5mind

[5mind]

Dukane A-V Matic 35mm Filmstrip Viewer (US, 1982)

[5mind]

It should become apparent after the first couple of blows that Coldsnap was not someone who had ever had any formal combat training - garden variety or otherwise. He had learned 'on the job', so to speak, and through fistfights as a teenager but all that still left him lacking in terms of actual technique. He was borderline over-reliant on his own superpower and gear.

Direlash's elbow strike shattered an iceblade, the impact knocking Coldsnap off balance. But only for a moment. Coldsnap was quick to regain balance that was once lost with oddly practiced footwork. If there was anything Kelvin himself had going for him, it was balance and core strength - remnants of his figure skating days.

In the meantime, Antares was trying his best to pacify a panicking amnesiac...who was also currently hidden by a cloaking device built into his own body. Which meant Antares couldn't really tell what the other was feeling outside of panicked stammers.

Perhaps it was best to head to safety first.

Antares grabbed the invisible cyborg by the wrist (?) and turned his attention back to Coldsnap and Direlash. The hero, one blade down, lunged at the street ninja once more only for a cybernetic tail to wrap around his ankle in an attempt to trip him.

"Found our guy, we gotta go now , man." Antares has never been good with the cold. "You got smokebombs and shit right?"

"Nuts."

Direlash may have cursed, but he kept his forearms up. He still wore his vambraces, as long as he moved fast and precisely, he could still defend against a blade. Trouble was, between limited stamina and the biting cold that accompanied these relentless blades, the street ninja was going to receive a challenge.

Every block demonstrated familiarity with technique. What he learned came from a garden variety dojo-- a gym space anyone could have attended. But he took to the lessons voraciously, and his teacher taught him a few tricks the general classes didn't get to witness.

But it would take a moment.

That meant Coldsnap was going to wear him down first. Direlash needed just the right angle to strike with. Eventually, once of the ice blades cut the Raptor of Wrath's bicep, and left a gash over his chest. At which point, Direlash started to grit his teeth, before bringing down a thundering elbow towards the flat side of one of Coldsnap's blades, diagonally. Looking to try and shatter one of his weapons, or at the very least to use such tremendous striking force it would stagger Coldsnap back. Give Direlash some breathing room to see how Antares was doing.

He stood with one forearm ready to block, and the other fist at hip-level, priming another strike. The very image of a seasoned karateka.

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科学戦隊ダイナマン

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To be honest, the only stopping Antares was that as much as he liked poking at the other man, he wasn't willing to make an actual enemy out of him. Not that he wasn't teetering close to that anyways.

"Wait, seriously? Like, never?" Antares unlatches the mouthguard of his helmet to reveal a grin that was more deceptively friendly than smug. He leans in close, a chitin clawed hand makes its way under Ed's chin.

"Never too late to try , I guess." He's giving Ed a chance to back out of this though.

"what's stopping you??" He's challenging them, wondering how much he could push them for the other to follow through their claim.

"Dont know, haven't done it before. Never kissed anyone."

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"You've been following me since I arrived, haven't you?" (for whoever you'd like to write)

"Kinda hard not to." In the face of uncertainty in the form of a total stranger literally towering over him, Coldsnap holds himself taut in a facade of conficdence. "You're in the way."

He says this like he hadn't actually been snooping around the stranger like some sort of busybody. But well, being a busybody was also part of the whole superheroing package if you asked him.

Coldsnap wasn't a great liar.

There's a pause. A miniscule twitch of a wrist.

"Can you...uh. Even hear me all the way up there?"

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Although the machine wants nothing more but to press the blue unit's face impossibly closer against Doomsday's, it does have the android pull away momentarily if only to try to read their dear friend's face. Except Doom is now clinging onto the blue ranger and so she is pulled up and off the ground.

A metal hand places itself against Doom's back at the waist while another hand chastely tries to support her weight at the rear end. Her plating is warm, much more than the usual. It could have been scalding if not for the cooling fans working overtime.

"I am afraid I do not know," Blue Two answers. "It is not a function any of us were built with."

The android leans back in to nuzzle at Doom's cheek. "We will just have to find that out for ourselves together then, no?"

( @5mind - Continued from here!)

Doom was oh-so-kinda-sorta-hoping to catch Blue under the famous mistletoe, and if she couldn't make it happen by coincidence, then she was planning on making it happen by "coincidence".

Good thing she hung up all that mistletoe all over the place, making it virtually impossible to walk under a doorway or a tree branch or a lamppost or... anywhere without walking under it.

Mistletopia, she thinks with a barely suppressed giggle.

The feel of Blue's faceplate pressed against the side of her face gets more giggles out of her, so much so that she can't help but put her arms around the AI before she can pull away. If Blue tries to pull away from her, she'll end up taking Doom with her, pulling her off the ground even, since Blue is taller than she is.

