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I Like Going Barefoot
Personal Stories, Advice, and Support 1,936 People
Yes I do! I hate wearing shoes.Unless it's flip flops :)
punkrokpixie 31-35, F 1 Response 2 Mar 30, 2014
Going Barefoot For A WeekMy school organized a short vacation during the summer holiday. It was optional for pupils to join the vacation, but my best friend and I joined. So the school rented some rooms of a hotel for us, pupils, to stay. We would do our activities in the function room, and we also would...
EGT100 16-17, M 4 Responses 4 May 30, 2012
XeroshoesWe all know we can't go barefoot everywhere. So I discovered this website in my research called xeroshoes.com. These are barefoot sandals that give you that barefoot feel. I recently bought a pair and I do like them. Even though I'm getting more comfortable barefoot. I bought...
kevinsjr 31-35, M 2 Responses 2 Aug 26, 2013
The feeling of being barefoot is amazing.Not only is it relaxing and feels good on its own as you let your feet breathe, but you have a better sense of the world. The grass under my toes, the sand stuck to the bottom of my feet, the pavement I walk on. There's something so tribal about it, yet it's a great way to...
ThatGirlSara2 18-21, F 8 Responses 8 Dec 6, 2014
But it's a secret. Only youand I know.
ImperfectHuman 46-50, M 1 Response 1 Mar 25, 2014
I WishI like being barefoot like all the time, i just have to wear shoes because either the place is dirty or people look at me funny... just love the feeling, no need to put on socks, no blisters, no pain (high heels) no foot smell, no pressure! If only everywhere was sanitary enough...
skai1987 26-30, F 3 Responses 3 Jul 26, 2013
Feel the ground underneath your feet.Feel it holding you, sustaining you.
dan341 22-25 5 Responses 2 Oct 20, 2014
The No Shoe ZoneUntil a few days ago, I ran a home office of an expanding and contracting nature. We grew and shrank and grew again, similar to the girth of a middle aged woman I guess. On Monday we moved to a regular-ish space. This office has been active for four years almost and in that...
reusha 36-40, F 9 Responses 7 Feb 3, 2012
Now that is it May, the weather is warmer (andstaying warmer) i can finally enjoying being bare foot more often. No need for snow boots! I can walk freely in the backyard and tend to my garden. Happy May everyone..
DebbieSoles 41-45, F 7 Responses 10 May 10, 2014
we went away as u8sual to a remote part oftheKaroo in the Western Cape.As usual I did not take any shoes with me'however'I did take apair of flip flops along.We had tempratures oif about 38 degrees celcius,and I and my bare feet coul;dhandle it on our hikes...as usual'I went hiking barefoot.But one day...we hit tempratures...
kaalpoter 51-55, M 1 Response 1 Jan 12
I love being barefoot.Love when your come one and are in for the day and you can just kick off the shoes and talk of your socks and stay that way! Now that it is summer there no need for socks at all.
GabbyGabbers 18-21, F 7 Responses 4 Jun 25, 2014
I don't own any slippersand always go barefoot about about my house. I have always been like this and even as a kid my mother could never keep slippers on my feet.
I like going barefoot no matter the season.If I have to I will throw on a pair of flip flops to go out side during the colder season. Mostly though, I can be found barefoot.
missourimule63 51-55 2 Responses 1 Jan 12, 2014
Always (Included A Picture)I don't know why or what it is but i love being barefoot. I hate socks, they just get sweaty and i don't like that. It is not something i planned on, but i just kept going barefoot more and more and love it. It's just the norm now.
DebbieSoles 41-45, F 58 Responses 59 Nov 1, 2013
I like going through the house barefooteven though I have cold feet
shannonsjourney 18-21, F 3 Responses 4 Mar 18
I seriously hate shoes.I wish I could go without shoes 24/7. I guess that's what happens when you're from Alabama :)
brousenine 18-21, F 7 Responses 6 Jun 25, 2014
Shoes Are Awfuli am barefoot almost 100% of the time, and have been since i was a child in California. even in the hippie days of the 60's. i'm 54 now, and still barefoot. i even had a nerve injury in my foot (not because i was barefoot), and i still go barefoot, even though...
robyn 51-55, F 5 Responses 4 Jul 28, 2009
Broken And BarefootIt is amazing really what can happen when you stand up for yourself, though in this instance standing up for myself meant being a little shorter! This year has been an exceptionally poor year for my husband and I. After working at a lucrative shipyard for quite awhile, the lay...
Yellowbird88 31-35, F 6 Responses 5 Feb 8, 2013
There is nothing betterthan taking a stroll barefoot through the forest during a rainstorm, it's one of my favourite things to do :)
I love going barefoot.I'm barefoot all the time and even go barefoot outdoors when I can. My feet are still smooth unfortunately, but I'm barefoot all the time. I don't hate shoes when I'm outside, I'd just prefer none.
jamessamolis 18-21, M 3 Responses 3 Dec 4, 2013
Always HaveWhat can I say? I love my feet and walking barefoot. I hate wearing shoes that are difficult to slip out of. As a kid my mother and I constantly battled about shoes...no matter what the weather, I wanted to go out barefoot. A couple times I tried to go barefoot in the snow just...
lauren71 41-45, F 1 Response 4 Aug 8, 2013
I think it started when I was a kid raised onthe beach , it also is supposed to be good for mental health.
heathee 46-50, F 3 Responses 4 Aug 25, 2014
I know; this is a bit more of a flip flop story(but wearing flip flops is nearly like going barefoot. So much so that it bogles my mind as to why taking the next step, going completly barefoot, is such a big deal to most people). Anyway, bare feet and flip flops are contagious. I have noticed this over the course of time. I...
