The cat is waiting for his interview and the newscaster won’t stop laughing. How rude and unprofessional
so wholesome
The highwayman looked at me steadily.
"Honesty doesn't mean stupidity," he simply stated.
don't give up
The unicorn pawed the ground, aggrivated. I didn't know much about animals but I was taking this as a warning.
"It's okay," my stranger soothed, walking forward slow enough to not spook the oakwood unicorn.
It grunted and looked like it was about to charge and skewer him to a tree.
"Hey!" he snapped at the sentinel. He had guts to even think about doing that to a sentinel.
The unicorn reared its head in a way as if to ask, "What are you going to do?"
The highwayman walked forward with the same commanding presence that he just used. My best guess is that he needed the unicorn to know that he was in no mood for funny business.
"Hey, there," he murmured when he could pet the unicorn's mossy head. "Do you want a snack? Snack?" He pulled an apple out and presented it to the sentinel.
The oakwood unicorn, much calmer now, ate the apple.
"Come on, let's sit down," the highwayman suggested while he guided the unicorn down.
It nickered as it lied down beside him. Just as he put his hand in its hair, it laid it head down on his lap.
"And here I thought that only pure maidens could do that to a unicorn," I commented.
The highwayman just smiled up at me, "I have a horse like this one back at home." He looked down at the unicorn. "Mine has beautiful black fur and a sweet temperament."
The unicorn grumbled.
"Hey, I'm a little biased since she is my horse. You are a very handsome boy for a unicorn but you can't let my horse know that I said that, okay?" he told the resting unicorn.
The unicorn rolled so its head rested on the highwayman's abdomen. As the unicorn was moving, my highwayman made it so he was on his back.
"I'm very uncomfortable," he told me. I think he was on a decent sized, dull rock.
The unicorn nickered.
"Oh? Are you comfortable?" the highwayman asked the unicorn in possible sarcasm.
It had the audacity to nicker again.
His head hit the ground as he mumbled, "Of course you are." His troubled gaze found me again. "You better get comfortable, too. We might be here for awhile."
I couldn't help but giggle a little.
Original
“I thought the goddess of love would look…different.” The wrinkled old woman waved a dismissive hand, leaned closer, and smiled. “You are thinking of my daughter, the goddess of passion and romance. Dearie, I am the goddess of LOVE.”
Sunlight rained through the grove. It was a long day and, to be honest, I wanted a nap. There was a stone that was large, flat, and grey, that wasn't too far from me but it was in direct sunlight. Just to test the heat of the rock, I lightly rested my hand against it and instantly recoiled it back. It was way too hot to even consider.
Abandoning the hot rock, I searched for another good place to rest. After a moment, I found one that was completely shaded by a large oak tree and was covered in moss. There was no doubt in my mind that this was the better option.
My messenger bag served as my pillow and my cape as my blanket. It didn't take a long time for me to fall asleep on this rock.
something that i will always remember of technoblade is how he was kind just for the sake of it.
i will remember him claiming the monopoly sound was too loud for him to hear wilbur when he spoke of techno staying up all night to comfort him when he was sick. i will remember him taking the time to add watermarks for his artists when they themselves forgot. i will remember niki and sophie saying how he always somehow made sure they never felt excluded or neglected and how he would hate it, it would embarrass him when they spoke of his kindness publicly. i will remember him personally dming ponk to thank them for sending a 45-minute video of someone feeding hotdogs to raccoons in chat and timestamping his favorite part. i will remember his love for the people who created for him, how he would keep his mentions on for everyone before his fanart tag was formed and would just scroll and scroll to make sure not to miss any art someone made for him. i will remember half his friends and peers having some kind of a story of him reaching out to them during tough days, reassuring them, believing in them, making them feel loved.
i will remember him in every act of kindness i receive and i will remember him during times in my life when i will need to remind myself to be kind despite it all.
"What's that shiny and long blade of grass you use called?"
He looked down as he hesitated.
When he looked up, he answered as if he was trying to melt the frost with his touch, "It can be called a 'blade' but for me, it's a broadsword."
"You can hurt people with that, right?" I asked him. It didn't look that dangerous to me if it could.
He lurched back like I hurt him.
"If it came to it, yes," he answered, all the same.
I didn't like that I was going to hurt something but I picked a blade of grass.
"Do you want to know what I can do with this?" I twirled the blade between my fingers.
He just looked at me odd.
I held the blade the way the nymphs taught me and blew some air. The shrill sound caught him off guard. Laughter overcame me like the abrupt rain the area we're in is known for.
"Will you teach me how to do that?" he asked when I calmed down enough to talk.
It was at that moment that I realized that I would do what I could for him like I would for any of my plants back at home.
"It would be my genuine pleasure," I replied with a smile.