Sep. 12th, 2012

(adventures in effulgence)

Sep. 12th, 2012 08:56 pm
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He has been in Forks, Washington for six months and they have been the most excruciatingly boring six months of his life to date.

There are so many things he can't do here, because this town is so small, and if anything gets back to Daddy dearest they'll just move somewhere worse. He honestly can't imagine anywhere worse, but then, before Forks he couldn't have imagined Forks.

Getting in fights at school is one of the few remaining forms of entertainment he can find any joy in, and it's also necessary for a few other reasons. So he doesn't waste any time on his first day back: it's ten after ten, he just got out of Art, the hallways are full of students rushing from class to class, and he finds one of the boys who already hates him a little and gives him a hard shove into the corner of a row of lockers.

Success. The crowd tries to stream around them at first, but at the point where the other boy has him on the ground and is punching him repeatedly in the face, traffic has come to a halt on all sides.
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Adventures in Effulgence

Sep. 12th, 2012 09:07 pm
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How To Read Effulgence
  1. make a wish
    1. ✴ he couldn't have imagined
    2. ✴ one enormous bruise
    3. ✴ but you like an audience
    4. ✴ you have the means in your possession
    5. ✴ i drive better than i walk
    6. ✴ it's that all of those things are boring
    7. ✴ so i guess that wasn't hades
    8. ✴ telling someone your secrets
    9. ✴ if i got three wishes
    10. ✴ we will seek my buried inheritance
  2. hexes
    1. ✴ unconsciousness would be an undesirable outcome
    2. ✴ i believe i can fly
    3. ✴ in the tiniest of pieces
    4. ✴ no one else will be using theirs
    5. ✴ technically not karma
    6. ✴ be as you aren't
    7. ✴ all rise
    8. ✴ we're kind of inexplicable
    9. ✴ now isn't that something
    10. ✴ welcome to wonderland
    11. ✴ some people are this impressive without magic
    12. ✴ here goes
    13. ✴ who are you when you're alone?
  3. parable of the talents
    1. ✴ high school is kind of boring really
    2. ✴ good morning
    3. ✴ introduction to being a college student
    4. ✴ dress for success
    5. ✴ interesting rich people
    6. ✴ for my birthday i become a real person
    7. ✴ i remember everything, so who are you?
    8. ✴ super speed and other exceptional abilities
    9. ✴ i'm just that fascinating i guess
    10. ✴ welcome to the chessboard
  4. golden opportunity
    1. ✴ a city and a mint who sleep very little between them
    2. milliways lurks
    3. ✴ the empire of the stars
    4. ✴ ☼ oh how it lurks
    5. ✴ ☼ farewell diplomatic contingent
    6. ✴ ☼ plotting to unnerve her
    7. ✴ it's not all crises and public appearances
    8. ✴ on the first day of christmas, my true love gave to me
    9. ✴ ☼ cake and ice cream
  5. truth be told
    1. ⍋ the cold is harmless
    2. ⍋ witches own little
    3. ⍋ no nudity taboo
    4. ⍋ symbols hold infinite layers of meaning
    5. ⍋ distance is immaterial with cloudpine under you
  6. fire and water
    1. Ω by the seashore
    2. Ω in atlantis's hall of treasures
    3. Ω in a forest of legs
    4. Ω among her own kind
    5. Ω on a train
    6. Ω along the tracks
    7. Ω in district three
    8. Ω ⍋ in control of an inferno
  7. outside help
    1. Ω ⍋ in defiance of the capitol
    2. Ω in a supposed democracy
    3. Ω at the memorial dome
    4. ⍋ runecasting is an art
    5. ⍋ witches' daemons can travel alone
    6. ⍋ and we are always birds
    7. ⍋ there is so much to do
    8. ⍋ it is unwise to anger a witch
    9. ⍋ we live until we are too bored or lonely
  8. celestial objects
    1. Ω ✴ in a heap of people
    2. ✴ points of failure
    3. Ω on top of the world
    4. Ω upon the moon
    5. Ω on trial
  9. raise the stakes