Doom kisses her on what would be the cheek too, also not sure what Blue is comfortable with and not wanting to assume. Then, she asks, "What are machine kisses like, Blue?"

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"I've heard stories about you. They can't all be true." (-Hilda, for whoever you think would be fun)

"And what would those stories be about?" And machine with a cracked visor for a face looked up, head tilted curiously, at Hilda from where it was seated on the ground. Not damaged - not any more than he already seemed to be by default - but simply resting.

The cannon of metal that took the place of the automaton's forearm rested idly in his lap.

"I can guess that not all of them are good..."

[5mind]

First Meetings Sentences, Vol. 3

(Sentences for muses meeting for the first time. Adjust phrasing where needed)

"What am I supposed to call you?"

"You're following me. I don't care to be followed."

"Hey, you're that guy, aren't you?"

"I don't even know your name."

"You must not know who I am. Want to find out?"

"We don't know each other well enough for you to say something like that to me."

"You're not what I expected."

"You look like a man who could use a drink."

"You have me confused with somebody else."

"Well, that is an interesting way to say hello!"

"From your description, I expected you to be a lot taller."

"Who told you where to find me?"

"I know who you are!"

"How long have you worked here?"

"Say, why don't we carry on this delightful conversation over a cocktail?"

"I heard you were looking for me?"

"You've been following me since I arrived, haven't you?"

"Do I know you? You look so familiar."

"Do you know this city well?"

"To what do I owe the pleasure of your company?"

"Who are you? I've seen you someplace before."

"Is that seat taken?"

"Who are all these people?"

"Who the hell are you supposed to be?"

"I've heard stories about you. They can't all be true."

"I don't believe we've been formally introduced?"

"It's exciting to have someone new to talk to!"

"Don't get many visitors here, do you?"

"Can you just explain exactly what you do?"

"They told you I was crazy, didn't they?"

"I'm sorry, I don't know your name?"

"We've never met before, right?"

"What's your name anyway?"

[5mind]

Questions/Comments to be sent anonymously!

(though off anon is fine too!)

“Is there someone you hold dear?”

“Don’t you feel any guilt?”

“You’re actually afraid to be alone, aren’t you?”

“There must be something you fear.”

“Do you have a home?”

“Is there someone you like?”

“Are you really expecting a positive outcome out of this?”

“Aren’t you ashamed?”

“Aren’t you happy?”

“Who do you despise?” 

“How do you sleep at night?”

“How do you manage to keep going despite everything?”

“What do you think of kindness?”

“What do you think of hatred?”

“Why do you fight?”

“Why do you live?”

“How much blood have you spilled?”

“How much death have you seen?”

“Don’t you think your actions are reckless?”

“Don’t you know how much good you’ve done for others?”

“Can’t you tell they love you?”

“Can’t you see he/she would die for you?”

“Can’t you see that they hate you?”

“Can’t you tell the truth for once?”

“You’re not tainted.”

“You’re not alone.”

“You’re awful.”

“You don’t think of anyone but yourself.”

“You’re an emotionless robot.”

“You’re just a lap dog.”

“It’s not over.”

“He/she needs you.”

“Stop lying.”

“Stop fighting.”

“Stop pushing others away.”

“You’re cruel.”

“You’re far too kind. Too kind for your own good.”

“You depend on him/her too often.”

“You’re overprotective, it’s stifling.”

“You’re too impulsive, it’s reckless.”

“You’re too careless, it’s a liability.”

“He/she is bringing you down.”

“You’re too timid, it’s easy to see you as a target.”

“You need to listen.”

“You need to speak up more often.”

“You’re weak.”

“You’re strong. Stronger than you’ll ever know.”

“You’re too proud.”

“Quit blaming others for your mistakes.”

“You won’t always be around to save him/her.”

“One day, he/she won’t need you anymore.”

“You can’t cheat death.”

“You can’t hide forever.”

“They’ll find out the truth eventually.”

“That person is only holding you back.”

“They’re too good for you.”

“You’ll be rewarded for your efforts if you keep trying.”

“It will get better.”

“You look lonely.”

“You look bitter.”

“You look tired.”

“You’re hiding a painful burden.”

“You’re perfect.”

“You’re beautiful.”

“You will always be worthless.”

“Your hands are too dirty, too tainted to be clean.”

“You’re lost in this world. Wandering without a purpose.”

“You’ll rise above them all.” 

“You’ll find your place in this world.”

“Eventually, someone will knock you off your pedestal.”

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"Becauuuuse, not killing me is the bare minimum ?" He lets out another one of his trademark world-weary sighs. "It shouldn't even count as payment in the first place!"

