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Shitposter

let your moots tell you which one you are!!!

The Famous one! The one who got me into this fandom lol

let your moots tell you which one you are!!!

My Absence

Hey guys! I am so sorry I have been MIA! 2025 has been a stressful year so far for my family and I, mainly due to the Los Angeles fires happening right now. Luckily, we are safe, but many close friends and family are evacuated or were evacuated, so unfortunately I have not had tons of time to write. I am still planning on finishing up my WIPs, so they should be coming soon. New content is coming soon, I swear. I miss you guys!

One of the top 5 parodies I’ve heard! Merry Christmas/Zachmas y’all!!

The 12 Days of “Zachmas”

I always “wrote” parodies of songs I liked as a teen, and I took another wack at it. Here is me singing the 12 Days Of Christmas parody I’ve been posting about Zach Varmitech.

Since this is pretty long, all lyrics are below the cut 😊

On the first day of Christmas my Zachy gave to me…an underwater submarine.

On the second day of Christmas my Zachy gave to me… two spybots, and an underwater submarine.

On the third day of Christmas my Zachy gave to me… three tether beams, two spybots, and an underwater submarine. 

On the fourth day of Christmas my Zachy gave to me… four conference calls, three tether beams, two spybots, and an underwater submarine.

On the fifth day of Christmas my Zach gave to me …five Wild Ratts! Four conference calls, three tether beams, two spybots, and an underwater submarine. 

On the sixth day of Christmas my Zachy gave to me… six evil laughs, five Wild Rats! Four conference calls, three tether beams, two spybots, and an underwater submarine. 

On the seventh day of Christmas my Zachy gave to me … seven black sweaters, six evil laughs…five Wild Rats! Four conference calls, three tether beams, two spybots, and an underwater submarine! 

On the eighth day of Christmas my Zachy gave to me … eight hair gels, seven black sweaters, six evil laughs…five Wild Rats! Four conference calls, three tether beams, two spybots, and an underwater submarine!

On the ninth day of Christmas my Zachy gave to me … nine new inventions, eight hair gels, seven black sweaters, six evil laughs…five Wild Rats! Four conference calls, three tether beams, two spybots, and an underwater submarine!

On the tenth day of Christmas my Zachy gave to me … ten whiny screams, nine new inventions, eight hair gels, seven black sweaters, six evil laughs…five Wild Rats! Four conference calls, three tether beams, two spybots, and an underwater submarine!

On the eleventh day of Christmas my Zachy gave to me … eleven Zachbots, ten whiny screams, nine new inventions, eight hair gels, seven black sweaters, six evil laughs…five Wild Rats! Four conference calls, three tether beams, two spybots, and an underwater submarine!

On the twelfth day of Christmas my Zachy gave to me … twelve failed schemes, eleven Zachbots, ten whiny screams, nine new inventions, eight hair gels, seven black sweaters, six evil laughs…five Wild Rats! Four conference calls, three tether beams, two spybots, and an underwater submarine!

Happy Birthday, Martin Kratt 🎊🎁🎉 !

Happy 59th Birthday to the wonderful Martin Kratt! Our favorite blue loving Kratt brother! Sending the warmest birthday wishes to you today! The work you and Chris have done to help the animals and ecosystems of our planet, and to educate young (and not so young 😆) creature adventures is insurmountable. You both truly are such an inspiration and blessing! May this birthday and many more be filled with the greatest creature adventures to come.

Here’s a great tag game. Look at your Spotify Wrapped and make a poll. Let’s see who likes your top 5 songs too.

Tags: @ashtonsunshine, @bandsanitizer, @kym-truestory, @caityrayeraye, @dailytomlinson, @edge-oftheworld, @fckingpernico, @ghost-of-you, @iamjonwalkerscat, @jinx-on-mars-19xx, @kindahoping4forever, @maceline27, @nothing-like--the-rain, @pxrxmoore, @release-the-sheep, @snazzystarlight, @takemealivelh, @valeriebronwyn14, @wokeup5sostrash , @yellowjellobean, @ashtonsunflower

I was very surprised by my wrapped this year haha

Here’s a great tag game. Look at your Spotify Wrapped and make a poll. Let’s see who likes your top 5 artists too.