Barefootconservative 41-45, M 4 Apr 25, 2014
Barefoot; For My HusbandI enjoy going barefoot, but mostly it is because it is something my husband loves, and I love to please him...and I guess...tease him. I try not to go barefoot too often as I don't want it to get complacent for him, but here is a partial list of some of the places I love to go...
Yellowbird88 31-35, F 10 Responses 10 Oct 5, 2012
I love walking around outside without shoes!I could go barefoot anywhere and everywhere if I could and not be looked at as gross!
tsg96 18-21, F 7 Responses 4 Jul 31, 2014
There's nothing more comfortableand free feeling than going barefoot,whether it's in the grass,on pavement,sand,loose dirt, and carpet,there is nothing that makes me feel more at ease than letting my feet breath, especially in the spring and summer.
Logantron95 18-21, M 3 Responses 3 Feb 24, 2014
New Zealand Barefoot!I love being barefoot. On a recent trip to New Zealand I was excited to find out that you can go anywhere in New Zealand barefoot. I saw someone use a public restroom barefoot, go into a restaurant, gas station you name it. It was awesome! I hate wearing shoes. If I...
mskier01 22-25, F 7 Responses 2 Aug 15, 2008
Especially in warm soft soil.I guess I am weird like that.
ImperfectHuman 46-50, M 1 Response 0 Mar 25, 2014
promqueen2002 26-30, F 4 Responses 12 Aug 10, 2014
bombchu 22-25, F 4 Responses 7 Oct 9, 2014
I go barefoot everyday,everywhere. Ive allways enjoyed being shoeless, and for about the last 3 years i have been a full time barefooter. I love they way all the textures and temperatures feel on my soles. Like going from really hot pavement into a store with cold tile. At first i would notice odd...
barefootnude 26-30, M 4 Responses 3 Sep 15, 2014
The other week I bought a new pair of sandalsbut they did not fit well and I ended up with severe blisters which took 2 weeks to heal.I am barefoot most of the time at home and I think this has helped with the healing. But If is not possible to be naked, having bare feet does help and also feels sexy.
Wulfstan 70+, M 3 Sep 5, 2014
Barefoot In Londonin the summer I found myself in London (UK) it was a warm day and once my business was done I found myself in a Park just off of Baker Street with a little time to kill before my train home. as I sat in the park i slipped off my shoes, it was good to have my feet free my...
barefootben 31-35, M 1 Response 0 Nov 11, 2013
The feeling of being barefoot is amazing.Not only is it relaxing and feels good on its own as you let your feet breathe, but you have a better sense of the world. The grass under my toes, the sand stuck to the bottom of my feet, the pavement I walk on. There's something so tribal about it, yet it's a great way to...
ThatGirlSara 18-21, F 3 Responses 7 Oct 27, 2014
Family, friends, food,and NO shoes Thanksgiving morning was a very early wake up for me. My mom had agreed to host a large dinner. We had family in from out of state and she had volunteered her home to be central. Of course I offered to help and a three day preparation was in place. My husband...
cm440 46-50, F 6 Responses 5 Dec 28, 2014
Going barefoot is the defaultfor me. When I get out of work, shoes and socks are the first thing off. I am always barefoot in the house and often outdoors. There is no greater pleasure than being barefoot. Feels so good!!!
BarefootedBoy 41-45 3 Responses 4 Dec 30, 2014
Taking My Son To Children's AthleticsYou always know summer is just around the corner down here in New Zealand when the rugby balls get put away and children start their summer athletic sports. My seven year old son loves and is a great little track sprinter. Tonight was the first night and I took him down to the...
solemum 22-25, F 2 Responses 2 Oct 24, 2013
Barefoot FarmingYou would not immediately equate going barefoot with farm life I suppose, especially if the farm in question has livestock like ours does. There are serious concerns regarding hook worm, ring worm and other parasites that could easily be transferred through the lack of shoes, and...
Yellowbird88 31-35, F 4 Responses 5 Oct 28, 2012
Barefoot VacationAs my husband and I were attempting to pack light for our five day beach vacation, I realized I haven't worn shoes at all for the last three days. It seemed senseless to have to be considering shoes now. My husband jokingly suggested I try the trip without any shoes. I agreed...
cm440 46-50, F 7 Responses 3 Oct 21, 2012
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And wish I could all the time. But every time I go anywhere without shoes or socks, someone has to say Something and make me feel embarrassed or ashamed. Why is that? It feels...
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I happened to be barefoot yesterday when I was offered a new job! Been hoping for a callback for a long time. I might not wear shoes or socks til at least I start ;)
Freefeet4 36-40, M 1 Response 1 Mar 5


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Slapping Up Some Swatches
Yup, we went for it. We slapped up two paint colors that we love (and already had on hand) in the master bedroom to see if darker walls (which is something John that has been campaigning for over the last few months) is the way to go.
