#> ended up dedicating the entire afternoon and night to running around doing an epic worldwide scavenger hunt >

[thegreatyin]

over the course of my gw2 career, some very important things have become increasingly clear to me:

1) bloodstone dust is simultaneously priceless and worthless and you both want hoards upon hoards of it at any given time because you can never have enough but also you should get rid of it whenever you pick it up immediately because it clogs bag space and is absolutely useless

2) literally every single road leads back to running the silverwastes meta. like literally Every Single One. ever. forever.

[ramenkween]

Can’t take my eyes off you

Eddie Munson x fem reader

Eddie dedicates a musical performance of a lifetime to you at the school’s football field.

Inspired by that scene in 10 Things I Hate About You

warnings: none apart from some swearing, this is my first piece about Eddie Munson and though he radiates sex god, I wanted to start off with something wholesome 🥰 any mistakes seen I’m so sorry, I came up with this on the spot!!

It was Monday. Jesus Christ, you thought to yourself. If attending school at the hellhole known as Hawkins High was enough to make you want to vomit into the nearest trash can, the weekend that came before was even worse. You got into yet another stupid fight with your boyfriend, Eddie Munson. You couldn’t even remember fully why the two of you started to argue in the first place, but it ended with him saying goodnight, and leaving in his car in the dead of night. You went to school alone, thoughts racing about what you wanted to say to him. You hadn’t seen him walk by the hall this morning, so you decided to continue your day without waiting for, or saying hello to him. 

Eddie was never the argumentative type, but sometimes you let your emotions get the best of you and it would cause the two of you to say words you would never mean. Despite this, you loved him more than anything in the world, and he loved you a thousand times more. No matter what, you loved that long-haired, ring-cladded, leather-and-denim jacket wearing asshat down to your very core. You were so ready to tell him you’re sorry, but he didn’t turn up for the first two classes you were supposed to have together. It wasn’t that suspicious as he always skipped a few classes, but it was concerning now since he had been making an effort to attend all the classes you had together since you started dating. 

During one of your free periods that afternoon you sat with your girlfriends at the bleachers to study for an upcoming history test. It was packed with plenty of students; the track team were practicing their running, and the cheerleading squad were practicing for another pep rally. 

Then suddenly, you hear a static sound let out of the speakers all around the field. And you hear a voice call out a familiar melody in a raspy tune.

“You’re just too good to be true, can’t take my eyes off you...”

Confused looks begin to fill the faces of other students as they slowly stop what they’re doing. Along with everyone else, you look around for where the sound is coming from.

Then you finally see your boyfriend slowly slide down a flagpole on the other side, microphone in hand, and making immediate eye contact with you.

“You’d be like heaven to touch, I wanna hold you so much

At long last, love has arrived

And I thank God I’m alive

You’re just too good to be true...”

And with the last line, he points to you and winks, “can’t take my eyes off of you” 

Before you can even react, out comes Eddie’s close friends with electric and bass guitars, playing a perfect rock rendition of Frankie Vallie’s masterpiece. They’ve got the whole school’s attention now. You’re trying to hide an ear to ear smile as you watch Eddie dance around the bleachers, passionately belting out lyrics;

“I love you, baby And if it's quite alright I need you, baby To warm the lonely night I love you, baby Trust in me when I say...”

You’ve given up entirely. It’s like whatever you were mad at him about the night before just instantly disappeared. God, he really knew all the ways to make you happy again. Your cheeks blushed the warmest red colour. You looked to the love of your life as he gave the most memorable performance Hawkins High had ever witnessed.

“Oh, pretty baby Don't bring me down, I pray Oh, pretty baby Now that I've found you, stay And let me love you, baby Let me love you...”

Gareth handed Eddie his beloved electric guitar to finish off the performance with an epic rock version of the original jazzy tune of the song. Applauses erupted the field and the band gave their bows, and the lead singer was making his way over to you.

“Eddie,” you begin. “That was... What the hell... when did you have time to put this all together?”

He smiled as he leaned in to grab your waist. “Last night after I left yours I gathered the boys to put this all together. It’s why I missed some classes this morning.”

“But isn’t Sunday nights usually one of your D&D nights?” you ask.

