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Humans discover ancient and extremely enigmatic alien relics around the Solar System. On inventing plot-enabling AFAL starships, humans determine pretty much any system old enough has relics from the whoever they were. The WTW showeed up in the early Proterozoic, did their thing for 300 million years--although not on Earth, as far as anyone can tell--and then vanished seemingly overnight for reasons that at as yet unclear.

They seem to have been interested in smaller terrestrial worlds, many of which now have life forms whose last common ancestor was six billion years ago. So probably they were xenoforming worlds? But apparently only barren worlds, for some reason. Also, if they used the PEAFAL drive, there's absolutely no evidence of it.

Age is one reason why the WTW are very enigmatic. 2.5 billion years of radiation and micrometeorites has turned all their artificial stuff into scrap. Sometimes, into subtle chemical traces in regolith. Nobody has ever reverse-engineered WTW relics into something novel to us. In fact, nobody is sure what the WTW even looked like (there are a couple of candidate remains of things that might have had big brain analogues). So, they make a nice Rorschach test for scientists to project their issues onto.
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I don't want to make any claims for stamina in case tomorrow when I have an appointment I can't leave the house, but for months it has reliably exhausted me to walk around my own neighborhood and after two days out and about I did spend most of this one curled up, but I also left the house in the midafternoon to acquire a plate of baba dip from Noor because I was jonesing for eggplant and later walked back out on a fish-oriented supermarket run in the thickening rain. I stayed an extra hour at my desk because Hestia was in full Llyan mode, swattily objecting when I ceased from petting her as she purred like a turbine underneath the mermaid lamp. The evening's bedmaking was similarly delayed by her commandeering of the clean laundry with her precise and possessively kneading small paws. It does feel like a change that I am not utterly wiped out by household chores. Now if my brain would just decide to rejoin the party. In that vague direction, I am continuing to enjoy Apple TV's Widow's Bay (2026–) which delighted me beyond measure this week not even by featuring a sea hag who explodes when spear-gunned into tide-flat brine—I treasured a Magic card along those lines—but by having shot a scene at Half Moon Beach in Gloucester. I recognized it from its boulders of Cape Ann granite: I have climbed over their tectonic jumble and dozed on them and been photographed on them by [personal profile] spatch, the sticky basement rock of my local microcontinent. I am not used to fictitious islands confected out of coasts I know. It makes me want to visit them. In the meantime I read about the doused and sunken chain of the New England Seamounts.

Aurendor D&D: Summary for 5/6 Game

May. 6th, 2026 11:34 pm
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In tonight's game, the rest under a cut for those who don't care. )

And that's where we left off.

Irrigation

May. 6th, 2026 06:59 pm
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Just ordered a bunch of drip irrigation parts.   
Room 2, beds 3 & 4, have sort of been the bastard step children of the garden. They are on the south end of the garden, are hard to get to, though they are now a LOT easier to get to than they were.  Bed 3 was literally falling apart (already!) Yesterday I pulled all the leeks that were going to seed and today I patched it up. One board had pulled free of its screws on one end, and both top boards were bulging out in the center.  The repair involved pounding a section of old t-post and a rusty piece of 1/2" metal pipe. They went just outside of the center of the bed. After shoveling out the inside (so the boards could move) I installed one of my electric fence ratchets and pulled the two sides together.  In the corner I replaced a piece of 2x4 that had mostly rotted away. Here is the bed, raked smooth and waiting for amendments.  It will get some of my sifted compost, ground coconut coir and wood compost in the hopes that those components will help build soil structure so it holds water better.  I want to get the last two pepper plants in plus a couple of butternut squash.  These are supposed to be small and round!  Can't wait to see how they turn out.  Also maybe two more of the pickling cucumbers...
 
Next up is bed 4.  It doesn't need repair, just to have a couple old collard plants cleared and some compost spread.  It got heavily amended last year which changed it from a bed that was horrible to one that was quite nice.  I think it will get some okra, but not quite yet, okra wants it HOT, and it is still in the 50's at night. 
Need to set traps for the gopher.

HOLY SHIT NEW STARFOX

May. 6th, 2026 09:46 pm
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I mean we all had our suspicions but StarFox Direct from nowhere blew everything out of the water holy shit! I do have the money set aside for a Switch2 so I guess I'll be doing that sooner than later.

and maybe I'll get Elore's Bogus Journey while I'm at it?
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Changing to the official English spellings of the names I guesss.

Chapter 6: Agott is still being cruel to Coco but I understand some of what she's attempting to say, but she's also not giving Coco a chance.

Very lovely moment between Tetia and Coco. I love Tetia's clouds.

Chapter 7: It's sweet that Coco used Tetia's clouds to lure the dragon in. X'D

"That's Agreat!" 😂



She gets to watch them work their magic up close. :P

The Dragon-Stupefying Cushion haha it's so cute.

The one who gave Coco the book has hold of her. "Let me teach you everything Qifrey won't. And when the time comes you'll..." So these challenges are going to be a regular thing. But what was she supposed to learn from this one? He gave her something but what?



Chapter 8:
Brushbug really likes Richeh (and the others), it's adorbs.

Oh, Olruggio's first appearance! Poor Coco got a scare. He doesn't want anything to do with the Brimhats.

Chapter 9:
Tetia's poofy hair. 🤣

Olruggio is the 'watchful eye' for Qifrey's atelier. They make sure nothing untoward happens. He's also busy making magical items.

