#// thank you for the permission to be stupid. godspeed to you both

[katabatiic]

The winding, dimly-lit corridors of the Abyss are home to many a sight and sound at practically all hours. It hadn't taken long for Legault to grow accustomed to the the sounds of violence in the distance, nor the habit of clinging to the shadows and stepping right by. …It is a bit more difficult when the violence is happening right in the middle of the narrow pathway that leads him home, though. As he approaches, the sound of the two mens' voices reach him with more clarity—hushed words carrying a tone that gives the whole scene a different sort of color. "Oh." Ah. That had slipped out aloud, hadn't it. He sucks in a breath through his teeth and gives the pair a quick smile. "Sorry, I'm still a bit new here. Didn't know this alley was reserved for couples. My abode is on the other side, though, so if you don't mind—" He strides right past the both of them, glancing sideways at the blood and scars on display beneath partially-opened shirts. (Saints above, that mark across the blonde's neck beneath his collar makes Legault's face decoration look like a kitten scratch.) "Well," A swift flick of the wrist serves as a gesture of farewell, "Have fun! Let me know where to pick up a partner for this type of event next time, would you?" And with that, the thief steps back into the darkness down the other end of the hall. Just another day in paradise…

[ 𝐂𝐎𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐑 ] ― sender bites receiver hard enough to draw blood (nsfw bats eyelashes 🥺) Finding an empty hall was an art he had long mastered. Between those of Garreg Mach or Castle Fhirdiad, he knew most places. The Abyss was new territory, any slip up would have a passerby turn the corner and catch them. Yet teeth sunk into skin and savored the taste. Careful not to get too close, skirting around the edges of the places he knew would raise the other man’s voice. “We’re far from Fhirdiad, and you’ve no title you must hide to preserve. It’s been far too long since we played this game.”

(no longer accepting) lowkey-nsfw, just in case! thyre just freaky ig

His back hit the wall with a sigh- interrupted as teeth dug into his skin and pain flared up his neck and down his clavicles. It was an interesting position to be in, cornered in one of the Abyss’ many twisting hallways, just away from a torch’s warm light, plagued by the thrilling notion that the sound of steps approaching could range from a stray cat or dog all the way to a passersby catching them red handed. At worst, it could even be one of his students- a situation Lambert couldn’t even begin to imagine as to how he could explain to them.

Because the fiery pain from the bite didn’t call upon his crest for retaliation- to push the threat away and choose between escaping or ensuring there is no longer anything to be concerned by.

No, that pain sent his heart racing.

He had long forgotten how he even found himself in this situation. A walk with Matthias turned into tugging one another into spiraling corridors, hands pulling and yanking until his chestplate was detached and the buttons of his collar were pulled open to expose skin. Sighs and grunts and everything in between as Lambert tried to choose between reprimanding his companion for being a ridiculous, impatient deviant who couldn’t at least drag him to his own room and basking in the whole ordeal while at least trying to keep an eye out for the end of the hall.

“Thank you for the reminder.” His words had bite, but more of a tease than actual threat. “Is this how you hope…to drag your king back? By the teeth?”

Red-bitten lips curled into a smirk as he reached Matthias’ ear. “Like a dog?”

Now it was his turn to dye his lips crimson, digging onto the other man’s neck.

[sisullasuohon]

Alkuperäinen

Master post

Under the cut is a short translation note, and some talk about a Finnish animation that’s traumatised many children for over 30 years now, and stuff related to it.

big dark monster (iso paha hirviö) The most common translations for ’dark’ in Finnish are: -’pimeä’ which is describing a place without light, like a dark room. In everyday speak it also means tax avoidance or illegal money making, f.ex ’pimeä taksi’ is a taxi that doesn’t have a permission to operate in taxi business and they keep all of the money they collect, some of them even take advantage of their clients. In spoken Finnish (pimee) it means ’crazy’ or ’stupid’. -’tumma’ means dark hue, but it can in certain situations mean a Romani person, any person with brown hair(’pitkä, tumma ja komea’ is literally tall, dark, and handsome), or a person of colour too. -’synkkä’ means gloomy. All of these sounded weird to me in this Finnish context, so I changed it to ’paha’(bad). The brothers learn that word pretty young in the lab, maybe that could happen in this AU too.

Pikku Kakkonen (Little Two, because it airs on Finland’s TV channel two and is aimed at children) This is a TV-show from YLE(non-commercial public media) that’s been running since 1977. It has a wide range of different hosts that can be of any age or sometimes sock puppets, they show children’s drawings sent to them, send Name Day well wishes, do crafts and other activities kids can do at home too, and show short animations for children that are mostly bought from abroad and always dubbed. In 1986 they started showing a cautionary animation for children at the end of the show, warning them of thin ice. The animator was the same person who designed their logo(in the link above, see the number 2 that’s made of people and things) that’s still in use, Camilla Mickwitz.

Varokaa heikkoa jäätä (Original with English subs, from 1986) Varokaa heikkoa jäätä (Shortened with re-done sounds and music, no English subs, from 1996) I don’t know how I could check if these work abroad, I really hope they do.

The animation actually shows kids the correct way to handle a situation like this, it’s been even awarded for it; Stay calm, move on the ice as flat as possible, by crawling or rolling to distribute your weight. Don’t go all the way to the one being rescued (the ice is weaker around where it broke), instead throw them something they can get out with, a long object like a ski or a scarf. Once out of the situation, the person who fell needs to be warmed up asap. The sign on the house mentions Tohlopinranta, it’s a real place in Tampere, close to a studio where YLE shoots some of their programs and do their editing for TV and radio stuff. I’ve visited it once, it did not look like the studio in the animation, thankfully. The animation is only aired when it’s seasonally topical (autumn and spring, when the ice on lakes is not strong enough to walk on). For years they would show it only after the ending animation of Pikku Kakkonen, then they started switching it up, sometimes showing it before the show starts or anywhere in the evening slot that had children’s shows in it. If you get an immediate spike of fear in you when seeing or hearing even the first seconds of the animation, randomising when it airs is kind of a mean move. Thanks, YLE.

I’m one of those who got spooked badly by this animation when I was a small kid. After seeing it, every time I had a nightmare, the bear or the bird, or sometimes both, would show up in it. This lasted several years, until I went through an unrelated scary situation at 11 years old, replacing the old nightmares with new, differently scary stuff. I had to watch the animation in order to share the correct youtube links here, it still makes me uneasy. :,) This is not just me, though. In the comments on those YT videos, and everywhere else where Finnish people list or talk about stuff that scared them when they were little, this animation always gets a mention. I think it’s the soulless eyes that stare right at you several times during the animation that does it, some people mention the music too, idk.

Even though it’s given me a fair share of discomfort in the past, I feel a bit bad talking about it like this. It’s a solid animation considering how old it is and what they had to work with back then, it’s memorable, the makers had good intentions and an important message to tell, and it tells it in a way that’s easy for even small children to understand. It’s had and will have an impact on many Finnish generations past and present. Godspeed you little nightmare, may our paths never cross again.