“Not when it’s to try and put together the greatest ‘I’m sorry, I love you so much and I don’t ever wanna lose you’ type of apology to the most amazing person in the world” he replied. “If you wanna laugh at this whole thing again later, I paid one of the Movie Club geeks to film it.”

You didn’t know what to say. You cupped his face and stroked his cheeks with your thumbs and he met them with featherlight kisses. 

“You’re an idiot, Y/N” he began. “But I’m the bigger idiot, and I’m happy to admit that. I’m so sorry for everything I said. Will you forgive me?”

After those words, you wrapped your arms around his neck and leaned in for a kiss. His lips were so soft it made time stop whenever you got the chance to taste them. The kiss became more urgent and passionate as he held you so close to him, his hands rubbing all over your back. You swear you’re beginning to see stars.

“You have my heart, Eddie Munson. I love you so fucking much” 

You can feel a smile form on his face as he continues kissing you. Then you come to a stop when you hear a sharp yell from across the field,

“MR MUNSON, YOU DID NOT HAVE PERMISSION TO USE THE FOOTBALL FIELD FOR YOUR ROCK CONCERTS!” the principal shouts as he runs toward the two of you.

“Shit!” he kisses you one last time before running away from the principal and a few other teachers. He looks back over his shoulder, blows a kiss and shouts

 “I love you, baby! I’ll see you tonight!”

(credit to gif owner)

[itsthestutterforme]

PTSD (Aaron Hotchner)

Y/N offers to help Aaron cope with what happened with Foyet. One night, the team was staying in a hotel to take the jet home the next morning. Y/N was bunking with Aaron and later that night he was having nightmares. She tried to help but Aaron accidently hurts her.

Characters: Aaron Hotchner, Derek Morgan, Jennifer Jareu, Spencer Reid, Emily Prentiss

--

Aaron was a little perplexed when he saw Y/N's name on his desk for a new recruit. Y/N and Aaron were a couple when they were in high school. Y/N broke up with him because he dedicated so much to his major to worry about anything else. They were each other's first love and it was epic while it lasted. They didn't end on bad terms but Hotch always felt like shit about it.

And now, her name hit his desk for a team that he is in charge for. He has no idea what to do. Despite what others make think, there are moments where he has trouble with separating emotions from his work. He stares at the picture that sat to the left of her name. She looks much different than when he last saw her, but her dark brown eyes has always been tainted with determination.

That's mainly what drew him to her in the first place. But he is still recovering from what happened with his wife and Foyet. He still has nightmares about it, and each night, it gets worse. He hasn't told anyone about it because he feels like he's the sad case as it is. Hotch hears a knock on the door and looks up to see Rossi in the door frame of his office.

"How are you holding up?" Rossi asks him. "I'm holding." "Who's that?" "Someone I used to know back in college. We drifted apart then." "Was it anything romantic?" Hotch didn't say anything but Rossi knew enough from his gaze. "Follow what you think it's right. I'm sure she has a reputation to build like everyone else." "Want to go out for a drink?" Rossi adds. "Looks like I'm going to need it,"

**

Y/N's first week was probably the most awkwardest week. There needed to be a relationship between Y/N and Hotch, but there's just too much history between the two people. But Hotch is trying to make things work.

The team had to stay in the hotel for the night to continue to work on the case. Hotch was especially having a hard time because the victims looked just like Haley, short blonde hair with medium builds.

Y/N chose to bunk with Hotch because she thinks she can get through to him. She walks into the room with two glasses and a bottle of whiskey. "Read my mind," Hotch says. She sits in the chair across from him and pours him some whiskey.

She hands it to him and asks, "How you holding up?" Hotch shakes his head and she adds, "Give yourself time to heal. Don't jump into things you're not ready for."

"I'm the leader of this team, Y/N. I need to put the team first." "For how long? How long until you break because you're not spending time for yourself?" "You know, you've changed a lot since we last saw each other." Hotch says, changing the subject.

"In a good or bad way?" "Good, you're assertive and know what you want. That's a good thing to have in the bureau." he states.