"And just so you know, I'm not even getting off on this." Or so he says now. "I haven't even seen all that happen yet."

"What? Why would I pay you money if your payment will be me not killing you? That'd be double-dipping, jackass," Doom scoffs as she folds her arms across her chest at him.

"As if you aren't getting something out of this anyway. You enjoy seeing him cut his own dick off and shit. Isn't that payment enough? Just imagine that. Hours of free wank material for you, all for the price of... me not murdering you."

[5mind]

"Hm...." Despite knowing full well he should be keeping his distance from Doom, Antares found himself speaking up.

"Does this mean you'll let me be if I keep this up? How about some....monetary compensation?"

"Oh my god... wait. This is the perfect solution! If Antares will just keep James busy for long enough, he will eventually untether from the Office. And then if he dies he will STAY DEAD. Ahahahahaha! It's the PERFECT PLAN! Just gotta keep his ass occupied doing... whatever it is those two fucking idiots do together."

[5mind]

Borrowed Bundle

Send “borrowed bundle” for a starter where my muse is holding a baby that does not belong to them.

"This is-!" The android in red looked back at Meredith, crouched in a stance that screamed 'deer in the headlights'. "This is not what it looks like."

What it looked like couldn't be anything but a being of metal and wires attempting to collect a crying human baby into the crook of their non-bladed arm. The blade that took up their right forearm was pointed away from the child. As much as it could possibly pointed away, anyways. It still didn't exactly help the android's case though, what with how clumsily (and gingerly?) they were fumbling with the baby.

"I found it like this." They really did. And they intended to return the child to their parent. Except, doing so would require picking up the baby. Which....they weren't doing a great job of.

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this happened to my friend antares

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Send “borrowed bundle” for a starter where my muse is holding a baby that does not belong to them.

Send “borrowed baby” for your muse to be the one holding a baby that doesn’t belong to them. 

[5mind]

❛❛ We never had any of this fancy 3-D stuff! Oh no, we had to survive on what we had! ❜❜ @ muse of your choice! 8)

"I think they were- only making it sound fancy." The android in pink had been leafing through an outdated magazine she had picked up at a moving out sale. She paused whenever she caught the demonic cowboy looking at the pages though. In a sense, they were looking through this together. "But I guess it must have been - fancy- back then."

There's a moment of silence as the other's words sank in.

"Wait--who is this- we- you speak of?"

[5mind]

Donkey Kong Country Sentence Starters:

❛❛ It must have been hard work, for you to come all this way! ❜❜

❛❛ Don't expect any help from me, either. ❜❜

❛❛ Well, well! I didn't expect to see YOU today! ❜❜

❛❛ It's hard to find peace and quiet any more, with you around! ❜❜

❛❛ Sure, come on over! Beats talking to myself... ❜❜

❛❛ We never had any of this fancy 3-D stuff! Oh no, we had to survive on what we had! ❜❜

❛❛ I don't know why I'm telling you all this. You didn't listen last time! ❜❜

❛❛ What'cha do that for?! I was having a nice nap. ❜❜

❛❛ Arrrrgh! This story's even worse than Donkey Kong Country's. ❜❜

❛❛ I knew it! You've come to beg for my help again, haven't you? Well, I'm not going to tell you anything this time! ❜❜

❛❛ Come on in! Have yourselves a look 'round and buy some of this trash, why don't you? ❜❜

❛❛ Pick a subject! I know everything about this game! ❜❜

❛❛ Not enough, man! I got a new surfboard to pay for! ❜❜

❛❛ It's easy to play! ❜❜

❛❛ I can't believe how stupid you... er, I mean, hard luck. ❜❜

❛❛ Come on in and sit down. I'm sure all that running around has made you tired. ❜❜

❛❛ I'll trade you that stupid yellow bird that keeps getting feathers in my hot tub. ❜❜

❛❛ Hey there, how's it going? I'm off on another hot date later - haven't got time to talk! ❜❜

❛❛ I miss that stupid yellow bird, you know. The house seems empty without it. ❜❜

❛❛ I'm sure the answer to my problem is staring me right in the face - but I just can't see it! ❜❜

❛❛ That's a shame. It might have been the answer to my problems. ❜❜

❛❛ Haven't you got a moral code to think of? ❜❜

❛❛ Oh! Thank goodness! At last somebody has found me! ❜❜

❛❛ You did it, you did it! You've found all of my children. ❜❜

❛❛ I used to be a scuba diver, but I've given it up. ❜❜

❛❛ This bird is a friendly fellow, isn't he? He flew in once, so I decided to keep him. ❜❜

❛❛ Have you seen my shell collection? It's nearly complete! ❜❜

❛❛ Here's the bird - please take care of him. ❜❜

❛❛ I'd swear he's been working on some super secret project. But I reckon it's just some silly pipe dream! ❜❜

