#<- in my head they are mega-geeks

[livingdeadhorse]

I'm gonna start grouping some of the requests, I hope that's fine!

for (@sapphic-saionji and @roobjoshi)

[jolieblack]

Jolie’s thoughts on Silver Blaze (Sherlock & Co. podcast) Parts 1 & 2

… because I can already tell that this will get too long if I wait for parts 3 & 4 to drop…

I know Joel has said in several places that this case is his favourite ACD story, so expectations are high… and not being disappointed so far!

I already loved this one at 3 minutes in, with the opening montage of part 1 being totally over the top, mega blockbuster crime of the century style, and then the next thing we get is Sherlock practising the clippity-clop thing and looking for a new home for 327 ants.

Sherlock being a train geek (of course he is) and going on about the ghost trains just after John went on about the creepy Dartmoor legends got me, too. In my book, Silver Blaze has never had a gothic horror vibe to it, but it may well have now! Let’s see how that aspect will develop.

Other details I loved:

John‘s mum: "He‘s a very sensitive boy and you need to respect that." - "He’s not a boy, he’s a man… who plays with ants."

John and Mariana pushing Sherlock into the case by threatening him with a party, and John being a gleefully cackling little bugger about it when it works.

"Just trying to understand how your brain works." - "Yeah, you and me both, mate."

Sherlock giving us a whole paragraph straight out of ACD (the "plethora" bit) - I love how well it always works in contrast with how everyone else in this universe talks.

The dodgy SD card, which - I hereby predict - will turn out to be more than a comedy element as the case progresses.

Sherlock deducing the entry code for the cottage, we love to see that kind of stuff, don’t we.

"We’ve got a horse to find. Giddy up."- Love it when Sherlock speaks ordinary colloquial modern English like a foreign language.

"You are a child, a giant crime-solving child!" - Sherlock Holmes in a nutshell.

"I’ve done the washing up - he said, pausing for a thank you - " - "Thank you."

Oh and scrolling on our phone to the point of existential crisis till we pass out is so how we all fall asleep these days, isn’t it. Jonk Watson, the true Everyman for the 21st century.

And then we get feeeeels, too!

Starting with "Talk to me, John." - 🥹🥹🥹 The incredible intimacy of that little moment. Also, another 'John', seemingly out of nowhere - is this Sherlock being incredibly finely attuned to the moments where John's war trauma may re-emerge, such as in this scene where they’re viewing a very badly injured body, ready to step in with whatever emotional support may be needed? If so, our boy has come a long way already since the first sweet but clumsy "Would you like to hold hands and talk about your emotions?" when they were viewing the body in Thor Bridge and I’M HERE FOR IT.

And what was that shower scene??? Things getting very much *less weird* for Sherlock while he stares at his dear companion in the shower (who presumably doesn’t shower fully or even half dressed) and imagines what life would be without him? If this show was heading in an unequivocal Johnlock direction, I‘d say this was an awakening. As it is, I don’t believe for a second that Sherlock was high. He just wanted reassurance that John would stay in the picture forever, whatever exactly you like to imagine the picture to be. 😭

More lovely details:

"Cinderella will go to the ball" - "You stop being so bloody clever, and I will stop with the compliments." And literally two minutes later it’s "I'm not asking you to be comfortable, I’m asking you to help me solve the case!" and John being Sherlock’s literal beast of burden so Sherlock can look over a wall that even little John Watson climbs without any assistance only a minute later.

Sherlock Holmes telling John Watson to get on his knees as if this isn’t the moment the Sherlock Holmes fandom has been waiting for for over 140 years.

Sherlock being gentle and friendly with the horse!

And to wrap up, a few thoughts on the case aspect:

[Warning: Contains spoilers for the original ACD story and may therefore contain spoilers for this version, too!]

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The limping sheep in part 1 had me going 👀 already, and now the cataract knife has made its appearance, I really don’t expect a lot of surprises when we get to the denouement, and I'm assuming that the fact that there is an imprint of the letter S from the walking stick on the head of the murder victim just means that there was a violent confrontation quite some time before June actually died. Why else would Sherlock agree with Inspector Gregory that the imprint is there, but also with John that those extensive and massive injuries could not have been caused by a single blow with a stick? Nope, not sensing any dramatic plot twists compared to the original version this time. Let’s see if I was right!

[7grandmel]

Todays rip: 12/03/2024

Hella Pummel

Season 7 Featured on: Rips of Christmas Present

Ripped by venula

Requested by xinos! (Request Form)

God, man - trying to pick favorites from the Jay Eazy takeover of January 7th feels like pulling teeth. It's truly just as Mr. Eazy said - "Shawty's cute AND her circle too" - in that so many of the event's rips are all bangers in their own ways. There's of course You Are Book Smart, the rip I covered back as the event wrapped up, which still stands out as one of the event's most creative in execution - yet in terms of picking out pure BANGERS from the event, Hella Pummel had tons of competition (including one you might've seen floating about here on Tumblr if you're in Splatoon circles). And while I don't really have any attachment to Undertale Halloween Hack itself, getting the rip requested really opened my eyes to just how fun of a listen it is. In xinos' own words, "there's something so infectious about it that it gives me brainworms".

And yeah, I can't say I disagree - mashups like this that modify both songs used to make them really fit together, stuff like Guilty Eyes Creeper, have a sort of hum-along-ability to them that's hard to get out of your head. It's in large part thanks due to how Jay Eazy's songs, primarily Mega Man as used in this event but his other stuff as well, are sort of the perfect blend of being genuinely funny in terms of lyrics whilst having an infectiously catchy beat and flow. But Hella Pummel then also employs the fantastic little trick covered in Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and the days of high quality rips?, where the vocals are given just a slight amount of compression on top, giving them a sort of nostalgic texture and meshing more naturally with the source track used. In having Jay Eazy's part play along with the already catchy Puma Pummel, slowing down and speeding up, leaving reverb and such where it best fits the mashup, the rip feels incredibly harmonious on the whole as a result, with the vocal filter in particular reminding me of Jevil's voice samples in Deltarune in particular.

There's of course the unsung hero of the rip, the surprise appearance of classic YouTube video Epic Rap Battle: Nerd vs. Geek by Rhett & Link for the rip's chorus. What connection the song has to Jay Eazy isn't really something I can comment on (I suppose both have ties to making geek culture into listenable music?) but it serves as an incredibly fun 180 in the rip's high point. The continuing use of the rap beat iconic to Jay Eazy rips throughout the rip keeps it all feeling cohesive even through its different phases, and several small voice samples of the guy are interjected here and there to maintain that Eazy flavor - including putting his best ever bar, "I think my money is gay / There's too many men on top of one another", in the fade-out section at the rip's end.

Hella Pummel is the kind of rip that speaks volumes for itself, yet likely got overlooked by far too many people due to the sheer quality of the event as a whole. I again can't say I have any knowledge of Undertale Halloween Hack itself, but I'm incredibly happy that venula included its distinct music amidst her many sources for Jay Eazy rips during the event. Much of Hella Pummel's competition was rips also made by her, and I am incredibly happy to see that Jay Eazy has such a strong soldier aboard the SiIvaGunner team.

[that-one-sketch]

Undyne and Alphys (Can't be Sans/Monstrum)

Sorry, I will be honest. I got no time, and little drive to draw a whole sketch page for the lesbians. Also, this all just a copy paste from my DA account. I do plan on making a page for 'Can't be Sans'. However, I haven't the slightest clue on on Tumbler works. So, slow progress.

Lore block! Here we go!

Undyne and Alphys are a heavy ship in the Monstrum AU! Just a heads up, they are the mega gay. u//w//u Undyne hasn't changed all that much, still an angry sushi that will suplex people. Her goal is to make sure crime in New Home is low. Undyne works two jobs, Captain of the Royal Guard, and New Homes sorta police chief. Undyne rarely interacts with Frisk, but is more offend hanging out and training Chara's aggression to become a Royal Guard, since Chara is not a fan of the duties of the Royal princess/prince. Undyne acts more like the devil on Chara's shoulder, while Flowey is a lot more of the angel. Making Chara more militaristic and tomboyish.

Alphys is still very much a geek, and is very shy. Very rarely leaves labs. Although she does have a lot more confidence than the OG Alphys as this Alphys did not interact with the disease 'Fall down'. As a quick note, both Alphys and Frisk have a huge crush on anime, and science/make-up of SOULS. Alphys has been kind of teaching Frisk her field of studies. Robotics, Magic, SOULS, DT, and some small touches of Quantum theory/universal study. As Frisk lived on the surface, Alphys has been able to sorta recreate stars, and a mini galaxy on the ceiling of waterfall. Giving the Wishing room a real feeling of seeing the night sky as Frisk remembers it. Chara also pitched in there, but mainly because Chara brought a space book with them. Though Alphys has no idea where Frisks theories on Quantum theory are coming from. This and a few other hits dropped from Chara, as well as Monstrum, makes Alphys very observant as well as quietly questioning of the only two humans in the underground. As she would like to ask, she chooses to say quiet. Waiting for a day to ask. If anyone got some questions, feel free to ask! This story is still WIP, but I will answer to best of my abilities!

[spiritateababy]

Hi everyone, it's me (Spirit) once again spamming my work on tumblr.

Today, we'll explore the side of me I barely mention, my roblox building period. This post will contain some of my best works from this time.

Insolence Chamber (2021) (Piggy)

I was a massive Piggy nerd when I started out. So this led to me making most of my builds based on Piggy. This was for an idea of mine for a Piggy chapter. The idea was that [SECTION FOR PIGGY GEEKS ONLY PEOPLE OVER THE AGE OF 10 NOT ALLOWED] it would take place in a sort of nightmare realm for the player. It would just be them running from the spirits of Bunny and Doggy, as well as the deformed visage of Zizzy. It would all accumulate in the player getting over their "deaths" (which were really just them getting infected) and waking up. I never finished the map aside from a hallway and spawn room, as well as the models of main antagonists. I used the hallway for a showcase of a Piggy skin, speaking of which-

Wally and Jackie (2021) (Piggy) [Contact info in images outdated, refer to my card please]

Wally and Jackie were my third to last final Piggy skins. The lore was basically that Jackie had become sentient and, as a disciple of TIO (the big bag of Piggy), decided he would help in being a nuisance. Thing is, he's a puppet, and he needs legs to walk, where Wally comes in. Wally is sentient, he can talk and walk on his own, but he's bound to Jackie, so he's basically forced to help out with his tomfoolery.

Maggie Mae (2021) (Piggy)

Fun fact! I thought it would be funny to turn the skin's first image into a fake leak for the main-game and replace my credits with MiniToon's. Boy did I get bit back in the ass HARD for that one. Anyways, Maggie Mae is deformed as all hell, her design is somewhat inspired by siren-head and her name is from a Beatle's song. That's it.

Deepfreeze (2021) (Piggy)

Deepfreeze is a favorite child. He's my final Piggy skin and one of my most simplistic, which I like! His lore is that he was a military researcher basically left to rot, but his vengeance and ego brought him back to life how he is. He also had 2 cool showcase images, which I'm certain are now lost to time.

Subject Williams (2021) (Piggy)

Williams...I'm still pretty mixed on him. He looks great, but also weird. I made his head in blender, which probably looks like a polygonal nightmare considering how it was my first time using blender. He had an earlier version (see far right) which was uglier, and pretty confusing. The lore for Williams was that he wanted to help Mr. P with a cure for his wife, but having drank an early version of the potion that made everyone go insane, he went insane and turned into an abomination.

Alright, I'm out of things to be proud of. Piggy skin speedrun!

alright, my past in Piggy is out of the way, let's get to cooking!

Los Pollos Hermanos (2022)

Oh, that is actually dreadful timing. Dear god.

Welp, here's Los Pollos Hermanos. I made this in my free time and it was going to be turned into the centerpiece of a showcase game. I lost confidence after I started to worry about the building's accuracy to the real-deal. Fun fact! I got banned because of this game. I thought it would be funny to set the game's icon to this, and it got me banned for a week.

Hey, remember my post about the Lounge and Riot? (2021-2022)

Left to right, a factory that would've been a backdrop for RIOT, a store that would've had an arena inside, a naked render, and some conference room that the game's owner told me he would finish (he never did)

McMc (2021)

McMc aged worse than the Lounge, a lot of stuff looks very off now and it's very messy in general. I'm actually glad RIOT's owner didn't add this to the game (either way I sent it to him and I'm still a little mad about that)

and so ends part 1 of the mega post. Thank you for joining me on my journey thus far, and I'll see you again when I post the continuation.

[cartoonbrat16]

My DNA

Jen pov

I hummed as I sat in my class waiting for the final bell to ring. I sighed and rested my head on my desk and formed a nest with my arms, I was so bored. "Past, Jenny Bean?" I sat up and turned to look behind me, "Don't Call me Jenny Bean, what do you want Cash?" I asked.

Cash smiled at me "Wanna hang out with me and J.T. after school?" he asked me with a faint blush. I frowned, this guy really got on my nerves, he probably just wanted help with his summer school work. "Sorry can't, I am going on a trip with my grandpa for the summer," I said and laid my head back down. I heard Cash mumble something and then start messing with my hair.

'ugh,' I flicked my eyes up to the clock and saw there were still five minutes to go. 'I can not handle five more minutes of this.' I thought and slide my hands under my desk. The sleeves of my body suit became covered in blue lines, a blue translucent screen then appeared before me. I smirked and tapped away at the screen, then to everyone's surprise the bell began to ring. Kids didn't question it and began to file out of their classes, I stood up and tried to do the same, but my teacher stopped me.

"Jenny, do you want to move ahead to sixth grade?" she asked me. I wasn't surprised by this question, this was exactly the 15th time I was asked this question. My answer was always no, but I knew they would keep asking next year, so I simply said yes. My teacher smiled at me "Wonderful, I'll get all the paperwork sorted out, you go and enjoy your summer." I nodded and left the class. Yeah, this is a regular for me, I'm Jenny Tennyson, a ten-year-old genius, super advanced, and super alone.

"Why do you look so sad Jen?" a small robotic voice asked me as I walked. Ok, scratch the super alone part, I'm only kinda alone. I sighed and opened my messenger bag, inside was a small robot he had a baseball-sized body, golf ball-sized head, one small blue eye, and he was painted black with green digital lines. This is Bleep, he is my best friend, actually my only friend. "You know what," I said and he knew it.

"Jen, there is nothing wrong with being smarter than everyone else," he said. I sighed, "That's easy for you to say." I could hear Bleep sigh and shift in my bag. "Bleep, I'm just so advanced, and it makes me feel singled out and isolated from others," I said and pushed the exit doors open. "I understand Jen," Bleep said and it made me smile. "Thanks, Bleep," I said and sat down to wait for my grandpa.

While I waited I pulled up my screen again. I tapped on the creation folder and it pulled up hundreds of finished and unfinished builds. I clicked on a design for a digital hoverboard and began to work on it. As I worked a listened to everything around me it was mostly quiet, but I felt a strange presence.

"Someone help me!" never mind it was just Jamie. I left my spot and followed the cries and soon found Jamie, the poor guy was hanging in a tree by his underwear. I sighed and approached the tree, once I was close enough I materialized steps. There were simple small blue squares, but they had plenty of uses. "Hold still," I said and created a platform under Jamie. "Waahh!" Jamie landed on the platform and I then made everything vanish.

I walked away not bothering to stay and get thanked. "So, who was it this time?" Bleep asked rolling out of my bag. "Jamie," I simply stated and then saw my grandpa turn the corner in his RV. I put Bleep back in my bag and put it over my shoulder. Once the RV stopped I got on "Hi Grandpa, Hi Gwen." I said but then did a double take.

"What are you doing here? What is she doing here?" I asked and Gwen rolled her eyes. "Chill out mega geek, this wasn't my idea Grandpa convinced my mom that a summer of camping would be good for me. " my cousin stated and I felt defeated. "Well, this is a disaster," Bleep said and I quickly pulled him from my bag. Gwen rolled her eyes again, I did the same and went to sit in the passenger seat.

I pulled my screen up and went to the creation folder. I clicked on the file for advanced headphones, a bunch of tiny blue squares formed creating the headphones. Once they were complete I connected them to my screen and turned on Sabrina Carpenter, then went back to work on my hoverboard.

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"Chow time" my grandpa called and set a bowl down in front of me and Gwen. "Umm, what is it?" Gwen asked with a face full of disgust. "There mill worms, people eat them in certain places," I said and Gwen looked like she was gonna vomit.

"Grandpa, can we just have a burger or something?" I asked with a hopeful smile. My grandpa chuckled "Nonsense, this summer is gonna be an adventure for your taste buds." he said and went back to the RV. I groaned and looked at Gwen, she looked sick. I sighed and pulled up my screen and went to the inventory. "What are you doing?" Gwen asked "I can digitize regular objects and store them like in a video game, here." a bag of chips materialized and I handed them to Gwen. "Show off," Gwen said and began to eat while avoiding eye contact.

"This summer is gonna be a nightmare," I said looking away and Gwen frowned at me. "If you hate being here so much why not use your fancy tech and go home?" Gwen asked, I frowned "Because Grandpa really wanted to spend the summer with me, I can't just leave." I said and stood to my feet. "Another thing, how about instead of being jealous of my smarts, you grow some brains and get some of your own," I said then walked away and sat on a log.

"That was kinda cold." Bleep came rolling up and took the spot beside me. I pulled up my screen and began to play sumo slammers "I know, but she started it." I said. Bleep stayed silent for a few moments, "Why do you hate Gwen?" "Bleep power down." there was a beep and Bleep shut down. He was my best friend, but even he could get on my nerves even if he was just asking questions or trying to help.

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Gwen pov

I stomped through the forest, Jen put me in an awful mood. Why did I have to be drug along on this stupid trip? I had my entire summer planned, I made color-coded graphs for crying out loud. Next thing I am being sent off with my grandpa and cousin.

I sighed and looked up at the sky, when I did my eyes widened. "Wow, a shooting star!" I exclaimed. I was about to make a wish, but the star changed direction, it was headed right for me. "Oh-No!" I turned and started to run. "AHHH!" the star hit the ground and I was sent flying. My body slide across the ground and I hit a tree.

"Ugh, this is the worst day ever," I muttered and stood to my feet. I slowly approached the crater and saw it was some kind of pod. I started and then the ground beneath me gave way. "Ah!" I fell into the crater and knocked into the pod. There was a faint hiss and it opened, I scooted back and half expected something to jump out at me.

Nothing happened, I cautiously stood to my feet and peered into the pod. "What the heck?" inside was a circular green and black plate, with an hourglass symbol. I looked around and then smiled to myself"Let's take a closer look." I said and reached for the device. I was about to grab it when it suddenly jumped onto my chest. Grey straps shot out and wrapped around forming a harness and keeping the device on me.

"Ahh, Get off me Get off me!!" I cried trying to remove the device. Instead of coming off the device beeped and the ring popped up. "What?" I asked becoming very curious again. "Incorrect DNA match." a robotic voice said, the device began to beep and I became panicked.

"I need to get back to Grandpa." I quickly pulled myself from the crater and started running. My body felt extremely sore most likely from the rough treatment it just went through. However, I was scared so I pushed myself to run as fast as possible.

The device started beeping faster and I panicked even more. "GRANDPA!!" I screamed when I saw the campfire in the distance. I jumped through the trees and Grandpa went wide-eyed. "Gwen, where did you get that thing?" he asked pointing to the device on my chest.

"What's going on?" Jen came out of the RV, but her bandana and t-shirt were gone. "DNA match found." the robotic voice said and the device let me go. "Jen, look out!" Grandpa called, but it was too late. The device jumped on Jen knocking her down. "No," Grandpa whispered and grew extremely pale.

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Jen pov

Everything was really quiet, Gwen told us what happened and Grandpa went to check out the crash site. I stood in the bathroom checking out the device in the mirror. "What is this thing?" I pondered and noticed it had a button. "Hmm, nothing ventured nothing gained." I pressed the button, the device beeped and showed a silhouette.

I stared in awe and examined the image, it looked like it had a pointed head and a jagged body. "Jen?" Grandpa's voice came through the door and pulled me from my thoughts. "Just a second," I called and grabbed my t-shirt, I slipped it on and covered the device. I tied my bandana in its usual spot and exited the bathroom.

"Jen, you can't use that device," Grandpa said before I even got a chance to sit down. "Huh, but why?" I asked, Grandpa, sighed he looked so pale and tired "It isn't from this world Jen, Do Not use it." he said sternly. I furrowed my brow and was about to argue, but the radio interrupted me.

"Hello, somebody we need help, we're under attack by, Well by robots!" the man exclaimed. I looked at the radio, my grandpa looked at me, and Gwen looked between us. "Sorry Grandpa," I rushed out of the RV and to the campsite where a huge robot was attacking. I placed my hand over my shirt and felt the device "Let's see what you can do." I said and pressed down. There was a bright flash and once it faded I examined myself in awe.

I turned into some kind of alien made of rock. My body was covered by a green and black body suit and my bandana was still tied in place. The device was still on my chest but it seemed to merge with my body. "Wow, now this is cool," I said and turned my hands into blades. I turned my attention to the robot and fired a shot to get its attention.

The robot turned and seemed to examine me, I smiled and examined him as well. Blue lines covered my suit and a blue visor spread across my eyes, I was able to see all the weak points of the robot. "You are so done," I said and charged at the robot. The metal moron fired lasers at me, but I easily reflected them back at him. I created steps and ran up and jumped onto the robot's head. With one quick slice, he was decapitated and went crashing to the ground. Once he was down I examine him again and smiled to myself.

I ransacked the robot and took various parts, Cables, chips, and other things. I digitized them and put them in my inventory they could be useful in the future, the near future. Just then Grandpa pulled up and he looked furious. I groaned and boarded the RV ready for whatever was to come.

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Grandpa pov

I and Gwen were busy loading the RV, but Jen was nowhere to be seen. "Where is your cousin?" I asked Gwen, but she just shrugged "I haven't seen her since breakfast." She said. I frowned, 'What if she is using the Omnitrix again?' I pondered.

"Coming through!" just then a blue and black blur shot past covering me and Gwen in a cloud of dust. Once the dust cleared I locked eyes with a blue and black lizard wearing a black and green body suit. "Jen," I said sternly knowing it was my granddaughter. Jen sighed and pulled up her screen, it showed the Omnitrix symbol, and besides, I was a list of names, various turn combinations, and other things.

Jen pressed the symbol and she returned to her human form. "Wow, how did you do that?" Gwen asked while she started at Jen in awe. Jen smirked and turned to face away from us, she then lifted her t-shirt to reveal an oval-shaped object attached to the back of the Omnitrix. "Check it, me and Bleep stayed up and built a connector. It links to my tech and then the cables attach the device and I can control it from my screen." Jen said.

I sighed "Jen, I told you not to use that thing." I said. Jen frowned "Yeah, but you still haven't told me why." Jen said crossing her arms. "It doesn't matter why, I am the adult you have to listen to me," I said and Jen furrowed her brow. Jen walked into the RV and I could feel trouble brewing.

[inventedworld]

WHAT, ME WORRY?

I’m not worried.

Well, I’m worried a little bit, if you really want to know, but not deeply.

Every time a new generation of cell phone comes out, the cameras improve. Editing software improves, processing power improves, computational photographic algorithms improve. You can now essentially pre-set your camera with different moods depending on the kind of photo you’re trying to capture. Want a cool desaturated look to suggest casual ennui? Tap, slide, shoot, done. Want an edgy chiaroscuro that halos a light behind a silhouetted head? There’s a pre-set for that.

Lots of people keep buying this gear. Some even mess with the tools and try it out, flooding social media channels with their clever photo experiments. But even among those who freak to geek on this stuff, it’s not likely that they’re going to eat my lunch anytime soon.

When typewriters became commonly available, the ubiquity of books bloomed like spring. When word processors showed up, June started bustin’ out all over. The tools themselves democratized the activity, and a crowd of new voices appeared who might never have considered putting words in logical order before. The total number of words flowing out into the world turned into a torrent. Ease of use amplified total use.