Remember when we poorly photoshopped it a while back? Except picture it more brown-gray, like a putty color (instead of blue-gray), since there are plenty of colors in the rug and the bedding already. We tried one of our favorite smoky gray colors (Gray Horse by Benjamin Moore) which is under the chair rail in the office and also tried the darker and moodier color that's more of a browny-gray that we used in our master bathroom (Rockport Gray by BM). Let's just say that we were definitely surprised by our swatches. See how dark Gray Horse looks in our office under the chair rail (especially on the left of the pic)? At least in person it feels pretty dark since it's a few shades darker than the Moonshine color that's above the rail.
Well, check out how much lighter/less obvious it reads in the bedroom (the one on the top)? Meanwhile Rockport Gray was awesome (the one on the bottom). It was love at first swipe. This picture doesn't quite capture the putty-ness of it (it's almost equal parts mocha and gray) but it really is an awesome color.
I painted some test swatches of each one in three places in the room (just to be sure we liked how it read on a bunch of different planes) like:
- the wall next to the bedroom door
- the wall next to the bathroom doorway
- the wall behind the bed (since we wanted something dark to help the headboard really pop)
See how you can barely see the Gray Horse swatch under the right half of the mirror, but the Rockport gray one further to the right makes the headboard look awesomesauce? At least in our imagination when we picture it on that whole wall…
Bingo. Rockport Gray it is. Especially since it's already in the master bath, so it makes sense to bring it out into the bedroom. Plenty of master suites have the same color in the bathroom and the bedroom, and it totally lets the headboard be the star (while there are still some bright colors in the other bedding and the rug). So although it's a neutral, it's not a boring choice when you look at the room as a whole. We're also thinking that we could add a very soft light blue tone to the ceiling to compliment the moody gray walls someday. Could be fun, right?
Rockport Gray is the darkest color we've used in this house except for the dark teal in the guest room and on the back of the dining room built-ins, but that's kind of what's nice about it (the whole house feels balanced with some pops of color, some lighter tones, and some darker colors all working together as one big master-palette if that makes sense). It's fun to have a nice mix going on. Like the soft pink in Clara's room…
… some greeny-yellow in the kitchen and laundry room…
… dark teal in the guest room…
…and on the back of the dining room built-ins…
… and light gray in the living room and dining room.
We're learning that the rooms with more neutral walls (like gray) are usually the rooms that we have fun adding a lot more color with accessories (like a bright rug, headboard, pillows, art, etc). See how the bright art and accessories in the office (along with those happy chairs) layer over light neutral walls and give the room a vibrant feeling – even with soft and neutral walls?
Same deal with the living room (neutral walls + bright pops of color in the rug, art, and pillows = a nice balance). The dining room follows suit too (soft and neutral walls + colorful curtains + dark pops of color in the back of the built-ins + our new/old painted buffet).
In other words, rooms with more neutral wall colors seem to free us up to more color-possibilities, so we can layer in a lot of things "over" them if that makes sense.
So that's where we are. We picked a color. Actually we're here…
Be back tomorrow with the after pics (and a time lapse video) once it's all dry and put back together! What have you been painting lately? Do you repaint rooms when the urge strikes? Thankfully repainting is one of the cheapest ways to change things up, and it usually only takes us around a day to complete. So you don't have to live with a paint color that you don't love since it's usually one of the easiest & most inexpensive changes to make. In our first house we painted every single room twice to get it right except for our master bedroom, so it's hilarious to us that the first room that we're repainting here is none other than the master bedroom!
In other words: we're definitely still just using the same method we relied on six years ago when we moved into our first house: trial and error. It sounds kinda risky, but it's the best way that we've found to learn what we like and don't like (and inch towards a house that feels even more like home). We've definitely learned that being frozen in indecision or trying to love something you just don't (by forcing yourself to work with it) don't work nearly as well as being brave, diving in, and making a change. So here's hoping we can knock the rest of this out by the end of the day…
Psst- We took our favorite monthly picture of Clara ever. That girl has officially gone diva. Check out her moves over on Young House Life.
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278 Comments
It really looks great with the headboard.
Woo hoo! This is exciting!
I love the grays! I am a huge fan of gray walls with bright pops of colors in other areas, to me it seems European in a way. But the biggest question is is it grey or gray in your house?
Ooo – I like! I like the other color you had too but something about this grey feels so cozy!
It looks awesome!! I think it'll make the room feel so much more luxurious.
I'm going to be tackling a repainting of our guest room while my boyfriend is out of town. (I like giving myself projects to occupy my time in his absence.) Right now the room is a light purple that's *so* not our style (it was the color painted when we moved in), and I think I'm going to go with Ally's Earring by Benjamin Moore to make it a bit more neutral and play with colorful accessories. I'll send pictures when I'm done!
Love it!! I have three gallons of Rockport gray in the garage just waiting to go up in our living/dining room. Can't wait for your after pics tomorrow!
Can't. wait. to. someday. own. a. place. to. paint.
Mmmm, already feels so cozy. Are you using the same semi-gloss finish as in the bathroom??
We've been painting fanatics lately! We had a bunch of plaster repairs done in our house just after getting our floors refinished and so we obviously had a lot of paint patching to do, then I decided it was a great to time give all of the closets a fresh coat of paint, as well as all of the floor grates…not to mention the paint projects I've been doing for parties (including this one…http://thisnestisbest.com/2012/07/09/you-are-my-sunshine-baby-shower/).
Still working on getting the house back together and getting pictures up on the blog…kudos to the two of you for showing so many progress pics!
