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Shoto Big Bang 2021: Those Who Create

Based on a fic with the same title written by @willowingends on ao3 and tumblr! Summary taken from the fic:

;Pick one of my WIP titles off this list, and I'll send you a snippet or tell you about it!

Sea Change

This one is a BIIG project, and it’s hard to briefly summarize. The Nein are in Port Damali, spending a day at the beach. Jester walks with Fjord up the beach, hand-in-hand and in almost complete silence, among the arches and cliffs and cobbles and sea caves the tides have carved out of the shore by Port Damali. For a while, he leaves her on the beach alone to go for a dive and a swim.

Mostly, it’s about Jester wrestling with the strange but familiar, things recognizable but unfathomable to her—the shore, the sea, Fjord himself. Things she will never fully understand, but that’s alright.

It’s the title of my DND AU, of which I currently have two chapters up.

Here’s a snippet from chapter 3:

“Does that mean we’re in the clear for now?” Tim asked.

“Probably not,” said Martin. “The spell predicted weal and woe if we went this way.”

“It predicted—what?”

“Weal and woe. It’s sort of… the terminology, I guess? For the Augury spell. Weal for good results, woe for bad. Going straight west yielded only woe, but going south yielded both.” Martin paused. “So, we’re not really avoiding the bad, just… balancing it out with some good.”

"Bit vague,” Tim remarked. “The spell doesn’t tell you what kind of good?”

Martin looked embarrassed. “It’s not a very strong spell.”

“Well, you’re a cleric of the god of knowledge,” said Tim. “Couldn’t you just… I don’t know. Ask? Isn’t there a spell for that?”

It was an innocent question, but the look of miserable embarrassment on Martin’s face made him regret asking. “Well, yes,” Martin admitted. “There’s a spell called Divination. But I’m not strong enough to cast it yet.”

“Oh.” Awkwardly, Tim reached over and gave him a cautious pat on the shoulder. “Well, that’s fine. Not like we’ve ever known the future before. I’m sure we’ll figure it out when it comes.”

“Isn’t a weal like a welt?” Sasha asked.

Tim blinked. The dejected look on Martin’s face was swiftly replaced with confusion. “What?”

“A weal,” she repeated. “That’s like an injury, right? When you get smacked so hard the skin looks all raised and swollen? That’s a weal.”

“It—it’s another word for prosperity!” Martin sputtered out.

“Really? Never heard it used like that before.”

“I mean, sure, it’s a little antiquated, but—”

“Just seems like an odd choice. Like whoever wrote the spell down just wanted the alliteration.”

“Words can mean more than one thing!”

This is from a recent Iwaoi wip that I hope to get published in the next few months :D I’m really excited about this au:’)

The old man nods and turns to Oikawa. “And you, young man? Feebas is an unattractive and unpopular pokemon. Are you willing to endure the world’s judgement on the slim chance you might one day end up with a beautiful milotic?”

Oikawa hesitates for a second. Unattractive and unpopular are ugly words. But he nods. “I never back down from a challenge. Whatever people say, I will prove them wrong.”

14. Favorite book you read this year? honestly not sure I have one! this was a big year for comics and graphic novels though. especially generation X (the original 90s books)! I saw some fanart of chamber, went holy shit thats the coolest character design i've ever seen, who is that?? and that kinda got me on the comics wagon..

18. A memorable meal this year? really really good dim sum in flushing

Oooh!!

Fuchsia

Daffodils

Sunflowers

Daisies

Thank you!

I got: Taxi by The Maine

In the back seat, when you asked me

“Is the sadness everlasting?”

I pulled you closer, looked at you, and said