That’s the history of cameras too, going back to the earliest incarnations of easily changeable film all the way up to the latest mega-pixel amazements on the market. Photos flood every imaginable surface now. To millions of people, carefully manicured media are more common than sights of the natural world.

Here’s what hasn’t changed with the ubiquity of it all this tech: quality. It’s hard to be good, and being good is usually a function of discipline and hard work.

And that, my friend, is why I’m not desperately worried.

It used to be that anyone who could run a four minute mile was a superstar. It’s now something that precocious high schoolers can apparently achieve.

But evidence of ability does not imply evidence of ubiquity. The speedy teen hardly describes the new normal. It’s true there have been hundreds before him, but it’s still rare. Running also used to be something people did only when we were being chased by tigers or playing in the park. It’s now something people simply do, which means there’s a better chance those greater numbers would promote a roadrunner.

It’s similar with contemporary creative work. Proletariat access to powerful tools certainly enables millions of people to do billions of artistic experiments that otherwise would have been unavailable. It’s inevitable that amid those huge numbers there would  simply be a statistical chance of more good work being done. It’s the same principle as the theoretical view that life on other planets must exist: the numbers are simply too large to presume otherwise. It’s the same as giving and infinite number of monkeys and infinite amount of time and winding up with the works of Shakespeare.

But proportionate to the overall population, excellence is still rare. Talent? Sure, there’s lots of that. But excellence is something else. Talent matters, of course. Some people are born faster than others. That sub-four runner clearly has the biological hardware that makes it possible for him to light the track on fire. But talent alone is like simply having access to cool tools: access without practice does not independently confer greatness.  Discipline and repeated effort are much more vital, and those are traits that most people are unwilling to invest in adequate measure to rise above the masses.

I love to cook. Because I love to cook, I enjoy working in a great kitchen. But if all I have is a pan, a knife, a cutting board, and a source of heat, I’m confident I can make something you’re going to want to eat. The tools don’t make supper. That’s up to the person doing the cooking. Quality gets a boost from the tools at hand, but quality gets a much more profound boost if the hands doing the hard work have spent time honing their craft.

The challenge now is that because the tools are so powerful, we face a signal to noise differential so asymmetrical that the whole conversation about excellence must changed. With so much stuff out there—so many books and websites and photographs and more—it’s challenging for excellence to stand out among the clamorous throng. Good work is everywhere. But excellence? That’s still reserved for those willing to put in the work. Perhaps the real conversation should concern the following: Does excellence matter anymore if there’s simply so much good stuff available!

That question intensely vexes me. I worry that in an ocean of “not bad at all!”, the collective tools for even recognizing and encouraging excellence begin to lose their buoyancy. When “perfectly useful” supplants the search for the sublime, I wonder about what we miss simply because capabilities for discernment and perception have been swept up by the tide.

@michaelstarobin

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Behind the scenes notes: Part 2

* Riley’s original partners were a reptile trio of Snake (who went on to become Cobramon), Alligator/Crocodile and Turtle. ** Riley’s original team ** Vipermon/Nagamon ** Alidilemon/Crocogatormon ** Turtmon/Tortugamon ** Reptilemon ** Gorgonmon * However one night as I was trying to sleep I came up with an idea for a trio based on the three stages of water, A sea turtle for liquid (basically the turtle from Riley) a lobster for steam and a polar bear for ice. I gave this trio to Riley at first. * But the idea didn’t really sit right with me and I undid it only to refine it to a trio of robots for Grant because other than being dinosaurs there wasn’t any real trio theming to them. * Then I gave the robots to Riley to have her emotions bounce off their logic * I then got rid of the reptile team and replaced it with Snake, Spider, Bat as a homage to the classic trio of monsters from Kamen Rider. * It took me so long to figure out their ultimate * Speaking of Ultimate. The idea for the Ultimates is that the rush of three digimon’s data overwhelmed the human making the Ultimate more inhuman as a result. * They characters would describe it as walking in a swimming pool, the shallow end is champion, one digimon to one person makes it easy to contain the power. Ultimate is the deep end, you have to keep kicking just to stay on the surface. * The Megas were the human within reaching a balance with the digimon becoming more humanoid again. * Around the time I came up with Grant and Riley the idea of the Traits came to me * I flip flopped a lot on what trait to give Drake before settling on creativity. * I also flip flopped on Riley’s trait, going between Joy and Melody. If I went with the latter she would have made handmade instruments to pass the time on her journey * In my mind the symbols of the Traits are all based on emojis. * Before I decided to stick to six digidestined I had plans for a seventh and eighth. ** Seventh would have been a goth girl whose partners would have been *** Angel/Spirit/Devil *** Some kind of horror monster mix *** A twist and they’d be cute and fluffy and adorable ** Eighth would have been one of the following, skater/gamer/youtuber/geek/musician. *** I had no definite plans for his partners other than something to do with his interests.

* At one point I was toying with the idea of a teacher getting pulled into the digital world with them but not being a digidestined, they would have befriended either a Bokomon or a Professor Agumon. Or ironically have been the only one to end up in Cyber City from the start and befriending Owlmon. * Travis came to me from combining the idea of the Digimon Emperor from 02 and Kurata from Saviors. A man who hates digimon and sees them as lesser beings. Add in a dash of capitalism and BOOM villain. * Ron was originally going to be much older, an elderly man named Archie. Basically Genai. And his partner was originally going to be Leomon. * On that note originally Leomon was going to be the King after the end but when I was coming up with what Victormon (then known as Kingmon) looked like the idea of a dark copy of Magnamon came to mind so I made the main good digimon a Veedramon to balance. * Also to homage V-Tamers * By the most basic definition of owning a digivice and having a digimon partner Travis is technically a digidestined but he would reject the title as meaningless and the others would refuse to acknowledge it due to his actions. ** His trait would have been something like ambition * The original digidestined were originally just going to be a footnote to explain where the title came from in universe. * But when I get an idea I itch it with sandpaper and eventually gave them each a partner. * At first it was just their mega, picking ones based on the elements to keep it simple in my head and as a homage to the Ancient Warriors from Frontier. * Eventually I gave them all names based on the Adventure digidestined because I am lazy. * Unused ideas for Trios ** A monkey trio for See/Hear/Speak no Evil but couldn’t figure out beyond the champions. ** Past/Present/Future, couldn’t figure out how to make it work ** Wooden puppet/doll, plastic mannequin, metal robot, again couldn’t figure out how to make it work but I really liked the wood/metal pairing for a while. ** Wolf/Bear/Deer or some combination of woodland creatures. ** Rock/Paper/Scissors, couldn’t figure out how to make it work ** War/Neutral/Peace, would have been War Hawk, Peace Dove and some other bird for neutral *A huge unused concept was that the Digital World was created back when ENIAC was built in 1945 and that countless people over the years found themselves in the Digital World via the gates but very few made it back home. Either dying due to digimon attacks or exposure to the elements. Those who did make it home were believed to have gone insane. *Sequel- I have no plans to write up a sequel but it’d involve the portals being synced up to the point where digimon can pass without DNA. The digidestined would have to protect digimon from those who would exploit them and humanity from digimon who would harm them. ** The original digidestined team would return to the digital world and find the eggs of their partners who hatch into their old selves. ** Ron would make a series of new digivices and digidestined would be found around the world. ** During these challenges the digimon partners would reach their natural Ultimates and Megas. ** Taylor’s Coronamon wants to get back into the action and partners with his grandson while a Lunamon partners with his granddaughter. The two can unity digivolve into more humanioid looking champions before their normal ultimate and megas who then can DNA digivolve into GraceNovamon

Digimon Unity

During a class trip to a tech company six students stumble onto a hidden lab where they find six digivices and accidentally open a portal into the digital world. As they arrive in the digital world the six are scattered across the world and each find a trio of digimon who agree to help them find the capitol to find their way home. Along the way they discover the digivices allow them to unite with the digimon to defend themselves from the dangers of the world. When the six reunite they are told a legend of the Digidestined, a group of children who once saved the digital world, they also learn the tragic fate of the seventh digidestined. Upon arriving in the capitol they begin to discover a conspiracy that crosses the world leading to a betrayal upon their arrival home. With the help of a new ally they must act to save both worlds. Theo Crossman- Digidestined of Mind- A smart and cautious boy. Condormon- A strict and serious bird Toromon- A kind and strong bull Sharkmon- A sharp tongued shark Felicity Harte- Digidestined of Dreams- A girl obsessed with fantasy and the supernatural. PyroFaemon- Headstrong firestarter SparkSpritemon- An electric trickster FrostNymphmon- An icy elegant skater Grant Nichols- Digidestined of Heart- An athlete who would rather play for fun Cobramon- A wise thinker Webmon- A determined fighter Echomon- A silent striker Melissa Meadows- Digidestined of Endurance- A tomboy who loves the wilderness Kabumon- Always on guard Ladimon- An impatient speedster Kuwamon- A skilled attacker Riley Collins- Digidestined of Joy- A joker who laughs to hide her fears Dronemon- An eye for details Meltalmon- Daring adventurer Roborgmon- Reluctantly emotional Drake Walden- Digidestined of Creativity- A cynical and sarcastic boy used of hiding his true self. Soldramon- Loud optimist Lunadramon- Quiet pessimist Stellardramon- Friendly realist Full version below the cut

Plot

Years ago two young men accidentally stumbled into a world parallel to Earth, a world made of data and code. They found that this world was inhabited by beings calling themselves Digimon. One of the men embraced the digimon as friends while the other began to plan on how to exploit them. Over the following decades the men began a cyber-tech research and development company in the hopes of finding a way to make the worlds closer together. Eventually they created devices known as the Unity Digivices they could use to bond and merge with digimon. However when one of the men tested the process it nearly ended in tragedy. As he recovered the other man took the chance to initiate a hostile takeover of the company. Years later a high school class is visiting Cyber Zenith, a cybernetics company, on a field trip to learn about the latest in cutting edge technology. However six of the students, Theodore Crossman, Felicity Harte, Grant Nichols, Melissa Meadows, Riley Collins, and Drake Walden get lost and get on an elevator. Unknown to them the man who left the elevator before them put in a code to take them to a secret area known as Unit-D.

It is here that they find six experimental devices, the newest model of Unity Digivice. Picking them up they accidentally activate them opening a portal to the Digital World. When they get their bearings the teens realize they have been separated and soon they each encounter the inhabitants of the world, the Digimon.

One teen finds himself aided by a three digimon delivery company, another finds herself in the company of a trio of wannabe magicians, the third finds himself with a group of dark dwellers, the fourth finds herself with a trio of fighters, the fifth finds herself with a group of robotic cartographers and the last finds himself with a trio of dragons.

None of the digimon know how to get the teens back to the real world due to the natural gates being unreliable. A traveling Veedramon tells them that they can find the answers in Cyber City, the capital city of the Digital World. And so each of the teens begins their journey to the capital.

On their way the teens discover that in times of danger they can Unity Digivolve and merge with one of their digimon companions to become a digimon themselves to fight off the growing threats in the Digiworld.

Soon after the teens discover this they are given a warning by a Leomon who informs them that according to Digiworld legend any digimon who consumes a human gains the ability to manifest fully into the real world. As such many digimon will be after the teens to gain this power. Leomon also helps the teens learn to master their merged forms and truly fight like digimon.

In addition to this threat the teens each encounter a group known as the Gladiators who claim to have been tasked with eliminating all the weak digimon from the digital world.

After a while the teen all find each other and catch up on what each had learned about the world and their enemies. Soon after they reach RyCy Nursery where the digimon are shocked to learn from the Jijimon and Babamon running it that Digieggs have stopped showing up. At this point they meet the Veedramon again who dubs the group the Digidestined after an ancient Digiworld myth.

Along the way to Cyber City they meet many interesting digimon such as a cult that worships a floppy disk, a city where digimon dress and act like people and a group seeking out legendary artifacts.

Before reaching Cyber City the Digidestined meet up with Leomon again. The warrior brings them to a temple dedicated to the myth of the Digidestined and instructs them to place their Digivices within podiums in front of murals of ancient symbols. After a bright light they see that the case of their digivices have been marked with the symbols, each representing a trait. Mind for Theo, Dreams for Felicity, Heart for Grant, Endurance for Melissa, Joy for Riley and Creativity for Drake.

After this Leomon joins with them and they finally reach Cyber City but all is not well. Leomon learns from an Owlmon that the king, Victormon is acting suspicious and the warrior joins her in investigating.

Victormon meets with the Digidestined and explains that the royal gate has to be in sync with the gate on Earth in order to send them home. Fortunately this will happen soon so he allows them to stay in the city and enjoy the sights. During this time the Gladiators begin to attack causing the Digidestined to engage them in combat. During these battles the digimon gain access to their natural champion forms before the Digidestined reach their ultimate forms.

When the time comes to return home however the king betrays the Digidestined and directs the gate to Cyber Zenith’s lab where they are taken captive by security.

At this point the CEO of Cyber Zenith, Travis Wilson tells them the truth of the situation. He explains that he was one of the men who discovered the Digiworld and that when they did he began planning how to use the digimon to his advantage.

He was the one who came up with the idea for Unity Digivolution as a way to give humanity the power of digimon while the other man saw it as a way to strengthen the bond between them. However only the kind man was able to get the process to work and even then it nearly killed him due to a health issue.

So Travis came up with a new plan. Joining forces with Victormon with the promise of ruling the real world they set up the Gladiators to delete large numbers of digimon and redirect the Digieggs to a special server.

After experimenting Travis found a way to rewrite the Core Code of a digimon allowing him to force it to take any possible form. An Agumon for example could be forced to become Greymon, Allomon, Tuskmon or Tyrannomon and any of their variants. The process also removed all personality as well as leaving them devoid of color, nothing but mindless puppets. To make matters worse, due to the alteration of their Core Code if they are deleted they are unable to form a Digiegg meaning they die for real. In a final act of spite he calls these beings Cybermon.

When the Digidestined express shock and disgust he explains that digimon are nothing but zeroes and ones, a pale imitation of life. However he learned through Victormon that the teens are able to Unity Digivolve and he wants to know how so he prepares to experiment on them. Unknown to him one of the teens recorded him on their normal phone.

Fortunately an Ex-Veemon breaks in and rescues the Digidestined, retrieves their digivices and flies away. He lands at a mansion outside the city and brings them inside where he reverts to his rookie form Veemon and splits from his human partner. The man promptly collapses as the Digidestined help him into a bed for his staff of doctors to help. Veemon then returns to his preferred form of Veedramon, revealing himself to have been helping them all along.

Once stabilized the man introduces himself as Ron Jones, the other man who discovered the Digiworld. He fills in the gaps of Travis’s story and confirms the details. Explaining that after he lost the company he did not give up on the Digiworld and continued to monitor it with the help of Veedramon. Learning of Travis’s plans he set to work to thwart him leading to the Digidestined ending up in the Digiworld in the first place for which he begs their forgiveness.

At this point he opens a gateway allowing the partner digimon to enter the real world explaining that the legend of “consuming a human” really meant that they had to have DNA added to their data, which happened during the Unity Digivolution process. Now it is up to the Digidestined to stop Travis’s plans.

Travis does not take this lightly as he has his minions inject their DNA into Cybermon allowing them to enter the real world and be controlled like puppets. He has them create chaos as a way to show off the power he controls and to draw out the Digidestined. During the following battle the world learns of Digimon as well as the identities of the Digidestined.

As the Cybermon fall Travis has Victormon send the Gladiator Bosses to the real world by absorbing Core Code from many digimon. In the following battles the Digidestined reach their mega forms and defeat the Gladiators who oppose them.

Finally they battle Travis who by this point has learned how to Unity Digivolve with Victormon becoming Emperormon and now Zenithmon.

Backed against the wall Zenithmon absorbs the data of the fallen Gladiator Bosses gaining further power. To combat this the Digidestined combine as one to form Hexamon who keeps Zenithmon on the ropes until they play the video of Travis confessing about the Cybermon causing Zenithmon’s combination to fail as the various Gladiators each try to take control or escape in disgust and outrage. The fused warrior is able to defeat the unstable monster ending the threat as Travis is arrested for his crimes.

In the aftermath the Digidestined are named humanity’s ambassadors to the Digital World as Ron begins work to stabilize the gateways and create “digital DNA” allowing digimon to enter the real world.

The Digidestined and their partners of course are able to travel between worlds at will enjoying life in both.

Unity Digivice- Smart phone like devices with multiple functions such as scanning digimon information, maps, and communications.

Unity Digivolution- Unity Digivolution combines the data of a digimon with the DNA of a human being creating a hybrid of both based on the next level of that digimon. Natural versions of the result exist but are more bestial in nature, the rule of thumb is any mask on a Unity Digimon is an animal head on the natural version for example.

The Digital World- The Digiworld is comprised of data taken from the internet made physical. Older objects are more pixelated. The Digiworld spins backwards compared to earth with the sun rising in the west and setting in the east. Days last 20 hours with 10 hours in daylight and 10 hours of night. A year in the Digital World lasts 100 days without months or weeks.

The environment is a mix of nature and tech with trees having wires as vines. Water and other liquids have a paint like texture. Meat grows in the ground and is surprisingly safe for humans to eat.

Digimon “eat” by absorbing data from the environment. When a digimon is deleted the data they’ve absorbed is released back into the world while their Core Code returns to Rycy Nursery in the form of a Digiegg. If a digimon’s Core Code is damaged in any way it could risk their memories of their previous life. When a digimon absorbs enough data they can willingly return to a digiegg to begin again.

Multiple gateway arches dot the Digiworld allowing access to Earth. However they only open when the opening on both sides are perfectly aligned. Even then any digimon who passes through will only be a barely visible ghost like being in the real world. These “Wild Gates” also send the user to a random gate on Earth while the Royal Gate can select their destination manually.

There are two methods to allow a digimon to fully manifest on Earth. The first is to “consume a human” which many digimon take literally when it truly means to add DNA to their data. The second is to absorb a large amount of Core Code.

The Digidestined

Theodore “Theo” Crossman- “Digidestined of Mind”

16 years old- Brown scraggly hair, thick glasses and hazel eyes. Faded red t-shirt with blue jean shorts, white socks and blue sneakers. Dark red backpack. A cautious and skeptical boy, Theo was determined to get to Cyber City as fast as possible. However soon he learned he couldn’t ignore the trouble of those around him and began helping out wherever he could even when it delayed his journey. Theo prefers to plan things out before acting but in time learns to think with his gut as well as his mind. Ends up in a relationship with Felicity. Arrives in the digital world by the Modem Mountains Digivice: Red/Blue Symbol: A stylized image of a brain from the side

Condormon, Toromon and Sharkmon: The three friends run a delivery business across the entire digital world using a wagon Toromon pulls. Their slogan is “only deletion will prevent us from delivering your package” and they intend to stick to it. Theo sticks a delivery label to his bag and uses it as a loophole to get them to take him to Cyber City without much hassle though before long the three consider the boy to be a friend instead of a package.

Condormon Level: Rookie Attribute: Data Type: Small Bird Digimon Family: Wind Guardians Appearance: A small bird digimon 4ft tall, black body with red tipped wings, light red legs and dark red beak and talons. Personality: Condormon runs the delivery business and takes his job very seriously. Only deletion will prevent him from completing a delivery. Special Move(s): Feather Blades- Flaps his wings at the enemy sending knife like feathers at them Digivolves From: Chickmon Digivolves To: CycloneCondormon

CycloneCondormon Level: Champion Attribute: Data Type: Bird Man Digimon Family: Wind Guardians Appearance: A winged humanoid bird digimon wearing a dark red beaked mask 7ft tall. Armed with twin arm mounted crossbows. Black body and red feathers. Legs are light red with dark red talons. Natural Appearance: Natural CycloneCondormon are large bird digimon with a large crossbow on their back Personality: A mix of Theo’s intelligence and Condormon’s determination Special Move(s): Aero Arrow: Shoots an arrow surrounded by a whirlwind at the enemy. Digivolves From: Condormon Digivolves To: Tribeastmon, Tengumon

First digivolved to fight Kabuterimon

Digivolution: Theo holds the Digivice screen first towards Condormon. Two beams of light shoot out of each camera, one towards Condormon and one towards Theo. Text on the screen reads out “Unity Digivolution”.

The pair ends up in a black void with red and blue digital code floating around. Condormon flies towards Theo as an image of a natural CycloneCondormon appears behind him.

“Condormon unity digivolve to..!”

Condormon then turns into streams of code and flows into Theo as the boy glows. Wings grow from his back as his feet become talons. As the glow fades clothes and armor form with the crossbows on each arm with the beaked mask being the last to form. The image of a natural CycloneCondormon appears behind them and spreads its wings.

“CYCLONECONDORMON!”

As CycloneCondormon both Theo and Condormon speak as one

Toromon Level: Rookie Attribute: Data Type: Small Bull Digimon Family: Nature Spirits Appearance: A small bull digimon with rocky horns. Brown body with rock like horns. 5ft tall and 5ft long. Personality: Kindhearted and mellow, Toromon is only stirred to anger when its friends are threatened in which case it’ll charge into danger to protect them. May not be “smart” but is “wise” Special Move(s): Rocky Charge- A rushing attack Digivolves From: Pebullmon Digivolves To: MineToromon

MineToromon Level: Champion Attribute: Data Type: Bull Man Digimon Family: Nature Spirits Appearance: A humanoid bull digimon wearing a mining helmet with rock bull horns poking out and rock like armor wielding a pickax. 10ft tall Natural Appearance: Natural MineToromon are large bull digimon with rocky horns and hooves, tail resembles a pickax. Personality: A mix of Theo’s brains and Toromon’s brawn. Special Move(s): Quaking Crash- MineToromon brings his pickax down with a quaking impact. Digivolves From: Toromon Digivolves To: Tribeastmon, Quakemon

First digivolved to fight Gigasmon

Digivolution: Theo holds the Digivice screen first towards Toromon. Two beams of light shoot out of each camera, one towards Toromon and one towards Theo. Text on the screen reads out “Unity Digivolution”.

The pair ends up in a black void with red and blue digital code floating around. Toromon charges towards Theo as an image of a natural MineToromon appears behind him.

“Toromon unity digivolve to..!”

Toromon then turns into streams of code and flows into Theo as the boy glows. Horns grow from his head as he gains muscle mass. As the glow fades clothes and armor form with the mining helmet and goggles being the last to form. He reaches out and grabs his pickax. The image of a natural MineToromon appears behind them and stamps its hoof.

“MINETOROMON!”

As MineToromon both Theo and Toromon speak as one

Sharkmon Level: Rookie Attribute: Virus Type: Small Shark Digimon Family: Deep Savers Appearance: A small shark digimon, navy blue with purple highlights. 4ft tall. Personality: Sharkmon is proud and boastful, they brag that they’re the strongest fighter in the digital sea. For a while he tries to deny his friendship with Theo saying that he’s only with him to “deliver” him to Cyber City but in time he admits he’s fond of the human. Special Move(s): Surging Strike- Charges at the enemy covered in water Digivolves From: Floatsamon Digivolves To: SawSharkmon

SawSharkmon Level: Champion Attribute: Virus Type: Shark Digimon Family: Deep Savers Appearance: A humanoid shark digimon with flippers and a shark themed swim mask. Armed with twin fins on his arm that help boost his agility in the water and can be used as blades on land. 7ft tall. Body is dark navy blue with purple highlights Natural Appearance: Natural SawSharkmon are large shark digimon with sharp blades as fins and tail. Personality: A mix of Theo’s wit and Sharkmon’s arrogance Special Move(s): Ripping Currents- Sends a watery slash at the enemy Digivolves From: Sharkmon Digivolves To: Tribeastmon, SurgeSharkmon

First digivolved to fight Coelamon

Digivolution: Theo holds the Digivice screen first towards Sharkmon. Two beams of light shoot out of each camera, one towards Sharkmon and one towards Theo. Text on the screen reads out “Unity Digivolution”.

