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What was once joy

I remember that one special moment sitting in the car with you, making eye contact watching your breathing get really heavy.

“What’s wrong Luna?”

She placed her soft hands on my cheeks, her eyes sparkled just like the stars, her smile reminded me of the sun burning bright. Her voice started to shaken, “I-I really like you Micheal, you’ve shown me so much kindness, and how I should be treated. I-I really want to be with you.”

Of course I had to ruin the mood but I still of course wanted to wait. “Luna, I think you’re an amazing woman. But I’d like to wait for a bit, I won’t have you waiting too long though.” I noticed her smile faded, she let go of me and faced the window. Everything went silent while driving her back home, “I’ll see you on Saturday?” I asked her, “Y-yeah!” I noticed she’s trying to hide her tears, I got out of the car and hugged her. “It’s alright, I’m still here.”

I still can’t believe you’re gone though, watching your body disappear on that day, your soul become one with the universe. “I may not be with you physically anymore, but I’ll still be right next to you!” She smiled.

“You can’t leave!” I yelled.

“My home needs me, it’s time for laws of time and space be rewritten. I’ve seen past and future, I wasn’t meant to be born on earth. We’ll be together again in next lifetime. Where one day you’ll love me dearest.”

Your soul shined so bright in the sky, your parents stood out in the middle of the field with everyone, “Luna! Come back now!” Your Dad cried out. You smiled, but didn’t say anything.

“The past, present, and future all evil will be erased from your timeline. All good will be reborn, demons erased from this universe and none will be born.” I should’ve asked you to be my Girlfriend, but I was afraid of being hurt by another woman. Instead I hurt you, you’ve been erased from everyone’s memories soon after.

Not mine though.

I went over to your parents place, I noticed your room was turned to store junk in there. “Hello John, how’s everything in school?” Your mom asked me.

I laughed and told them about scoring an A on my entrance exam for Veterinary medicine school. She gave me a hug, “I’m very proud of you! Now, you should go home soon. It’s already 8:30PM, make sure you *actually* make dinner for yourself!”

“Haha, I will.”

Home from your place isn’t too far, it’s only a 28 minute drive. I want to see you once more, I want a redo. I want to tell you how I really feel this time.

*Miki takes Midori to a nearby cat café*

"You sure you wanna do this?" Miki asks, her hand resting on the door handle.

"Yes! I'm ready!" Midori nervously exclaims, hitching up the hem of her dress.

"Alright.." Miki steps aside and holds the door open for her girlfriend. Miki then follows behind her. "I'll grab us some drinks, what do you-" Her voice trailed off as she watched the cats jump one-by-one into Midori's dress pockets, each cat slowly dragging her down closer to the floor.

"Miki-san, this was a mistake..! Please help..!" Midori cried out as she tried to get back on her feet.

Miki smirked, "You know I said I wanted to get you out of that dress, but doing that in public here?" A chuckle escaped her lips. "Fuck Mido, I didn't know you were into that kinda thing."

Midori stared back at her lover with wide-eyes, her face flushed a bright red. "Y-Y-You know that's not what I mean..!"

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a list of 100+ buildings to put in your fantasy town

academy

adventurer's guild

alchemist

apiary

apothecary

aquarium

armory

art gallery

bakery

bank

barber

barracks

bathhouse

blacksmith

boathouse

book store

bookbinder

botanical garden

brothel

butcher

carpenter

cartographer

casino

castle

cobbler

coffee shop

council chamber

court house

crypt for the noble family

dentist

distillery

docks

dovecot

dyer

embassy

farmer's market

fighting pit

fishmonger

fortune teller

gallows

gatehouse

general store

graveyard

greenhouses

guard post

guildhall

gymnasium

haberdashery

haunted house

hedge maze

herbalist

hospice

hospital

house for sale

inn

jail

jeweller

kindergarten

leatherworker

library

locksmith

mail courier

manor house

market

mayor's house

monastery

morgue

museum

music shop

observatory

orchard

orphanage

outhouse

paper maker

pawnshop

pet shop

potion shop

potter

printmaker

quest board

residence

restricted zone

sawmill

school

scribe

sewer entrance

sheriff's office

shrine

silversmith

spa

speakeasy

spice merchant

sports stadium

stables

street market

tailor

tannery

tavern

tax collector

tea house

temple

textile shop

theatre

thieves guild

thrift store

tinker's workshop

town crier post

town square

townhall

toy store

trinket shop

warehouse

watchtower

water mill

weaver

well

windmill

wishing well

wizard tower

The Hero didn't know what to say, they didn't want to hurt Villain's feelings but at the same time, they just burned down a freaking building. So Hero exasperated said, "Yes I'm warm now, thank you. Go and put out that fire, NOW!" Villain slinked off towards the burning building muttering about how they only wanted to help and that they wouldn't do anything next time they would just leave Hero to freeze. Hero smiled they supposed it was sweet that Villain had tried to help but they didn't need to burn down buildings this time. It wasn't like the last time.