Tags: @madisonlovescorbynbesson, @flowersforabel, @lavender-irwin94, @takemealivelh, @conspiracy-ash, @caityrayeraye, @kym-truestory, @captainrikerr5, @youbutstupid, @treatpeoplewithkindne-s, @yellowjellobean, @did-you-fall-for-a-shooting-star, @littlebisexualintern, @hemmohoran, @5-seconds-of-obrien, @lover-of-mine

@jokerislandgirl32 @bejeweled-wahlberg @caityrayeraye @aerisahale08 @firebluevixen @cat-angel-936 and all of my amazing moots!! 😍😍😍

💌Send this to the twelve nicest people you know or who seem to have a good heart and if you get five back you must be pretty awesome 💌

(I think this is meant to spread love but it kinda seems self inhibiting so you’re pretty awesome to be getting this in the first place)

Awwww thanks! 💗💗

Everything is super-duper busy for me right now so instead of sending this in asks I shall tag some nice peeps I know (just so you know I love you guys!)

[[No pressure by the way, just feel the love lol]]

@pensandsliverswords @seeking-elsewhither @flickeringflame216 @reading-by-the-pale-moonlight @lilliesandlight @ominarii @reneethegreatandpowerful @geminiagentgreen @zelda-was-here @pepperonyscience @thegreatclowncat @thefinaljediknight @lady-merian @choasuqeen @choatic-bumblebee-agenda @ all of my moots I am so sorry if I forgot you. I am really tired right now heh

And of course @knilolas ! Thanks again!

94 percent but I’m actively charging it haha

Tag game!

500th post so why not start a tag game :D

Your battery percentage is the number of friends you have. How popular are you?

1-10 ok woah go charge your phone

you don’t have many friends because you’re too cool for most people :D

11-25 why have you been on your phone this long go outside

you have a good mix of friends and bitches. Respect.

26-50 your fine for a day or so

you are probably in 3+ friend groups but only in 2 group chats

51-75 congratulations on not forgetting to charge your phone last night

Woah there. Slow down on the friends- your phone might break from all the numbers you text. Good luck- you’re going to need it.

76-99 …wow! Someone who actually charges their phone- rare :3

you don’t know the names of all your friends and make 3 more everywhere you go.

100 you are a living god.

Wow- didn’t know this was possible. Round of applause to the amazing Dee Ity! (What a strange name)

npt:

@cuethesolareclipse13 @happilynerdyzombie @dayz72 @wisegirl42 @koryphaea

Varmibeth Act 1 Scene 2

Yssa and King Martin are watching the poachers be taken down (CPS aren’t being used (important later)) All the Villains minus Paisley and Rex (they have roles where they wouldn’t be involved) have converted to King Martin’s anti poaching crusade and seem to be loyal

King Martin: Who is that? He seems familiar to me but I can’t quite put my finger on where I know who he is.

Yssa: That’s Gourmand, a evil villain who recently changed his ways. He’s been quite helpful in capturing poachers.

Gourmand: The poachers are getting stronger. Every spring they get more and more animals and we spend more time trying to capture them. 

King Martin: Interesting… Varmibeth and Donita Donata don’t seem to be struggling, they’ve both captured tons of poachers?

Gourmand: They both have incredible technology at their disposal. I’ve captured poachers too with no technology, making me actually better than they are. 

King Martin: Even so, I’m so happy they’ve come to see our side, they’d be a tough enemy to fight, especially Varmibeth, he has so many resources at his disposal. He’s excellent at capturing people. But you’re pretty good too, Gourmand, go rest.

WK Kids (collective): That was so cool! You’re the best King Martin! We love seeing that!

King Martin: Why are you guys here?

WK Kids: We’ve decided to elect Varmibeth as our head engineer because of his incredible ability with the Zachbots! (AN: Aviva and Koki are busy being a witches so they aren’t working with them)

King Martin: How exciting for him! Gavin, go tell him about his big promotion!