The pair ends up in a black void with red and blue digital code floating around. Sharkmon swims towards Theo as the image of natural SawSharkmon appears behind him.

“Sharkmon unity digivolve to..!”

Sharkmon then turns into streams of code and flows into Theo as the boy glows. Fins grow from his body as his feet become flippers. As the glow fades clothes and armor form with the fins on each arm and the swim mask being the last to form. The image of a natural SawSharkmon appears behind them and chomps its jaws.

“SAWSHARKMON!”

As SawSharkmon both Theo and Sharkmon speak as one

Tribeastmon Level: Ultimate Attribute: Data Type: Chimera Digimon Family: Unknown Appearance: A chimera like digimon with the torso of a bull, the wings and talons of an bird and the tail and fins of a shark. Head has horns of bull, beak of bird and jaws of shark. Has a visor covering his eyes. 6ft tall and 11ft long. Personality: Tribeastmon has adapted for battle in the sky, on the land and under the waves. Often has trouble holding back their power. Special Move(s): Triorb Blast- Their horns generates an orb of wind, stone and water before blasting it at the enemy. Digivolves From: CycloneCondormon, MineToromon, SawSharkmon Digivolves To: Trinitymon

First digivolved to fight Manticoremon

Digivolution: Theo holds the Digivice screen first towards Condormon, Toromon and Sharkmon. Four beams of light shoot out of each camera, three towards the digimon and one towards Theo. Text on the screen reads out “Ultimate Unity Digivolution”.

The four end up in a black void with red and blue digital code floating around. The digimon charge towards Theo with their natural champion forms briefly appearing behind them.

“Condormon! Toromon! Sharkmon! Unity digivolve to..!” The digimon then turn into streams of code and flow into Theo as the boy glows. He falls to all fours as his hands become talons and his feet become hooves. His body grows as wings grow from his back and a shark tail emerges. Horns grow from his head as a beak forms with jaws biting. A visor covers his eyes as the glow fades revealing

“TRIBEASTMON!”

As Tribeastmon the four speak at once but their voices echo over each other.

Trinitymon Level: Mega Attribute: Vaccine Type: United Beast Digimon Family: Virus Buster Appearance: An armored winged humanoid digimon with a helmet resembling Tribeastmon’s face with bull horns, condor beak and open shark mouth with a human mouth visible inside it. A gold condor face clasp sits on his chest. Golden gauntlet gloves with the left having a shark design complete with biting jaw and the right having a bull design complete with horns. Boots have a hoof design in the front with a fin on the back and wings on the outside. Wields the Trinity Blade made of MineToromon’s pickax, SawSharkmon’s fin blades and CycloneCondormon’s arrow. 12ft tall. Personality: Calm and calculating. Able to plan ahead of the enemy. Special Move(s): Slash of Life- A powerful slash with the Trinity Blade Digivolves From: Tribeastmon Digivolves To: Hexamon

First digivolved during a fight with Callismon

Digivolution: From base: Theo holds the Digivice screen first towards Condormon, Toromon and Sharkmon. Four beams of light shoot out of each camera, three towards the digimon and one towards Theo. Text on the screen reads out “Mega Unity Digivolution”.

The four end up in a black void with red and blue digital code floating around. The digimon charge towards Theo with their natural champion forms briefly appearing behind them.

“Condormon! Toromon! Sharkmon! Unity digivolve to..!”

The digimon then turn into streams of code and flow into Theo as the boy glows. The image of Tribeastmon forms before breaking apart into code as armor forms along his body with wings growing from his back and the gloves forming next. The helmet is the last to form.

“TRINITYMON!”

From Tribeastmon: Text on the digivice reads out “Mega Unity Digivolution” Tribeastmon is in the void when Theo’s form glows within him and stands up before breaking into red and blue DNA strands and flowing into the Digimon causing it to glow.

“Tribeastmon Digivolve to...!”

He stands up with his back legs becoming legs and his front legs becoming arms as armor and gloves forms on his body. The tail and fins fade as the wings change in size. The last bit formed is the helmet.

“TRINITYMON!”

As Trinitymon all four speak as one but now in total unison.

Felicity Harte- “Digidestined of Dreams”

16 years old- Long black hair with pink highlights and green eyes. Pink tank top over a short sleeve white shirt. Pink skirt with matching star pattern, black leggings with white socks and pink sneakers. White purse. An optimistic girl obsessed with fantasy and the supernatural, Felicity at first thought she was dreaming until a close call woke her up. She is cheerful and befriends all those she encounters on her way to Cyber City. Much later she learns one of the legendary digidestined wrote her favorite fantasy book series. Her parents are both lawyers with her mother covering criminal cases and her father civil cases. Ends up in a relationship with Theo. Arrives in the digital world by the Lan Lake Digivice: Pink/White Symbol: A thought balloon PyroFaemon, SparkSpritemon and FrostNymphmon: The trio are studying magic trying to become great mages. However after meeting Felicity the trio must decide why they want to become powerful as they join her on her way to Cyber City vowing to keep the girl safe.

PyroFaemon Level: Rookie Attribute: Data Type: Fire Fairy Digimon Family: Nature Spirits Appearance: A fiery fairy digimon. Small with orange flame instead of hair. Purple smoke follows them. Small fiery fairy wings. 3ft tall. Personality: Headstrong and boastful. She’ll rush into a fight to prove herself. Special Move(s): Fairy Flame- A burst of magical flame Digivolves From: Faemon Digivolves To: WilloWispmon

WilloWispmon Level: Champion Attribute: Data Type: Burning Fairy Digimon Family: Nature Spirits Appearance: A burning fairy digimon. Wears fire pattern skirt that stops above the knees, crop top with bright red vest over it, calf high boots and fingerless gloves. Short bright red hair made of flame. Large burning fairy wings. Two orbs of flame orbit around her at all times. 6ft tall. Natural Appearance: Natural WilloWispmon are orbs of flame with faces and two smaller orbs orbiting them. Personality: A mix of Felicity’s cheer and PyroFaemon’s fieriness. Special Move(s): Scorching Spheres- Shoots flame from the orbs floating around her. Digivolves From: PyroFaemon Digivolves To: Fabledmon, Bansheemon

First digivolved to fight Tuskmon

Digivolution: Felicity holds the Digivice screen first towards PyroFaemon. Two beams of light shoot out of each camera, one towards PyroFaemon and one towards Felicity. Text on the screen reads out “Unity Digivolution”.

The pair ends up in a black void with pink and white digital code floating around. PyroFaemon rushes towards Felicity as the image of a natural WilloWispmon appears behind her.

“PyroFaemon unity digivolve to..!”

PyroFaemon then turns into streams of code and flows into Felicity as the girl glows. She grows as flames forms her clothing and hair as wings grow from her back. As the glow fades the twin flame orbs blaze on. The image of a natural WilloWispmon appears behind them and flares out its flames.

“WILLOWISPMON!”

As WilloWispmon both Felicity and PyroFaemon speak as one

SparkSpritemon Level: Rookie Attribute: Data Type: Electric Fairy Digimon Family: Nature Spirits Appearance: An electric fairy digimon. Yellow with black clouds for shoulder pads with lightning spike on each shoulder. Lightning pattern flows from the cloud along arms. 5ft tall. Personality: Mischievous and tricky. Special Move(s): Boomerang Bolt- Throws lightning spike at the enemy. Digivolves From: Spritemon Digivolves To: StormSlyphmon

StormSlyphmon Level: Champion Attribute: Data Type: Thunder Fairy Digimon Family: Nature Spirits Appearance: An electric fairy digimon. Blonde hair in pigtails flows with electricity. Wears a minidress of clouds that stops at the knees, gloves reach to her elbows and knee high boots. Lighting spikes on the back of each hand and top of each foot. 7ft tall. Natural Appearance: Natural StormSlyphmon have bodies of clouds with limbs of lightning. Personality: A mix of Felicity’s impulsiveness and SparkSpritemon’s trickiness Special Move(s): Thunder Strike Spike- Shots lightning from the spikes on her hands or uses them to stab or slash. Digivolves From: SparkSpritemon Digivolves To: Fabledmon, ThunderHarpymon

First digivolved to fight Coredramon

Digivolution: Felicity holds the Digivice screen first towards SparkSpritemon. Two beams of light shoot out of each camera, one towards SparkSpritemon and one towards Felicity. Text on the screen reads out “Unity Digivolution”.

The pair ends up in a black void with pink and white digital code floating around. SparkSpritemon speeds towards Felicity as the image of a natural StormSlyphmon appears behind her.

“SparkSpritemon unity digivolve to..!”

SparkSpritemon then turns into streams of code and flows into Felicity as the girl glows. She grows as lightning forms her clothing with clouds forming her minidress. As the glow fades the lightning spikes form and her hair sparks. The image of a natural StormSlyphmon appears behind them and sparks its limbs.

“STORMSLYPHMON!”

As StormSlyphmon both Felicity and SparkSpritemon speak as one

FrostNymphmon Level: Rookie Attribute: Data Type: Snow Fairy Digimon Family: Nature Spirits Appearance: A frozen fairy digimon with a body of ice and frost. Wears a parka with a skirt and dark blue leggings. Wears ice skates. 3ft tall Personality: Graceful and elegant Special Move(s): Frozen Wake- Skates past the enemy leaving a wake of ice behind her Digivolves From: Nymphmon Digivolves To: Selkiemon

Selkiemon Level: Champion Attribute: Data Type: Ice Fairy Digimon Family: Nature Spirits Appearance: A frozen fairy digimon wearing a seal pattern coat as well as arm length gloves. Ice skates are sharper and formed of pure ice. Blue hair is frozen with icicle style bangs over her eyes. Wields a spear. 6ft tall Natural Appearance: Natural Selkiemon are seal digimon with icy flippers. Personality: A mix of Felicity’s self confidence and FrostNymphmon’s grace. Special Move(s): Snow Spear- Stabs with a frozen strike Digivolves From: FrostNymphmon Digivolves To: Fabledmon, BlizzardSelkiemon

First digivolved to fight FlareLizamon

Digivolution: Felicity holds the Digivice screen first towards FrostNymphmon. Two beams of light shoot out of each camera, one towards FrostNymphmon and one towards Felicity. Text on the screen reads out “Unity Digivolution”.

The pair ends up in a black void with pink and white digital code floating around. FrostNymphmon skates towards Felicity as the image of a natural Selkiemon appears behind her.

“FrostNymphmon unity digivolve to..!”

FrostNymphmon then turns into streams of code and flows into Felicity as the girl glows. She grows as ice forms her seal coat and hair. As the glow fades the ice skates form and her spear appears. The image of a natural Selkiemon appears behind them and claps its flippers.

“SELKIEMON!”

As Selkiemon both Felicity and FrostNymphmon speak as one

Fabledmon Level: Ultimate Attribute: Vaccine Type: Fairy Godmother Digimon Family: Virus Busters Appearance: A fairy guardian who grants wishes to the innocent and punishes the guilty. Wears a pointed pink hat with a star on the end. A pink veil obscures her eyes. Pink and blue dress with wide sleeves. No legs, a pink orb comes out the bottom of the dress with three smaller orbs trailing behind. Glittering pink wings. Wields a star wand. 10ft tall. Personality: Kind and caring with a wrathful side. Special Move(s): Wonderful Wish- A defensive spell that creates barriers and heals wounds. Grim Wish- An offensive spell that harms the wicked. Digivolves From: WilloWispmon, StormSlyphmon, Selkiemon Digivolves To: Titaniamon

First digivolved to fight Sephirothmon

Digivolution: Felicity holds the Digivice screen first towards PyroFaemon, SparkSpritemon and FrostNymphmon. Four beams of light shoot out of each camera, three towards the digimon and one towards Felicity. Text on the screen reads out “Ultimate Unity Digivolution”.

The four end up in a black void with pink and white digital code floating around. The digimon charge towards Felicity with their natural champion forms briefly appearing behind them.

“PyroFaemon! SparkSpritemon! FrostNymphmon! Unity digivolve to..!” The digimon then turn into streams of code and flow into Felicity as the girl glows. She grows as flame, lighting and ice covers her body forming her dress as her legs fade. As the glow fades her hat, wings and orb form and she claps her hands to form the star wand.

“FABLEDMON!”

As Fabledmon the four speak at once but their voices echo over each other.

Titaniamon Level: Mega Attribute: Vaccine Type: United Fairy Digimon Family: Virus Buster Appearance: A humanoid fairy digimon in an elegant star patterned dress wearing an opera style mask with a starry pattern. A master of fairy magic. Glimmering wings. Wields a star scepter. 12ft tall Personality: Powerful and graceful Special Move(s): Bolt of the Burning Blizzard- Strikes the enemy with a lightning bolt that simultaneously burns and freezes them. Digivolves From: Fabledmon Digivolves To: Hexamon

First digivolved during a fight with Ghoulmon

Digivolution: From base: Felicity holds the Digivice screen first towards PyroFaemon, SparkSpritemon and FrostNymphmon. Four beams of light shoot out of each camera, three towards the digimon and one towards Felicity. Text on the screen reads out “Mega Unity Digivolution”.

The four end up in a black void with pink and white digital code floating around. The digimon charge towards Felicity with their natural champion forms briefly appearing behind them.

“ PyroFaemon! SparkSpritemon! FrostNymphmon! Unity digivolve to..!”

The digimon then turn into streams of code and flow into Felicity as the girl glows and grows. The image of Fabledmon forms before breaking apart into code as a star patterned dress forms along her body with an opera style mask. Her wings grow from her back as the glow fades. Her star scepter being the last to form.

“TITANIAMON!”

From Fabledmon: Text on the digivice reads out “Mega Unity Digivolution”

Fabledmon is in the void when Felicity’s form glows within her before breaking into pink and white DNA strands and flowing into the Digimon causing it to glow.

“Fabledmon Digivolve to...!”

She twirls around as she grows. Her dress grows longer into a star patterned dress. The orb glows and forms legs. Her hat fades away and the star wand grows into a scepter. As the glow fades the opera mask forms as well as her wings.

“TITANIAMON!”

As Titaniamon all four speak as one but now in total unison.

Grant Nichols- “Digidestined of Heart”

17 years old- Short brown hair and brown eyes. Athletic build with strong arms and legs. Wears a dark red sports jersey with the number 97 in white. Blue jean shorts. Carries a dark navy duffel bag with some sports equipment in it. Grant is the school’s top athlete, a triple threat at soccer, baseball and football. Ironically his favorite sport is basketball which he’s horrible at. He’s smarter than he gives himself credit for. He has a natural talent for reading the emotions of others and does not enjoy seeing others suffer. As a result he has zero tolerance for bullies and when he learns about the Gladiators he vows to stop them even if he has to do it alone. His heart helps open his partners up to the world. Arrives in the digital world by the Circuit Caverns Digivice: Brown/Maroon Symbol: Two open hands side by side with a stylized heart between them Cobramon, Webmon and Echomon: This trio of virus digimon are used to others looking down on them or fearing them due to their typing. To their surprise however Grant put himself in harms way to defend them from an attacking Gladiator. In gratitude they join the boy to keep him company on his way to Cyber City.

Cobramon Level: Rookie Attribute: Virus Type: Small Snake Digimon Family: Nightmare Soldiers Appearance: Small Snake digimon with a wide hood with a brain like pattern on it. 3ft long. Personality: Silent and wise. Tends to overthink things before acting. Special Move(s): Psy Strike- A strike with psychic energy Digivolves From: Rattlemon Digivolves To: Nagamon

Nagamon Level: Champion Attribute: Virus Type: Snake Man Digimon Family: Nightmare Soldiers Appearance: Humanoid snake digimon with snake tail instead of legs. Snake head helmet, chest plate armor. A snake is wrapped around each arm and used as weapons or to focus her psychic powers. 7ft tall. Natural Appearance: Natural Nagamon have a scaly body with a snake head, arms end in snake heads. Personality: A mix of Grant’s heart and Cobramon’s wisdom. Special Move(s): Psychic Serpent- Shoots a snake of mental energy at the enemy from the snakes on her arms. Digivolves From: Cobramon Digivolves To: Harmanicmon, Gorgonmon

First digivolved to fight Harpymon

Digivolution: Grant holds the Digivice screen first towards Cobramon. Two beams of light shoot out of each camera, one towards Cobramon and one towards Grant. Text on the screen reads out “Unity Digivolution”.

The pair ends up in a black void with brown and maroon digital code floating around. Cobramon slithers towards Grant as the image of a natural Nagamon appears behind him.

“Cobramon unity digivolve to..!”

Cobramon then turns into streams of code and flows into Grant as the boy glows. His legs join together forming a tail as a snake wraps around each arm. As the glow fades the armor and helmet forms. The image of a natural Nagamon appears behind them and shakes its tail.

“NAGAMON!”

As Nagamon both Grant and Cobramon speak as one

Webmon Level: Rookie Attribute: Virus Type: Small Spider Digimon Family: Nightmare Soldiers Appearance: A small spider digimon with eight legs. Four eyes on each side of his head. 4ft tall. Personality: Determined to grow stronger and stronger. Refuses to let anyone push him around again. Special Move(s): Web Punch- A series of punches. Digivolves From: Arachmon Digivolves To: Tarantumon

Tarantumon Level: Champion Attribute: Virus Type: Spider Man Digimon Family: Nightmare Soldiers Appearance: A humanoid spider digimon with webbing gloves, walks on four of its legs using the other four as arms. Spider head helmet with four eyes on each eye. 8ft tall Natural Appearance: Natural Tarantumon are spider digimon that walk on six legs using the front two to attack Personality: A mix of Grant’s protective nature and Webmon’s pride. Special Move(s): Tarantula Thrashing- A series of strong punches. Digivolves From: Webmon Digivolves To: Harmanicmon, Anansimon

First digivolved to fight NiseDrimogemon

Digivolution: Grant holds the Digivice screen first towards Webmon. Two beams of light shoot out of each camera, one towards Webmon and one towards Grant. Text on the screen reads out “Unity Digivolution”.

The pair ends up in a black void with brown and maroon digital code floating around. Webmon crawls towards Grant as the image of a natural Tarantumon appears behind him.

“Webmon unity digivolve to..!”

Webmon then turns into streams of code and flows into Grant as the boy glows. His legs split into four as his arms split into four as well.  As the glow fades the spider helmet forms. The image of a natural Tarantumon appears behind them and shoots webbing.

“TARANTUMON!”

As Tarantumon both Grant and Webmon speak as one

Echomon Level: Rookie Attribute: Virus Type: Small Bat Digimon Family: Nightmare Soldiers Appearance: A small bat digimon with a blindfold on. Large ears always moving to ear better. 5ft tall. Personality: Spiritual and silent. Only speaks when he has something to say. Special Move(s): Night Scream- A sonic blast attack Digivolves From: Batmon Digivolves To: Vampmon

Vampmon Level: Champion Attribute: Virus Type: Bat Man Digimon Family: Nightmare Soldiers Appearance: Humanoid bat with wings on his arms. Bat head helmet with pitch black lenses. Sees via sensing chi. 8ft tall Natural Appearance: Natural Vampmon are bat digimon with eyeless faces. Personality: A mix of Grant’s empathy and Echomon’s spirituality. Special Move(s): Sonic Scream- A loud sonic blast attack Digivolves From: Echomon Digivolves To: Harmanicmon, Nosfermon

First digivolved to fight ShimaUnimon

Digivolution: Grant holds the Digivice screen first towards Echomon. Two beams of light shoot out of each camera, one towards Echomon and one towards Grant. Text on the screen reads out “Unity Digivolution”.

The pair ends up in a black void with brown and maroon digital code floating around. Echomon flies towards Grant as the image of a natural Vampmon appears behind him.

“Echomon unity digivolve to..!”

Echomon then turns into streams of code and flows into Grant as the boy glows. Wings grow from his arms as his posture changes. As the glow fades the bat helmet forms. The image of a natural Vampmon appears behind them and flaps its wings.

“VAMPMON!”

As Vampmon both Grant and Echomon speak as one

Harmanicmon Level: Ultimate Attribute: Virus Type: Manic Digimon Family: Nightmare Soldiers Appearance: Three jewel eyes, bat head, snake body and tail, spider legs from back with webbing acting as wings. 5ft tall and 10ft long. Personality: Determined and powerful. Special Move(s): Disharmony Mantra- A wave of energy that disrupts the enemies balance of mind body and spirit. Harmonic Mantra- A wave of energy that boosts himself or his allies. Digivolves From: Nagamon, Tarantumon, Vampmon Digivolves To: Chakramon

First digivolved to fight Oboromon

Digivolution: Grant holds the Digivice screen first towards Cobramon, Webmon and Echomon. Four beams of light shoot out of each camera, three towards the digimon and one towards Grant. Text on the screen reads out “Ultimate Unity Digivolution”.

The four end up in a black void with brown and maroon digital code floating around. The digimon charge towards Grant with their natural champion forms briefly appearing behind them.

“Cobramon! Webmon! Echomon! Unity digivolve to..!” The digimon then turn into streams of code and flow into Grant as the boy glows. He falls to the ground as his legs merge into a snake tail and his arms merge with his torso. Eight spider legs grow from his back with webbing between them. His head becomes that of a bat with three shining jewel eyes as the glow fades.

“HARMANICMON!”

As Harmanicmon the four speak at once but their voices echo over each other.

Chakramon Level: Mega Attribute: Virus Type: United Balance Digimon Family: Virus Buster Appearance: Gem on each chakra point. Lean muscled warrior with staff. Bat wing cape with snake scale shorts with webbing combat wraps on arms and legs Personality: Wise warrior whose mind body and spirit are in perfect balance. Special Move(s): Shining Chakra Gems- The gems begin to shine and the light moves along the gems focusing in the third eye gem before firing a beam of energy. Digivolves From: Harmanicmon Digivolves To: Hexamon

First digivolved during a fight with Zanbamon

Digivolution: From base: Grant holds the Digivice screen first towards Cobramon, Webmon and Echomon. Four beams of light shoot out of each camera, three towards the digimon and one towards Grant. Text on the screen reads out “Mega Unity Digivolution”.

The four end up in a black void with brown and maroon digital code floating around. The digimon charge towards Grant with their natural champion forms briefly appearing behind them.

“Cobramon! Webmon! Echomon! Unity digivolve to..!”

The digimon then turn into streams of code and flow into Grant as the boy glows. The image of Harmanicmon forms before breaking apart into code as seven lights shine along his body. Lean muscles form as webbing combat wraps form on their arms and legs. The snake scale shorts form with the bat wing cape following. A staff forms in his hands. As the glow fades the shining lights become a gem on each chakra.

“CHAKRAMON!”

From Harmanicmon: Text on the digivice reads out “Mega Unity Digivolution” Harmanicmon is in the void when Grant’s form glows within him and stands up before breaking into brown and maroon DNA strands and flowing into the Digimon causing it to glow.

“Harmanicmon Digivolve to...!”

He stands up as the spider legs merge into arms and the snake tail becomes legs. The bat head becomes humanoid as seven lights shine along his body. Lean muscles form as webbing combat wraps form on his arms and legs. Snake scale shorts form followed by bat wing cape. A staff forms in his hands. The glow fades with the shining lights becoming gems on each chakra.

“CHAKRAMON!”

As Chakramon all four speak as one but now in total unison.

Melissa Meadows- “Digidestined of Endurance”

16 years old- Short brown hair and brown eyes. Yellow tank top with orange hoodie tied around her waist. Brown cargo shorts green camouflage pattern with black socks and orange sneakers. Yellow backpack. Melissa is a tomboy who loves the wilderness and treats the Digital World as a challenge to overcome. She loves to spend time outdoors and knows many survival skills and carries vital items with her for emergencies. Arrives in the digital world in the WiFi Woods Digivice: Yellow/Orange Symbol: A flower growing from a seed Kabumon, Ladimon and Kuwamon: This trio of siblings love to debate about which is more important in a fight, offense, speed or defense. When they find Melissa she’s in the middle of defending herself against a digimon impressing the trio with her skill. They dub her their queen, a habit Melissa tries multiple times to stop, and follow her to Cyber City.