We just painted our bedroom Sherwin Williams Rain this past weekend. I am in love with our new lighter color. Like yours it will be perfect for adding accent colors to. Now all I need to do is paint the trim and get the furniture back in place.
I think yours is going to look very sophisticated in it's new color.
Love the new color! Are you still using Sue the Napkin? Haven't seen much of her lately.
That's going to look great with the headboard and your accessories :)
That color will be beautiful in your bedroom! I recently painted the inside of the front door a beachy light blue color and it changed the whole feel of our entryway! (And it's a front door, so it took me, like, four hours – including the dry time between coats.) One of these weekends, I'm going to paint the inside of the back door and finally get to work on making curtains from the fabric that inspired the whole look. Baby steps!!
Ooo. Love the dark, dramatic gray! Dare I say it's appropriately sexy for a boudoir?
So fun! We actually just picked out a gray for our nursery and will be accenting with Lime Green, Teal, and Chocolate brown. :-) Soft walls bring out the bright colors.
I love it! I'm currently trying to convince my husband we need to add a
Iittle grey (or greige!) into our lives. He thinks it's sterile – I think it's one of the warmest colors on the palette! Thanks for the inspiration!
I love the new paint color! I also love your blog…I found it through StumbleUpon a few months ago and have been looking at it religiously since. You both are so creative and inspiring! Also, I wanted to say that I follow a few other blogs, but your blog is the most professional I've seen. You guys put so much effort into everything, from the way the site is organized to how consistently you post, how you respond to most commenters' questions, etc. Thank you so much for all of the hard work you do! You have a beautiful house and family :)
Gray tones Have become a favorite of ours at home but trying to convey how they truly look via photo has been annoying at the best of times. I like how you tested patches in numerous places. I need to do that next time I repaint.
Last year we went from a gobi desert (behr) tan to a rocky mountain (valspar) gray and have not looked back. Coupled with a wine red Estate Vineyard (behr) in the small dining area, I think we have found a winning combination. Now we just need a way to paint ceilings with out hurting our backs.
I love Gray! The Majority of our house is Wood Smoke by Glidden. Gray is so easy to build off of. I can't wait to see the room all done :)
-Liz Marie
Can't wait to see the reveal! I love how it looks with your headboard, already!
I am totally on board with this one. I am digging the switch. It really does make the headboard stand out more.
I'm definitely using gray on my bedroom in the near future, so this is great for me to see! Thanks for sharing your thought/swatch process.
I love changing up paint colors! We just did a warm taupe in our bedroom. I love the way it looks! Makes me happy every time I wake up, but I'm not opposed to changing it. Here are some photos of our makeover: http://bit.ly/JVroHV
I really loved the Carolina Club blue (or whatver it was) color up there, and it made me really want to paint my room that color but my husband is on the verge of chopping my hands off if I repaint any more rooms! I'm sure they gray will feel great in there once its up!
Pretty! We went with an antique tin grey in our master – but only on one wall. The other three walls are white. Can't wait to see how this looks with your headboard. :-)
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Numb finger tips and toes.
Starting 2 weeks ago my pinky started to feel numb. It's numb for an hour then it goes away for an hour repeat, repeat, repeat.
At it's worst both hands had numbness at the same time in the pinky and the thumb. It is usually just the tips but often goes from pinky tip all the way to my wrist bone and my entire thumb.
For the last several years I've had the same sensation in my toes. At first I thought they were cold but really they were just numb. The numbness comes and goes month by month unlike my fingers, which has been hour by hour for 2 weeks. No amount of warm water or rubbing makes them feel better.
I am making an appointment tomorrow but wanted your thoughts and input. Has anyone ever experienced a sudden onset of numbness like this?
Basic background. I'm a 37 year old female. 5'7 130 lbs. Recently diagnosed with 2 ruptured disc in my lower spine. No injury, I don't know how it happened.
Other than the discs I've enjoyed a relatively healthy life. I exercise regularly and eat healthy take vitamins blah blah blah.
Thanks for any info you are willing to share
It could be that nerves along your spine are being affected by the ruptured discs.
One other reason could be a B12 deficency. Ask your doctor about that. Blood test are not always reliable for diagnosis. The usual thing is to give B12 shots and if the condition improves, then it probably was your B12 levels.
Numbness in toes could very well be from lumbar spine nerve compression.
Numbness in fingers to wrist would be nerve compression in the cervical spine.
You need to see a spine specialist; either an orthopedic surgeon who specializes in spines or a neurosurgeon who specializes in spines only.
With the MRI results of 2 ruptured discs in your lower spine, the chances of B12 deficiency causing the problem you have are very unlikely.
I went to the dr and they say my back problems are not causing my numbness.
They are testing me for multiple sclerosis....again. I had other symptoms 10 years ago and had all of these tests but everything came back fine. My symptoms years ago were not the same as now.
I'll keep updating as I go for any future readers that might be experiencing the same thing.


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has anyone tried the Cellpro Revolectrix red label li-po batterys? how good are they?
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I've got several of the 3S 2100's that I run in my EDF and Stryker. I fly em mostly at WOT. The Stryker pulls about 28 amps and the EDF just around 18 amps. Probably around 60 flights on each with no noticeable loss. I also fly the 3S 3200 in my Diamante with a Power 25 and it pulls around 40 amps without any problem. Plus, they plug right into my 4S & 10S chargers. They're a mid-priced lipo, not bargain priced and not super expensive. Next, I'll probably buy a 6S pack to compare to another brand's 6S 4200 I have on the way. I've been satisfied with their performance, plus you can call or email and get a pretty quick answer.
