Ember, Triune 🎶🔆🔥⚡️ @emanate@awoo.space

There are things that make me cackle like a mad scientist (for that is one side of me).

This is one. https://youtu.be/bAdqazixuRY

I keep my phone on silent, because I'm not fond of ringtones. The problem with them is that you get trained to react to a particular series of notes or sounds... and then you start hearing that everywhere. I'd rather not ruin my music by thinking my phone is ringing.

The trade-off, then, is to keep my phone on vibrate. This isn't usually a problem.

Except today, where my leg directly /under/ my phone has been twitching every 10 seconds or so, and it /feels/ like my phone is buzzing. o.o

Dang, these critters look good in suits. https://kobl-squares.tumblr.com/post/165189610522

https://68.media.tumblr.com/5e29ca74c235ff003f8bfa7eaa1d9b84/tumblr_ow2mstF6PI1s5sh5do1_1280.png

A good chunk of Eastern Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Oregon are all on fire. The smoke has accumulated over Seattle.

This is the sun. This is ash falling from the sky. This is...heckin' creepy​, honestly.

Second time this summer.

"I want to meet her. She needs to know who I am. Who she is. "

"She'll be home soon. And...no marking your territory in this house."

"Hah! No, I am within civilization, and I will become civilised. Domesticated."

"I missed you so much."

"I did too. I love you."

"Awooooo!"

"Awooooo!"

"She has your eyes. And your howl."

"Is it that surprising?"

"I didn't know you could be born that way."

"The best of us are. It's better than the other way, through blood and teeth and fear."

"So...are you taking her away now?"

"If she wishes, I will teach her. If not...I will stay and become less. For her. For my blood."

"We can do both. I'll teach her how to be human. You can teach her how to be Other."

"...okay, I'll stay."

"I think she'll like that."

"So you're back."

"Yes."

"It's been years, you know."

"It's easy to lose track."

"I have a daughter now."

"I know."

"She's yours."

"I know. Why do you think I left in the first place?"

"To protect me?"

"To protect everyone around you. I would have killed anyone for even looking at you. Territorial instinct."

"Oh. And now?"

"Now she's old enough to hunt on her own."

I just wrote about 2700 words in the most sustained bout of focus I've had in a long time. :-)

Felt pretty good. Helped that the imagery was really strong in my head, too. ^_^

Orange!

(yeah that's right)

I'm reading a comic book, and the sound effect for the fire alarm going off is....awoo. Many awoo.

(From: Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man, issue 3)

@emanate (yeah okay, I admit that was pretty much @vahnj bait. :-P )

Why Kobolds need Egg Chairs, Figure 1:

https://kobl-squares.tumblr.com/post/164485657732

I took a few indirect pictures of the eclipse from my house, which ha about 92% totality.

So basically, fun with bokeh.
https://goo.gl/photos/tDakwNRor8hKwaKr6