Kabumon Level: Rookie Attribute: Data Type: Beetle Digimon Family: Nature Spirits Appearance: Blue rhino beetle digimon with red highlights. carries a beetle shaped shield. 4ft tall Personality: Defensive and always on the look out for an attack. Special Move(s): Bug Barrier- Uses his shield to redirect attacks Digivolves From: Mushimon Digivolves To: ArmorBeetlemon

ArmorBeetlemon Level: Champion Attribute: Data Type: Armored Beetle Digimon Family: Nature Spirits Appearance: Humanoid rhino beetle. Blue body with red highlights. Each arm has a kabuto beetle inspired shield. Helmet has kabuto horn. Back has armored wings. 8ft tall. Natural Appearance: Natural ArmorBeetlemon are giant beetle digimon with a large horn and shield like wings. Personality: A mix of Melissa’s skill and Kabumon’s protectiveness. Special Move(s): Beetle Barrier- Absorbs enemy attack and redirects it with the horns on her arm shields. Digivolves From: Kabumon Digivolves To: Scarabmon, GuardianBeetlemon

First digivolved to fight Gorimon

Digivolution: Melissa holds the Digivice screen first towards Kabumon. Two beams of light shoot out of each camera, one towards Kabumon and one towards Melissa. Text on the screen reads out “Unity Digivolution”.

The pair ends up in a black void with yellow and orange digital code floating around. Kabumon flies towards Melissa as the image of a natural ArmorBeetlemon appears behind him.

“Kabumon unity digivolve to..!”

Kabumon then turns into streams of code and flows into Melissa as the girl glows. She grows more sturdy as armor forms along her body. Armored wings form on her back as her arm shields form. As the glow fades her helmet forms. The image of a natural ArmorBeetlemon appears behind them and clicks its mandibles.

“ARMORBEETLEMON!”

As ArmorBeetlemon both Melissa and Kabumon speak as one

Ladimon Level: Rookie Attribute: Data Type: Beetle Digimon Family: Nature Spirits Appearance: Red ladybug digimon with black spots along her body. Always flying. 3ft tall. Personality: Impatient and always eager to move fast. Special Move(s): Bug Blitz- A series of quick strikes Digivolves From: Mushimon Digivolves To: RapidBeetlemon

RapidBeetlemon Level: Champion Attribute: Data Type: Swift Beetle Digimon Family: Nature Spirits Appearance: Humanoid ladybug. Ladybug antennae with ladybug eye goggles. Wears a red sleeveless leotard with black spots that ends above her knees. Backpack has ladybug back with wings. Arm guards with three red ribbons with black spots, leg guards with three red ribbons with black spots. Boots and gloves. 6ft tall. Natural Appearance: Natural RapidBeetlemon are giant humanoid ladybug digimon with a booster pack on their back. Personality: A mix of Melissa’s endurance and Ladimon’s impatience Special Move(s): Beetle Blitz- A rapid series of blows. Digivolves From: Ladimon Digivolves To: Scarabmon, FlashBeetlemon

First digivolved to fight Yaksamon 

Digivolution: Melissa holds the Digivice screen first towards Ladimon. Two beams of light shoot out of each camera, one towards Ladimon and one towards Melissa . Text on the screen reads out “Unity Digivolution”.

The pair ends up in a black void with yellow and orange digital code floating around. Ladimon flies towards Melissa as the image of a natural RapidBeetlemon appears behind her.

“Ladimon unity digivolve to..!”

Ladimon then turns into streams of code and flows into Melissa as the girl glows. Ladybug wings emerge from her back as the leotard forms. The arm and leg guards form next with the ribbons coming off them. Next the boot and gloves form. As the glow fades the goggles and antennae form. The image of a natural RapidBeetlemon appears behind them speeding towards them.

“RAPIDBEETLEMON!”

As RapidBeetlemon both Melissa and Ladimon speak as one

Kuwamon Level: Rookie Attribute: Data Type: Beetle Digimon Family: Nature Spirits Appearance: Crimson stag beetle digimon with blue highlights. Bladed mandible horns. 4ft tall. Personality: Cautious and always ready for a fight. Believes the best way to end a threat is strong offense. Special Move(s): Bug Blades- Slashes with bladed mandibles. Digivolves From: Mushimon Digivolves To: SaberBeetlemon

SaberBeetlemon Level: Champion Attribute: Data Type: Slashing Beetle Digimon Family: Nature Spirits Appearance: Humanoid stag beetle digimon with crimson armored chest plate. Arms and legs are lightly armored. Stag beetle helmet, armed with twin curved blades. 8ft tall. Natural Appearance: Natural SaberBeetlemon are giant stag beetle digimon with sharp mandibles. Personality: A mix of Melissa’s confidence and Kuwamon’s preparedness Special Move(s): Beetle Blades- A piercing slash with the curved blades. Digivolves From: Kuwamon Digivolves To: Scarabmon, BladeBeetlemon

First digivolved to fight Saberdramon

Digivolution: Melissa holds the Digivice screen first towards Kuwamon. Two beams of light shoot out of each camera, one towards Kuwamon and one towards Melissa. Text on the screen reads out “Unity Digivolution”.

The pair ends up in a black void with yellow and orange digital code floating around. Kuwamon rushes towards Melissa as the image of a natural SaberBeetlemon appears behind him.

“Kuwamon unity digivolve to..!”

Kuwamon then turns into streams of code and flows into Melissa as the girl glows. An armored chest plate forms as armor forms on arms and legs. The twin blades form in their hands and as the glow fades the helmet forms. The image of a natural SaberBeetlemon appears behind them slashing with its arm blades.

“SABERBEETLEMON!”

As SaberBeetlemon both Melissa and Kuwamon speak as one

Scarabmon Level: Ultimate Attribute: Virus Type: Scarab Beetle Digimon Family: Nature Spirits Appearance: A large insect digimon with kabuto horn, stag mandibles and ladybug wings. 10ft tall. Personality: Brash and bold, overly confident in their abilities. Special Move(s): Scarab Strike- A rushing strike. Digivolves From: ArmorBeetlemon, RapidBeetlemon, SaberBeetlemon Digivolves To: QueenBeetlemon

First digivolved to fight Matadormon

Digivolution: Melissa holds the Digivice screen first towards Kabumon, Ladimon and Kuwamon. Four beams of light shoot out of each camera, three towards the digimon and one towards Melissa. Text on the screen reads out “Ultimate Unity Digivolution”.

The four end up in a black void with yellow and orange digital code floating around. The digimon charge towards Melissa with their natural champion forms briefly appearing behind them.

“Kabumon! Ladimon! Kuwamon! Unity digivolve to..!” The digimon then turn into streams of code and flow into Melissa as the girl glows. She falls to all fours as an extra pair of limbs grows and all six become insect legs. Wings grow out of her back as a kabuto horn grows from her head joined by stag mandibles. As the glow fades she begins to hover.

“SCARABMON!”

As Scarabmon the four speak at once but their voices echo over each other.

QueenBeetlemon Level: Mega Attribute: Vaccine Type: United Beetle Digimon Family: Virus Buster Appearance: Humanoid beetle with wings. Armored leotard, helmet is top view of a beetle with bug eye lenses and exposed mouth, from top is a rhino beetle horn with ladybug antennae on the outside with stag beetle mandibles on the outside of those. Gloves, boots, and breastplate have more armor. Legs, arms and back have jet boosters built in to boost speed and increase striking power. Personality: Less brash but still confident in their skill. Special Move(s): Beetle Beatdown- A series of high speed punches. Digivolves From: Scarabmon Digivolves To: Hexamon

First digivolved during a fight with GranKuwagamon

Digivolution: From base: Melissa holds the Digivice screen first towards Kabumon, Ladimon and Kuwamon. Four beams of light shoot out of each camera, three towards the digimon and one towards Melissa. Text on the screen reads out “Mega Unity Digivolution”.

The four end up in a black void with yellow and orange digital code floating around. The digimon charge towards Melissa with their natural champion forms briefly appearing behind them.

“Kabumon! Ladimon! Kuwamon! Unity digivolve to..!”

The digimon then turn into streams of code and flow into Melissa as the girl glows and grows. The image of Scarabmon forms before breaking apart into code as beetle wings grow from her back. An armored leotard forms with gloves and boots following. As the glow fades the gloves, boots, and breastplate gain additional armor. The last thing to form is the helmet.

“QUEENBEETLEMON!”

From Scarabmon: Text on the digivice reads out “Mega Unity Digivolution”

Scarabmon is in the void when Melissa’s form glows within her and stands up before breaking into yellow and orange DNA strands and flowing into the Digimon causing it to glow.

“Scarabmon Digivolve to...!”

She stands up as her six legs turn into two arms and two legs. Her wings merge into the beetle wings as the armored leotard forms. The additional glove, boot and breastplate armor form as the helmet forms on her head and the glow fades.

“QUEENBEETLEMON!”

As QueenBeetlemon all four speak as one but now in total unison.

Riley Collins- “Digidestined of Joy”

14 years old- Blonde hair to her shoulders with blue eyes. Lime green t-shirt with a cartoon dog dressed as a detective chasing a cartoon cat dressed as a phantom thief. Text above them reads “The Adventures of Dogtective and LuPurr”. Blue jean shorts with white socks and green sneakers. Riley is the class clown, always ready with a joke to make someone laugh. Her philosophy is that a day she makes a stranger smile is a day not wasted. In time however her jokes become a coping mechanism to keep herself from breaking down from the stress of her situation, a situation the other digidestined are aware of and try to help. Arrives in the digital world by the Ping Plains Digivice: Lime Green/Cyan Symbol: A stylized smiley face Dronemon, Meltalmon and Roborgmon: This trio are dedicated to mapping out the digital world and tend to act more robotic than most digimon, however after meeting Riley they begin to open up and develop emotions. This isn’t always a pleasant experience but the three decide it’s worth the pain and dedicate themselves to protecting her as they escort her to Cyber City. Along the way Riley teaches them to truly experience the locations they map instead of coldly documenting them.

Dronemon Level: Rookie Attribute: Data Type: Drone Digimon Family: Metal Empire Appearance: A flying bronze robot digimon with two gas canisters for propulsion and wings. No legs and robotic pincer claws for arms. 3ft tall Personality: Inquisitive with an eye for detail. Soon develops an interest in photography. Special Move(s): Drone Dropper- Flies over the enemy and releases small bombs with explosive gas which detonate on impact. Digivolves From: Cammon Digivolves To: Aerobotmon

Aerobotmon Level: Champion Attribute: Data Type: Flying Robot Digimon Family: Metal Empire Appearance: Steampunk rocketeer with jetpack with wings for longer flight. Bronze armor along body. 6ft tall. Natural Appearance: Natural Aerobotmon resemble unmanned spy planes. Personality: A mix of Riley’s impulsiveness and Dronemon’s curiosity. Special Move(s): Airstrike Assault- Shoots a series of missiles from the jetpack which fly up high and rain down on the enemy Gas Missiles- Shoots missiles filled with explosive gas that detonates on impact. Digivolves From: Dronemon Digivolves To: MagneTalosmon, SkyStrikemon

First digivolved to fight Diatrymon

Digivolution: Riley holds the Digivice screen first towards Dronemon. Two beams of light shoot out of each camera, one towards Dronemon and one towards Riley. Text on the screen reads out “Unity Digivolution”.

The pair ends up in a black void with lime green and cyan digital code floating around. Dronemon flies towards Riley as the image of a natural Aerobotmon appears behind him.

“Dronemon unity digivolve to..!”

Dronemon then turns into streams of code and flows into Riley as the girl glows. Bronze armor forms on her body as she grows in height. A jetpack forms on her back as missiles form on her forearms. As the glow fades wings extend from the jetpack and goggles form on her face. The image of a natural Aerobotmon appears behind them shooting missiles.

“AEROBOTMON!”

As Aerobotmon both Riley and Dronemon speak as one

Meltalmon Level: Rookie Attribute: Data Type: Liquid Metal Digimon Family: Metal Empire Appearance: A small liquid metal digimon. Shaped like a water drop with the liquid metal within them flowing through their arms and legs. 2ft tall. Personality: Adventurous and daring. After an incident where Riley is hurt he finds himself overcome by fear and panic until she helps him learn that bravery isn’t the absence of fear but mastering fear. Special Move(s): Metal Spray- A spray of liquid metal from his hands. Digivolves From: Mercumon Digivolves To: Quicksilvmon

Quicksilvmon Level: Champion Attribute: Data Type: Quicksilver Digimon Family: Metal Empire Appearance: Liquid metal robot digimon with a tank of liquid metal on its back connected by hoses to its hands. Nozzles in fingers release the liquid metal as it uses the liquid metal to create weapons and barriers. 4ft tall Natural Appearance: Natural Quicksilvmon are amorphous blobs of metallic liquid. Personality: A mix of Riley’s humor and Meltalmon’s daring. Special Move(s): Quicksilver Slasher- Forms a slashing weapon and strikes the enemy. Digivolves From: Meltalmon Digivolves To: MagneTalosmon, Mercualmon

First digivolved to fight Reppamon

Digivolution: Riley holds the Digivice screen first towards Meltalmon. Two beams of light shoot out of each camera, one towards Meltalmon and one towards Riley. Text on the screen reads out “Unity Digivolution”.

The pair ends up in a black void with lime green and cyan digital code floating around. Meltalmon rushes towards Riley as the image of a natural Quicksilvmon appears behind him.

“Meltalmon unity digivolve to..!”

Meltalmon then turns into streams of code and flows into Riley as the girl glows. Silver armor forms on her body as she changes in height. A tank forms on her back and fills with liquid metal. Hoses shoot out from the tank and insert into the back of her hands and a visor forms on her head as the glow fades. The image of a natural Quicksilvmon appears behind them flinging metallic goo.

“QUICKSILVMON!”

As Quicksilvmon both Riley and Meltalmon speak as one

Roborgmon Level: Rookie Attribute: Data Type: Robotic Digimon Family: Metal Empire Appearance: Small robotic digimon with gold accents along his body. Gear shoulder pads and knee pads. 5ft tall. Personality: Strong and sturdy. Of the trio he is the least comfortable with emotions, especially after experiencing negative emotions from finding the ruins of a familiar village in the aftermath of a Gladiator attack. Special Move(s): Robo Blast- A shot from their hand Digivolves From: Botmon Digivolves To: Cybotmon

Cybotmon Level: Champion Attribute: Data Type: Cyborg Digimon Family: Metal Empire Appearance: Tall metallic robot digimon. Fingers can turn into guns and attacks depend on how many are used. A gold gear is on each wrist as a bracelet. The one on the right spins for gatling attacks. The left hand holds a large hammer. 10ft tall. Natural Appearance: Natural Cybotmon are robotic digimon with a hammer replacing the left hand and a gun for the right. Personality: A mix of Riley’s emotion and Roborgmon’s restraint Special Move(s): Steel Shot- Shoots from a single finger, often the index. Metallic Mallet- Slams the hammer down on the enemy Gatling Gear- Gear on right hand spins as all fingers fire for gatling effect. Digivolves From: Roborgmon Digivolves To: MagneTalosmon, Biobotmon

First digivolved to fight Kenkimon

Digivolution: Riley holds the Digivice screen first towards Roborgmon. Two beams of light shoot out of each camera, one towards Roborgmon and one towards Riley. Text on the screen reads out “Unity Digivolution”.

The pair ends up in a black void with lime green and cyan digital code floating around. Roborgmon rushes towards Riley as the image of a natural Cybotmon appears behind him.

“Roborgmon unity digivolve to..!”

Roborgmon then turns into streams of code and flows into Riley as the girl glows. Metallic armor forms on her body as she grows in height. Armor plating forms on her chest and limbs. A golden gear forms on each wrist as a steel hammer forms in her left hand. A visor appears over her eyes as the glow fades. The image of a natural Cybotmon appears behind them and smashes its hammer down.

“CYBOTMON!”

As Cybotmon both Riley and Roborgmon speak as one

MagneTalosmon Level: Ultimate Attribute: Data Type: Ancient Robot Digimon Family: Metal Empire Appearance: A metallic warrior digimon held together by magnetism. Robotic warrior wearing greek styled armor and helmet. Blank face with no emotion. Each shoulder has a half of a horseshoe magnet with the north side on the right and south on the left. Each forearm has a half of a horseshoe magnet coming out of it as well, opposite of the shoulders. Magnets on boots allow for either sticking to objects or magnetic levitation. 11ft tall Personality:  Emotionless and stoic. Special Move(s): Polarity Blast- Shoots a blast of magnetic energy from the magnet on the arm. Magno Railgun- Places both fists together and shoots a spiral blast of magnetic energy at the enemy. Digivolves From: Aerobotmon, Quicksilvmon, Cybotmon Digivolves To: Plasmatonmon

First digivolved to fight Assaultmon

Digivolution: Riley holds the Digivice screen first towards Dronemon, Meltalmon and Roborgmon. Four beams of light shoot out of each camera, three towards the digimon and one towards Riley. Text on the screen reads out “Ultimate Unity Digivolution”.

The four end up in a black void with lime green and cyan digital code floating around. The digimon charge towards Riley with their natural champion forms briefly appearing behind them.

“Dronemon! Meltalmon! Roborgmon! Unity digivolve to..!” The digimon then turn into streams of code and flow into Riley as the girl glows. Her body grows as red and blue greek styled armor forms. Magnets form on her forearms and shoulders as well as her boots. The glow fades as the helmet forms.

“MAGNETALOSMON!”

As MagneTalosmon the four speak at once but their voices echo over each other.

Plasmatonmon Level: Mega Attribute: Vaccine Type: United Robot Digimon Family: Virus Buster Appearance: Shining Chrome Digizoid robot with streamlined armor. A sparking plasma core is visible where the heart should be. 14ft tall. Personality: Full of life sparking with energy. Special Move(s): Plasma Power- Charges a blast with plasma energy. Digivolves From: MagneTalosmon Digivolves To: Hexamon

First digivolved during a fight with Boltmon

Digivolution: From base: Riley holds the Digivice screen first towards Dronemon, Meltalmon and Roborgmon. Four beams of light shoot out of each camera, three towards the digimon and one towards Riley. Text on the screen reads out “Mega Unity Digivolution”.

The four end up in a black void with lime green and cyan digital code floating around. The digimon charge towards Riley with their natural champion forms briefly appearing behind them.

“Dronemon! Meltalmon! Roborgmon! Unity digivolve to..!”

The digimon then turn into streams of code and flow into Riley as the girl glows and grows. The image of MagneTalosmon forms before breaking apart into code as chrome armor forms on her body. The plasma core sparks to life sending energy throughout the body as the armor defines itself. As the glow fades the core flashes before stabilizing.

“PLASMATONMON!”

From MagneTalosmon: Text on the digivice reads out “Mega Unity Digivolution”

MagneTalosmon is in the void when Riley’s form glows within her and breaks into lime green and cyan DNA strands before flowing into the Digimon causing it to glow.

“MagneTalosmon Digivolve to...!”

Her armor fades in a shining light as the plasma core sparks to life. Each pulse of energy defines the chrome armor more and more. As the glow fades the core gives a final burst before stabilizing.

“PLASMATONMON!”

As Plasmatonmon all four speak as one but now in total unison.

Drake Walden- “Digidestined of Creativity”

17 years old- Short red hair and green eyes. Green t-shirt and black cargo pants with removable legs for warm temperature. Dark green sneakers with white socks. Dark purple backpack. A cynical and sarcastic boy, Drake believes in being brutally honest and not holding back judgement towards those who deserve it. He is a talented artist but keeps this to himself out of fear that his veteran father would disapprove, unaware that all his father truly wants for him is to be happy. In time he learns to open up to his partners and the other digidestined. Arrives in the digital world in an outpost by the Dotcom Desert Digivice: Purple/Green Symbol: A paint brush dripping paint Soldramon, Lunadramon and Stellardramon: A kindhearted trio of dragons who want to fight back against the Gladiators but don’t know how to stand against their power. With Drake’s guidance they each find their own power and fight to defend innocent digimon.

Soldramon Level: Rookie Attribute: Vaccine Type: Sun Dragon Digimon Family: Nature Spirits Appearance: Golden Eastern dragon with white highlights. Holds an orb resembling the sun. 4ft long. Personality: Loud and active, optimist. Special Move(s): Solar Sphere- Shoots a solar blast from the sun orb Digivolves From: Sunlizmon Digivolves To: Bushidodramon

Bushidodramon Level: Champion Attribute: Vaccine Type: Dragon Samurai Digimon Family: Nature Spirits Appearance: Eastern Dragon Samurai armed with a katana. Wears a bead necklace with each bead being a sun orb. 8ft tall. Natural Appearance: Natural Bushidodramon are eastern dragon holding a sun orb in every hand. Tail ends in a sharp blade. Personality: A mix of Drake’s bluntness and Soldramon’s cheer. Special Move(s): Solar Slash- A slash with his shining katana. Digivolves From: Soldramon Digivolves To: Astrodramon, Samurdramon

First digivolved to fight DarkMaildramon

Digivolution: Drake holds the Digivice screen first towards Soldramon. Two beams of light shoot out of each camera, one towards Soldramon and one towards Drake. Text on the screen reads out “Unity Digivolution”.

The pair ends up in a black void with purple and green digital code floating around. Soldramon flies towards Drake as the image of a natural Bushidodramon appears behind him.

“Soldramon unity digivolve to..!”

Soldramon then turns into streams of code and flows into Drake as the boy glows. Cloth robes form on his body as his body turns draconic. A tail grows from behind him as the necklace forms. A samurai helmet forms on his head. As the glow fades he pulls out his katana and slashes at the air in front of him. The image of a natural Bushidodramon appears behind them and roars.

“BUSHIDODRAMON!”

As Bushidodramon both Drake and Soldramon speak as one

Lunadramon Level: Rookie Attribute: Virus Type: Moon Dragon Digimon Family: Nature Spirits Appearance: Black eastern dragon with dark purple highlights. Wings resemble crescent moons. 4ft tall. Personality: Quiet and watchful, pessimist. Special Move(s): Lunar Slice- Flaps wings sending moon slices at enemy. Digivolves From: Moonlizmon Digivolves To: Knightdramon

Knightdramon Level: Champion Attribute: Virus Type: Dragon Knight Digimon Family: Nature Spirits Appearance: European dragon knight armed with a mace and shield. 8ft tall. Natural Appearance: Natural Knightdramon are european dragon with wings resembling shields and a mace tail. Personality: A mix of Drake’s sarcasm and Lunadramon’s watchfulness Special Move(s): Shadow Shield- Creates a field of shadows to defend him Midnight Mace- Attacks with his mace. Digivolves From: Lunadramon Digivolves To: Astrodramon, Kingdramon

First digivolved to fight Dinohumon

Digivolution: Drake holds the Digivice screen first towards Lunadramon. Two beams of light shoot out of each camera, one towards Lunadramon and one towards Drake. Text on the screen reads out “Unity Digivolution”.

The pair ends up in a black void with purple and green digital code floating around. Lunadramon flies towards Drake the image of a natural Knightdramon appears behind her.

“Lunadramon unity digivolve to..!”

Lunadramon then turns into streams of code and flows into Drake as the boy glows. Knight armor forms on his body as his body turns draconic. A tail grows behind him as a helmet forms on his head. As the glow fades a shield and mace form in his hands. The image of a natural Knightdramon appears behind them and smashes its tail down.

“KNIGHTDRAMON!”