    1. ✝ sunnydale welcomes you
    2. ✝ enjoy its extensive library catalog
    3. ✝ enjoy state of the art information technology
    4. ✝ meet our friendly citizenry
    5. ✝ take advantage of our excellent schools and their handpicked faculty
  10. bells and whistles
    1. ♪ yes, we believe in the wisdom of our god
    2. ♪ ⍋ ✴ Ω for the world slows and the stars falter
    3. ♪ Ω yes, there is love
    4. ✝ ⍋ Ω ☼ we are invariably pleased to welcome tourism
    5. ♪ our shield, our defender
    6. ⍋ our goddesses answer when we call
    7. ✝ Ω our real estate is a great investment
    8. ✴ ⍋ a profusion of whistles
  11. dance between the stars
    1. ᗜ this makes it mine
    2. ᗜ (admissions procedures)
    3. ᗜ i live in the sky
    4. ᗜ i am swift and clever
    5. ᗜ these are my villagers
    6. ᗜ (watch me think)
    7. ᗜ watch me dance
    8. ᗜ (state of the union)
    9. ᗜ i'm on fire
    10. ♪ ✴ ᗜ birdwhistles
  12. sleeping, waking
    1. eyes ears skin tongues
    2. ᗜ and now i'm even older
    3. ᗜ i spy with my little eye
    4. ᗜ i'm a goddess of vicious precision
    5. ᗜ i'm a good friend
    6. ⍋ witches treasure children
    7. ᗜ i command armies
    8. dreamcatcher
    9. ᗜ i contain multitudes
  13. lend a hand
    1. ☼ ✴ delicious bubbly
    2. ☼ got good ears
    3. ☼ ✴so very dapper
    4. ✝ Ω ours is a service-oriented economy
    5. ✝ Ω and the property values just keep going up
    6. ♪ though you turn your face away
    7. Ω in between moments
    8. ☼ love at first sight
    9. black bats flying round and round
    10. ✝ our town knows how to celebrate a special occasion
    11. ✝ and we are conscious of a long town history
  14. waking, rising
    1. here and there
    2. ᗜ i can conjure spirits from the vasty deep
    3. ✝ we're convenient to a wide variety of establishments
    4. ✝ our summers are warm and pleasant
    5. ✝ our hospital facilities are nationally acclaimed
  15. down down down
    1. ω down and out
    2. a good day to die
    3. ω underground
    4. timer
    5. ω Ω downside
    6. unreliable doorstop
    7. ω Ω ☼ inside
  16. they bite
    1. ✝ ☼ ✴ we are convenient to major metropolises
    2. ✝ our town is the birthplace of many notable figures
    3. ✴ eviler and eviler
  17. nous et notre
    1. ⚜ mon père
    2. ⚜ mes études
    3. ⚜ mon ami
    4. ♪ Ω all that remains is you
    5. ⚜ ma bête
    6. ⚜ ma colocataire
    7. ⚜ mon mari
  18. bellstorm
    1. ᗜ Ω ✝ i'm big sister
    2. ᗜ Ω ✝ ⍋ ☼ ♪ ✴ Ø i am the oncoming storm
    3. Ω at home and abroad
    4. ✝ we are the proud site of the world's only portal to hell
    5. ⍋ we know how to celebrate
    6. ✴ ☼ Ω ⍋ ✝ ♪ ᗜ Ø it's a dead man's party
  19. welcoming
    1. (retroactive)
    2. ♪ ᗜ ⚜ yes, there is beauty
    3. ⚜ ✴ ☼ Ω ⍋ ✝ ♪ ᗜ Ø ma fête
    4. ♪ though the whole world shun you
    5. ⚜ mon ennemi
    6. ☼ strictly professional
    7. ✝ our city is on good terms with its neighbors
  20. in life's name
    1. ҂ quiet, this is a library
    2. ҂ greetings and defiance
    3. ҂ the self-knower
    4. ҂ seedling enterprises
  21. put a ring on it
    1. Ø ✴ ☼ Ω ⍋ ✝ ♪ ᗜ ⚜ almost like a party
    2. ✝ we boast a poorly regulated militia
    3. ҂ ✝ good guesser
    4. Ø ✴ ☼ Ω ⍋ ✝ ♪ ᗜ ⚜ ҂ welcome to my
    5. ☼ ҂ aurum tourism
    6. the emerald isle
    7. ♪ and where shall we turn if not to you
    8. Ø ✴ basically a ninja
    9. ✝ we are committed to promoting ethnic diversity
  22. tell me everything
    1. ✧ what are you doing here?
    2. ✧ why me?
    3. ✧ what must i do?
    4. ✧ now what?
  23. deal them in
    1. ⚚ ultimate twin sacrifice motion, set up!
    2. ⚚ so there was this deck of cards, right
    3. ⚚ universal star visitor brilliant start!
    4. ⚚ miracle crystal dancing jewel, spin!
    5. ⚚ ✧ spit it on the floor
    6. ⚚ so look this is really interesting
  24. all the colors of the
    1. ✧ ⍋ where am i?
    2. Ω ✴ ☼ ⍋ ✝ ♪ ᗜ Ø ⚜ ҂ ✧ in the palace
    3. ⚚ Ω ✧ flickering heart barrier viewing go!
