Happy Wednesday To All My Fellow Aroace Folks

Ok so 27+48 is just 20+40 and 7+8, so you get 60 for the tens place. Then 7+8 is (8x2)-1, which is 16-1=15. So you get sixty fifteen, carry the ten, you get 75

Help me find a book!

My sister brought up many stranded braiding today and I remembered vague details of a book I read once and now not knowing is driving me insane.

here’s what I know:

I probably read this in middle school, so it was generally appropriate for that age, but I was reading way above my age level so it may have been a little above that

The main character was a girl who’s mom died

she had gigantic, poofy, uncontrollable red (I think it was red (but orange red not died red)) hair that she would put in an 8-stranded braid to keep it out of the way

Her dead (or maybe missing but I think dead) Mom also had this hair and would braid it this way

Her dad braided her hair this special way (because mom was dead) and eventually taught her how to braid her hair this way and learning to do her own 8-strand braid was important to her and s big thing about her independence

I think the inciting incident had something to do with her dad being killed/kidnapped but I might be wrong

she went on some sort of adventure to uncover clues and such that involved puzzle she had to solve that was 8 strips of cloth (I think they were red? (Red as in red, not red as in orange like hair)) that she had to braid in the special way to reveal the secret message, which then told her something about her mom and the origin of the braid

To braid the fabric she had to drape it over her head like hair because she had only ever done the braid on herself and she thought about her missing (or dead?) dad and how he used to braid her hair.

I think there was some sort of wise old man who helped her out with the puzzle but I might be making that up considering my interest in books it was probably fantasy and/or YA but idk

Anyway, lmk if you know what book this is and can confirm this is it a fever dream or have a recommendation on how to find it. Thanks!

I found a small wizard in my pocket today

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curse of strahdanya ep. 4 'phantasmagoria' | 4:53:05 onwards

ough i started thinking about the inherent tragedy of a spare heir

what if you and your sister had the same tutors, same arms instructor, same conversations with your mother regarding politics and strategies and the million terrible choices a ruler must make. but all of them, from your nursery governess to your fencing coach to your mother herself, knew that she was real and you-- weren't. not yet. only if the unthinkable happened. what if you were a walking reminder that she wasn't invincible. what if you were tragedy's page, carrying its train, walking soft in the shadow of all of their hopes that you would never be needed.

Characters that haunt the narrative. Not in a deep, sad way. Like how Sausage haunts the narrative in Icebound Side Story 3. It's the Second coming of Sausage. They won't stop talking about how young he was. Their kid brother. Only 42. Killed by a horrible bug monster.

Small clone Porkos is actually the best character that's ever existed

HAPPY ACE WEEK!

Have some bracelets I made I guess

I am SCRAMBLING to finish Icebound for the new session on Saturday but I'm on episode 23 and super busy so I probably won't make it. Hopefully I can finish before the vod is gone from twitch to see the Avantris and Chill and stuff but idk about this one