Featuring Yssa from @lovelynurseandhenchman

How long a period was in hockey and how many there were

last google search, go

um. Tag four people.

what do they make sewer tunnels out of

@ncc1701ohno @affixjoy @the-magpieprince @twinkboimler

a little update

Hey guys! I am indeed still here, I’ve been kind of lurking the last few weeks due in addition to my academic workload increasing significantly. I’ve also had some of the best moments in my life the last few weeks so I’ve been enjoying those. I’m hopefully going to try to post all the things I’ve written tonight or tomorrow. I’m not going anywhere, just took a little break haha.

😍😍😍

THE ZACH COSTUME!!

Happy Halloween everyone! I have a few posts scheduled for this weekend in honor of celebrating it 😈😈

I’m chilling 😌😌

the og post was way too long so I'm making a new one

thanks for the tag @lombolica !! :D

You're stuck in a room with the last character in your gallery how safe are you

very safe

the worst thing that could happen is him being clumsy, so I think I'm alright (unless monsters find him I guess)

tagging (no pressure): @flaretheidiot @lemonic-whimssyy @wibbly-wobbly-blog @cryptidanathema @virtualunease @aurlworthfightingfor @angrysheep @sugarplumanderson @time-travelling-chaos @fateisnotafactor @monstrousmaws @sinfulauthor @idkaguyorsomething @vampireopossum and anyone who wants to do this!

Anniversaries

A slightly late anniversary gift to Violet and Zach, @jokerislandgirl32, Happy Anniversary!!

Daphne was buzzing with excitement. She considered herself as someone who had a flair for romance, even though she still hadn’t found her true love yet, and as a dramatic person, she knew that she had to go the extra mile for Zach and Violet’s anniversary. Vallen and Vera had both reached out to her weeks ago after realizing they couldn’t do their crazy idea without her, and Daphne agreed immediately. She knew that Zach and Violet were going to be so surprised when they saw their vision.

Violet was a little apprehensive to go to the tip of their penthouse. Six perfect little gremlins, aka her children and Daphne, were practically dragging her to the roof, something that was exciting and a little terrifying at the same time. She gave a quick nervous to her husband Zach, also being dragged onto the roof, and felt a sense of gratitude to have been able to push through all the rough parts of the past year together and celebrate another anniversary together. As Victor and Victoria opened the doors to the roof, Violet burst into tears with happiness.

Hundreds of candles and a plethora of snacks lay onto of a blanket, pointed towards a screen playing some of Zach and Violet’s favorite romance movies. Zach and Violet were touched by the kind gesture. Violet gave her children and watery smile and gave each of them a hug, including Daphne of course, and sat down next to the love of her life, Zach Varmitech.

I’ve been considering this for a while but there are some parts of the story I have two ideas for so if figure I’d let you know, this particular poll is just to gauge interest for this.

AN note: characters will be OOC to fit the story

Varmibeth Act 1 Scene 1

This is a quick opening scene introducing the three Wild Women and the prophecy they have for Varmibeth

A/N: I tried the whole rhyming thing for them, let me know what you guys think

 Its windy and heavily raining 

Paisley (Witch 1): When do we tell him of his fate?

Do we say it now or should we wait?

Aviva (Witch 2): When the poacher’s ship has sailed?

When King Martin (Duncan) has prevailed?

Koki (Witch 3): That is when we tell the tale.

Paisley: To whom do we tell?

Aviva: Tell to the pale, the one who is prone to wail

Koki: Then he will prepare to set sail

Aviva: Come on Stuffo,

Koki:Pouncy

Paisley: Pavers

Nori (Hecate): Only time will tell

If Varmibeth is prone to wisdom or to HeIl

Varmibeth

The response to my poll was overwhelmingly positive so here's a little intro to everyone :)

A Macbeth-Wild Kratts crossover AU

Disclaimer: canon-divergent to Wild Kratts and Macbeth

all posts related to this AU will be under #varmibeth wk

The chapters will be posted in the original Acts and scenes from Macbeth with slight changes to content and writing

(Will be written in modern English in most cases)

Characters (some names were edited slightly):

Macbeth-Zach (Varmibeth)