❛❛ Dirty!? I'd take a look in a mirror if I were you. ❜❜

❛❛ Well, if you want it back, it's gonna cost ya. ❜❜

❛❛ That's no way to talk to somebody as good - looking as me! ❜❜

❛❛ What have you done? My wife's going to kill me! ❜❜

❛❛ And I'd have gotten away with it, if it weren't for you meddling kids! ❜❜

❛❛ I'm the master chef around here, and I reckon it's about time your goose was cooked! ❜❜

❛❛ Good morning! What would you like to know? ❜❜

❛❛ Would you like to purchase this fine specimen? ❜❜

❛❛ Well, once I got to the castle grounds, I saw a sign which said 'Keep right off our land!', so I ran off! ❜❜

❛❛ Well, if that's your attitude, then you can get your coat and be on your way! ❜❜

❛❛ Yes, it's true me and my brother look alike, but we are quite different, really. ❜❜

❛❛ Well, thanks for nothing! I hope you catch a cold out there! ❜❜

❛❛ How ever did you find me? My house was completely buried under the snow! ❜❜

❛❛ Did he like my present? It took me ages to think of what to get him. ❜❜

❛❛ I-I'm afraid you're a little early for the party. That is, if anybody bothers to come at all. ❜❜

❛❛ What's that red circle on the calendar? Oh... sigh... It's nothing of importance. ❜❜

❛❛ A present... for me? Oh! Thank you, you've really made my day! Let's have a look inside! ❜❜

❛❛ Hi, stick around if you like. And feel free to have some tea and cake! ❜❜

❛❛ So you think you're going to find everything in the game, eh? You don't even know there's a Lost World, do you? ❜❜

❛❛ I can't believe you found the Lost World on your own! I bet you cheeky so and so's used Nintendo Power's guide! ❜❜

❛❛ Whoops, I think I just let the cat out of the bag. ❜❜

❛❛ I can't believe I just said that. ❜❜

❛❛ The rest of the folks have stuck me up in here. Something about me being too dangerous or something. ❜❜

❛❛ I don't know how you did it, and I don't think I want to know, either! ❜❜

❛❛ Hey, are you trying to shortchange me? The last person who tried that hasn't landed yet! ❜❜

❛❛ Perhaps you should go and play with your dollies instead! ❜❜

❛❛ I'm all out of explosives. ❜❜

❛❛ It's been too dry to grow anything. ❜❜

❛❛ I love plants, don't you? They're so beautiful. This picture reminds me of those I can't grow anymore. ❜❜

❛❛ You've got one! A perfect Flupperius Petallus Pongus. ❜❜

❛❛ I've finished studying its abilities - some of them are quite magical, I'll have you know! ❜❜

❛❛ What do you think you're doing, coming into my cabin without asking? ❜❜

❛❛ See that river bank race? I ran that in 01:15:00. You couldn't do it in double that time. ❜❜

❛❛ Just look at all these fine trophies. The only way you'd ever win one is if they gave them away in cereal packets. ❜❜

❛❛ Where are your manners? I'm sure I didn't see you wipe your feet on my 'Unwelcome' mat. ❜❜

❛❛ Yoooou've made me ssssooooo angry! ❜❜

❛❛ Take this bird. I'm sure it will come in useful... somehow. ❜❜

❛❛ There are far too many boss fights in games nowadays. ❜❜

❛❛ Why can't these game developers come up with something more interesting? ❜❜

❛❛ Man, I love chocolate! ❜❜

❛❛ Finders keepers, man! ❜❜

❛❛ What's up? Have you got me anything new I can use? ❜❜

❛❛ What we're needing is some sort of spare part situation, you dig? ❜❜

❛❛ I'm a few parts short for my new invention! ❜❜

❛❛ Well, you gave it your best shot. It's just a pity that you missed! ❜❜

❛❛ Have you seen my glasses? I put them down somewhere, but I can't remember where! ❜❜

❛❛ It's looking cold out there today. I hope you've wrapped up warm. ❜❜

❛❛ I love this bird that you've found! It's an energetic little thing, isn't it? ❜❜

❛❛ All you ever seem to do in these games is shoot this or jump on that. Why don't they make games about knitting? ❜❜

❛❛ Ssshhhhh! I'm on my last life, and you're breaking my concentration! ❜❜

❛❛ Can you help? I can't get off this level - and I've been playing it for weeks! ❜❜

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"And what if I said yes?" He was teasing right back if only because he didn't have anything better to do at the moment.

"Would you have liked that?"

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"...fine, you win this round. Cheeky bastard." There's no venom in his voice though. Antares was taking this in good fun.

"You act like you wanted it." Was he going to stop himself from teasing them? Probably not, only because they started it.