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Guardian Angel – I: Vilasini Visits
1 Zooterkins
A 17th century variant of "zounds!" which was an expression of surprise or indignation.
Guardian Angel - II: Kosmic Konnection
2 Gillygaupus - plural (gillygaupuses)
Dialectal, British Awkward person, foolish or silly person.
Dialectal, Scottish Term for a tall awkward fellow (from the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgur Tongue, originally by Francis Grose
3 Green sunsets - are real.
[from Wikipedia]
Green flashes and green rays are optical phenomena that sometimes occur right after
sunset or right before sunrise. When the conditions are right, a green spot is visible above the upper rim of the disk of the sun. The green appearance usually lasts for no more than a second or two. Rarely, the green flash can resemble a green ray shooting up from the sunset (or sunrise) point. Green flashes occur because the atmosphere can cause the light from the sun to separate out into different colours. Green flashes are a group of phenomena which stem from slightly different causes, and therefore some types of green flashes are more common than others.
While observing at the Vatican Observatory in 1960 D.K.J. O'Connell produced the first colour photographs of a green flash at sunset
Green flashes may be observed from any altitude. They usually are seen at an unobstructed horizon, such as over the ocean, but are possible over cloud tops and mountain tops as well. They may occur at any latitude, although at the equator the flash rarely lasts longer than a second.
A green flash also may be observed in association with the Moon and bright planets at the horizon, including Venus and Jupiter. With an unrestricted view of the horizon, green flashes are regularly seen by airline pilots, particularly when flying westwards as the sunset is slowed. If the atmosphere is layered the green flash may appear as a series of flashes.
Green flashes are enhanced by mirage, which increase refraction. A green flash is more likely to be seen in stable, clear air, when more of the light from the setting sun reaches the observer without being scattered. One might expect to see a blue flash, since blue light is refracted most of all, and the blue component of the sun's light is therefore the very last to disappear below the horizon, but the blue is preferentially scattered out of the line of sight, and the remaining light ends up appearing green.
With slight magnification a green rim on the top of the solar disk may be seen on most clear-day sunsets, although the flash or ray effects require a stronger layering of the atmosphere and a mirage, which serves to magnify the green from a fraction of a second to a couple of seconds
4 Belief is a...' is a quote by Joseph Fort Newton
5 The Chromatic Index (in the order they appear in the story):
Atrous jet black
Aurulent gold-coloured
Flammeous flame-coloured
Chartreuse yellow-green colour
Smalt deep blue
Chrysochlorous greenish-gold
Albicant whitish
Nacarat bright orange-red
Cinnabar red crystalline mercuric sulphide pigment; deep red or scarlet
Claret dark red-purple colour; a dark-red wine
Coquelicot brilliant red; poppy red
Azuline blue
Luteous golden-yellow
Porphyrous purple
6 "In every demon.."
The quote: "In every demon..." has been credited to too many people, hence I am unable to let you know who the author of the same is. But it is a lovely quote, nonetheless.
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Telling of Tales
FanfictionThis is a collection of all my SwaSan /Swaragini One Shots (stories, vignettes and others )- all closely based on the serial track, they start with a small story/event in the serial and then my imagination takes over to twist it and give it a new pe...