Lady Macbeth-Violet (Lady Varmibeth) (@jokerislandgirl32)

Various Servants - Zachbots

Macduff-Chris (MacKratt)

Lady Macduff-María (Lady MacKratt)(@cat-angel-936)

Banquo-Donita

King Duncan-Martin

Malcolm-Yssa (@lovelynurseandhenchman)

Donalbain-Jimmy

Fleance-Dabio

Siward- Gourmand

Three Witches-Paisley,Koki,Aviva

Hecate-Nori (@caityrayeraye)

Apparitions - Daphne (@octoqueen10 aka me)

Porter- Rex and Jimmy

(I added/omitted a couple characters and gender-bent a couple characters for the sake of the story)

(characters will have bigger/smaller roles compared to their og media)

If I included your oc and you would not like me to, please dm or comment and I will remove them

*I do not own Macbeth or Wild Kratts

So pretty!!!!

WILD KRATT VILLAINS WEARING DRESSES!!

(Based on toxic flowers!)

GRRR THEY ARE SO PRETTYYYYY!!

Paisley: Lily of the Valley

Gourmand: Wisteria

Dabio: Delphinium

Rex: Lantana

Zach: Hellebore

Donita: Foxglove

So cute! The two motorcycle 🏍️ baddies! Great job as always JIG

Ziolet Songs: Day Eight

Day 8: I’m Good (Blue)

You know I'm down for whatever tonight I don't need the finer things in life No matter where I go, it's a good time, yeah And I, I don't need to sit in VIP Middle of the floor, that's where I'll be Don't got a lot, but that's enough for me, yeah

'Cause I'm good, yeah, I'm feelin' alright Baby, I'ma have the best f*ckin' night of my life And wherever it takes me, I'm down for the ride Baby, don't you know I'm good, yeah, I'm feelin' alright

So this is more of a “vibe” song for Zach and Violet. I imagine them together in their pre relationship phase and this song is playing in the background as they fly down Outer Banks’ oceanfront Highway 12 on a motorcycle. Why? Because in my AU Zach can drive a motorcycle. It’s a very attractive concept to me…And this song, like riding a motorcycle is representative of a feeling of freedom.

Note on my OCs listed here: Todd is Koki’s cousin, Paige is his wife/Violet’s cousin, Nathaniel is Paige and Todd’s little boy, and Amy is Violet’s aunt/Paige’s mom. Also I’ve never drove/ridden a motorcycle so I hope this all seems accurate!

“Whose is this?” Zach asked pointing his thumb toward the motorcycle parked in the driveway at Amy’s house. 

“It’s Todd’s,” I replied cocking my head at Zach in curiosity, “why do you ask?”

“It’s nice is all…” he whispered looking closer at the chrome work. 

“What? Do you like it?” I question, surprised that he was so interested in it. 

“Yeah, I do, oh come on, don’t look so surprised, I’ve had one since college…” Zach grinned, winking at me. 

“I don’t believe it…” I whispered. 

“Why not?” His voice rose in aggravation. 

I sputtered, “I-I-I, ummm, You’re just so….scared of things and unsure of yourself….I thought you would be scared to death to even look at one.” 

He balled his hands into fists, “don’t think I know how to ride it, huh? We’ll see about that. Zachbots bring me my motorcycle gear!“

“What!?!?” I shrieked, and within seconds the robots obeyed his order and he was dressed in full motorcycle gear, all in his signature colors and with his V logo. He pulled the helmet on and flicked the visor up to look at me before he took a seat on the motorcycle.

(I image it would look something like this)

Zach sat on the motorcycle and looked at it to get his bearings, then he grinned mischievously at me, “Do you think he’d let me ride it? Just so I can prove you wrong, you’re welcome to join me.”

“ARE YOU CRAZY!” I screamed. 

“No, I’m dead serious,” Zach replied turning to me, admittedly he did look comfortable on the motorcycle. 

At that moment Todd happened to come out of Amy’s house, he looked at Zach and me suspiciously, “hey, what’s going on you two?”

“He wants to prove he can drive a motorcycle, and he wants me to join him!” I shrieked. 