"When I saw that you were in charge of the BAU team, I was both shocked and proud. We made it where we dreamed of being." Y/N trails off and bites on the inside of her cheek. "But..?" "You ever feel like that's not enough? Like there's something else to go after." "That's one of the downsides to ambition. Most times what you have isn't enough,"

"I guess everyone has their vices, huh?" Y/N states. "Yeah," "Well I'm going to take a shower," she says as she takes a peek at the clock and sees that it's 11:43 pm. She comes back in a tank top and lounge pants and Aaron had a black woman beater on and a breath hitched in her throat.

She'll always be attracted to Hotch, but she knows that she has to keep things professional in order for her to stay in the BAU.

"Oh sorry, I didn't know you were--" he starts. "It's fine. Don't worry about it." She slides under the covers and turns off her lamp. "Night, Hotch." "Good night,". They both fell asleep a few hours later and Hotch was having another nightmare. Y/N was a light sleeper so she woke up as soon as she heard a grunt.

She looked over to her to see Hotch moving around in bed with sweat staining the sheets. She got up from the bed and sat on the edge of the bed. She placed a hand on his shoulder and her hand was soaking wet from his sweat. "Hotch," she says as she starts shaking him. His eyes snap open and he looks at who was touching him.

Though it was Y/N in real life, his mind was still warped from sleep so all he sees is Foyet standing over him. Hotch wraps his hands around Y/N's throat and pulls her on the bed with him. He straddles her waist and tightens his grip. Y/N was already starting to see stars and her ears were starting to ring.

Y/N punches the headboard so it hits the wall loudly and hopes that was enough to get the team's attention. Sure enough, Morgan hears a constant loud thumping and walks out of his room with JJ close behind. He knocks on the door but as soon as he heard Y/N crying, he busts the door open. At this point, Y/N was a few seconds before falling unconscious.

Morgan grabs Hotch and tackles him off of the ground. "Hotch, what the hell are you doing man?" Morgan says to him. Hotch snaps out of his trance and he realizes what happened. "Oh my God, Y/N?" Y/N coughs and holds her throat in pain. JJ sits down next to her and ask if she was okay. Y/N shakes her head no and JJ's eyes widen as she sees her neck starting to bruise.

"Something is wrong. We need to take her to the hospital," JJ says as she tries to get her to her feet. When Morgan sees Y/N struggling, he lifts her into his arms. "Lead the way, JJ," Morgan says before leaving the room. "Y/N," Hotch says as he drops to the ground. He leans his back against the wall as Emily and Reid come in.

"What happened? Where's JJ and Y/N?" Emily asks. "Hospital with Y/N," Hotch answers. "What? What happened? Is she okay?" "I happened," Hotch says as he runs a hand over his face. JJ refused to leave Y/N side as the rest of the team worked the case. Everyone was walking around egg shells around Hotch, knowing that his guilt was already nawing at him.

They found the killer and were headed to the jet later that afternoon. Y/N and JJ met them at the gate. Hotch had no idea what to say or do, and neither did she. They sat in the farthest seats for each other. JJ spoke with the rest of the team about her situation, everyone expect Hotch.

She fears that the smallest thing would push him over the edge. "The doctors said that if there was even a fraction of increased pressure, he would have crushed her wind pipe."

They all look to Y/N and she's looking out the window in thought. She felt eyes staring at her and looked over her shoulder. Everyone looked in different directions when they saw that she caught them. Y/N had no choice but to go on medical leave for her throat to heal.

**

Y/N's POV

Today is my first day back to the BAU after recovering from my injuries. I release an extensive sigh as the elevator doors slide open. I see the team crowded around my cubicle and walk over to them. They were completely engulfed with what they were doing because they didn't see or hear me approach them.

I clear my throat, making most of them jump. "Y/N!" Garcia says as she wraps her arms around me. I hug her back and the entire team was waiting in line to hug me. I look up to see Aaron walking passed us. He bows his head slightly before walking up to his office.

"It was Garcia's idea to get you a cupcake instead of an actual cake," "I love that idea," "Told ya!" she retorts. "Just one moment though," I set down my bag on the desk before advancing towards Hotch's desk. "Y/N, are you sure you're ready for that?" JJ asks. "I can't move forward unless I make amends." I say before walking up the stairs.