    4. ⚚ Ω ✧ ✴ ☼ ⍋ ✝ ♪ ᗜ Ø ⚜ ҂ festive rainbow mirror summoning!
  25. diaspora
    1. ⍋ we have a complex relationship with our sisters and our cousins
    2. ♪ our beloved and our god
    3. Ø alone in the multiverse
    4. ⚚ silent gem isolation!
    5. ✧ where have you gone?
    6. ҂ the interdimensional community
    7. ⚜ mon ordinateur
    8. ✴ square one
    9. help yourself
    10. ☼ without recourse
    11. Ω on our own
    12. ✝ our transit system is top of the line
    13. ᗜ i can fly this thing
  26. ✴ ☼ Ω ⍋ ✝ ♪ ᗜ Ø ⚜ ҂ ✧ ⚚ repealing
  27. domestic matters
    1. ✝ there is room here to expand
    2. ⚚ devoted enchantment conduit, smile!
    3. ᗜ i hold the power of life and death in my hands
    4. ⚚ ҂ wild card aura, cast colors!
    5. ⚜ mes enfants
  28. monarchies being thus
    1. ∀ extradimensional space
    2. ∀ semiautonomous kitchen
    3. ∀ enchanted spectacles
    4. ∀ surefooted moccasins
    5. ∀ bewitched armor
    6. ∀ technical issue
    7. ∀ fire-flower meadow
    8. ∀ Ω grandma, grandma, look
  29. ∀ ✴ ☼ Ω ⍋ ✝ ♪ ᗜ Ø ⚜ ҂ ✧ ⚚ intelligent nametags
  30. storm II: storm harder
    1. ∀ resurrected relative
    2. ⚜ ma fille
    3. ⍋ ✴ ☼ Ω ✝ ♪ ᗜ Ø ⚜ ҂ ✧ ⚚ ∀ we are not truly immortal
    4. ⚚ ten points, mint vast ghostly wishes!
    5. ⍋ we worship certain symbols
    6. ✝ our news publications keep our residents up to date
  31. strands untwisting
    1. paris in the spring
    2. ✝ we are an underrated tourist destination
    3. ♪ alleluia
    4. ⚚ regretful web of thought!
    5. Ø ✧ full of new life
  32. in which
    1. Ψ in which subtle artists do not all work the same way
    2. Ψ in which nymphs are good for more than one thing
    3. Ψ in which bella dearly wishes to be less interesting
    4. Ψ in which the lesser of two evils may still be pretty evil
    5. Ψ in which it is unclear how this became bella's job
    6. Ψ in which bella's warranty is at risk
  33. breakable things
    1. ఒ forgotten
    2. ఒ summoned
    3. ఒ awaited
    4. ఒ Ψ cheated
    5. Ψ in which informational content is secondary
    6. Ψ in which bella does not have long to think of something
    7. Ψ ҂ ⍋ ᗜ in which the narration is suggestive, yet vague
    8. Ψ ⍋ ҂ ᗜ in which the bells have a lot to think about
    9. Ψ ᗜ ⍋ ҂ in which aware buildings are nothing new
  34. spontaneous teenage relative
    1. ✝ many people move here to start families
    2. my weight in quarters
    3. ✝ we are the location of many significant historical events
    4. the season to be jolly
    5. ✝ enjoy expertly restored and renovated architecture
    6. ✝ Ω local insurance rates are surprisingly reasonable
  35. prismatic cleavage
    1. ⚚ erroneous messenger, sleep!
    2. ⚚ self-devising bejeweled minds!
    3. ⚚ Ω ✝ universal template sweep!
  36. whmmmmm
    1. ∀ cotton candy
    2. gently introductory spelunking
    3. Ω ⚚ ✝ ∀ in chronicle
  37. idyllic childhood
    1. ☼ adrift again
    2. use it or lose it
    3. roller coaster
    4. greek deities
    5. québécois
    6. ☼ the history channel
    7. prophesied wanderings
  38. universal love
    1. good morning everyone
    2. just behave
    3. ☼ managing not to
    4. sudden ice
    5. Ɣ horrible cold
    6. dead babies and mind control
    7. Ɣ do: read; don't: visit 214
    8. Ω ⚚ ✝ ∀ ☼ Ɣ friendly door
    9. Ω ⚚ ✝ ∀ ☼ Ɣ ✴ six weeks of winter
  39. the empress of rings
    1. ✧ where shall i begin?