Todd started laughing, he patted Zach’s shoulder enthusiastically, “oh this I’ll pay to see, it’ll be better than when I took Paige the first time!” He fished the keys out of his pocket and gave them to Zach.

I huffed, digging the toe of my shoe into the dirt, “I can’t, I’m wearing a dress!” 

Todd laughed and spoke up, “I’ll get Paige’s riding stuff for you to borrow, Violet!”

“Todd, Todd! Oh no you won’t, I’m not going on that thing!” I screamed after him, but he soon disappeared into my aunt’s house and reappeared with Paige who starting hollering at me from the doorway, drawing the attention of the neighbors until I caved and followed them inside.

I emerged a few minutes later decked out in Paige’s riding outfit and holding her helmet at my side, I glared at Todd who walked along beside me. Paige, Amy, and Nathanial followed us giggling, “you just had to open your mouth,” I growled.

Todd smirked and patted my head, “go on little cousin, I wanna see this, and you have an audience now…”

I stood hesitantly beside Zach and the motorcycle, looking from Zach to my family, Zach was becoming impatient and he bit out, “are ya coming or not?”

“If you kill me, I expect to have a nice spray on my casket!” I groaned pulling the helmet on. I hesitantly swung my left leg over the back of the bike. 

“I’ll notify my mom, she’ll prepare a stunning arrangement for the occasion. Now put your arms around me, and let’s go,” he flicked the visor to his helmet down and I did the same, then I wrapped my shaky arms around his thin waist, holding on to him for dear life.

Zach grazed his fingers over my arms before returning his hands to the handlebars, “you’ll be fine, I won’t hurt you.” 

“Okay…” I agreed, burying my head against his back and scrunching my eyes shut as Zach turned on the engine and the motorcycle roared to life.

VvvvvvvVvvvvvV

Ten minutes later we are flying down Highway 12, I’d screamed for the first couple minutes of the ride, but I soon became accustomed to the motion and realized Zach truly was a skilled motorcyclist.

I felt comfortable enough to lift my head and look to the ocean to our left, the sea breeze was blowing my hair behind me under the helmet…so this is what freedom feels like, I thought to myself.

Okay so my English class just finished Macbeth in class and I cant stop thinking about the parallels to Wild Kratts. (the Zach/Macbeth parallels are pretty close) Is this something you guys would be intrested in?

I love them so so much!

Family portrait commission for @jokerislandgirl32 of Violet, Zach, and their lovely children!

This piece was definitely a challenge because I’ve never drawn Wild Kratts kids before! I hope I did your little ones justice! The Violet Varm family is so sweet and gorgeous! I had a blast bringing them to life! I hope you love the piece as much as I loved making it for you!

I love her so much! She is such a queen! You did such a good job with this OP

I don’t even know what the butterfly looks like??

Anywho first time sketch of This lovely lady

Gourmand would be that person 😂😂

The Birds and The Bees

Zach, Gourmand, and Violet see an interesting sight while trying to enact their latest scheme…TW for suggestive topics, or in other words mentions of animal mating practices.

Zach: Why are those two snakes wrestling, are they fighting over something?

Violet: Zach…they aren’t wrestling….They are husband and wife…if you know what I mean….

Zach: Husband and wife? So…are they having an argument over who gets the mouse for dinner?

Violet: No…they are doing something else husbands and wives do…something they do when they want to have children…

Zach: Ohhhhhh, are they arguing over names?

Gourmand: Is that triangular head of yours screwed on right, Zachy? They are clearly *bleeping*

Violet: Gaston! Zach…what he means to say is that they are trying to make a new generation of baby snakes.

Gaston: No, I said what I said, they are *bleeping*

Zach: 😳…I’m going back to the jet…

Who wants to bet this man knows nothing about the birds and the bees…or he’s so squirmy when it’s mentioned he wants to curl up and disappear me core.