As Knightdramon both Drake and Lunadramon speak as one

Stellardramon Level: Rookie Attribute: Data Type: Star Dragon Digimon Family: Nature Spirits Appearance: Feathered winged serpent with a star pattern inside the wings. 4ft long. Personality: Friendly and loyal, realist. Special Move(s): Shooting Star Storm- Flaps wings sending stars at enemy. Digivolves From: Starlizmon Digivolves To: Quetzldramon

Quetzldramon Level: Champion Attribute: Data Type: Dragon Warrior Digimon Family: Nature Spirits Appearance: Feathered Dragon Warrior armed with a star designed macuahuitl club. Armor has feathered pattern. 8ft tall. Natural Appearance: Natural Quetzldramon are feathered dragon with a star club tail. Personality: A mix of Drake’s honesty and Stellardramon’s loyalty. Special Move(s): Shooting Star Smash- Swings club at the enemy sending a storm of stars. Digivolves From: Stellardramon Digivolves To: Astrodramon, Coataldramon

First digivolved to fight Sagittarimon

Digivolution: Drake holds the Digivice screen first towards Stellardramon. Two beams of light shoot out of each camera, one towards Stellardramon and one towards Drake. Text on the screen reads out “Unity Digivolution”.

The pair ends up in a black void with purple and green digital code floating around. Stellardramon flies towards Drake as the image of a natural Quetzldramon appears behind him.

“Stellardramon unity digivolve to..!”

Stellardramon then turns into streams of code and flows into Drake as the boy glows. Feather pattern armor forms as his body turns draconic. A feathered helmet covers his head as a tail grows behind him. As the glow fades his club forms in his hand. The image of a natural Quetzldramon appears behind them and swings with its tail.

“QUETZLDRAMON!”

As Quetzldramon both Drake and Stellardramon speak as one

Astrodramon Level: Ultimate Attribute: Data Type: Space Dragon Digimon Family: Nature Spirits Appearance: Three headed dragon with each head wearing a mask, the right head wears a sun mask, the left a moon mask and the center a star mask. All heads speak in unison. Crawls on all fours and flies with wings on its back. 10ft tall. Personality: Often gets overwhelmed by influx of stimulation from all three heads at once. Special Move(s): Cosmic Blast- A blast of power from all three heads. Digivolves From: Bushidodramon, Knightdramon, Quetzldramon Digivolves To: Twilidramon

First digivolved to fight Orochimon

Digivolution: Drake holds the Digivice screen first towards Soldramon, Lunadramon and Stellardramon. Four beams of light shoot out of each camera, three towards the digimon and one towards Drake. Text on the screen reads out “Ultimate Unity Digivolution”.

The four end up in a black void with purple and green digital code floating around. The digimon charge towards Drake with their natural champion forms briefly appearing behind them.

“Soldramon! Lunadramon! Stellardramon! Unity digivolve to..!” The digimon then turn into streams of code and flow into Drake as the boy glows. He falls to his hands and knees as his body turns draconic. Wings grow from his back as three tails grow behind him. His head splits into three as his necks grow long. As the glow fades a mask forms on each face.

“ASTRODRAMON!”

As Astrodramon the four speak at once but their voices echo over each other.

Twilidramon Level: Mega Attribute: Vaccine Type: United Dragon Digimon Family: Virus Buster Appearance: Humanoid dragon in armor with a dragon head as shoulder armor with a dragon styled helmet. Each arm has a shield on the forearm with one designed after the sun and the other after the moon. Each has a star in the middle with one point extended into a blade. Has a cape with a sun and moon clasp and stars within it. 12ft tall. Personality: Single minded and determined to protect others. Special Move(s): Twin Twilight Slash- Each blade charges with light and shadow for a devastating slash with a star trail. Digivolves From: Astrodramon Digivolves To: Hexamon

First digivolved in a fight with Helheimon

Digivolution: From base: Drake holds the Digivice screen first towards Soldramon, Lunadramon and Stellardramon. Four beams of light shoot out of each camera, three towards the digimon and one towards Drake. Text on the screen reads out “Mega Unity Digivolution”.

The four end up in a black void with purple and green digital code floating around. The digimon charge towards Drake with their natural champion forms briefly appearing behind them.

“Soldramon! Lunadramon! Stellardramon! Unity digivolve to..!”

The digimon then turn into streams of code and flow into Drake as the boy glows. The image of Astrodramon forms before breaking apart into code as draconic armor forms. A shield forms on each arm with a star on each. A blade extends from one of the star points. A cape forms on his back. As the glow fades a draconic helmet forms on his head.

“TWILIDRAMON!”

From Astrodramon: Text on the digivice reads out “Mega Unity Digivolution” Astrodramon is in the void when Drake’s form glows within him and stands up before breaking into purple and green DNA strands and flowing into the Digimon causing it to glow.

“Astrodramon Digivolve to...!”

He stands up as his wings become a cape. His tails vanish as his necks retract and his heads become one. Draconic armor forms along his body as his shield blades form on each arm. As the glow fades his dragon helmet forms.

“TWILIDRAMON!”

As Twilidramon all four speak as one but now in total unison.

Hexamon- “The United Warrior”

Level: Ultra Attribute: Vaccine Type: United Warrior Digimon Family: Virus Buster Appearance: Androgynous six armed humanoid in golden armor with infinity symbol on chest plate. Inside the symbol are the six symbols of the digidestined traits. Top right arm ends with a shining blade emerging from the wrist representing Trinitymon. Middle right arm is coated in chrome digizoid armor and has a blaster on the wrist representing Plasmatonmon. Bottom right arm has a spiral design of flame, thunder and ice ending with a hand sparking with magic representing Titaniamon. Top left arm has a light armor coating and ends with an armored glove with beetle wings on the back representing QueenBeetlemon. Middle left arm is dark with combat wraps around key areas ending with a fist shining with harmonious energy representing Chakramon. Bottom left arm is armored and ends with a dragon themed gauntlet representing Twilidramon. Legs are covered in golden armor with the infinity symbol on each knee. A white cape flows behind them. Personality: A true unison of all the Digidestined and their partners. United in purpose. Special Move(s): Hexa Blast- A combined blast of power from all six arms. Digivolves From: Trinitymon, Titaniamon, Chakramon, QueenBeetlemon, Plasmatonmon, Twilidramon Digivovlved during the final fight with Zenithmon

The Legendary Digidestined

The children who created the legend of humans coming to aid the digital world during crisis. Not much is known about them except that they appeared in the digital world in the 80s to help protect it from a monstrous virus. Their digivices resembled pagers. The leader was a boy who who endured numerous trials by fire whose partner was a Coronamon who became Firamon then Flaremon and finally Apollomon. A girl whose heart was as big as the sea had an Otamamon as a partner who became Dolphmon and then Whamon and finally IsleWhamon (KingWhamon). A boy so joyful his laugh could shake the very earth had a Gotsumon partner who turned into Golemon and then Gogamamon and finally Blastmon. A girl whose creativity kept her mind in the clouds whose partner Hyokomon became Buraimon and then Butenmon and finally Eaglemon. A boy whose mind was always in high gear whose partner Junkmon became Tankmon and then Tankdramon and finally Machinedramon. A girl whose dreams grew like trees around her whose partner Mushmon became Woodmon and then Cherrymon and finally ElDoradimon. And last was a boy who sparked like lightning and kept the team united. His partner Pulsemon became Bulkmon and then Boutmon and finally Kazuchimon During the final battle the seventh child and his partner gave their lives go give the others an opening to defeat the virus. After the battle the fates of the other Digidestined are unknown. Some believe they returned home to bury and mourn their fallen friend. Others believe they remained in the Digital World to protect the world he gave his life for. The partner digimon on the other hand were said to have left after the battle. Apollomon is said to rest within a volcano. IsleWhamon is said to have swam beyond any map. Blastmon is said to hide within a deep cavern. Eaglemon is said to fly the skies higher than any cloud. Machinedramon is said to rest deep within an industrial complex. ElDoradimon is said to have become the foundation of a great city.

Allies

Ron Jones- 46- The mind behind the Unity project he hoped it would bring humanity and Digimon together in harmony. However during the first test Unity Digivolution with his partner Veedramon the stress on his body nearly killed him due to an unknown health issue. Afterwards he continued to keep tabs on the Digiworld hoping a day would come when humanity would be ready to learn the truth. Not long ago He discovered Dr Matthew’s plans and set to work to sabotage his schemes including orchestrating the events of the accident that sent the teens to the Digiworld. Through Veedramon he advised the teens and guided them in the right direction when needed. After the Digidestined are betrayed by Victormon and lead into Travis’s trap Ron has no choice but to Unity Digivolve with Veemon into Ex-Veemon to rescue them. As Ex-Veemon he brings them to his mansion where he opens a portal and brings their partners into the real world. At this point he defuses and his condition returns and he nearly collapses before his staff get him medical attention. Once he is stable he explains the truth of the situation and Travis’s true plan. He begs for the teens to forgive him for his role in sending them to the digital world and to his shock they do and agree to help protect both worlds. The Digidestined even dub him their seventh member saying that even though he cannot join in battle he has been helping them this whole time. Not to mention that his goal honors the trait of the fallen Digidestined from the legend. Digivice: Gold/Silver

Veedramon

A kindly traveler Veedramon holds many secrets and hides them beneath a silly persona. When the Digidestined arrive in the Digital World Veedramon guides them both towards Cyber City and towards any areas he knows need help. He also instructs Leomon to teach them how to fight like digimon in order to get the most out of the unity digivolution.

In time his secrets are revealed including his connection to Ron Jones and the fact he has claim to the throne but chose to live among common digimon instead. After the Digidestined return to the real world Victormon makes his move and reveals himself as the villain to the Digital World and in return Veedramon gathers a force of those willing to fight back.

After Zenithmon’s defeat Veedramon takes his rightful place on the throne and begins working towards his dream of a world where humanity and digimon coexist in peace.

When he merges with Ron he becomes Ex-Veemon.

Leomon

An honorable warrior who fights with the ferocity of a beast. Leomon was once one of the Gladiator Bosses but grew disgusted by their mission and stepped down. After this he traveled the digital world advocating that the strong should use their might to protect those weaker than themselves not harass them. His words won over many but also earned him many enemies.

On Veedramon’s orders he sought out the Digidestined and taught them how to fight like digimon. Upon reaching Cyber City he learns from Owlmon how deep the enemy’s reach truly goes and that the king himself is involved.

Upon taking the throne Veedramon names Leomon leader of the Gladiators. Using this chance Leomon renames the group to the Guardians and instructs them to use their strength to protect those weaker to them and help them grow stronger.  

SnowAgumon and FlameGabumon

A pair of digimon who follow Leomon and train under him to get strong enough to defend themselves and others. In time they begin to digivolve allowing them to fight alongside Leomon and the Digidestined.

IcyGreymon: a quadrupedal snow lizard BurningGarurumon: a bipedal flame reptile

FrozenGreymon: Standing slightly upright it has armor of frozen ice VolcanGarurumon: Hunched over with a burning horn

WinterGreymon: A white and blue Wargreymon with armor and claws of ice MagmaGarurumon: A red and black MetalGarurumon with obsidian as armor

Eventually the pair learn to DNA Digivolve and form Omegamon Temperat. A mighty warrior of frost and flame.

After the crisis the pair join Leomon’s Guardians.

Cranemon, Ushimon , and Marlinmon

A rival delivery company on friendly terms with Condormon, Toromon and Sharkmon. They loved to compete for deliveries and raced to see who could deliver their packages the fastest.

However things took a tragic turn when the two groups along with Theo found a town under attack by the Gladiators. As Theo unity digivolved with his partners the others digivolved to Hurricranemon, Bulldermon, and Swordfishmon. However even all of them together were no match for the brutes. The three bravely stayed behind to buy Theo and his partners time to get as many civilians to safety.

After their deletion the trio’s Core Code was collected and months later when Travis needed an edge against the Digidestined he combined their code to create a Cybermon version of Tribeastmon.

After a fierce battle the original Tribeastmon reluctantly deleted the imitation permanently deleting their data.

Bardmon

A Koemon variant that carries a lute. After Drake saves his life he accompanies him and sticks by his side even after the group reaches Cyber City. He sings songs telling digital world myth and legend and writes songs about the digidestined. He prefers not to fight but if he must he can digivolve into Targetmon and then Etemon to help.

After Zenithmon’s defeat Veedramon appoints Bardmon as the royal bard.

Wizardmon, Sorcermon, Witchmon and Magemon Teachers of the mystic arts who each specialize in different elements. Wizardmon focuses on flame and earth, Sorcermon focuses on light and ice, Witchmon focuses on wind and water, Magemon focuses on darkness and lightning.

They eventually join Veedramon’s group as Mistymon, Wisemon, Bastemon and Doumon.

Owlmon A wise and kind digimon who loves to learn. As royal librarian she’s noticed that Victormon isn’t the benevolent ruler they seem and give the Digidestined as well as Leomon clues to lead them in the right path. She even discovers the stolen Digieggs. Upon Victormon’s betrayal Owlmon protects the partner digimon and safeguards them until Veedramon can arrange for them to be reunited with their partners. Upon taking the throne Veedramon names Owlmon his royal advisor in recognition of her wisdom. Plesiomon A kind and gentle giant of the sea who helps the cartographers when they need to map the oceans of the digital world. They assist the Digidestined in reaching a remote island to protect the village there from the Gladiators. Petermon and Kazemon

A mischievous trickster who mistakes Riley for his missing friend Tinkermon under a curse and attempts to “save her” however it turns out Tinkermon had digivolved into Kazemon. As the threat of the Gladiators grows more dire the pair open their forest up to any seeking shelter having digivolved into CaptainHookmon and JetSilphymon. After the crisis the pair join Leomon’s Guardians.

Dokugumon/Archnemon

A recluse who reluctantly allows the Digidestined to use her tunnel network to evacuate a group of villages in the Gladiator’s warpath. Inspired by the Digidestined the villagers begin to train and digivolve with many reaching champion or even ultimate. Dokugumon herself digivolves to Arachnemon before returning to lead the villagers in saving Veedramon’s group from a Gladiator ambush. After the crisis she joins Leomon’s Guardians.

HolyAngemon, Angewomon, Darcmon and MagnaAngemon

A group of holy digimon who rescue the Digidestined from a horde of Devidramon. HolyAngemon and Angewomon are peaceful healers while Darcmon and MagnaAngemon are powerful warriors. The two pairs often disagree on methods but all agree that life must be protected. They later join Veedramon’s group having digivoved to Dominimon, LovelyAngemon, Ophanimon and Seraphimon respectively. After the crisis they join Leomon’s Guardians.

Beelzebumon and BeelStarmon

Twin representatives of the Viral Council, a group of high ranking virus digimon who agree that Veedramon’s rule would be best for all digimon and that the threat of the Gladiators must be stopped. The twins were sent as representatives to aid Veedramon’s group to this end. After the crisis they join Leomon’s Guardians to insure that virus type digimon are protected.

The original Digidestined After Travis’s defeat the original Digidestined reach out to the current group and they meet at Ron’s mansion. They reveal their names and what they’ve been up to since their adventures.

Taylor, the original Digidestined of Endurance, became a famous celebrity chef with a series of restaurants world wide.

Mary, the original Digidestined of Heart, became a marine biologist and pushed for stricter laws against polluting in the ocean.

Josh, the original Digidestined of Joy, became a physical therapist and takes great joy in helping people.

Sarah, the original Digidestined of Creativity, became a pilot and actually flew the group to Ron’s mansion.

Issac, the original Digidestined of Mind, wrote a series of fantasy novels called Mystical Adventures about their adventures altering them with a fantasy angle. So the digital world was a kingdom of magic, the partner digimon were elemental familiars and the digivices were pendants of power.

Mindy, the original Digidestined of Dreams, went on to create perfumes and now runs a perfume business nationwide.

Luke, the original Digidestined of Unity, did indeed perish in the final battle. In order to avoid looking insane the others made up a story about running away from home to go on a great adventure and that Luke died saving some of them from a flash flood. This way he was still remembered as a hero.

The group agrees to help the current Digidestined in their mission to unite the worlds and keep peace on both sides. However they make it clear their days in combat are long behind them and instead will help Ron with the background details.

Enemies

Travis Wilson- 45- The head of Cyber Zenith and cause of the chaos in the digital world. His plan was to have the Gladiators delete weak digimon and using a special program to redirect the digieggs to Victormon’s palace where they are transferred to another server where he can reprogram and modify their data making them strong and obedient to him. He plans on selling his Cybermon to the highest bidders and as well as forming a small army. He views Digimon as nothing but pale imitations of life, weapons and tools, nothing more. The digidestined confuse and enrage him. In his mind they have the power he deserves. Digivice: Black/Gray Victormon Champion Black and Blue pallet swap of Magnamon Emperormon Ultimate, skipped over during the digivolution to Zenithmon. Zenithmon Mega Warrior in dark armor with glowing circuitry throughout it. Zenithmon Gladiator Mode Dark Mega Imperfect forced Union with the data of the Gladiators able to use their attacks. Armor is rusted, veins replace circuits, any exposed flesh is pale and diseased looking. Has an aura of code that changes to resemble a Gladiator when he uses their move. As they begin arguing amongst themselves they all appear in the aura.

The Gladiator Bosses

The leaders of the Gladiators who instruct their forces to delete as many “weak” digimon as they can. All but VictoryGreymon believe this is to weed out the weak and use their Core Code to travel to the real world. Unknown to all of them Travis redirects their data to his Digivice upon their deletion to use for Zenithmon Gladiator Mode.

VictoryGreymon

The cruel and sadistic leader of the Gladiators. Victormon’s right hand mon. The only one other than the king to know the full truth of their mission. Deleted by Zenithmon to steal his power.

CresGarurumon

Solitary warrior with a frozen heart. Finds out the truth about their mission and turns on VictoryGreymon leading to his deletion.

Pharaohmon

Obsessed with death and destruction. Deleted by Trinitymon, Chakramon and Twilidramon.

Ebemon

Cold and calculating, able to scan for weaknesses. Deleted by UlforceVeedramon.

Rafflesimon

Proud and vain master of plants. Deleted by Titaniamon, QueenBeetlemon and Plasmatonmon.

Boltmon Electric berserker.Deleted by Plasmatonmon. Callismon Wild beast untamed.Deleted by Trinitymon Ghoulmon Leads armies of demon digimon. Deleted by Titaniamon. Zanbamon Seeks glory in battle. Deleted by Chakramon. Dinotigermon Master hunter and tracker. Rival of Saberleomon who replaced him after he deserted the Gladiators. Deleted in a final duel between the two. GranKuwagamon Twisted leader of the swarm, can mode change to GrandisKuwagamon. Deleted by QueenBeetlemon Helhiemon Fusion of Duskmon and Velgrmon. Wicked winged warrior and master of the dark skies. Deleted by Twilidramon.

Prominent Gladiators Dinobeemon

The brains to Paildramon’s brawn

Paildramon

The brawn to Dinobeemon’s brains

Gold Rapidmon

Trigger happy shooter who has to go first in battle to avoid catching comrades in their crossfire.

Vulturemon

Silent sniper who strikes from afar.

Ogre Brothers Ogremon Fugamon Hyogamon

A trio of brothers who delight in cruelty and brutality.

[qillmhi]

Loved the new mikey fic! Can you maybe do the same but with leo ?? I feel like the delinquent boy and the mr perfect trope would go well 👀

You two are like... the embodiment of 'You are annoying' and 'But you loooveeee meeee' troupe.

"A burp is just a fart, but with your mouth."

"Don't ever talk again."

Mr. Perfect Jr. and Lord Reckless Jerkmore is the couple no one had ever expected.

Especially since the two of you didn't really get along very much in the beginning.

Nah, the moment you entered their lives, you, Raph and Casey immedietly clicked and formed your own little rebel group, then successfully became Leo's leading source of headaches.

You were careless and stubborn. Going in head first, flued by sheer dumb luck for surviving every dangerous shit you find your ass in.

Apperantly you found your way into their little gang of weirdos while Leo was knocked out cold at April's farm house.

He found out that you were April's childhood friend, and seeing such a familiar face after being in deep trauma caused the girl to not hesitate on inviting you into her residence.

He guessed that she must have been to excited about bringing back a speck of normalcy in her life, and forgot about the turtles and Casey. He couldn't really blame her for that.

But as soon as you stepped through their door, you were warmly welcomed with a hard whack to the face.

Courtesy of Donatello, who thought you were an intruder.

April apologised while Donnie shamefully retrieved some ice for your forming blackeye. Heh.

Leo woke up around a few weeks later, when you already got a pretty good relationship with the rest of the gang.

Even Donnie! Who people would think to be the first guy to plan a way to kick you out!

No!

Because for some God forsaken reason, you grew up with your uncle, a respectable man who owned a bake and brew coffee shop.This lead to the caffine addicted brainiac wrapped around your little skull ringed finger!

"Chill out, bro!"

And of course, that annoying phrase you fire at him everytime he tried to scold you.

Though you aren't exactly all that bad... you had some redeeming qualities.

Sure, you're still a street punk peanut, but you're also incredibly honest. You joke a lot, but Leo noticed you haven't really lied about anything. You're one of those people who wore their hearts on their sleeves.

You two were able to improve your relationship through your shared love of Super Mega Force Five.You collected DVD copies and action figures along with discontinued comic book spin offs when you were a kid, and Leo mistook your room for heaven.With the way you look, he thought your room would be top to bottom full of heavy metal posters or something. Guess it was just your style.

The two of you would geek out all night without his brothers coming in.

His eyes would be brighter and the two of you would chatter non stop, sharing interests with each other.Watching his favorite movies is legit the only thing that can get his mind off of training and his injury.

It made Leo less of a ninja and more of a teenager, just like back then.

Not to mention... you also are kinda cute when you talk about Princess Venus. Don't tell him I told you that!

You're the type of guy that just drags around people to do dumb shit. And that other person comes along to make sure you don't hurt yourself while doing said dumb shit.

Though he admires the fact that you can understand when he's not to be disturbed, you'd turn the other way.

He vents to you a lot.

This is usually a characteristic given to Raph, and Leo would just cool off by meditating.

It's actually a lot better to talk to someone about it. It allows him to let out his pent up anger and seek the opinion of someone from a different point of view.

"And that's how I found out she's my sister..."

"Oh... wow... *munch*munch*"

"I-... are you eating popcorn?!"

"The tea was spicy👌"

"...."

"You want some?""...sure."

In a way, you also often act as a mediator between the two brothers when they go head to head.

When things get heavy, you would insert yourself between the two boys and try your best to get rid of the tense mood.

"(Y/n) get out of the way."

"Alas, my love I cannot! For I must do the noblest of sacrifices." You dramatically clung to Leo's leg. "If thou sought blood, lest it not be the blood that of your father!"

"You dork. Please. Get. Off."

"Take mine instead!!!!"

Yeah you were a real piece of work.

But as more time goes by, Leo started to mind it less and less.He increasingly found your weird shenanigans charming and sweet. Maybe even looking forward to some of them, especially when you two are alone.

Planned 'dates' were rare.

More often than not, you'd just show up out of nowhere and drag Leo by the shell somewhere to hang out in the forest or just cool your feet by the creek.

"You look tired. Thought I'd be nice to chill out for a while, dontcha think?"

It felt very nice to be able to put his guard down every once in while.

To just lay on the ground, toes submerged into the cool water and the sound of your steady breathing right next to him.

Leo closes his eyes and just... not think. His hand was itching to touch yours. But he wasn't sure how you'd react.

Instead you just dropped your jacket on him.

"Sorry. I forgot you guys are cold blooded-" you scrashed your head "-wouldn't want our Leo getting sick now right?

Leo's eyes widened.

Something about the way you said "our Leo" made his insides bubble and his cheeks feeling flushed.Somehow he liked being called yours.

It was like a heavy weight have been removed from his shoulders.

For someone so chaotic, he never thought he'd feel so at ease around you. And honestly? He liked it.He liked these moments spent with you.

He liked you.

But his responsibilities never really let him have the opportunity to give himself fully to love and have a relationship.

But now he wished he did.

When the world fell apart, so did his heart.

You were just too far for him to reach you on time when it happened.