Writing prompt 2

tw: arson

Hero was cold, they rubbed their unclothed arms in an attempt to create warmth through the friction. It was their turn to patrol the uninhabited village in the desolate part of the kingdom. At that moment the building a few blocks away from them lit up in flames. Immediately their hands flew to cover their eyes and face, backing away they hit something. After quickly considering whether the distance was safe enough they dropped their hands and turned around. There stood Villain with a proud smile on their face, "Are you warm now?" they asked. Their expression looked like they gave Hero a blanket instead of burning down a building.

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Writing Notes: The Five-Factor Model of Personality

Culture is transmitted to people through language, as well as through social norms which establish acceptable and unacceptable behaviors which are then rewarded or punished (Henrich, 2016; Triandis & Suh, 2002).

With an increased understanding of cultural learning, psychologists have become interested in the role of culture in understanding personality.

The 5 Personality Traits According to this Model

OPENNESS TO EXPERIENCE

Refers to a person's imagination, feelings, actions, ideas

LOW score: More likely to be practical, conventional, prefer routine

HIGH score: More likely to be curious, have a wide range of interests, be independent

CONSCIENTIOUSNESS

Competence, self-discipline, thoughtfulness, goal-driven

LOW: Impulsive, careless, disorganized

HIGH: Hardworking, dependable, organized

EXTROVERSION

Sociability, assertiveness, emotional expression

LOW: Quiet, reserved, withdrawn

HIGH: Outgoing, warm, seeks adventure

AGREEABLENESS

Cooperative, trustworthy, good-natured

LOW: Critical, uncooperative, suspicious

HIGH: Helpful, trusting, empathetic

NEUROTICISM

Tendency toward unstable emotions

LOW: Calm, even-tempered, secure

HIGH: Anxious, unhappy, prone to negative emotions

Applicability

The idea that personality can be described and explained by five traits (OCEAN) has important implications, as does the fact that most personality tests were constructed and initially tested in Western countries.

Western ideas about personality may not apply to other cultures (Benet-Martinez & Oishi, 2008).

2 Main Cultural Approaches for Researching Personality

Etic traits - considered universal constructs that are evident across cultures and represent a biological bases of human personality. If the Big Five are universal then they should appear across all cultures (McCrae and Allik, 2002).

Emic traits - constructs unique to each culture and are determined by local customs, thoughts, beliefs, and characteristics. If personality traits are unique to individual cultures then different traits should appear in different cultures.

Using an Etic Framework

Cross cultural research of personality uses an etic framework and researchers must ensure equivalence of the personality test through validation testing.

The instrument must include equivalence in meaning, as well as demonstrate validity and reliability (Matsumoto & Luang, 2013).

Example: The phrase feeling blue is used to describe sadness in Westernized cultures but does not translate to other languages.

Differences in personality across cultures could be due to real cultural differences, but they could also be consequences of poor translations, biased sampling, or differences in response styles across cultures (Schmitt, Allik, McCrae, & Benet-Martínez, 2007).

Personality Test/Measure Used: The NEO-PI

Most of the cross-cultural research on the Five-Factor Model (FFM) and Big Five (OCEAN) has been done using the NEO-PI (and its subsequent revisions; i.e., it is an assessment tool developed to measure the 5 dimensions of personality according to the FFM) which has demonstrated equivalence, reliability and validity across several cross-cultural studies (Costa & McCrae, 1987; McCrae, Costa & Martin, 2005).

Research using the NEO-PI found support for the entire Five-Factor Model in Chinese, Dutch, Italian, Hungarian, German, Australian, South African, Canadian, Finnish, Polish, Portuguese, Israeli, Korean, Japanese, and Filipino samples, in addition to other samples (McCrae, Costa, Del Pilar, Rolland, & Parker, 1998).

NOTE

Personality tests rely on self-report which is susceptible to response bias like socially desirability responding.

To evaluate this possibility, McCrae and colleagues (2005) recruited students from 50 cultural groups and modified the NEO-PI to be in the third person (i.e., he, she, his, her):

The research participants were asked to complete the form on someone else that they knew very well (McCrae et al., 2005).

The same 5 factors emerged in this study.

These results provided empirical support for the FFM and for the use of self-report instruments when conducting cross-cultural personality research.

There was no reason for the students to respond in a desirable way because they were answering questions about someone else.

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