What a cute story! Who wouldn’t be happy to have their partner surprise them on their birthday 🥳

Ziolet Songs: Day Four

October 4th - Sparks Fly

Get me with those green eyes, baby As the lights go down Gimme something that'll haunt me when you're not around 'Cause I see sparks fly, whenever you smile

My mind forgets to remind me you're a bad idea You touch me once and it's really something You find I'm even better than you imagined I would be I'm on my guard for the rest of the world But with you, I know it's no good And I could wait patiently But I really wish you would

Posting this a day late, but oh well!

Since yesterday was my birthday I decided to include a fic excerpt from one of Violet’s birthdays! It’s either her 19th or 20th birthday, I haven’t decided yet. But I hope you all enjoy it! Putting it below the cut due to length and mentions of alcohol consumption, a few crude comments, and references to a toxic relationship.

I had barely opened the menu when the sound of people singing happy birthday caught my attention. I looked into the restaurant, and saw the girl I was looking for: my Violet. 

Violet’s long hair was pulled back in a braid, and she was dressed in a simple off-the-shoulder, lilac sundress with a black apron around her waist. She smiled and blushed as her family and the patrons of the restaurant sang happy birthday to her.

The waitress in front of me huffed and rolled her eyes. I sensed she did not like Violet very much, and I was more than ready to get rid of her, “I know what I want,” I announced. 

She pulled out a notepad and looked at me expectantly, I fished out my wallet and produced a $20 bill, “I want the birthday girl to serve me, here’s something for your time.”

The girl’s brown eyes widened, and she stuffed the bill into her apron pocket, “of course, thank you, I’ll go get her!”

VvvvvvVvvvvvV

I was busy thanking everyone for the impromptu birthday song when Nicole ran up to me out of breath, “I’ve got a customer for you, he’s a very good tipper, he just gave me 20 dollars to seat him, and he requested you!”

Nicole usually did not speak to me because she claimed I’d stolen Travis from her, which was far from the truth. I figured she was setting me up for embarrassment, but part of me was hopeful that there really was a customer who wanted me to be their waitress. 

I smiled and said, “okay, here’s to hoping he tips me well too!”

“Yeah, you can treat yourself to a nice birthday present,” my cousin Paige winked at me, having overheard the conversation. 

“I guess,” I whispered, fixing my hair and going to the table where the gentleman was seated. 

When I arrived he sat holding the menu up, covering his face, “good evening sir, can I start you off with something to drink?”

He responded in a gruff, hateful sounding voice, “do you recommend anything? I usually prefer alcohol, but there’s none listed. What type of an island restaurant is this if you can’t get alcohol?”

I felt taken aback by his comment, “I apologize sir, but it is the preference of the owner of the restaurant to not serve alcohol.”

“Why’s that? Is she a prude?” He snickered and something about his voice was oddly familiar. I stood on my toes to peer over the menu covering his face, but he held it closer to him and raised it slightly.

I tried to bite my tongue, but it was no use, I would not stand for whoever this was insulting the aunt who had practically raised me, “Sir, I respectfully disagree with you, the owner is my aunt, and she prefers to host a restaurant where good food and fun can be had without the negative impacts that result from alcoholic consumption. If that is a problem with you, you can go to a neighboring restaurant or bar that does serve alcohol.”

“Ohhh, that’s a bold statement, but I should expect it coming from a sexy little minx such as yourself,” I could hear the laugh in his voice, and I’d had enough. It was one thing for Travis to make crude comments about me, but this man was a stranger, this was unexceptable. 

“Sir, I am sorry, but I do not appreciate your comments. They are making me very uncomfortable. If you cannot refrain from saying such things, I will have to ask you to leave.”

“Awww, come on, you can’t ask your friend to leave,” he pouted, lowering the menu enough for me to see jet black hair. 

The gears in my mind started turning, who did I know with black hair? And before I could stop myself, I asked, “who are you?”

The man lowered the menu and took off a pair of triangular sunglasses at the same time, his voice returning to normal, to a voice I'd wanted to hear for so long, “happy birthday, Vi.”

I felt a few tears fall from my eyes as I looked at his smiling face. I approached him and he stood up quickly, gathering me into a hug without me initiating it. I threw my arms around his neck as his head fell to the crook of my neck, “I’m so happy to see you, Zach,” I whispered.