And he blamed himself for every second of every day when he lost you.

He spent most of his time in Professor Honeycutt's projector room, speaking to his father about his endeavours to seek guidance.

And you...

"What's got ya so blue, Bluey?"

For now, all he had were memories of you.

"I just.... I miss you so much,.."

The hologram protection of you had that adorable goofy smile you used to give him.

You- no... It was so realistic, he wanted to reach out and touch the hologram "Well I'm here! Why don't you and I nap for a bit, hm~?" He hadn't had a good night's rest since all of this started.

For the world, for his father, for you; Leo would cross any galaxies and get that blackhole generator.

He'd do anything to bring you back.

"Yeah.... I'd like that, (Y/n)..."

Whatever it takes.

[queen-haq]

Fic: Alive [Chapter 2]

Summary: Aidan traced the thin chain around his neck, rubbing the infinity pendant between his fingers. No longer a symbol of their everlasting love, it was something he touched in anger when he thought of Sage. It was the only thing of hers that still remained with him after eight years, the last possession which still connected them together. When he did find Sage again, and he would no matter how long it took, he planned to destroy the pendant - and her.

Taking place across two timelines, Alive tells the story of Aidan and Sage, high school sweethearts driven apart by who they are and where they come from. Once enemies then lovers, their relationship runs full circle when they meet again in the present, now prepared to destroy each other.

My Masterlist (contains links to previous parts)

It took Sage a few weeks to start adjusting to her new life and surroundings. While not any closer to the Woods than before, she had learned to tolerate them and had even exchanged friendly conversations with Theo – which Cat was not the least bit pleased about if her scornful glances were any indication.

Sage also had to admit she had been too quick to judge the students at Belleville. Although Cat and her group of friends were still obnoxious, not everyone was as narrow-minded as them. There was Tara, who was one of the smartest students in the school and had quite a dry, sarcastic sense of humor, and Anna, a film geek who had aspirations to be a famous director one day. David was one of the most beautiful people she had ever met and flamboyantly gay, which unfortunately meant he was picked on at times but somehow he never let it affect him. 

At first Sage had been determined to not make any friends - not like she was planning to be in LA for long - but Tara’s increasing stubbornness in forging a friendship with her finally broke down her resolve. Grateful to be part of the group now, she actually looked forward to school some days.

Other days she wanted to run and leave everything behind, and it was usually because of Aidan. She had heard through the grapevine the reason he seemed to have it out for her had more to do with reconciling with Cat than actual hatred for her. Apparently they were always on-again, off-again and because their recent status was off he was trying to get back into Cat’s good books. Whatever his reasons, he was an absolute jackass and Sage hated him in a way she had never despised anyone before. He tried her patience a lot; like it wasn’t bad enough she had to see him in school he was also over at the house practically everyday. She didn’t understand why; it’s not like he didn’t have a home. He was filthy rich being the only child of a mega Hollywood producer and some famous ballerina. Maybe they couldn’t stand being around him either.

The thought made her snort as she cleaned up the counter after making a sandwich, only to look up to find Aidan leaning on the kitchen doorframe. He’d been outside playing basketball with Theo a few minutes earlier; unfortunately it looked like the game was finished which meant he was here to mess with her now. Like always he was glaring at her, his usual smirk in place. Oh, how she wanted to smack that goddamn smile off his face. 

“Maid work, huh? Looks like they’re finally putting you to use.”

“Fuck off.”

“Why don’t you shut that filthy mouth and make me a sandwich?”

“Why don’t you jump off a bridge and die?”

“You should be nicer to me. One word from me and these guys will throw your chunky ass out on the street.”

You scoffed at him. “Oh, please. Like anybody listens to you.”

“Saw you eyeing me down when we were playin’ outside. You have no shot, you know. You’re not my type.”

“I was watching ‘cause it was funny. You can’t play. You suck at basketball.”

He sneered. “Like you’re some kind of star athlete?” 

“Don’t need to be one. I have eyes. I can see when someone sucks.” She tilted her head, flashing him a cold smile. “But I guess you don’t need to worry about all that. You always have daddy’s trust fund to fall back on, right?”

His jaw clenched, her words must have hit a nerve. Normally she’d feel guilty about being such a bitch to someone but this was Aidan. As far as she was concerned, he deserved far worse than what she was dishing out.

She grabbed the plate of sandwich and moved to exit the kitchen, already anticipating trouble as she she had to walk past him to leave. As expected he reached out to grab the doorframe, blocking her way. Leveling him with a hostile stare, she stared up at him. He was tall, over six feet to her five feet three inches, and that automatically made her feel defensive. If he was trying to intimidate her, it was working – not that she would ever admit it. “Move.”

The smirk on his face dissolved. He stared at her intently, his hazel eyes spewing venom. “You think you know me, Sage? You don’t. You don’t know anything about me.”

“I know you’re an insecure little prick who’s acting like an asshole just to impress his ex.  Even you have to admit that’s pathetic.” His piercing glare was nerve-wracking but she refused to look away, knowing he would use any sign of weakness to taunt her further. “Get out of my way.” She wasn’t sure what to expect next but relief surged through her when he lowered his arm a second later. With her head held high, and heart pounding in her chest, she walked away.

***

Sage shut the door behind her, and entered the security code in the alarm panel. It was a Saturday night, everyone was out. She always liked it when the house was empty because no one was judging her, or throwing daggers at her with their eyes (as Stacey often did), and she felt free to be herself.

Her stomach growled, and she headed to the kitchen to grab something to eat. She was inspecting the contents of the fridge when the landline started ringing. She ignored it at first, figuring they would reach whoever they needed on their cell, but as it kept ringing continuously, she finally answered it. “Hello?”

“Is Cat home?”

It was Aidan, just her luck.

“Obviously not or she would have answered already.”

“Where is she?”

“I don’t know. Try her cell.”

“I already did, she’s not picking up.”

“Maybe she’s out on a date and doesn’t want to be bothered by you.”

“I need to talk to her.”

The fact Aidan didn’t rise to her taunts was concerning enough, but the desperation in his voice was doubly so. She was used to him sounding cocky and smug, not frantic like he was now. “Why don’t you come over and wait here? I’m sure she’ll be home soon.”

“I’ll be there in five,” he said and hung up.

Shoot. She was hoping he would turn down her offer. What the hell was she thinking? It was too late to change her mind, considering he would be here soon. Almost on cue the bell rang followed by a knock on the door. She took a deep breath and went to answer it.

Aidan was waiting for her on the porch, his hair messy and free of its usual gel, t-shirt half-tucked into a pair of scuffed jeans. The black puffer jacket he was holding was the only thing that looked clean. Before she could say anything, he stepped inside.

Aidan never just walked, he swaggered, his every step reflective of his superior attitude and designed to bring attention to his good looks. Tonight, however, there was stiffness in his gait. He forged ahead of her, dragging his jacket on the floor. She closed the door and followed behind him, wondering if he hurt his back.

“What’s wrong with you?” she asked, after noticing him wince with pain when he tried to sit down.

“None of your fucking business.”

“It will be if you pass out in front of me.”

“Your concern’s touching.”

“Don’t mistake self-preservation for concern.”

He waived her away. “Why don’t you go back to the servant’s quarters and leave me the fuck alone?” 

God, she hated him, and now she was angry at herself for inviting him to come over. No wonder he was being an ass, he probably figured he could walk all over her because she’d been nice to him. She stormed out of the den and exited the house through the back door.

Shortly after, back in the comfort of the pool house, she changed into her pajamas before climbing into bed. When she tried to sleep, however, all she could think about was how hungry she was. She hadn’t eaten anything in the last few hours, just to see if she could go on a diet if she really needed to, but apparently she lacked the will power. Oh well. So she was never going to be skinny. Whatever. 

Throwing the covers aside, she slipped out of bed and went outside. Once inside the main house, she was making her way to the kitchen when the sound of a frustrated groan stopped her in her tracks. It was Aidan. She contemplated staying put, but after she heard him cry out again she couldn’t ignore his voice. Reluctantly she walked to the bathroom and found him clad in his jeans, facing away from her. She froze, catching sight of his naked back; it was covered in bruises and cuts, some of the wounds still bloody. Like someone had whipped him.

“What? This turning you on?”

He met her gaze in the mirror. Despite his angry expression, his voice lacked its usual vitriol; she realised he was embarrassed. “Don’t flatter yourself, Aidan,” she said is a brisk tone. Being hostile to him was much easier than showing compassion, and she had a feeling he would appreciate it more.

“A strip show from me is gonna cost you. Hope you have a stack of hundreds.”

“No, but I have a first aid kit in my room. I’ll even help you with your back as long as you shut up and don’t irritate me.”

He hesitated for a second, as if contemplating the sincerity of her offer. Finally he pantomimed zipping his mouth shut, and she had to force herself not to smile at his dramatics. “I’ll be back in a sec.”

After grabbing the first aid kit, she returned to the bathroom. His eyes followed her reflection in the mirror until she came closer, relieved that his back was now blocking the mirror from her line of sight. There was something disturbing about being the focus of his attention when he was studying her so intently without a hint of sneer or smirk on his face.

With a gentle touch, she cleaned his wounds and applied the bandages. He still winced once in a while, and her stomach clenched with anxiety just thinking about the pain he was in. After finishing, she shifted back to give him space to turn. “All done.” His gaze centered on her again, the awkward tension returning between them. Avoiding his eyes, she stepped around him to wash her hands. “Try not to get in anymore trouble,” she said before rushing out of the bathroom.

***

Sage was heating up leftover pizza when Aidan popped into the kitchen, wearing one of Theo’s shirts. He didn’t look very pleased to find her in there, which was somewhat comforting; at least she wasn’t the only one who felt strange about the whole night.

“Don’t tell anyone about this,” he said. He appeared unusually nervous as he shifted his weight from one foot to the other.

“Why would I? You’re the last person I want to talk about.”

“And don’t start thinking we’re friends or something. We’re not.”

“I know that. I don’t make friends with assholes.” 

“Good. Keep it that way.”

She grabbed the plate from the microwave, moving to leave when he spoke up again.

“Thanks for… everything.”

Gratitude did not suit him; she much preferred it when he was being obnoxious. “Whatever,” she replied without bothering to look at him and exited the main house.

Later that night she was lying awake in bed, unable to sleep, when her thoughts turned to Aidan. She wondered why his back was covered with faded scars, if he’d been involved in a fight. She hadn’t seen any bruises on his hands which led her to think he hadn’t defended himself, but he wasn’t the type of guy that didn’t fight back. If anything, he was always the aggressive one, instigating confrontations. After several minutes of wracking her brain trying to come up with a plausible explanation, she forced herself to stop thinking about him. Whatever he was involved in, she didn’t want to be a part of it. At all. And she was sure he preferred that as well.

Besides, she had her own life to worry about.

[megamanrecut]

Mega Man Recut playlist

:D Since a some of you shared your amazing Recut inspired playlists, I slapped together a quick 90s(...ish) playlist for Recut, organized by season:

Youtube: Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 0 | Season 3 

Disclaimer: My taste in music ranges from annoyingly popular to WTF was that

Disclaimer 2: Some of the lyrics fit very well, others are just for mood/vibes/whatever

Disclaimer 3: Okay it doesn’t really work as a playlist BUT this sorta showcases  moods for different characters. Click below to see text list (most songs are well known) with author notes why I selected. 

lol I hope these links work! I don’t have all the Robot Masters but it was getting long:

Season 1

Wheezer, “Buddy Holly” (1994) - Mega Man vibes (I have trouble picking out songs for Rock, so got idea from @go-west-young-meowth ‘s playlist :D geek rock bands are perfect for him)

Joan Jett “Bad Reputation” (1980) - Roll vibes

Pantera “Walk” (1992) - Roll (for now out of laziness) (*Okay so for Roll, I always pictured Roll liking metal bands that liked dressed all goth/halloween like Slipknot or Ramstein and such WHICH I ASSUMED 90s band did. But they didn’t really. So I did the best I could. idk I got kinda frustrated while researching lol)

Beethoven, “Symphony No.7, 2nd Movement” (1811-1812) - Dr. Light

Nirvana, “Lithium” (1991) - Proto Man vibes 

Cowboy Bebop OST, “Tank!” (1998) - Proto Man (Nirvana (though cliche) fits well as a 90s grunge influence for Proto, while if Recut had a soundtrack, something cool and Blues/Jazzy like the Cowboy Bebop soundtrack would be nice for Proto’s scenes)

Herman Stein, “Revenge of the Creature” (1955) - Wily (really anything with the theremin works lol)

Kevin Manthei, “Invader Zim Ending Theme” (2001) - Wily again (why not)

Danny Elfman, “The Batman Theme” (1989, 1992 BTAS)  - Syndicate vibes

The Immortals, “Mortal Kombat” (1995) - Cut Man!

Village People, “Macho Man” (1978) - Guts Man (sorry this was all I could think of, I’m sure it could be a karaoke???)

The Aquabats! “Super Rad!” (1997) - Gyro Man (was torn between this and pool party :D also Beck probably works)

House of Pain, “Jump Around” (1989 )- Ring / Magnet

Beastie Boys, “Sabotage” (1994) - Ice / Metal / Magnet / Ring? (lol I’m sorry!)

Harvey Danger, Flagpole Sitta (1997) - Metal Man

Season 2

Tom Cochrane, “Life is a Highway” (1991) - Top Man

Foo Fighters, “My Hero” (2006) - Mega Man (Someone once told me this reminded them of Recut Mega Man a long time ago. Guess it fits with Nirvana being strong Recut Proto Man influence? D:)

Hole, “Violet” (1994) - Roll 

Nine Inch Nails “Head like a Hole” (1989) - Roll (...for now out of laziness. Probably White Zombie/Metallica/Tool/whatever would have worked too. All the 90s metal bands)

Nirvana, “Come as you are” (1991) - Proto Man (...90s anthem? :P but it fits!)

Cowboy Bebop OST, “Bad Dog No Biscuits” (1998) - Proto Man

Beethoven, “Moonlight Sonata 1st Movement” (1801) - Dr. Light

Beethoven/Maganeko, “Moonlight Sonata 3rd Movement (remix)” (2018?) - Dr. Cossack, also Proto Light

Howard Shore, “Ed Wood Titles” (1994) - Wily, NotLMB (theremin again but this time Tim Burton 90s haha)

Debussy, Claire de Lune (1905) - Centum

Green Day, Basket Case (1994)- Ring Man, Magnet Man?

Spin Doctors, Two Princes (1991) - Top Man(ish) again

Spice Girls, “Wanna be” (1996) - Kali Cossack

Soundgarden, “Black Hole Sun” (1994) 

The Verve, “Bittersweet Symphony” (1997) - Snake Man

Season 0 - (corresponds with chapters with one bonus)

Beethoven, “Für Elise” (1867) - Prologue: Proto

Beethoven – “Pathetique 2nd Movement” (1798) - The Secret

Beethoven, “Pathetique Sonata 1st Movement” (1798) - Stuck

Beethoven/MusicalBasics “Für Elise Nightmare” (2020?) - Cracking Up (ignore lyrics haha)

Beethoven/Imagine Music, “9th Symphony: Ode to Joy (remix)” (2020?) - More Secrets

Walter Murphy, “A Fifth of Beethoven” (1976) - Breaking Out

Cowboy Bebop OST, “Rush” (1998) - Building an Army

Cowboy Bebop OST 2, “Don’t Bother None” (1998?)

idk Proto may be a whiner Beethoven’s alright

Season 3 (Incomplete)

The Ventures, “The Twilight Zone Theme” (1964)

DALI, “Moonlight Densetsu” (1992)

Cowboy Bebop OST, “Cat Blues” (1998)

Nirvana, “All Apologies” (1993)

Pixies, “Where is my mind?” (1988)

Rage Against the Machine, “Bulls on Parade” (1996)

Beethoven, “Ghost” (1809)

Andrew Gold / The Living Tombstone, “Spooky Scary Skeletons (remix)” (2014?)

Queen, “Flash” (1980)

Beethoven/MusicalBasics, “Moonlight Symphony Nightmare” (2020)

Honorable Mentions

Billie Eilish, “Bad Guy” (2019) - ...Elec Man and/or Elec/Proto vibes? (I’m sorry, I’ve thought this for awhile)

The Toadies, “Possum Kingdom” (1994) - same as above (if you don’t take lyrics literally), 90s flavor) though seriously need to research 90s EDM (I guess) because Elec Man is the only main cast member not to have any songs

Neu Tickles, “I am Ninja” (2006?) - Shadow Man (for obvious reasons... :S), LOL warning has very explicit lyrics

There’s a lot of other amazing 90s bands (there’s a lot of amazing bands from any decade) sorry to those I didn’t feature :( 

Okay now that this is published I’m going to listen to these for these first time lol

[buttterknifeee]

Tims S/O vs. the batfam

You, the reader, are Tim’s significant other. Congrats! you may think the hard parts over right? WRONG. you need to win over the whole ass Wayne family and heres how it goes.

Alfred

refers to you as Mx. L/N; however as you visit the manor more frequently, he begins to refer to you as Mx. Y/N

Since he refers to you as Mx. Y/N, you call him Mr. Alfred because you feel weird calling him just by his first name

No matter what first impressions you gave off to him, he never shared them due to not wanting to be impolite

you quickly realize that none of the bat fam helps with the chores, so you try to lend alfred a hand whenever possible

you try to be polite as possible around him, and he appreciates it

Dick

Is EXTREMELY protective of Tim

So when you first met him, he did the whole “you break my brother’s heart i will break your face” talk and that was TERRIFYING

Tim tells you not to worry about it, but whenever you were with Tim, you could sense Dick out of the corner of your eye, watching

However, as you spend more time around him, he sees that you’re really in love with tim and hes really in love with you

And you see that tim and dick have an amazing brotherly relationship, something you’ve never experienced yourself

One night, you tell dick that you wish that you had a brother as great as him

In that moment, he decided that he was gonna adopt you as one of his siblings and boom hes your big brother too now.

Duke

Duke being considered the newest person in the Wayne Manor, is basically your liaison, explaining all the dynamics and history of the Wayne Family/Manor

Super Charismatic, though hes clearly being observant of your every move, analyzing who you are as a person

But for the most part, he made you feel really comfortable at the manor

So the day you bought him a 1000 puzzle set was the day you basically won him over

You let him geek out about film and riddles, listening to every word he said, which was something that apparently didn’t happen often to him

Also duke straight up just third wheels you as often as he can

Jason

so basically

you were scared of jason

He was rarely at that manor, especially while you were there but when he was, he came in dragging blood or drinking alcohol

once while you were alone in one of the rooms by yourself, Jason came in, mask off, bandage on his right arm

he asked you, “so why are you dating replacement?”

“Why do you call him replacement?”

“Oh you know, because he replaced me when I died”

“oh. right.” Yeah you’re kinda stupid for that one

It takes a while for you to remember that jason is a vigilante who literally died and came back to life, and it takes him a while  to remember that you’re a teenager and not a crime fighting super hero

so yeah your relationship does improve a bit

Whenever you guys get to talk, he always asks you some really deep question that throws you off guard, but you guys end up having really meaningful discussions and you get closer with him that way

Cass

you were even more scared about Cass than Jason

She just silently stared at you sometimes: didn’t even try to hide it

Like duke, she analyzed you a lot during your first meeting with her, although she did it to a more extreme: just by looking at you, she could sense your breathing, heartrate, movements; she was basically reading you soul

From this, should was able to tell just how absolutely frightened you were to meet her, so she made sure to smile to calm you down

Whenever you were alone with her you couldn’t help but feel a bit awkward; not only was there a bit of a language barrier but she was not the most talkative person, at times you just sat in silence

So you would try to do things with her rather than talking: you showed her pictures from your phone, she showed you her fighting moves, and you made conversation through facial expressions and body movements

Steph

VERY AWKWARD SHE PROBABLY HATED YOU IMMEDIATELY THE FIRST TIME YOU MET

i mean whos gonna be happy about seeing their ex’s new s/o not her nope

She kept smiling and laughing but you could see the burning hatred behind her eyes

It took a solid month before she actually talked to you

and it took another month for you to pluck up the courage to ask if she actually hated you

She looked embarrassed and admitted that she did kinda hate you in the beginning but that was solely because you were dating her ex, but she saw how good of a person you were, so she doesn’t hate you anymore

She asked if you hated her, since she kind of ignored you in the beginning

You said no, since she was so cool and you could see why Tim dated someone like her

Yeah so now you’re besties

And you often talking about Tim and his dating antics, sometimes right in front of him lol

Sometimes she would joke about stealing you from him, making sure to give you extra long hugs, and give u a kiss on the cheek just to piss Tim off >:)

Barbara

definitely looked up all your information as soon as she found out you were dating tim

Immediately went to interview mode when she met you

Asked about your future plans with tim, your job, your future college choices, your darkest fears, your median income

“... Im like 16″

Asides from that, shes pretty chill

you dont see her often, but she’s always down for a talk!

Would acted like my aunt from new jersey (in a good way)

Damian

You were super nervous about meeting him

Tim recalled events with him like he was recalling a war

So you were surprised to see a 12 year old kid being the one shooting daggers at you

“Drake brought home another guy/girl/person”

“damian shut the fuck up”

one day you catch him painting in his room

You ask him about his various paintings and he tells you his inspirations from each, going on a long rant for a solid hour

He realizes that hes been lecturing you for an hour and looked at you, blushing a bit

“Damian, you’re an amazing artist.” you say. smiling 

Now Damian always tells tim that you’re too good for him, and everytime you banters with tim damian always took your side

Except when he saw you two kissing/cuddling, he would call you guys “disgusting pigs” and bolt out of the room

Bruce

ah, bruce. the final boss

You couldn’t help but feel absolutely terrified. 

I mean not only is he a super mega rich business man and also like super famous but hes also BATMAN

you are also almost certain that he doesn’t know who you are despite being with tim for a few months by now

Everytime youre both in the same room he is often too busy to look up from whatever hes doing or rushing past you to go somewhere

Tim often confides in you about being the middle child in the family, meaning that sometimes people dont notice him and its really frustrating for him and for you to hear

One day u and tim are chilling in the batcave and bruce comes it and freezes when he sees the two of you

“who are y- what are you doing here-”

“oh um hello Mr. Wayne”

Bruce kinda just looked at you with a perplexed look, but that was when damian and cass walked by

“Father. Drake. Y/N” said damian, with Cassandra smilng and waving at you, to which you wave back.

“Hey Damian” you say nonchalantly. “I saw that you’re working on a new painting. youll have to tell me ALL about it later.”

“Of course. Im sure you’re aware of Georgia O’Keeffe” 

You smiled and nodded, to which he gave the tiniest of a smile back as he and cass headed for the training room

Bruce just stared at you even more perplexed than before, I mean, you just made damian smile

You glanced at Tim, who seemed just as uncomfortable as you

“Oh yeah Y/N, didn’t we have that movie we were gonna watch? yeah lets go like right now.” Tim said as he pulled your arm took you out of the batcave, giving bruce the well talk later look

After that instance he talk to some of his children about you, and they had nothing but good things to say. Even Jason, who literally kills people for a living, put in a good word about you.

The next time you visited the manor, you were greeted by bruce himself, dressed up in a business suit.

“Y/N, correct?” he pulled out his large calloused covered hand and held it towards you

After a brief moment you smiled and took it

“Yeah, thats me”

[thinkillwatchitburn]

Ogun from fire force x Black s/o (she/her) who is shy working out together

Omg that is so cute 🥺

I have to be honest, Ogun isn’t a character that I’m SUPER familiar with, but I really, really love his character (what I’ve absorbed of it, if that makes sense?). He’s so chill and understanding, I love that he sees the best in people - in a devil who NOBODY wanted to give a chance. He gave no second thought about it. He doesn’t GAF what ~anybody~ thinks, he’s gonna make his OWN decisions and fuck. That is so goddamn respectable. I also appreciate that his ancestors went and collected outliers and really brought everyone together. I really wish they’d gone more in depth with Ogun’s and his ancestors’ background - that would be a really cool side story. If anyone knows of any fanfics going that direction please let me know, I’d love to check ‘em out!