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I've got 3 2100s and a 3200, a couple other guys in the club have some 2100s 3200s and 4800s, 3s and 4s. My oldest pack has 2 full seasons, and still going strong. I fly almost every weekend at the club field, and also take the heli into the back yard alot. I've also got some of the Zippy 2200s. I'd say each pack averages 3-4 flights per week during the summer. WOT on most of the planes I use the 2100s in is around 30A, heli probably peaks around there as well. The only one I had a problem with spent a few days in a tree and was not recoverable. By comparison, I had a Thunder Power pack that flew the same rotation, and it was finished after about a year. I was out with the planes a few weeks ago after a winter of storage, and so far they're coming down at the same state after a flight as they did all last year, none seem weak.
|Mar 17, 2013, 05:46 PM
Joined Aug 2000
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Anyone recently purchased some of these Red Label 20C lipos from Singapore? The price isn't far above Turnigys and they would physically fit my application better.
Was shipping reasonable, quick, and were they packed well ?
|Mar 18, 2013, 08:19 AM
United States, MN
Joined Feb 2011
4,382 Posts
Though I have not ordered any myself yet I've been pricing them for upcoming needs. Shipping is via Fedex and it sounds like they come in about a week. Price of shipping I think is around 3/4 or so of what HobbyKing charges for EMS. Once you sign up for an account just start a checkout and you can see the shipping price.
The only catch is they don't lie on the customs form like HK does so if you order more then $200 worth you might get stuck with a small import tax of about 3%. Read the posts on this page of the Revolectrix thread from REVOJohn for more info.
|Mar 18, 2013, 10:16 AM
Joined Sep 2007
2,349 Posts
Amain is now carrying a couple sizes of the Revolectrix Diamond packs. Another option if you want to avoid the import tax.
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The Fourth Seal
by Ziggy Sternenstaub
And I looked...And power was given unto them over a fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth. --Revelation 6:8, King James Bible
Part 1: Methos
And when he had opened the fourth seal I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. And I looked and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. --Revelation 6:7&6:8, King James Bible
And thus I clothe my naked villainy in odd old ends stolen forth from Holy writ and seem a Saint when most I play the Devil. --Richard III, William Shakespeare
The darkness of the meeting room in the formerly abandoned power station in Bordeaux crowded in on Methos as he sat alone at the table, three empty chairs facing him accusingly.
This was the room in which Kronos had held his impromptu war council only an hour before, the room where Methos had presented his plan. The plan was of course meant to distract his brothers until he could contact Duncan MacLeod and warn him of the virus. But should his plan play out as expected, Kronos would never dream again; never proclaim his plans in that marvellous stentorian voice. Never again would the mad blue light in his eyes shine with such joy, never again would his fire warm and inspire Methos....
The surety of his success should have at least grimly satisfied him, but the only thing Methos could feel was a sort of wallowing melancholy, for the end result would certainly be the deaths of all three of his brothers in blood, companions of millennia. Sometimes loved, sometimes hated, always cherished.
But, Methos reminded himself, survival came above all of that. Survival came above even the bonds of brotherhood.
Survival was the reason that he had left the Horsemen to begin with. When Methos had departed camp for the very last time he had not been pleased with the necessity, but had hardened himself to the reality. The civilisations of the world, once consisting of little more than apes squatting in mud huts, had become advancing empires. People were no longer quite so willing to submit to the Horsemen's rule, no longer quite so willing to view them as gods or demons and fearfully worship them-- and fear and superstition had been the key to Horsemen's power.
Methos had all too clearly foreseen their probable end at the blades of some petty emperor's armies, angry that the peoples and villages he had claimed as his own property were being slaughtered by outsiders, by some ragged, painted barbarians on horseback. Methos had not been willing to stay for the final, pointless slaughter.
Though Kronos had been Methos' closest companion, the man was set in his ways and would have refused to consider his departure rationally, so Methos had left one day, nonchalantly, as though he were simply going off for a ride. The horse he rode was as always the pale one, but Methos left his cloak and skull mask behind in his tent. He wore white, but his tunic was covered with his brown leather armour, and he did not wear his woad war paint. Those things were the trademarks of Death, and from that day forward Methos was only Methos, no longer to be Death.
He had ridden far from the Horsemen's traditional territory. Leaving Europe and Asia, he had made his way down into Africa, finding refuge in the sprawling cities of Egypt. Still news of the Horsemen was legendary, and Methos kept his ear to the ground. The Horsemen, it was soon said, were taking a break. Not a single raid lead by four masked riders had been reported in decades. Methos had been rather startled to hear it. He had been so focused on his own survival that he'd barely realized the passing time.
He knew that Kronos had likely attempted to continue on with but three Horsemen after Methos' departure, only to swiftly realize that without Methos the raids were all fury and no substance. Methos made the plans, so Methos sustained the mind of the Horsemen. No matter that Kronos was the heart of the Four-- the Horsemen could not continue on heart alone. Without Methos, the brotherhood was finished.
He found by then that he was somewhat glad for it. Like one who had been awake and moving for so long that he barely realized his own exhaustion, Methos found the need and time to rest after the thousand-year rampage across the face of the Earth. He buried himself in the small, quiet existence, taking up a position as a scribe and quickly adjusting to the change in lifestyle. He aimed to live his life simply for the sake of living.
