Let those who are in favour with their starsOf public honour and proud titles boast,Whilst I, whom fortune of such triumph bars,Unlook'd for joy in that I honour most.Great princes' favourites their fair leaves spreadBut as the marigold at the sun's eye,And in themselves their pride lies buried,For at a frown they in their glory …
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An older Mateo stared at the front door to his house, face pinned in a pained expression. God, how reluctant he felt to go inside. It wasn't that he didn't like his stepfather... or father. He loved Cortez. But this house, it had never really felt like his home. And he had never really felt …
Liber scriptus proferetur,In quo totum continetur,Unde mundus judicetur. 📃 Even though Calo was, for the first time in his life, actually feeling the passing of time with the aging of his body, it felt like time stood still. That, or maybe it was just he that stood still, going nowhere. Doing nothing. Being the lowlife …
"And that's how I saved the whole damn world," Emil finally concluded his recounting of the whole StrangerVille story; he looked at Fenne and Lawson, trying his hardest to seem modest but the pride was still all too visible in his tone. https://i.imgur.com/oaAfzoy.png In response, Fenne jokingly pulled out the cellphone Lawson kept berating her …
Previously... Where things had looked bad before, they looked apocalyptic now. Observing StrangerVille’s newest developments, Emil could only think that the end of the world was looming over them… and unfortunately, he didn’t think he was exaggerating. https://i.imgur.com/kT4NfY8.png https://i.imgur.com/Fuzjzn5.png https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7h7QOYMZguw Do I do everything I could doDo I do everything I should doAbout the problems that persevereI'm …
Taking a walk to get to know this new town he was going to be living in for the next few months - or until he could convince Emil to come back home with them, that was - Calder came across an admittedly very striking military woman. https://i.imgur.com/IPXkvUR.png After all the things Emil had said, …
Emil's life had been just great, thank you very much. Really, it had been. He was in his twenties, he had a job - and a decent one at that - and he... Oh, who was he kidding? He was in his twenties and he was still as lost as he felt at 18 - …
Tuba mirum spargens sonum,Per sepulchra regionum,Coget omnes ante thronum Mors stupebit et natura,Cum resurget creatura,Judicanti responsura. 📃 Calo looked and stared at the face in front of him, his face warped in what had grown to become his trademark scowl. https://i.imgur.com/MPlV2PY.png Looking at himself, he made a decision. Even in his weak human state, he …
The night seems to fade,But the moonlight lingers onThere are wonders for everyone 🎶 https://i.imgur.com/5DXen7J.png https://i.imgur.com/HZwtmla.png https://i.imgur.com/5fYx3iV.png https://i.imgur.com/gL49kPh.png The stars shine so bright,But they're fading after dawnThere is magic in Kingston Town 🎶 https://i.imgur.com/kskajzK.png https://i.imgur.com/WDslL1e.png https://i.imgur.com/Et0CM9E.png https://i.imgur.com/4pf2RKD.png Oh Kingston Town,The place I long to beIf I had the whole worldI would give it awayJust to …
“Where should I go?""That depends on where you want to end up." — Alice and the Cheshire Cat. Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass ⏳ You know all those things adults say about love? How it's easy or difficult and simple or complex and how we shouldn't seek it out and …
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