Anywho - I also want to point out that I’m not actually a Black woman myself, so I’m speaking as a Hispanic/white woman who is describing her interpretation based on her world experience? I really hope that makes sense, and I hope this is what you were looking for!!! 🥰❤️❤️)

So Ogun with a Black s/o (I’m gonna attempt gender neutral here just in case, but if you’d like specifically masculine or femme feel free to put in another request!!) who is shy working out together:

If s/o is very strong and self conscious about that:

I think Ogun would have such a huge appreciation for anyone who can match his strength and/or skill, but especially somebody who he can relate to on such a deeply cultural level. I feel confident Ogun is one of the very few darker-skinned characters, and it really seems like he’s kept at least some connection to his Black culture. He maintains his individuality, despite being surrounded by fairly cookie-cutter peers. He is SO geeked to have someone who can understand his unique experience.

Also he is honestly low-key impressed AS ACTUAL FUCK at your talents. He can sense you’re a little intimidated by his skill and you get a little flustered - which he thinks is cute as heck btw - but when the world melts away and you’re directly on top of your game - oh my god. He’s never seen anything that has given him the feelings you do in those moments. He’s used to the idea of feeling like he has to protect his comrades during battle - and don’t get confused, he has ALWAYS got his eyes on you during battle - he never feels like he needs to protect you. He’ll watch your back just in case, he really can’t help it, but he KNOWS how capable you are and has absolute faith that You. Got. This. Despite your reservations when you get stuck in your head, you are so unbelievably skilled and capable he would honestly ride with you any day. He comes to trust you as much as he trusts himself - that’s saying A LOT.

If his s/o isn’t *quite* as athletically inclined - still capable, but in more of a realistic way than the ~Godlike~mega~power~ way:

Ogun is SO geeked at the opportunity to work out with his bae and teach them a thing or two. He really is an excellent teacher, coaxing out all of the best in whoever he’s focused his attention on while not letting the worst affect the overall experience or his feelings about his student. He sees ALL of your potential and is truly adept at plotting out a realistic work-out plan to get you exactly where *YOU* want to be. Even if you’ve never exercised beyond power-walking to the register at your favorite market, he’s endlessly excited to help you get ~wherever~ it is you want to go. No matter what, he loves the shit out of you and your body and is so, so happy to offer his particular expertise in a way that you can appreciate.

He also understands when you start getting exhausted and frustrated and might get a little irritable - literally you can say just about anything to him and he isn’t offended. He’ll likely laugh it off (or whatever response is appropriate tbh, he’ll never make light if you’re truly upset), and let you know that if you feel you’ve reached your limit it’s okay, but if you can push yourself just a little more you should at least try. It’s really hard to hurt his feelings tbh, he’s so understanding.

Any and all progress he sees - and I promise you, he WILL see it ~all~ - he’s going to celebrate and encourage. And seeing you push your limits and boundaries, doing things you never even thought YOU could do (although he never doubted)??? He’s literally semi-erect with pride and awe. If he gets to see you ultimately aiding in battle and kicking some serious ass? He’s almost so distracted HE fucks up. He’s Ogun so of course he recovers with the smoothness, but he’ll never get that image of you out of his mind.

I hope you like it Anon! I’m still working on getting back into the groove of writing but if anyone has any constructive criticism, comments, or concerns I’m here and open to hearing anything you have to say!

[mirkwoodshewolf]

A new kind of competition; RA on the Masked singer pt. 2

*Author’s note*

Okay I know I’m kinda doin this out of order but I was posting this part on Wattpad and since it was still in my copying memory I decided to post this part up first but no worries, pt. 1 will be posted up in just a minute. And I wanna tell you all that there will be only TWO MORE chapters left before I finally complete the Rock Angel series. Enjoy this chapter until next time my dears :)

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*Round 5. THE SUPER 8*

Now it was starting to get serious, this was now the Super 8 and this was the first time this season that 2 people were gonna get eliminated.  I took a deep breath and gave a silent prayer to God and Freddie above to give me strength.

“And here to give us yet another star-stellar performance and another few hints as to who this mega star could be under the mask. Here’s the Lioness.”

The LIONESS; CLUE PACKAGE

“What very few people don’t know about me is that I didn’t always have that good of a homelife as a child.” I said as I walked through a child’s room.  I took hold of my stuffed lion and hugged him tightly as I continued, “The people who raised me were well—let’s just say they weren’t the nicest of people. The remainder of my childhood into adolescence was toxic for me.”

“Oh my god.” Nicole muttered sympathetically.

“Growing up with that much toxicity it really damaged my self-esteem. No matter how hard I tried, it just wasn’t enough for them.”

“Growing up in an abusive home.” Robin noted. “Wonder if she’s an advocate for domestic abuse?”

“But I knew I couldn’t let myself be buried underneath all that hatred. It took a long, long, long, long time. But I forgave them. Because in a way without them, I wouldn’t have found this inner strength within me.”

“You go Lioness.” Cheered Jenny.

“That’s why for this performance, if you or a loved one is dealing with toxic family members or partners. There’s no shame in admitting they’re in the wrong. Because if you continue to listen to their toxic lies, it’ll only lead you down one way. And you’re too good to leave this world just yet.” I set the stuffed lion down and punched the wall which shattered as I let out a proud roar.

I stood there on stage with the mic on hand as my girl Pink’s “Beautiful trauma” came on and I began singing in a ballad like tone first.  Slowly walking across the stage till I came upon a beautifully decorated swing (much like the Black Swan used a couple rounds ago).

*Me*

We were on fire I slashed your tires It's like we burned so bright we burned out I made you chase me I wasn't that friendly My love, my drug, we burn out

Oh

I got on the swing and it slowly raised up, lifting me all the way high above the audience as I sang the 2nd chorus. As the mantra part of the chorus came up, silk extended from the ends of the swing and I slowly swung back and forth making the silks dance gracefully in the wind.  When the bridge came up, I turned on my semi-good rapping skills. As I rapped out the bridge, the swing lowered me down towards the catwalk that stood in front of the judges.

Once my feet touched the ground and I sung the last verse, I walked towards the judges and sung before each of them.  

*Me*

The pill I keep taking The nightmare I'm waking There's nothing, no nothing, nothing but you My perfect rock bottom Beautiful trauma My love (my love), my love, my drug, oh

My love, my love, my love, my drug, oh My love, my love, my love, my drug, oh My love, my love, my love, my drug, oh My love, my love, my drug.

Mmm tough times they keep coming All night laughing and knackered Some days like I'm barely breathing Then after we were high and the love dope died, it was you

The pill I keep taking The nightmare I'm waking There's nothing, no nothing, nothing but you My perfect rock bottom My beautiful trauma My love, my love, my drug, oh

After walking back on stage with Nick standing at my side, he congratulated me on another amazing performance.  

“The Lioness is pulling our heartstrings once again.”

“I agree Nick. Especially after hearing that story of her going through domestic abuse that—that’s never an easy thing to go through. But Lioness let me just say you are a strong woman underneath. Because I can tell you’ve overcome that trauma and made a name for yourself.” Nicole told me.

I pounded my heart and raised my hand towards her.  She gave me a heart back.

“Now we raided through your fridge and found out just what exactly the Lioness loves to eat.”

“Oh come on Nick this is easy! She eats meat!” Ken exclaimed.

“Sit your butt down Ken!” Nick exclaimed. “Men in Black, bring out the Lioness’s favorite meal.” One of them came pulling out a cooler and sat it right beside Nick and he said. “Alright, let’s see what we’ve got in here.” There was a drumroll before he opened it to reveal a thermos that read JASMINE TEA.

“What’s that say on the thermos?” asked Jenny.

“Jasmine tea.”

“But there’s no food there!” complained Ken.

“To answer your Question Kenneth.” I scolded. That got the rest of the panel as well as Nick laughing. “Any type of food is good for me, but it’s this tea that will give you a clue. As to who I am.”

The audience and Nick ooed.  Jenny’s mouth opened widely as she rapidly pounded her stack of notes.

“Jenny it looks like you’ve got something.”

“I do! I do! I do! I do! I do! Okay so in the clue package she talked about her abusive childhood. Rough upbringing, but she didn’t say parents were the ones doing it. And the number code that was given to us awhile back, that 149121. I have been running through my head various codes as to what that could mean. Until the TEA is what gave me the idea.”

“Who is it?!” Ken demanded.

“At least she’s making more sense than you do Ken!” Robin dissed.

“Okay the code actually stands for 11-24-91. And this Rockstar has a tattoo of it on her shoulder with Angel Wings to remember her friend and mentor Freddie Mercury. This is most definitely the ROCK ANGEL (Y/N) KLINE!!!”

“Oh yeah that’s right. She does have a tattoo with that date on it.” Robin agreed with her.

“Nah I’m gonna disagree with you on that Jenny.” Ken said.  Oh boy here we go. “Now going off based off the clue package we saw domestic abuse. And on the number code the first few numbers I picked out were 911.  This actress started in a movie known as “The Call”. Welcome to the Masked Singer Halle Berry!”

I shook my head and crossed my arms at him.

“Look at her she’s agreeing with me.”

“Ken this is not Halle Berry!” Nick Cannon said.  I then waved bye to Nick as I proceeded to walk off the stage but he told me to come back, so I had no choice but to stand there. “See Ken you made the Lioness upset just like you did with Nick Carter last season.”

“Hey like I said before then. This isn’t the first time someone’s walked away from my guesses, and it won’t be the last.”

“I think I might have an idea on who it might be.” Nicole piped in.

“Go head Nicole.”

“Okay so we saw the domestic abuse, growing up in an abusive home. But I also remember from a few weeks back there was a sign that said AIDS. So I’m thinking she’s also an advocate for AIDS/HIV awareness. I’m gonna put my money on Rihanna.”

Oh wow that’s impressive.  But sadly she’s wrong.  Although I have helped Rihanna with some of her AIDS awareness promotion when the two of us were at a party together for MTV.  She told me she wanted to start a campaign for it but had no idea where to begin with it.  So I gave her some of my well known contacts and gave her some business advice that I remember learning from Deacy on how to handle everything.

“That’s not a bad guess. But Rihanna’s got a different voice. But whoever you are, you wowed us once again Lioness.” I bowed and blew them a kiss as Nick told me that I could head backstage.

“The judges are slowly but surely getting a grip with my identity. But I’m not ready to go home just yet. And if I somehow make it through, I’ll give them a performance that’ll definitely throw them off my scent.”

Thankfully, I was safe from being unmasked in this double elimination, however Seashell and the Yeti weren’t as lucky.

*Round 6. THE SPICY 6*

It’s down to the wire now.  This song might just make me or break me, especially since it’s the hardest song I’ll ever do in my entire singing career.  But like Freddie and I always say, “It’s go big or go home darling.”  Plus this is another special performance that I’m dedicating to.

“Now then we actually got to sit down and actually talk with this Megastar. Here’s what we managed to find out about the Lioness.”

THE LIONESS CLUE PACKAGE AND INTERVIEW.

This clue package showed me getting my mask taken off but I still had a black face cover hiding my entire face.

“Oh yes that feels so much better.” I praised at feeling the cool air on my face.  The Producer then asked me.

“So how has it been being the Lioness so far?”

“A lot of fun. She’s given me the courage to do things I never thought I could do before.” The screens would show some of my previous performances from getting on a wrecking ball to being lifted well over 10ft above an audience.

“What would winning the Masked Singer mean for you?”

“Well I’m not just doing it for myself. But for my pride as well. Especially my dad.”

“You’re dad?” I nodded.  The screens would then show me walking around my den with a picture of me and a shadow figure of a male lion.

“Not related by blood but he’s been my father figure for as long as I’ve known him. In fact without his love, I never would’ve found true love on my own. My husband, my kids, even my grandkids. They wouldn’t have existed had he not given me the love that I was denied growing up.” I stroked the picture of the shadow figure of the lion beside me.  The screen also showed my real family with my husband lion, 4 adult kids and 2 young grandkid cubs.

I pressed the frame up to my mouth and gave it a kiss, the screen even made a kiss sound effect as little hearts danced around it.

“So Papa Lion, this song is for you. I love you so much and thank you for everything you’ve done for me.” I blew a kiss to the camera as my clue package and interview ended.

The ballad opening for “I don’t wanna miss a thing” by Aerosmith came on and I took a deep breath.  This was it, but you’re doing it for Roger here (n/n).  Even though he won’t know it, this song is for him. I opened my mouth and soon began singing.

Once the bridge came around and the most difficult part of the song came on, I unleashed every ounce of alto rawness I had within me and just belted out that last yeah which made fireworks rain down from the ceiling and the audience seemed to enjoy it.

*Me*

I could stay awake just to hear you breathing Watch you smile while you are sleeping While you're far away and dreaming

I could spend my life in this sweet surrender I could stay lost in this moment forever Cause moment spent with you is a moment I treasure

Don't want to close my eyes I don't want to fall asleep 'Cause I'd miss you, babe And I don't want to miss a thing

'Cause even when I dream of you The sweetest dream will never do I'd still miss you, babe And I don't want to miss a thing

And I don't want to miss one smile I don't want to miss one kiss

And just stay here in this moment For all of the rest of time Yeah, yeah, yeah!

Don't want to close my eyes Don't want to fall asleep 'Cause I'd miss you, babe And I don't want to miss a thing

After finishing the song, fireworks came up behind me as I punched my fist into the air and panted from within my mask.

“Oh my god where did that come from!?” exclaimed Jenny.

“The lioness taking us to the far reaches of outer space with Armageddon!” Nick proclaimed as he came up beside me.

“I wanna say something first Lioness. That was probably your best performance ever.” Robin told me.  Oh my god seriously? I knew I had cracked up on that last ‘yeah’ but to hear him say this was my best performance surprised me. “You really laid it out on the line tonight with probably the hardest song but you executed it phenomenally.” He praised.

I bowed my hands in gesture to him telling him I wasn’t worthy.

“Alright now let’s see just who amongst our panel is the Lioness connected to.” The judges all looked up and soon my chute came down towards Ken but Nicole intercepted it from him and she said.

“Oh it’s for Jenny.” She passed it to Ken who passed it to Jenny and she saw the silver charm of a birthday cake.

“A birthday cake.” She told the crowd as she held the charm between her fingers.

“Jenny. I wanna thank your husband for performing at one of my kid’s birthday party.” At that the crowd got all suspicious and Jenny’s face was gaped wide in shock.

“Is Donny doing things behind your back?” Nicole accused Jenny.

“I hope not.” God these innuendos kill me. “Okay so apparently you know my husband Donny. But I-I don’t remember him ever telling me he performed at a kid’s birthday party.”

“What about the entire New Kids on the Block?” asked Robin.

“Possibly. Was it just my husband or the entire band that performed at your kid’s party?”

“You know she can’t answer that!” Nick snapped playfully.

“I’m sorry but I gotta know!”

“Alright panel. What’s this clue package doin for you?”

“Okay well in the clue package there was the picture of her family. I saw four grown kids and 2 grandkids. If she really is a grandma then I still gotta go with Rock Angel. Because her daughter Kelly just recently gave birth to a baby girl last year during the pandemic doing an at home birth.” Nicole said.

“Yeah and in the clue package she spoke about a father figure. And I read somewhere that she considers Roger Taylor from Queen her dad.”

“Okay, okay panel.” Damn they are starting to see it now.  But I hope this performance keeps me in the game.  “Well, all we know is was that was yet another killer performance. Make some noise for the Lioness. Go ahead and head on backstage.”

The judges really are seeming to close in on me. I really don’t wanna go home at this point but if I do then it is what it is.  I still had a lot of fun doing this show and it was an amazing ride.

But at the votes, I was surprised to see that it wasn’t me that was going home.  But the Russian Dolls, after doing Elton John’s song “I’m still standing”. I thought they did a hell of a lot better than me but I guess it’s not always the voices that count, but how you execute the performance.

Now it was onto the Semi-finals.

*SEMI-FINALS*

I’ve come too far to end this journey now. The Semi-finals is the last step to ensure that I can secure my spot in the finals.  And I have just the song to get me there.

“Week after week she has astounded us with pure, unadulterated vocals. But can she claim her spot for the finals. Let’s dig up some more clues on……the Lioness.”

THE LIONESS; CLUE PACKAGE:

“Being in this competition has taught me a lot about myself. On one side there’s the Lioness I present before the media, when I preform or out in the public. Then there’s the Lioness I am around my pride. A mother, a daughter, a grandmother. And I think that’s really the best job compared to my career.”

“She’s definitely a family woman.” Jenny stated as she took down some notes.

“I wouldn’t be anywhere without my family. They are my rock. Even those that had left me I still see them throughout my life.” I stood before a funhouse mirror maze and saw various shadows surrounding me. “And it’s their voices that give me the courage to continue the fight. So for this performance I’m gonna pull out all the stops and just allow you all to see the real me. Nothing but my raw vocals. I’ve fought to hard and I’m just not ready to go home yet.”

The stage screens were lit up with a rain animation as well as rippling water.  I stood there alone with the mic and the spotlight down on me as I sung the song that was once offered to me for the Original movie, but I recommended the Producers to Christina to do the song.

As the song grew more fiercer with the soft drumbeats and my voice became more powerful and intense, I could feel tears filling my eyes once more.  I was gonna get to the finals even if it costs me my voice.

*Me*

Look at me You may think you see Who I really am But you'll never know me Every day It's as if I play a part

Now I see If I wear a mask I can fool the world But I cannot fool my heart

Who is that girl I see

Staring straight back at me?

Why is my reflection

Someone I don’t know?

There's a heart that must be free to fly That burns with a need to know the reason why

Why must we all conceal What we think, and how we feel?

I won't pretend that I'm Someone else for all time When will my reflection show Who I am inside? When will my reflection show Who I am inside?

At that last belt which I held longer than I ever held a note before.  A 9 full seconds which made the crowd go berserk.  I could see some people wiping their tears away as I sung the last couple of notes before finally ending it with a bow of my head.

“Heartfelt! Lioness once again pulling our heartstrings.”

“Okay I just need to say this Nick.” Ken said.

“Go ahead Kenneth.”

“Throughout this entire competition especially when it comes to the Semi-finals, it all comes down to who wants it most. And Lioness—” he wiped his tears away. “You didn’t just show us that you wanted a spot in the finals. You proved you’re worthy of the Rock Gods!”

Aww Dr. Ken.  I blew him a kiss and patted my heart and he blew me multiple kisses back.

“For once I agree with Ken.” Robin said.  “If people didn’t get teary eyed when you performed Whitney Houston’s hit song, they’re definitely not dry eyed by now.” The 2 women nodded in agreement.

“I agree with the guys. I grew up listening to this song. And to hear your voice do this song, not only did you just sing it. You felt it. And when a singer feels a song, it makes it that much more powerful.” Nicole added.  I nodded and replied to her.

“Agreed Nicole. This song……it really spoke out to me when I first heard it. And…..during a really, really rough time in my life. It—got me through so much.” I spoke through my choked tears. Knowing the judges could sense that I was crying underneath the mask, they all awed at me as Nick rubbed my back.

“Lioness even getting emotional up here. Panel, any guesses as to who she might be?”

“All I can say and have been saying is that this is a true, professional performer. And just that belt alone showed us what you’ve got. A true fire within you. Now I know that I’ve said the Rock Angel a couple of rounds but just this week alone hearing the voice, I wanna say this is Christina Aguilera.” Jenny said.

“But wouldn’t it be risky for her to do her own song?” Robin asked.

“She could’ve disguised her tone in order to sing it. But that recognizable control of the belt has to be her.” Jenny reasoned with him.

“I don’t think so Jenny. Cause in the clue package she says she’s a grandmother and Christina ain’t no grandmother yet. I’m still gonna say this is the Rock Angel.” Nicole said.

“Alright well, another heartfelt performance. Give it up one last time for the Lioness.” I waved to the audience and blew kisses at them before exiting the stage.

By the end of the round (and finding out the identity of the infamous Cluedle-Doo being none other than Jenny’s husband Donnie Wahlberg) it was time to see just who was gonna get eliminated and find out who was going into the finals.  I stood there with my hands in a prayer as I mouthed out a prayer before Nick finally said the contestant going home.

“The Black Swan!” oh no!  She’s actually been my favorite singer in our group.  Hell she and I were the only ladies representing Group B and now it was up to me.  “So congrats to the Piglet, Chameleon and Lioness, we will see you three in the finals.” I walked up towards Black Swan and gave her a hug and she hugged me back. “Aww look at that, Lioness giving Black Swan a hug. Seems we’ve got a friendship up here.”

I patted the side of her face before bopping her beak and finally left behind Chameleon.  Well it was up to me now, could I secure another female winner for the Masked Singer? Or be runner up? Only fate and the superfans will determine that.

*?????? POV*

I was reading the paper as per my morning routine.  Nothing new except this whole COVID talk and false expectations on the vaccine delivery. The world really has gone to shit hasn’t it these past few years?  That’s when I got a ding on my phone from my daughter Laura.  I unlocked it and read her text with a link to a video.

Dad, is this who I think it is?

Video: MASKED SINGER THE LIONESS

I think I might’ve heard of this show. Yeah it started off in America and after it’s popularity, various of other countries began it.  Here in the UK we just completed season 2, so this must be the American version.  I’ll admit the costume on the thumbnail looked beautiful and the detail was astounding.

I clicked on the video and it read THE MASKED SINGER S.5 SEMI-FINALS LIONESS.

The lights were dimmed and the second she opened her mouth to sing, my heart skipped a beat and I went frozen in my chair. Quick as I could I turned on our smart TV and opened up the YOUTUBE app on the TV and impatiently waited for it to open up.

“My love?” Veronica’s voice spoke as she came down.

“I’m fine dear!” I told her as the app finally uploaded.  I went over to the mic icon and pressed down on it and spoke into the remote. “The Lioness Masked singer.”

Soon enough various videos popped up and soon the video that Laura sent me was the first option.  I clicked on it and of course bloody ads had to come up. “Oh for god’s sake!”  I sat down on my chair as the video finally played and I could hear the rest of the song.

“Reflection” by Christina Aguilera.  This version was the recently updated one for the live action remake but just hearing this voice alone I knew only one person who could sing like that.

It had been decades since we last saw one another, shortly after 9-11 to be exact.  But even though I’m no longer involved with the music business anymore, I’d always ask Brian or Rog to keep an eye on her and tell me everything about her.

And now seeing her perform as this Lioness creature for such a show, they didn’t know just how lucky they were to be in her presence.  As the song got more powerful, I could feel these old bones of mine feeling warm and secure, tears filled my eyes and at that last belt, goosebumps came all over my body and a shiver ran up my spine.

There was a slight tremble in her voice as she ended the song.  I knew it was because she was crying underneath that mask but as always she holds out strong and finished the song as beautiful as ever.

The audience roared with applause bringing back some memories of when she went on tour with us.  Only her and one other person could get a crowd to sound just like that.

“She’s gotten stronger with her vocals.” My wife’s voice spoke from behind me.

“She was taught by the best. And she now coaches the best.” Ronnie took her place by my side, placing her hand on top of mine.

“You really should give her a ring sometime. I’m sure she’d love to hear from you.” I turned away from her.  “You can’t have the boys and me be your messengers forever. I know for a fact she’d be happy to hear your voice again.” I sighed deeply. “At least think about it my love.”

“I will.” I placed my hand on top of hers and gave her a light peck on the cheek.

“Are there any more performances of her on this show? Luke says she’s been all over the media being the Lioness.”

“Well that was the Semi-finals performance, let’s see if someone collab all of her performances together.” I went back to the search box and soon found about a half hours’ worth of (Y/n)’s performances. I clicked play and soon her 1st performance came up.