This Methos did for almost three thousand years. Almost without realising it, he had gradually adapted and changed, eventually becoming something that belonged far more to cities than to the wild steppes and plains.
But all things come to an end, and if you live long enough the past always catches up with you, as it did on the day when his brother's knife was buried in his chest, and he looked into Kronos' grinning, furious eyes. Then had come the confrontations, the revelations, and the reunions. It was very tiresome, Methos reflected: the petty anger and tension, the demands that Kronos was making of Methos, and the fact that MacLeod had taken it upon himself to judge the Horsemen, to judge Methos.
"There are some less than lily white spots in your past, MacLeod. I'd like to see the look on your face if I were to condemn you for them. Those things that are none of my business," Methos whispered into the silence. "Of course, that is different." He laughed bitterly, knowing that MacLeod would demand clarification. He could hear it all, already knew how the confrontation would play out.
Standing up, the ancient Immortal stretched languidly and gave a little half smile, sweeping the empty room with cool hazel eyes. He ran his hand over the round table, feeling its polished surface before he left, vanishing down the metal staircase.
Duncan MacLeod of the Clan MacLeod entered the Elysium church warily, eyes flickering about, searching for the tall, slim figure of the man he had come to meet. Only a short time ago he would have greeted that man with a smile, glad to see the enigmatic legend he had come to call friend. Now that man was an enemy.
Methos' Presence was strong in MacLeod's mind, harsh and clear where before it had been furtively warm. The ancient Immortal was sitting up near the front, bowed over his knees in a thoughtful mockery of prayer. MacLeod stopped some distance away from him.
"Well, I'm here."
The words echoed in the quiet building, and MacLeod wondered if anyone else--a caretaker perhaps--was supposed to be here at this time of night and, if so, what had happened to him. He frowned at the thought.
"Yeah, thanks," Methos replied. His sounded quiet, subdued, speaking with none of the fiery passion of the man who had cackled the blood-soaked history of Death.
"Why did you lie to me?" MacLeod demanded, hating that he had to ask; hating the reversal of roles.
"About what?" Methos asked. He was watching MacLeod now, expression unreadable.
"About Cassandra, about who you were!"
"I have been many things, MacLeod," Methos answered. He sounded tired.
"And who are you now?" the Highlander asked. He needed to know. Was the man he spoke with now Methos, ancient immortal and professional cynic, or was he Death in disguise?
Methos glanced away, smiling absently. "Why'd you think I didn't tell you? I knew how you'd react. What I've done you can't forgive. That's not in your nature. Will you accept it?"
Accept it. The words fell like stone slabs in MacLeod's ears. Methos wanted him to accept the deaths of thousands, to meekly look away from an ocean of blood. And what about the ones like Cassandra, the ones who hadn't been so lucky as to die straight off?
"Accept what?! That a friend I trusted with my life slaughtered innocent people? For what-- a few head of cattle? What are you going to tell me, Methos, 'that's how the world was?'" MacLeod's spewed bitterness at his former friend in an insidious rush.
Methos stood up, his hazel eyes dark now with some suppressed emotion. He was half hidden in a shadow that cut across his slender body like a silver-gray cloak. Almost for a moment, Duncan thought he saw the shadow of a pale skull across the angular facial features. He blinked, and it was gone.
"No, the world was how we made it."
"No, the world was how you chose to make it!"
Methos' eyes lit up with something like laughter before he turned away. The moment was almost brief enough to miss completely, but MacLeod was observing the other Immortal with painful intensity, and he caught the look. Renewed suspicion flared up in him and he continued with even more anger, "How you chose to slaughter her people and burn her village."
"And I chose to take her prisoner."
"There's more."
Methos poured out his tale with the voice of a natural born storyteller, and MacLeod could almost hear the beating of the drums that had rang through the Horsemen's camp, could see Methos and Cassandra and Kronos, three players in that sordid little Bronze Age melodrama. As Methos talked, the two Immortals made their way outside of the church and into the graveyard, still on holy ground.
"She escaped across the wilderness, and she must have died a dozen times from heat and thirst before she found a village that would take her in, and I bet it was worth it just to get away from us." There was disgust in his voice, though for whom MacLeod couldn't quite figure. Cassandra or himself and his "brothers?"
"So what are you doing with Kronos now?" the Highlander asked, somewhat subdued. He didn't want to trust Methos, but found himself grudgingly doing so—to a point.
"Same as always: trying to survive. And if you want Cassandra to live, you'll get her as far away from here as you can."
"What, and let Kronos go!"
"You don't have a choice, MacLeod! You can't stop him. I can't stop him! Nobody can!" Methos was loudly adamant.
"Yeah, four guys on horseback are gonna rule the world," MacLeod snorted.
"The world doesn't change, not in five hundred years, not in five thousand. It's only the details that change. Kronos didn't torch those villages for a few coins; he torched them to watch them burn. And now he'll have a nuclear bomb or a planeload of Napalm but the effect will be the same. The world living in fear of the Horsemen," Methos wavered between his customary cynicism, and a sort of breathlessness that Duncan was sure he did not like.
"And you expect me to let that happen? You should know me better than that!"
He started to walk away, but Methos reached out and stopped him before he made it far. His eyes caught the Highlander's sharply, and for a moment Duncan felt every one of the ancient's years bearing on his soul.
"I came to warn you."
