Photo of a light-colored wooden spoked wheel against a dark-colored barn wall; "Lawspeaker Three Fair Balances of She who Seeks Justice: ..." - from The Ninefold Way of Avalon: Walking the Path of the Priestess by Jhenah Telyndru (2023) #lawspeaker #balances #justice #trioeddynysafallon #triadsoftheislandofavalon #ninefoldpath #pathofthelawspeaker #jhenahtelyndru #ninefoldwayofavalon #sisterhoodofavalon #avalonianpriestess #avalon #avaloniantradition #avalonianoracle #ninefold #priestesspath #celticpriestess #celticpagan #celticpaganism #awen #islandofavalon

"Lawspeaker

Three Fair Balances of She who Seeks Justice: ..."
- from The Ninefold Way of Avalon: Walking the Path of the Priestess
by Jhenah Telyndru (2023)
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Akieryon swallowed a laugh. “Anyway,” he said, “Cay is still watching us.”

“Yeah, I don’t care about him though.”

“You do care!” Akieryon prodded Tempest in the ribs. “You were hurt that he was afraid of you!”
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👀💬 Solució de l’ #enigmmaca302

#enigma #repte #balances #estratègia #càlcul #maths #matemàtiques

The redhead sauntered to his side and punched him in the arm. “I’m the bodyguard now, ambassador,” she said, and Tempest gave a rueful laugh.

“Old habits die hard.” He looked downward one last time. “Assassins, not so much.”
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“It sounds like a kingdom easily conquered.”

Akieryon bared his teeth in a grin. “Others have made that mistake,” he said. “Two of my teachers at the Academy are well known for having turned back the Lawless One’s invasion.”
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“He meant to spare me anxiety,” Akieryon said, and he probably had.

“Don’t make excuses for him. He’s behaved badly and ought to be punished.” Jynn’s wicked grin suggested that Tempest would enjoy whatever punishment he devised.
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🧠Tonifiqueu la ment i trobeu la solució de l’ #enigmmaca302👀💬

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The door opened, and Caspar emerged. Tempest took in his full length velvet coat, with gold braid and delicate filigree buttons, and he grinned.

“You’re going to swelter in that.”

“Says the man who wears black for every occasion.”
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A knock at the door jolted his heart into his throat and sent the blood in his body to hammer inside his skull. Pressing a hand to his brow as though that might keep his brains inside his head, Akieryon levered himself upright.
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Alex balances on a large ball and practices for his performance...
This is part of the Art Trade for Alex the Fox

#furry #furryart #fox #alex #poses #balances #large #ball #briefs #performance #arttrade #alexthefox2002 #male #rushfoxstudios

#bluepit📖 #F #LGBT #W probably #OV but I’m not too clear on that
For entertainment of the night crowd, here’s the pretentious version:
#Balances is an aspec interrogation of home, family, and what it means to belong, told through the lens of an angel coming to live among humans.

Better version ⬇️

A bowl of thick cheesy soup with chunks of apple and onion. A piece of biscuit is near the edge of the bowl.

I promise that if enough people enjoy #Balances, I’ll make an edition that includes a recipe for the apple cheese soup that Tempest’s innkeeper friend makes. (Shown here with gluten free biscuit made with Penzeys justice seasoning, since we could all use a little more justice right now.)

Marek gave them a conspiratorial wink. “I have a good feeling about today.”

“I didn’t think he ever had a good feeling about anything,” Akieryon muttered as they climbed the stairs to the balconies. Jynn’s laugh echoed through the hall.
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Baleirithys doesn’t meet most of the characters in #Balances, but the ending of the book can’t happen without him. He has an extraordinary amount of emotional baggage, so it’s for the best that he doesn’t. If he could handle it, he & Caspar would do nothing but talk about Tempest.
#awesomecharacters

“Demonslayer. Is there good money in that.”

Akieryon wasn’t sure how to answer. Good money? What did that mean? Payday meant going out to Enoch’s or Open Fifth. Money earned was neutral until spent. Akieryon shrugged. “Not for you, no.”
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“Tempest didn’t tell you?” Caspar shot an amused glance across the table. Dani snorted. Tempest scooped A heap of strawberries onto something that looked like savillum and ignored everyone else. “He gave me his kingdom to rule.”
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Akieryon was almost certain that the interior of the tent was too large for the exterior. Small globes of light hovered near the canvas, but didn’t show through the outside. A heap of blankets and cushions occupied most of the space.
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Tempest flashed him a smile, brief but genuine. “You know, bringing you home with me might have been the second best decision of my life.”

“What was the first?” wondered Veirn.

“Killing someone with his own magic.”

“My fault for asking.”
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“I’m not supposed to give my blood to demons,” Akieryon said calmly, because most blood drinkers gain magic from the blood they consume. I can make you more powerful.” He offered his arm.
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(By now, anyone reading these is probably confused)

#queerwriterschat 2:
I’m focusing on getting #Balances ready for publication, which I’m planning for either May or June this year. I’ve decided to self publish because even if a publisher would want a weird queer aspec book, they’d likely want it to be something other than what it is.
#writesky

#queerwriterschat 1:
I’m Bethany, I’m fairly new around here, and I’m aroace. #Balances is the story is a renegade Demonslayer finding where he belongs (home, it turns out, is with an aro time mage and his friends and his polycule).
#writesky

“Take a knee, soldier!” Dani commanded, and Akieryon dropped instinctively to one knee. “At the ready!” He settled his center and lifted his hands in a guard position. A smirk curved Dani’s lips. “Begin,” she said softly.
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Dani thrust the end of her staff beneath Akieryon’s chin, halting it a breath from his throat. He didn’t flinch. Her eyes narrowed.

“If you’re not here to spar, what do you want?”

Akieryon glanced past her. “I need to borrow a weapon.”
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They had just made themselves comfortable when the outer door opened. Caspar froze for half a second, and then he beamed like the sun and opened his arms wide. Akieryon hugged him gladly. Together, they dragged Tempest into the embrace.
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“Don’t fuck it up,” he said instead. “I’ll know. And I’ll find a way to smack you.”

“I could fuck it up a hundred years from now,” Tempest said, to be contrary. “You’d never know.”

“I would know. And I would find a way to smack you.”
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It should never be possible for any minister to revoke citizenship with a stroke of the pen. #checks #balances
Jenrick - like Farage - wants to be an unaccountable tyrant like Trump.

He concentrated on the space between light and shadow. Pulling at the balances of the cosmos, he sent a fine thread of light dancing along the edge of the sword. Distantly, he heard a hissing intake of breath. It didn’t matter. He had work to do.
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Sir Marek surrendered Akieryon to Caspar’s personal physician, who wrapped his ankle and cautioned him to stay off his feet and keep his leg elevated as much as possible.

“How long?”

The doctor shook his head. “Ask me again in a week.”
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The 3 branch system of #checks & #balances has failed. We gotta scrap all of it & start fresh. Where are my #necromancers at? Let’s revive #Hamilton & the other #framers & let them see what has become of the great experiment. I’ll bet they’d have some ideas & say, “THIS WAS NOT WHAT WE INTENDED!”

Before he could stop himself, he had reached out to touch their joy. Tempest looked at him. Jynn had wrapped both arms around Tempest‘s neck, but he froze when he followed Tempest’s gaze. All that delicious joy crashed down as though plunged into ice.
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