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sagecollins.bsky.social
Sage like the Pumpkin Spice
@sagecollins.bsky.social
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Mad scientist, testing H2O to keep it safe from supervillains & polluters. Prolly posting about writing, workouts, games/tv, or cats. Maybe about mud. She/her. No LLMs/AI allowed
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I’m surprised it’s not bigger, tbh
November 14, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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I mean, you had to post this one
November 14, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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Sounds like you have to write it
November 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Ugh, nightmare! I’d be freaking out!
November 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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It's an octagon, if you're looking at it in 2-D.
November 14, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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This was such a clever way to express this!
November 14, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Why thank you! 🥰
November 14, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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The final decomposition of Nico (more peaceful than you would expect)

#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity
From Ace of Cups 🔮🏕️
Black text, green background, “week” highlighted pink Mom tried keeping it cold in the house at first, to delay the inevitable. It wasn't a mercy. Nico needed to get to skeletonization to return to his sense of sanity. Neither he nor I were fooled by Mom's attempts to glamour him. It couldn't mask the smell. It couldn't hide the feel of the tissues deteriorating as bacteria finally found him. He came to me and asked for me to help. And as disgusted as I was by the knowledge of what he was, I also knew who he was. It was summer break and the weather was ungodly hot outside, if not in the Arctic Circle that was our house. I took him camping. I hate camping as a rule, but he loved it. I will definitely not be going camping again. Far from Mom, her glamour couldn't reach him, so I watched the whole thing. Nico laying down on the forest floor, letting the bugs and bacteria and fungi take what was left of him. He was a green witch, and it made sense that here, perhaps, he could get some rest. I knelt by him and sang his favorite songs, watching the peace fill what was left of his face. Watching the rest of his tissues deteriorate. I only stopped singing to take care of my basic needs, eating, drinking, sleeping, and so on. He could go without, but I was still human. We were there all WEEK. When we walked out of the forest, I had no voice left, and he had nothing but bones.
November 14, 2025 at 8:38 AM
sagecollins.bsky.social
The final decomposition of Nico (more peaceful than you would expect)

#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity
From Ace of Cups 🔮🏕️
Black text, green background, “week” highlighted pink Mom tried keeping it cold in the house at first, to delay the inevitable. It wasn't a mercy. Nico needed to get to skeletonization to return to his sense of sanity. Neither he nor I were fooled by Mom's attempts to glamour him. It couldn't mask the smell. It couldn't hide the feel of the tissues deteriorating as bacteria finally found him. He came to me and asked for me to help. And as disgusted as I was by the knowledge of what he was, I also knew who he was. It was summer break and the weather was ungodly hot outside, if not in the Arctic Circle that was our house. I took him camping. I hate camping as a rule, but he loved it. I will definitely not be going camping again. Far from Mom, her glamour couldn't reach him, so I watched the whole thing. Nico laying down on the forest floor, letting the bugs and bacteria and fungi take what was left of him. He was a green witch, and it made sense that here, perhaps, he could get some rest. I knelt by him and sang his favorite songs, watching the peace fill what was left of his face. Watching the rest of his tissues deteriorate. I only stopped singing to take care of my basic needs, eating, drinking, sleeping, and so on. He could go without, but I was still human. We were there all WEEK. When we walked out of the forest, I had no voice left, and he had nothing but bones.
November 14, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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I did! I actually got to leave at the pre-Zumba time that I always plan for on Thursday but almost never get to do
November 14, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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Always!
November 14, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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So jealous!
November 14, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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I adore that you have a science in science fiction class! Teaching or student?
November 14, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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That makes sense. And goodness knows, I'm chill enough to read/watch Mark Watney play with radiation in The Martian. But as I kid, I would've been unable to do that book/movie
November 14, 2025 at 2:58 AM
sagecollins.bsky.social
The others just tend to be easy. Like I could have a lot of fun with Ace, who really freaks out when he's angry.

Sunny, Blake, or Ren would've been really predictable.

But forcing myself to work on Lilia makes sure to keep her character in my mind and develop her
November 14, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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Nuclear radiation was a huge fear when I was growing up
November 14, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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Exactly! Especially if you're already ready to work out (I assume that at least one person could have met with the PT right then).

I have a PT I adore, but I would've taken them up on it if I hadn't done resistance training yesterday
November 14, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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I would also be taking large steps back
November 14, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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It's so much easier to write about my established characters, but I'm pushing myself to write about Lilia and co., unless it's just too tempting for one of the others
November 14, 2025 at 2:37 AM