Methos explained the virus with a blank mien that only underscored the horror of what he was saying. A disease to destroy the world. A creation with the ability to fulfill the prophecy that the four ancient Immortals had inspired so long ago.
"It will only kill a few," Methos said of the bomb in the fountain. "But it's a start."
"The water supply's next," MacLeod filled in grimly.
"Bright boy," Methos mocked.
MacLeod came to a decision then. He needed to act, and he needed help-- inside help. He had no choice but to trust Methos.
"Let's go."
Incredulity spread over the ancient's face.
"Oh, no no." Methos' voice was a staccato stutter. "If I go up against him, I lose."
The man was absolutely unbelievable. "Going with the winner?"
Methos only smiled.
"So why are you here, Methos? What game are you playing?"
"It's in the bottom fountain just above the water line. White, then black, then red."
"Don't do this. You have a choice."
And he wanted Methos to make that choice, the Highlander suddenly realized. He wanted his friend to abandon his mad game playing and just come with him.
"And you have . . ." Methos checked his watch. "Twenty-four minutes."
Duncan stalked away.
The sensation assaulted Cassandra abruptly, unmistakable and harsh. Immortal Presence.
It's about time, the woman thought irritably.
"Duncan, what took you so long?"
Impatiently, she opened the door, only to realize her mistake too late. She tried to slam it closed again, but already the three male Immortals were crowding into the small space.
Kronos stepped inside, grinning maliciously.
"I'm afraid Duncan is otherwise engaged."
Silas and Caspian followed the older Horseman inside silently, looming statues of menace.
"Am I wrong? Don't I owe you something? Too bad you didn't know you had to take my head to kill me," Kronos drawled.
"I'll take it now!"
She lunged for her sword, but Caspian reached it first, leaping onto the bed to cover it with his heavy body, and the priestess felt her options rapidly dwindle. Then Knonos reached into his leather jacket and pulled out the very same dagger that she had stabbed him with so long ago.
"I've waited a long time to give this back to you." The scarred Immortal 's voice was calculated to inspire just the right amount of fear.
He hasn't changed, Cassandra contemplated with an odd sort of distant contempt for Kronos' predictable theatrics. She was going into emotional shock, she realized. They couldn't be here. She'd known they were united again, known it. . .but to actually see it, to have them come for her, together, after more than three thousand years... That was something else entirely.
Kronos walked very casually toward her. His eyes were glittering. Cassandra cringed and felt her mind go numb.
No more young lovers or gossiping friends lingered around the fountain with cotton candy. The people had fled in fear when Duncan had run at them screaming of the danger. Now the water soaked the Highlander's legs as he stood in the fountain, leaning over the bomb. Such a small thing to go unnoticed—death in a tiny box.
Hurriedly, MacLeod examined the wires, looking for the first one to disconnect the bomb. The blinking of the red lights where the timer was displayed distracted him for moment, and he stared at it. Not much time left.
Wires. . .white, then black, then red, he heard Methos' voice again.
Carefully he cut the first wire, and then the second, and then...
Kronos was waiting for him, chomping on fried chicken when Methos returned.
"Your bomb didn't work. Not much of a plan, was it?"
Kronos' behavior was too casual; deliberately transparent. He tossed a chicken bone into the fire dish.
"Well, I'll think of better," Methos replied.
"By the way, where were you?" Kronos demanded, jumping up.
"I was just--"
"Warning your friend. You didn't really think I wouldn't know you'd tell MacLeod, did you?"
"It's not like you think it is."
"It's just like I think. My dearest brother, that's what makes you my perfect right arm. We think alike," Kronos had stopped close beside the older Immortal, crowding into his space.
Methos laughed as Kronos continued without pause. "We always have."
"I doubt that, Kronos. No one thinks quite like you."
Kronos chuckled, genuinely amused. "Spoken like a true scholar. Look at this." He reached into his pocket and pulled out a small remote control. "All I have to do is punch in a few numbers, and a small vial explodes in the reservoir above Bordeaux. And then, well, you know what happens next, don't you?"
Methos stared at his brother with a slightly incredulous expression, but said nothing.
"We all have our own little plans. I'm sure you won't disappoint me. Come with me. I have something else to show you."
The other Immortal jauntily lead Methos to a large cage, more than big enough to hold a human. And sure enough, there inside lay Cassandra. Not lucid enough to observe her captors, she still seemed disturbed by their presence.
The monsters invade even her dreams, thought Methos.
"She was asking about you. You knew exactly what you were doing when you sent MacLeod to that fountain, didn't you? So I did what you expected. I went and got Cassandra while she was unprotected. That was the plan, wasn't it?"
Kronos appeared almost edgy and Methos gave the expected nod of confession.
"You see, I know you better than you know yourself." The other Horseman sounded smug.
"Which is why the plan was perfect," Methos returned calmly.
"Your plans always are."
Methos smiled quietly and inclined his head with modest pleasure.
"I wonder what your friend MacLeod thinks of you now, though...."
"Think I care?" Methos murmured.
"You should. You lured him away. When he comes back he finds that someone's stolen his woman . . . If that--if that was me: I'd want you dead."
The meaning was clear; Methos did not need to be painted a picture.
Still calm, he observed his brother, a little smile now painted on his lips. Kronos seemed to be waiting for a response, and Methos let him wait. Almost without their having meant it to happen, a contest of wills arose between the two stubborn old Immortals.