My new favorite day!!

Gosh I love this movie

Mean Girls (2004) dir. Mark Waters

I love you guys 💕

You guys always seem to know how to cheer me up, this has been the most positive and best fandom I’ve ever been in. Thank you for liking me and Daphne! 💙💚

god this cake looks so good

MY WILD KRATTS/ZACH BIRTHDAY CAKE!!!! 2.0 EDITION!!!!

My aunt did it again, she made me a beautiful Wild Kratts/Zach birthday cake! She always makes custom cakes for all our family members for their birthdays and for special occasions. So when asked what type of cake I wanted this year, she was surprised when I said I wanted another Wild Kratts/Zach cake. She could not believe I was still interested in him….but you all know….this is now a 4 year long obsession 😂. But my aunt was all for it! I showed her one of my favorite pictures of Zach, and she created this beautiful cake!

She made the icing light green like his eyes, and the boarder is a gray and red mixture like Zach’s color scheme! I mean literally look at that color combo and tell me Zach would not approve, he absolutely would!

She also included a flower….and wait, give me a minute, I’m so emotional over that…like my whole Wild Violets AU, my whole relationship with Zach is inspired/represented by flowers. I did not tell my aunt this, but she included it in the cake?!?! And if you look closely you see that it has what color in it: Violet. Violet for Violet. That’s what I’m going with…it’s like Vi/I were included in the cake, and I just love it.

The corner of the cake had the icing sliding off by the time I got the pictures, but my dad got a couple better pictures which I plan to post on my actual birthday along a video of the cake, and photos of a mini cake she made for the family! But for now, here it is 🥰. I am so thankful and grateful for my aunt making me this special cake, and I am so happy to be able to share it with you all!

Travel

Daphne was excited to finally go somewhere new. She traveled often outside of the country, visiting six out of the seven continents many times, (Antarctica was just too cold for her) going to life changing places like Nigeria and Brazil, along with the iconic fashion weeks in Italy and France, but she never really traveled within the USA. She had never traveled out of New York City for more than 3 hours while staying in the US. Now she was going across the country to the sunny San Diego. Her friend Nori, someone she met at the beach with the Varmitechs, invited her out to stay with her family for a week, because her mom is going on another business trip in Las Vegas, a couple hours away from San Diego. The plan was for Daphne and her mom to take the jet to Las Vegas, and Daphne would take a short flight to San Diego from there. Daphne zipped up her two huge suitcases and got ready to get on the jet, to take off for the gorgeous California. 

Daphne was super excited to see her friend again and meet her family. Nori and Daphne talked often over video calls and texts, and whenever Nori was in New York, but Daphne didn’t see her as often as she would like, and had never met any of Nori’s other family. Daphne wondered if they were as effortlessly cool as Nori was. Nori was a photographer and skateboarder, both things Daphne was awful at, and was incredibly close with her whole family, even her aunts and uncles. She was older than Daphne was and had an air of maturity that Daphne had not been able to replicate, no matter how hard she tried. Daphne had heard so so much about Nori’s family and all of their talents and was excited to finally put faces to the names that she had been hearing since the beginning of the friendship. 

After getting out of Andrea and Nori’s car, who had picked her up at the airport, Daphne took a long look at Nori’s house. It was gorgeous and so chic, Daphne loved it. As Daphne walked through the door, she was instantly met with chaos. Nori gave a quick introduction of everyone after seeing Daphne’s shocked face and introduced them to her. Jett, Nori’s twin brother, was sitting on their kitchen counter eating an orange, while Layla, Jon, and Tim, Nori’s younger sister, uncle and dad, respectively, danced around the kitchen while a Switchfoot album played. Two more of Nori’s uncles were playing a very heated game of Uno together. Daphne’s mind was reeling from all of the chaos. She was not used to more than three people in her house in general at a given time, let alone, one room. Andrea, after seeing Daphne’s face, laughed and assured Daphne that the Foreman household is always crazy, to which the group whooped and Nori smiled at. Daphne managed a smile and tried to relax, knowing she was going to have fun here.

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