    2. Ø filtered with care
    3. Ø song of saturn
    4. Ø completely covered in flowers
    5. Ø open to visitors
    6. Ø rife with adventure
    7. Ø carrying a torch
    8. Ø ✧ connected by a dragon
    9. Ø deluged with emails
    10. ✧ what brings you here?
    11. ✧ why don't you try?
    12. Ø singing all alone
    13. Ø ✧ rich with activity
    14. Ø ✧ ⚚ ✝ ∀ ☼ Ɣ ✴ Ω welcoming to all
  40. cherubim and seraphim
    1. ⚜ Ø ⚚ ✝ ∀ ☼ Ɣ ✴ Ω ma mère
    2. ♪ preces meæ non sunt dignæ
    3. ♪ liber scriptus proferetur
    4. ♪ sed tu bonus fac benigne
    5. ♪ coget omnes ante thronum
    6. ♪ per admirabilem ascensionem tuam
    7. ♪ ⚜ Ø ⚚ ✝ ∀ ☼ Ɣ ✴ Ω the end of vigil
    8. Ψ ᗜ ⍋ ҂ ♪ ⚜ Ø ⚚ ✝ ∀ ☼ Ɣ ✴ Ω at the door
    9. ᗜ i'm not here
    10. ⚚ ᗜ layered net conjuration!
    11. ҂ syntropic
    12. ♪ sicut erat in principio, et nunc
    13. ☼ ♪ repatriative possibilities
  41. absentee parenting
    1. i might as well be the man on the moon
    2. i've written home to mother
    3. you can throw me if you want
    4. and my ears will listen
    5. ⍋ i bought some postcards
    6. ⍋ Ψ we do not bear children until we have so chosen
    7. ∀ mixed bag
    8. Ψ ∀ home at last
    9. Ɣ do: make introductions; don't: usurp the government
    10. ✴ through a mirror
    11. ✝ we encourage the meetings of like-minded individuals
    12. ᗜ i'm back again
    13. meet you again for the first time
  42. lost years
    1. ⍋ we feel misfortunes deep and keen
    2. ఒ Ω ∀ found
    3. ᗜ i'm just as i was before
    4. Ω beside herself
    5. ҂ Ɣ nonstranger
    6. ✝ we harbor assorted family planning facilities
    7. ⍋ we can live wherever we find ourselves
    8. ∀ find a mom
    9. ✝ dating doubly
    10. Ø ⍋ we travel far and wide
    11. ✧ how long has it been?
    12. ᗜ ✝ i'm almost sixteen
  43. sweeping up
    1. ⍋ our interactions with mortals are often limited
    2. ✝ our facilities are regularly upgraded
    3. ✧ ∀ how are you feeling?
    4. ఒ explained
    5. ᗜ ∀ sweeping changes
    6. ∀ ☼ several kinds
    7. Ɣ do: consult alts; don't: unexpectedly appear
    8. ✝ we have a low rate of unemployment
    9. Ɣ do: distribute invitations; don't: kidnap party guests
  44. ✴ ☼ Ω ⍋ ✝ ♪ ᗜ Ø ⚜ ҂ ✧ ⚚ ∀ Ψ Ɣ ఒ who will be coming?
  45. ✴ ☼ Ω ⍋ ✝ ♪ ᗜ Ø ⚜ ҂ ✧ ⚚ ∀ Ψ Ɣ ఒ will you marry me?
