was little!  It was a super fast deer - I used to imagine it was running alongside our car (on top of the highway guardrail) when we drove places.

4. favorite color? blue!  blue blue blue blue

5. favorite song? ahahaa get out.  i came this close to majoring in musical performance in college; I can't give you a favorite song.  This is my current Obi-Wan jam, though: elastic heart : lyrics

6. what are your top three fandoms? Star Wars is one, obviously - it was my first fandom ever.  My sister and I saw the movies as little kids, when they re-released the OT in theaters.

Other than that, I'd say Lord of the Rings (my love for lotr transcends anything i've ever been into; it was a huge escapist, saving-thing for me in middle/high school and i have no real words to describe how it makes me feel still), Harry Potter, Star Trek, and various comic books, Nightwing especially <3

7. why do you enjoy tumblr? the PEOPLE!  I've been in fandoms forever, but I never came out of lurkerdom until the first day I messaged dyingsighs in response to a question she'd asked on one of my posts.  I was TERRIFIED of interacting with people online before I started using tumblr regularly, but every day now I come home and I'm so excited to spend some time here geeking out with people who are into the same things I'm into - getting to be super excited and overly flail-y about things without having to worry about people telling me it's a stupid thing to be excited about.  It's the first place I ever felt comfortable enough to share my writing, which I have NEVER done before in my life.  And everybody is just so nice, like…sometimes I make posts that are just "i love you people" because I get overwhelmed with warm feelings.  *hugs you ALL*

Can you set an alarm and nap for an hour or two and then get back to it?

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