The Order of the Council of Magic Security would've erased Coco's memory in an instant if they knew about her because all they care about is the law, even if she would lead them to the Brimhats.

Coco winning Olruggio over with her love of his magic. :')

Chapter 10:
Qifrey is worried how Agott is fixated on the stuff she doesn't know yet instead of on what she can accomplish. Instead of taking Olruggio's advice to heart gets even more impatient.

Agott is working so hard to earn the approval of the people of those who've looked down on her. "I had such high hopes for you, Agott... I'm disappointed." "I can't believe she's her daughter." etc

The leader(?) of the Council of Magic Security is Lord Estheath.

Chapter 11: Coco and Agott are working hard together to save the boy who fell, alone Agott might've stayed paralyzed but Coco kept her moving.

Coco learned from Richeh and Agott and now Agott os learning by watching Coco even if she doesn't want to admit it.

Whatever the Brimhat gave Coco made her spell too strong and now she's in trouble with Magic Security. 😭

5/6/2026 Inspiration Trail

May. 6th, 2026 04:41 pm
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No fog, just medium clouds that gave way to sun about 9 am, so a lovely morning. I thought I was going to make fifty species, but not quite. There are always a few expected species that take a day away. As well, there was a tree down across the trail near the north end, and while people had made a way around it, said way was steeply slanted down the embankment and not something I was willing to try. I did send a photo to EBMUD, which they thanked me for, so perhaps the way will be cleared by my next visit. Several Great Horned Owls were hooting pre-dawn, an Olive-sided Flycatcher was calling all morning, and there was an Ash-throated Flycatcher somewhere sounding like a police whistle, but the morning's soundtrack was Lazuli Bunting. They were singing everywhere along the trail. I expect one at the corner and one in the North, but this was amazing. Again I found a Hermit and a Townsend's Warbler together in a (different) smallish oak in the N, possibly the same individuals, and the only MacGillivray's of the morning was there, too. There were also a few interesting flyovers, not only Double-crested Cormorant and my first Caspian Tern of the summer (these fish in the reservoirs while nesting on the Bay) but a Great Blue Heron that flew directly towards me before veering off to the South. Gosh, they're big. The list: )

I'm fairly sure I heard a Western Wood-pewee, but only once so I didn't report it. I think they are the only regularly breeding species I'm still waiting for.

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May. 6th, 2026 07:03 pm
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Experiments in Baking

May. 6th, 2026 07:50 pm
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I made chicken and dumplings in the slow cooker today, because it was a bleak rainy day so it seemed appropriate. The recipe itself is very basic (chicken, cream of chicken soup, an onion, butter, chicken broth, and some spices), and I cheat and use canned biscuits for the dumplings because I'm lazy.

The issue was that I had a few biscuits left over, because I needed about 10oz but Aldi only has them in 16oz packages. So I decided to experiment and attempt to make something sweet for dessert with the leftover biscuit dough, and I think it turned out pretty well.



I cut the biscuits into quarters, brushed them with some oil, popped them in the air fryer for eight minutes, dipped them in melted butter, dropped them in a bag with some cinnamon sugar, and shook it up. Then for the dip I just mixed together some powdered sugar, heavy cream, and vanilla.

They turned out surprisingly tasty for something that I threw together in a few minutes.
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Quickening (Pirates of the Caribbean):

Quickening, by Pearl-o. Shrift: Will and Elizabeth, living not-so-happily-ever-after: “It was always after these times that Will felt especially strongly how much Elizabeth had given up when they wed. She had not realized how much it would be, he knew, and she did not ever mention it to him, but… Continue reading →

Write Every Day: Day 6

May. 6th, 2026 04:48 pm
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Intro/FAQ


My check-in: I added 2k to the new fic since last we spoke! Apparently now that the groundbreaking ceremony is over, I decided to bring in a backhoe.


Day 6: [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] sanguinity

Day 5: [personal profile] acorn_squash, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] dswdiane, [personal profile] luzula, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] the_siobhan, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] ysilme

Day 4: [personal profile] acorn_squash, [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] dswdiane, [personal profile] glinda, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] ysilme

More days )


When you check in, please use the most recent post and say what day(s) you’re checking in for. Remember you can drop in or out at any time, and let me know if I missed anyone!

some good things

May. 6th, 2026 11:00 pm
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One: I have spent much of the day indulging the desire to Quietly Hyperfocus On Game and it has been a very relaxing autism to have.

Two: I have finished the questionable Ryvita we... somehow... came into possession of (I apparently object to things that are not salt & vinegar extruded potato twirls containing potassium chloride) and can now merrily go back to overpriced high protein crackers until such time as I get around to buying vital wheat gluten with which to make my own.

Three: two loaves of bread (because I strained a Lot of whey off the most recent batch of yoghurt), which are a slightly silly set of shapes but also extremely aesthetic. I am very much looking forward to extravagant breakfast featuring avocado and also scrambled egg. (New oven needs less time to do them than old one; new oven also would ideally get them rotated halfway through baking if I want them done evenly. I am trying to work out what the best way to freeze the second loaf is...)

Four: Adam brought me home British strawberries from the supermarket, all with their petals still attached.

Five: new Murderbot purchased. (When I will get around to reading it is another question, but the possibility exists!)

happy birthday to meeee

May. 6th, 2026 04:43 pm
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I'm 48 today! I made a hummingbird cake but it looks boring so I won't post a pic. but it's gonna be delicious. the texture is just right so I KNOW this.

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