  46. lost pen
    1. exeunt space plant
    2. a cloud of poofs
    3. doors are complicated
    4. whole new world
    5. keeping occupied
    6. moved house
    7. each another's audience
    8. the flying place +
    9. +
  47. chess pieces
    1. the non-princess of raxwell
    2. precarious +
    3. +
  48. monsters and legends
    1. ◎ lake acuity
    2. ◎ dash rapidash dash
    3. ◎ hospitality
    4. ◎ gratitude
    5. ◎ yarn
    6. ◎ investigation +
    7. +
  49. swish and flick
    1. i am made of you
    2. 〢 doggerel verse
    3. 〢 vine and hazel
    4. 〢 arts magical
    5. 〢 bedknobs and broomsticks
    6. 〢 philosopher's stone
    7. 〢 hidden arte
    8. 〢 wizard coffee
    9. 〢 wand and shield
    10. 〢 natural occlumency
    11. 〢 animated photographs
    12. 〢 pen and paper
    13. 〢 patronus charm
    14. 〢 dark chocolate
    15. 〢 seeking thestral
    16. 〢 delicious snacks
    17. 〢 disillusionment charm
    18. 〢 wind shield +
    19. +
  50. only the avatar
    1. ⁜ all who bend the air
    2. ⁜ learn the healing arts
    3. ⁜ the mighty spirits
    4. ⁜ in spite of large deeds
    5. ⁜ masters of the earth
    6. ⁜ we're the ones who closed the show
    7. ⁜ settle for fake ones
    8. ⁜ widely believed a virtue
    9. ⁜ bones are important
    10. ⁜ or commit arson
    11. ⁜ implies emotional pain
    12. ⁜ reconcilable
    13. ⁜ incommensurate
    14. +
  51. force of will
    1. ± and there shall be an age of darkness
    2. ± and a wolf will move among the lambs
    3. ± and every hand shall wield the angels' swords of flame
    4. +
  52. the prime directive
    1. Ֆ warp factor one
    2. Ֆ hormonal imbalance
    3. Ֆ holy rings of betazed
    4. Ֆ prewarp civilizations
    5. Ֆ life's blood
    6. Ֆ very large number
    7. Ֆ unfederated sanctuary
    8. Ֆ video manifesto
    9. Ֆ moon phase +
    10. +
  53. to be the sky
    1. ⚡ barometric pressure
    2. ⚡ warm front
    3. ⚡ calm winds +
    4. +
  54. where the people are
    1. ♔ nautical +
    2. +
  55. the emperor beyond the sea
    1. chatelaine of cair paravel
    2. ⌻ the summer i was ten
    3. ⌻ tuesday afternoon
    4. ⌻ the first occasion
    5. ⌻ the second occasion
    6. ⌻ queen of narnia
    7. ⌻ the golden age
    8. ⌻ the summer i was ten again
    9. ⌻ the autumn of sixth grade +
    10. +
  56. side by side
    1. ≏ earth/mars +
    2. +
  57. seidr and spear
    1. ↾ the cuckoo's child, by invitation
    2. ↾ graceful as a cat, by sorcery
    3. ↾ welcome everywhere, by subterfuge
    4. ↾ abroad, by bifrost
    5. ↾ deceived, by illusion
    6. ↾ aloft, by wingbeat +
    7. +
  58. acquire (ptsd)
    1. ӝ ooh, british accent
    2. ӝ the graceless
    3. ӝ mmm, tea
    4. ӝ the group
    5. ӝ woo, rock music
    6. ӝ the pie
    7. ӝ the hospital
    8. ӝ the sharing
    9. ӝ eek, monsters
    10. ӝ the alien
    11. ӝ the animorphs
    12. ӝ the capture
    13. ӝ the departure
    14. ӝ the bait
    15. ӝ the airplane
    16. ӝ the ocean
    17. ӝ the zoo
    18. ӝ mmm, pancakes
    19. ӝ the cat
    20. ӝ the experiment
    21. ӝ the divulgence
    22. ӝ the circle
    23. ӝ the pookas +
    24. +
  59. leaves of green
    1. ⚘ what you sow
    2. ⚘ dandelion seed
    3. ⚘ capsicum
    4. ⚘ viridiplantae +
    5. +
  60. unfashionable tattoo
    1. ◌ an estate sale
    2. ◌ authorized borrowing
    3. +
  61. count your blessings
    1. # change
    2. # okay but what's the thread count
    3. # endurance
    4. # patience
    5. # time
    6. # health
    7. # travel
    8. # flexibility
    9. # swiftness
    10. # okay but do we have to leave so soon
    11. # vision
    12. +
  62. catch without release
    1. ౪ dark scrying +
    2. +
  63. friendship is magic
    1. ʊ friendship is magic part 1
    2. ʊ friendship is magic part 2
    3. ʊ the ticket master +
    4. +
  64. something that i want
    1. ⌇ a book or maybe two or three
    2. ⌇ mother knows best
    3. ⌇ when will my life begin
    4. ⌇ flower gleam and glow +
    5. +
  65. an art project
    1. funerary proceedings
    2. ⍟ marilacan embassy
    3. ⍟ bioestheties exhibition
    4. ⍟ singing open the great gates
    5. ⍟ overture
    6. ⍟ choreography
    7. ⍟ tremolo
    8. ⍟ line dance
    9. ⍟ symphony
    10. ⍟ façade
    11. ⍟ dye
    12. ⍟ weave
    13. ⍟ dissonance
    14. ⍟ ornamental flower show
    15. ⍟ fermata
    16. ⍟ landscape
    17. ⍟ calligraphy
    18. only too real
    19. style substance subterfuge +
    20. +
  66. mythical beasts
    1. 🍁 vorkosigan +
    2. +
  67. exact words
    1. Ꮼ sugar berry
    2. secret passage
    3. Ꮼ pumpkin princess
    4. +
  68. groundhog day
    1. ♦ zero +
    2. +
    1. +
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