Realizing that the battle could continue all night, both men looked away at the same time. Kronos leaned over the balcony railing.
"By the way, where are Silas and Caspian?" Methos asked.
"Ah. . .that goes hand in hand with this little device. One of my improvisations," Kronos smiled again, his eyes glinting into the darkness.
"You sent them for MacLeod, didn't you?" Methos mused.
"Why yes," Kronos mimed surprise at his guess.
The taller Immortal leaned close towards the other, his arms folded on the railing.
"I'm afraid they're going to be waiting a while. . . I've a gift for you, brother."
Kronos turned to Methos, eyes wide with interest.
"For me?"
Duncan MacLeod woke up with a start. It was dark--the dark of a gloomy building with few windows. Having taken numerous Challenges in just such surroundings, he knew the look of the place. He also knew that he was gagged, bound hand and foot, and chained to the wall of the room.
The last thing that he could remember was bending over in the fountain. He'd just disarmed the last wire of the bomb, and then something had hit him. A bullet or missile of some sort, he was sure. Perhaps a long range sharp-shooter? He'd not seen anyone in the area, or felt an Immortal Presence, so it was really the only possible answer. Someone just out of the range of his senses, waiting for the perfect moment. But who?
The heavy iron portal swung open, slightly illuminating the small room with still very dim light and Methos' slim form entered, followed by Kronos' shorter, stockier one.
"It's too bad I can't remember my birthday," Kronos drawled, "Or this would be the perfect gift."
"And here I thought I was the only one who couldn't remember his mortal life," Methos retorted.
"It's reconciling the calenders that gives me trouble."
"Of course," Methos shrugged as though he'd lost interest in the conversation. MacLeod was suddenly, poignantly reminded of how very fickle Methos could be at times: how he could be so intensely interested in the most trivial of things while completely dismissing what was really important.
"In any case," Kronos persisted in his damnably cheerful manner, "I don't need a birthday to be pleased with this. Of course"--he paused to flash MacLeod a delighted smile-- "I'll be much happier once I take his head."
"Really," Methos commented, taking a seat on a large crate near the door.
"I'm sure you'll be happy too, brother," Kronos said pointedly, watching Methos with narrowed eyes. Methos returned the look calmly but MacLeod, observing closely, saw something change in his expression. It was as though Methos had suddenly reached the end of his rope.
"You know I'm not pleased, Kronos. I just know that MacLeod will only keep coming if I let him go. But know this: either we return to the old ways as equals or the Horsemen will never again be whole. You need my willing cooperation for success, and I'm willing to give you that. As long as you understand that you do not own me," Methos grated.
MacLeod screamed through the gag and struggled against his bonds.
"Always the survivor, the servant to necessity," Kronos whispered. "We were equals before, and you threw it away!"
"The world was changing. We would have been destroyed if we had tried to ride against cities, and we had no means to stop their growth. And you come after me now with your demands and your threats, and expect me to cooperate under these conditions? As you delight in pointing out: you know me better than that."
"So what changed your mind?" Kronos walked about the crate, stalking the silent figure in the middle. Methos followed the other Immortal with his eyes, as if he were tracking a snake.
"Maybe I'm tired of hiding."
"What about this sudden distaste for killing you've developed, brother? How am I to believe that one word of what you speak is truth?"
"That's the fun part, brother," Methos smirked, jumping up from the crate. "You don't."
He sauntered out the door.
Kronos stared after Methos for a long time before he was finally able to tear his gaze away from the doorway. He realized with an start that he was grinning widely, and felt fierce joy well up in his chest. Something had changed about the scheming, frightened man that Methos had become. Some dynamic had been altered. Methos had demanded his power returned to him, and when Kronos had questioned his right to it Methos had simply taken it.
Kronos spun around to eye the bound and gagged Highlander with delight. Oh, he was going to have fun with this one. With this...show of good faith.
"Well, MacLeod. I waited—and this is one cold dish that I am really going to savour."
Hatred burned in the Scotsman's brown eyes. Kronos laughed at him as he reached out and tore the gag from the younger man's mouth.
"You'd better kill me now, Kronos, because if you don't I will escape, and I'll never stop coming until I take your head." MacLeod's eyes glowed in the dim light, and for a moment he truly appeared an avenging warrior angel. Perhaps the Highlander had forgotten that the angels, too, were portents of the end: merciless messengers of doom in a faith as bloodsoaked as Kronos' own dreams.
Kronos chuckled. "I've heard rumours of your prowess in battle. You've become overconfident!" And he quoted blithely: "And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go on your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the Earth. Revelation 16:1."
Kronos smiled at the Highlander's baffled contempt. Soon, the terror of true belief would replace it. The Horseman was certain.
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New to these forums. I have a bloodgood for the second season now in full sun, and it has definitely gotten bigger and more robust. However, the leaves at the top most branches (the ones stretching upwards) seem small and distorted with dried brown edges, despite the fact that the rest of the leaves are normal. Actually the points of the rest of the leaves have also been turning brownish. Is this because it's autumn? I think I saw this during the summer as well...a lack of water?
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NYIT-Nanjing and NUPT's College of Overseas Education hosted leaders from both universities and special guest Mr. Mark Tesone, Acting U.S. Consul General in Shanghai, at a lovely commencement ceremony this morning. Three hundred twenty-one graduates received dual bachelor's degrees. See the whole story at NYIT News. See photos here. Congratulations, NYIT-Nanjing Class of 2014!
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