Seeing her dance reminded me of our times on the dance floor back in the day.  She was the only person able to keep up with my crazy dance moves, and that’s why she was always the perfect dance partner.  Even Ronnie agreed to that statement.

“That girl never changes. She’s still got it even after all these years.” Ronnie smiled.

“That she does love, that she does.” God she has grown so much since the last time we parted.  Her voice much more mature and able to do things she never did before. And some of the stuff that she’s doing on this show is bonkers.

Never did I think I’d see her on a makeshift wrecking ball or be lifted high above the stage on a swing with silk ropes dangling down from it.

I hope she takes the gold and win this little show of hers because she rightfully deserves it.

*FINALE*

It is time.  Do or die now.  It was me vs. Piglet vs. Chameleon.  After performing a beautiful, angelic performance with last season’s winner LeAnn Rimes, the finals were finally ready to start.

After a couple months of going from 14 down to 3, it all came down to this moment right here, to determine who was gonna be this season’s Masked Singer champion.  Chameleon went first and then I was going to be next.  Chameleon had stuck to his rapping but I could hear more singing out of him this time around and he actually had a pretty good voice.

“Up next. She’s been putting us through a roller coaster of emotions. From hard rock to ballad. Here is the last performance and your last chance to guess at who is beneath, the Lioness.”

FINAL CLUE PACKAGE.

I was walking through a tunnel slowly.  One foot in front of the other.

“Being on the Masked Singer has really been a lot of fun. When I first came on here, never did I think I was gonna make it this far.” The screen would show highlights of all my previous performances along with some additional clues.

Like a familiar band logo at the corner and season 3’s champion Night Angel’s wings. And the year 1981.

“This song was written by a very dear friend of mine. A friend that was taken from us far too soon. But it’s through this song that win or lose, I’ll always take with me till the day I die. Because no matter what, we will always make it through the tough times, especially with what we’re going through now with the Pandemic.”

The stage was dark except for a few lights as the familiar tune of Freddie’s last song he ever performed in the studio came on. I was having brief flashbacks of that day in the studio seeing him record this very song but I had to get my mind right as I sung the first verse.

Once the chorus kicked in, fire exploded from behind the stage as my rock and roll band came back on once more.  The stage was mine to command one last time as I walked across it for the chorus, giving it my all, just like Freddie did.

By the time the bridge came on, my voice was starting to tremble but I kept my emotions under control till the end of the song.  When I got around towards the end of the song, I would hold out a few of the notes till I finally belted out the last note much like Freddie did on the record.

And I swear it was like I could hear him singing alongside me, guiding me to hold the note out longer.

*Me*

Empty spaces, what are we living for? Abandoned places, I guess we know the score, on and on Does anybody know what we are looking for? Another hero, another mindless crime Behind the curtain, in the pantomime Hold the line Does anybody want to take it anymore?

The show must go on The show must go on, yeah Inside my heart is breaking My makeup may be flaking But my smile, still, stays on

My soul is painted like the wings of butterflies Fairy tales of yesterday, grow but never die I can fly, my friends

The show must go on

Yeah, yeah! The show must go on

Oh yeah! Yeah! I'll face it with a grin I'm never giving in On with the show

I'll top the bill I'll overkill I have to find the will to carry on. On with the show. Show. The show must go on.

As the song ended, fireworks fell down from the roof and fire and smoke exploded from the side of the stage as I panted heavily with my arms extended outward.  With the last struck of the drums and guitar, I punched my fist into the air.

I sent a quick kiss to the Heavens as the audience went insane.  I saw all five judges on their feet applauding me.

“The Rock and roll Lioness showin us that the Show must always go on.” Nick praised.

“I swear each and every performance you do, it just gets better and better! You could just be this season’s winner.” Jenny told me.  I clenched my hands and did a victory gesture with them, I could only hope I’d win but it’s not up to me.

“I would agree. She just keeps escalating and escalating her performances and I’m just in awe whether it’s her rocking out or pulling our heartstrings with her raw voice.” Nicole said.  Even last year’s winner LeAnne said.

“Hearing this voice alone makes me feel like I’m looking at a champion singer here.” I placed my hand over my heart in thanks.

The judges then proceeded to do some more guesses, Robin and Nicole were saying that I was the Rock Angel while Jenny was saying that I could be Christina Aguilera and of course Dr. Ken (out of the blue) decided that I was Beyonce.

“So tell us Lioness, what would it mean to you to win this competition?” Nick asked me.

“Well Nick, winning would mean that I’ve given my fans a whole new side of me that they’ve never seen before. But even if I don’t win, I still had a blast being here.”

“We were happy to have you here. Give it up one more time for the Lioness everybody!” I waved to the audience and walked backstage.

“This whole experience has been a wild ride. But I had a lot of fun, win or lose.” I told the camera with the Men in Black behind me.

The Piglet then did his song, “Faithfully” by Journey and man did he kill it.  He definitely pulled my heartstrings with that performance.  So it could be a close race between him and I, or there could be a game changer and Chameleon could take the trophy as the first rapper to sing solely Rap/Hip-hop songs.

“Tonight was a star-worthy performance, but as we know only one can take home the Masked Singer trophy. Now it’s up to our judges and Superfans at home to vote for your favorite now.” I stood between Chameleon and Piglet with my hands together in a prayer.  “The votes are in. The contestant with the least amount of votes and in 3rd place is…….”

There was suspense in the air as I felt my foot shake just waiting for Nick to say which one of us got in 3rd place according to the votes of the judges as well as America.

“The Chameleon!” the audience gaped in shock. “That means Piglet and Lioness you both are safe and can head backstage before we call you both back out to crown a winner. Let’s make some noise for the Chameleon everybody!” I walked up to the Chameleon and extended my hand and we shook hands before I walked with Piglet at my tail as we both waited backstage.

About 10 minutes later, we were told to come back onto the stage to finally crown a winner of Season 5 of the Masked Singer. Piglet and I stood on opposite sides of Nick as he held in his hand, the envelope with the Winner’s name.

“Welcome back to the Masked Singer.  It is now time to crown our new Season’s champion. Piglet, or Lioness. Which one of you will be taking the golden masked trophy home? The votes are in by the judges and the super fans. And the winner is……..” I could see Piglet’s legs shaking as he has made them every time throughout this entire season, while I was rubbing my hands together nervously.

Nick opened the envelope before proclaiming into his microphone.

“THE PIGLET!!” confetti soon exploded covering both me and Piglet up with strings of blue and silver confetti.  Piglet stood there shocked while I clapped for him. He deserved the win, he did a great performance and a great song to close out this season with.  He took the golden mask trophy and danced with it as Nick said.  “Congrats again Piglet you are this season’s champion. Which means you can stand over there in the championship booth till it’s time to unmask you.”

Before Piglet left, I walked up to him and patted his shoulder before giving him a hug and he hugged me back.

“Aww Lioness is being all cuddly with our contestants here.” Piglet and I shook hands with each other for a good competition while I went back to my spot to be unmasked once and for all.  “Lioness you’ve wowed us week after week and as sad as we are to see you go, I think I speak for everybody here, we cannot wait to see who you are!”

The judges all agreed as well as the audience.

“But first, let’s bring out the first Impression guesses. Men in Black! Bring ‘em out!” I could already see the judges pleading for them to not to.  “Yeah it’s been like—months since you guys wrote these down.”

“Can we please not do this Nick?” pleaded Jenny.

“Too late. And the first guess is from…..Nicole.”

“Oh god.”

“You guessed……Christina Aguilera. Not a bad guess.”

“Yeah that really isn’t a bad guess. However I’m not gonna stick with that. Based off the clue package of LGBTQ, and growing up in a domestic abusive home, plus the recent clue package with the symbol of the band Queen’s logo and the Rock n Roll hall of fame right beside that. I’m gonna go with the Rock Angel (Y/n) Kline.”

“Okay. Okay. Let’s see who else we’ve got here……Robin!”

“Oh no.”

“You guessed……Pink.”

“Oh that’s not too bad.” He shrugged.

“You stickin with it?”

“I am not gonna stick with that. Like Nicole I did see the Queen logo in this week’s clue package and just going off by the voice alone. I re-listened to some old records and this is clearly the Rock Angel herself.”

“Alright 2 votes for the Rock Angel. Mrs. Jenny McCarthy.” Jenny sunk down in her chair as Nick grabbed her envelope and opened it up. “Your first impression of the Lioness was……also Pink.”

“Oh thank god I thought I had pulled a Ken guess.” She wiped her hand across her forehead as Ken exclaimed.

“Hey!”

“Ken sit down! Are you sticking with that guess.”

“No. The number code we were give, the 149121. Which I’ve coded as her tattoo for the date of Nov. 24th, 1991, the date when Freddie Mercury sadly passed away from complications from AIDS. And seeing how she talks about her family, her kids, her papa Lion. I’m going for (Y/n) Kline the Rock Angel!”

“Alright, alright, alright. Dr. Ken……” oh this outta be interesting to see who he thought I was at the first performance.  He opened Ken’s envelope and laughed.

“What? What did he write!?”

“Janet Jackson!” oh my god! That even got me weak in my knees as I laughed.

“With those dance moves I thought it could be her! No one could’ve done that dance better than she could! DON’T LAUGH AT ME!!”

“Are you sticking with that guess?”

“No because the clue package doesn’t support it. Okay so we’ve had LGBTQ, domestic abuse. She’s a family woman with 4 kids and apparently 2 grandkids. Although I think the grandkids is a lie. She went through some tough times throughout her personal life. This is none other than Lady Gaga! Welcome to the Masked Singer!”

“What?!” Nicole exclaimed.  “But she’s not a mom!”

“Well then she could be lying about the kids then too all I know is that the rest of my brilliant theories lead to Lady gaga!” I shook my head and placed my hands over my mask shaking my head in defeat. “See! She’s even admitting I’m right!”

“No she’s not she’s just done with how ridiculous your guess is.” Nick said.

“Well I don’t care. This is Lady Gaga and I’ll take it to my grave!”

“Alright. Ms. LeAnne. As our guest panelist you have the last say in who you think this might be.”

“First of all let me just say you are a super star whoever you are under there. If we had competed against each other last year, I would’ve been quaking in my boots.” We all laughed. “This is truly a rock legend under here with the few rare female rockstars that came with the time. And I actually got the privilege to see her perform with the band Queen one year for a birthday party. And there’s only one person that I’ve seen on stage that can sing with as much fire as you Lioness. And that is the Rock Angel herself.”

“Okay Panel. Everyone except for Ken Jong has agreed on their final guesses. Lioness! It is time for the moment we’ve all been waiting for. We wanna know—whose behind the mask. It is time for you to Take it off!”

“Take it off! Take it off! Take it off! Take it off!” everyone soon started chanting.  I held my arms out in a shrug before shrugging my shoulders and finally reaching for my mask and tried to lift it off.  Nick was helping me as the audience and the judges kept chanting.  I could tell I was keeping them in suspense, just wait until they see it’s really me.

Finally the mask came off.

I shook my head and pulled my hair out of my face and the crowd went nuts, the judges all jumped up and cheered.

“THE ANGEL OF ROCK HERSELF! ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAMER! LADIES AND GENTLEMEN THE ONE AND ONLY (Y/N) KLINE!! THE ROCK ANGEL!!!”

“OH MY GOD!!” I heard some of the judges exclaim.

“Look how beautiful she is!” Nicole praised me. I waved to the audience and gave them a “Freddie Mercury” like bow with a twirl of my hand.

“Hello LA!” I said.

“Angel! Angel! Angel! Angel!” I heard the crowd chanting out.

“Wow it is such an honor and a privilege to be standing here next to a true Rockstar.”

“It’s an honor to be here Nick. Thank you all for having me here.” I told him.

“Tell us why did you choose to be in this show?”

“I know this answer gets told a lot but for me personally I speak from the hard truth that we should all strive to do different things cause—you never know which days are gonna be your last.” I hinted my potential death scare almost 20 years ago.  The judges all nodded in understandment.

“And I’m told that you also wanted to say something about this performance in particular?”

“Yes. The song I had done wasn’t originally my choice.” The audience as well as the judges all looked at me in surprise. “Originally the Producers wanted me to do a Katy Perry song, but……this coming November will mark the 30th anniversary of the day my boys and I lost our beloved Freddie. And…….being there the day he recorded this song in only one take. I felt in my soul that I had to do this for him. To give him a grand performance because due to this covid Queen and I aren’t touring till we feel it’s safe to start touring again, like many artists are. So I really wanted to honor Freddie with a performance that I hope did him proud.”

“Well you did just that.” Jenny told me.

“Thank you. And I’m glad you managed to catch that Jenny, you truly are the Masked Singer detective.” She pointed out to me and that’s when last season’s winner LeAnne said.

“I grew up listening, to both you and Queen. And—I can say for a fact that you definitely did Freddie Mercury proud. And it’s good that you and the remaining members of Queen continue his legacy. Sure it’s not the same as it was before but you don’t refer to him just in the past. But in the present.”

“Thank you LeAnne dear.” I thanked her as I blew her a quick kiss.

“I just gotta say (Y/n). You absolutely crushed the choreography with Janet’s song for your first performance as well as your wrecking ball routine. I think those were my favorite performances of yours, will we expect any of that once you start your solo tours back up?” Nicole asked me.  I laughed along with the audience.

“You never know.”

“Well it has truly been an honor to have you on our show. Now then ladies and gentlemen, to sing for us one last time give it up. For the artist formerly known as the Lioness, the Rock Angel (Y/n) Kline!” the audience applauded and I sung “The Show must go on” one final time for the audience.  Putting my heart and soul into the lyrics before finally belting out that last note in a different key before punching my fist into the air and sending a kiss towards the heavens for Freddie.

After the show all ended and a few days passed by, I did a livestream on my Instagram as well as my Youtube page telling my fans that I was indeed the Lioness and just talking about my experience on the show. Of course Bri, Rog and Adam blew up my phone with calls/texts/DM’s (mostly Adam. Bri and Rog still don’t quite get DM’s) telling me why I lied and did that show in the first place.

I gave them my straight answer that I wanted to have a bit of fun and do some type of performance and show the audience a whole new side of me when it came to performing.

I was just about to go to bed after bidding Georgie goodnight (he had to work a late nightshift tonight) when my phone rang. I picked it up to see it was an unknown number from London.  Curiously, I pressed the answer button and said.

“Hello?”

‘Sister dear.’ My heart stopped and I sat down on the bed.

“Brother mine?” I choked out.

‘Hey love. It’s uhh—been awhile, hadn’t it?’

“Try 20 years yah rotter.” I teased as we both softly chuckled. “What—how…..”

‘Laura sent me a video of you on the Masked Singer. The American one. You were beautiful up there.’ I placed my hand over my heart. ‘Although I do wish you had won. That—boy band person couldn’t hold a candle to you.’

“Oi now, Nick Lachey did just as well as I did.” I softly lectured him.

‘Well I still feel like you should’ve won.’ I smiled solemnly.

“Was it just because of the Masked Singer that you wanted to call me?”

‘That and…..’ he trailed off.  I lay against my bed and softly spoke to him.

“Deacy?”

‘I…….’ he sighed heavily. ‘I know I haven’t been the best at keeping contact.’

“John.” For the first time since……probably back when I was an intern for Miami all the way back in the autumn of 1980, I called him by his first name (unless I referred to him him by his full name did I call him John, most of the time it was Deacy).  “I get it. Plus my schedule has been quite hectic. And you—you’ve been busy yourself. After all Queen would’ve fallen decades ago without your financial brain.” We both shared another laugh.

From then one we talked pretty much the entire night up until it was almost 6am my time before we finally said our goodbyes. It was sweet to hear from him once again after so long.  Now whether or not I’ll ever hear from him again, I don’t know.

But at least I know my Brother Mine is still keeping his eye out for me, in one way or another.

[romelleah]

Conflict

An AU where you’re the one villain Peter Parker can’t beat- a competitive classmate who’s been competing with you to her since kindergarten. The only problem with this is that you run the biggest Spider-Man fan page on Instagram.

Trigger warning: Violence (??), language, mature themes.

Part 1/??

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Peter was ever the type to get into conflict, but Y/N was the exception. If he had one word to describe their little feud, it would be ‘infuriating’. She was the first-string Clarinet in band, secondary editor on the school's news program, in the Academic Decathlon Team and two of his classes; English, Editing and History. There was no escape from their competition. Peter couldn't complain though, for some reason it brightened up his day whenever she shot him a cheeky smile and held up her test score. It got even better when he could return it with an even better test score and a half-smirk.

Peter had three extracurricular activities- being second-string Clarinet in band, the Academic Decathlon Team, and literally being Spiderman. How convenient is it that Y/N was involved with all of that? Being a Clarinet prodigy, competitive fact dictionary and super fan of the webbed hero. Peter had heard Y/N talk on and on to her friends about how attractive Spiderman is and how she would ‘literally totally fucking die if Spiderman ever even looked at her, OMG’.

“Bud, you didn't show up to band practise after school yesterday. What were you doing? Crying to your MILF aunt about how I totally obliterated the History test?” Y/N asked, turning around in her chair to see Peter. “Please don't call my aunt a MILF Y/N” he responded, burying his head in his hands.

Y/N furrowed her eyebrows, reaching her hand over to his pencil and tapping it on his desk rhythmically. “What's up? You seem more depressing than usual,” she asked, poking him with the blunt end of his pencil. “I’m fine, just thinking about how I’m going to destroy you in this Decathlon thing today”. Peter chuckled, pushing Y/Ns hand away from his face. “You wish!”

Lunch rolled around at 1:20 PM which meant it was finally time for Peter to reunite with his best friend, Ned.

“I honestly don't even know why you're so obsessed with Y/N! Peter, it's been like... Seven years” Ned inquired, tapping through the Instagram stories displayed on his cracked iPhone 8. “I’m not obsessed, healthy competition is okay!” Peter argued, peering over Ned’s shoulder. He shook his head at Peter’s remarks, smirking slightly. “Nope, I think you like her,” Peter shot back in his chair, catching himself before his head hit the ground. “No way! She’s friends with Flash, and I like… lunch lady Jill?” Ned snorted in response, trying to hold himself together “I have no idea how you kept your little bug boy persona a secret for 2 years.”

Y/N sat on the floor of the hallway, next to her locker with her phone held up close to her face. Hey eyes illuminated with blue light as her head rested on her kneecaps, tapping away at her screen. The thing about Y/N was that she took on a very heavy online presence, not because she was extremely attractive or a righteous activist- she was a measly little fan page with over one hundred thousand followers on Instagram and forty-two thousand on Twitter. After a few edits and hit tweets went viral, she became pretty relevant in the Spiderman fan community.

Nobody in real life could know she was what she’d call, “a mega fucking geek weirdo” otherwise she’d get hunted for sport and exiled out of school. Being a Spiderman fan was one thing- even Flash was one! However, being one of the biggest fan pages for him was a different story.

As Y/N wrapped up a quick story post on her Instagram, she beard very familiar mary janes clicking their way down the hallway. She looked up to find Betty Brant leaning over her with her hand reaching out. “C’mon! It's time to prepare for tomorrow's broadcast!” she smiled as Y/N turned off her phone and took her hand. She stood up and walked alongside Betty towards the AV room, chatting casually.

“By the way, I'm hosting a party at mine on Friday so tell your friends! I’ll post some more details later but I was wondering if you’d help me out?” Berry asked, stopping to face Y/N. “Of course! I'll make sure everyone's ‘in the know’.” she responded, continuing to walk forward. “Wait!” Berry started, taking a few steps forward. “What is it?” Y/N asked, looking back at the concerned blondie. “Oh, nothing!” Betty sighed, catching up with Y/N. She closed her eyes, continuing to walk forward with warm cheeks.

[dragonflymage]

Sure, why not! 😊 This will probably take me a while and I’ll keep digging it out of my drafts, but here goes! (This took forever!! lol)

I went to a Catholic kindergarten, a Protestant elementary school (2 years), a Baptist elementary and high school (8 1/2 years), and then graduated from a Catholic high school.

I have two younger brothers (one is an IxFP and not sure about the other). I share the same father with one.

I’m an INFP, HSP, 4w5. Basically, I’m a feely introvert.

My parents were teenagers when they had me.

My eyes are green-blue.

I had a foster brother for a year.

When I was 8, my house caught fire. I used to have nightmares about my library books, Christmas tree and presents burning in the flames.

I am allergic to bananas.

I learned how to play the flute.

I once sang “Part of this world” from the Little Mermaid in front of a class. I drew a large piece of art to go with it.

I collect dolls and take their pics. I have a doll gallery. It’s on Instagram.

I can’t swim, but I’m not exactly afraid of water. As long as it doesn’t go over my head.

I do have an odd fear of bridges with metal beams over their tops. If I see one, I break out into a sweat and get the terror. I don’t know why that happens and not with ordinary bridges.

I love to listen to ambience videos on YouTube. The ones where there is a fireplace crackling while it rains outside. Or the sounds of pages turning or wind blowing. They help me focus while I work. I even started making some of my own! Dragonfly Mage YouTube channel

I am good with a camera. My favorite is the Canon PowerShot.

One of my favorite ice cream flavors is Ben & Jerry’s New York Super Fudge Chunk!

I currently have 2 cats and 2 budgies.

My anime favorites are Card Captor Sakura, Fruits Basket, Black Butler (1st season), and most of Studio Ghibli.

I spend my internet time on Netflix, Pinterest, LOTRO, YouTube, Flight Rising, and Quora.

My kindred animal is a dragonfly.

I write fanfiction. My latest uploaded work takes place in the Abhorsen Old Kingdom universe.

I have a TON of google docs where I write all my story ideas and story drafts.

I’ve played nearly every version of SIMS. I am a bit of a SIMS fanatic. lol

I have never had a driver’s license. Think what you want. 😋

I was married once and divorced once.

My father and my uncle owned a cab company, so I grew up around car-repair garages.

I ate a box of Ex-Lax when I was 3 and got extremely ill. I couldn’t touch chocolate until my teen years. And even then it needed crispies or nuts in it. Now I’m able to eat plain chocolate and love it. But it sure took a long time.

I was one of those kids that believed something creepy lived in my closet when evening arrived.

I love pickles, but not on my cheeseburgers.

My father’s aunt and uncle had a cottage on the lake that I went to every summer when I was a kid.

I was forced to redo grade 5 (age 10) because the teachers thought I was too immature and small for my age. Even though I had good grades. 😥

The Lord of the Rings trilogy is my favorite. I will watch all three in the extended version at least once a year.

I make homemade stuffing for Thanksgiving.

My favorite season is winter. Autumn is a close second.

When I was young I got paddled several different times by my pastor for getting too many demerits in class. He used a ping-pong paddle. 😟 I usually got demerits for not bringing gym clothes. I hated gym class!

I put together an INFP music mega playlist and an INFP Chill mega playlist on YouTube. And INFP mega playlist on Spotify. They have a bunch of my favorite music and videos.

The current MMO I play is Lord of the Rings Online. I used to play several others but this is the last to survive as my favorite.

I’m a sci-fi geek. My faves are Star Wars (originals), Star Trek (TNG, Voyager, DS9, Picard), and Babylon 5.

I’m tired of living within a plutocratic, oligarch-based society.

I grew up near train tracks and became accustomed to hearing the whistle sounding in the middle of the night.

I like to make music playlists for my favorite books and for the stories I’m writing.

I never watch and rarely read the news.

I love the sound of onions cooking in an iron skillet. Food sizzling is one of my favorites!

Tea is my beverage of choice. Oh, and Mountain Dew. haha

When I was young I wanted to be an astronaut, but everyone around me said it was impossible because I wore glasses.

If I can’t understand the song lyrics I hear I’ll make up my own.

The Chalion and Penric stories by Lois McMaster Bujold are some of my favorites!

I used to take part in star parties.

My favorite flavor of “coffee” is Celestial Lattes Dirty Chai.

I love cats. I will always try to have at least one cat in my life. 💗

Thanks for the question. 😊