I knock on the door and Hotch looks up from his papers. "Hey," I greet. "Hi, how's.. how are you feeling?" "Better, the doctors say that my neck is healing nicely." He nods and stands from the desk. "JJ is going to start the briefing soon." He walks past me and I hold his hand gently. "Hotch, please." He stops walking and releases a shaky breath.

"How can you talk to me after what I've done?" "To move forward, for both of us. You didn't know what you were doing." "Stop making excuses for me," He pulls his hand away from me. "Then stop being so hard on yourself,". "Like I said, JJ needs us." "Wait," He turns back around and I pull him in for a hug. I wrap my arms around his torso and lean my head into his chest.

"I miss laying on your chest sometimes," I say, referencing to our post sex cuddles. "I miss you too, kitten." He whispers, sending chills down my body. He wraps one arm around my waist as the other hand holds the back of my head.

[putschki1969]

Japan Travel Diary 🎌

Okay, here it is, a more or less thorough report of my Japan trip in January (which mostly consisted of doing Kalafina-related stuff so I thought it might be interesting for some of you XD). Sorry, this is like 5 million years overdue. @mello-chi‘s comment about looking forward to my upcoming Japan trip reports actually reminded me that I still had this post in my drafts so I thought I better finish this now before I have to write another one XD

Without further ado, let’s get to it 〈(•ˇ‿ˇ•)-→

January 14 (Sunday) This was my first ever non-direct flight to Japan so I was not looking forward to it. I boarded my plane at around 10 am (Austrian time), I arrived in Paris at around noon and I landed at Narita Airport at around 9 am the next day (January 15 - Monday). Here’s a rare selfie of little me waiting to board the plance wearing my beloved Cakey bomber jacket by Lily Brown (it kept me warm during the flight ^_^). PS: Excuse the excessive use of filters in this pic. I was wearing no make-up.

You know what I find annoying, they have all these Japanese artists like LiSA and Nana Mizuki in the plane music library but absolutely NO Kalafina. Why?? And no, you don’t need to answer that, it was more of a rhetorical question anyways. I know of course that for some weird reason Kalafina aren’t as popular as those other artists….but still, so frustrating… I ended up watching a ton of movies :P I really envy people who can sleep during a flight.

January 15 (Monday) I didn’t do much that day tbh. I was too exhausted from my flight. I am glad they let me check in early at my hotel (which was in Kanda btw – very convenient location for tourists if you ask me) After I had freshened up a little at the hotel I did make a short trip to Akihabara to check if I could find any second hand Kala goods. That day I found a Blue Day wristband, a KNGNN postcard and a cheap Consolation Pamphlet (something I had always wanted but I never felt like paying the full price on CDJapan). Throughout my stay I managed to find quite a lot of stuff actually but more on that later. Here’s a sneak peek tho XD

January 16 (Tuesday) This day was dedicated to shopping. I think I spent almost an entire day in the Shinjuku/Harajuku/Shibuya area. I bought a bunch of Disney stuff and Pikachu merch for my sister and nephew respectively and then I searched through all the Kala-clothing stores trying to find some WaKei outfits. I am super happy because I got my hands on this cute patchwork skirt by Redyazel, the one that Keiko wore quite recently for the Songful Days promo video. I also bought a matching top because they had a special “buy 2 pieces and get 30% off” deal. I can never resist deals like that even though they actually make you spend even more money in the end XD (sadly, they didn’t have the turtleneck sweater that Keiko is wearing here)

After looking through each and every Lily Brown store in Tokyo I finally found this =>The long cardigan Keiko wore in Nikko (it’s so cute and warm!).

Aside from that, I didn’t really find anything else. I came across the Fig&Viper pullover Keiko recently wore but meh, that’s not really my style and it was still quite expensive. I also saw the Mila Owen dress that Wakana wore a while back but it just wasn’t worth the money (and now I regret not buying it T_T).

January 17 (Wednesday) In the morning I went to visit the lesser known Shinagawa Aquarium which – sorry Wakana – was VERY underwhelming and I can totally understand why it’s not as popular as the other one. The only cool thing was the free shuttle bus, it had a cute design. The aquarium itself looked quite run-down and it was much smaller than I expected. But hey, I met Shirowani-san and I got to touch a dolphin which was pretty epic. Of course I had to eat the parfait that Keiko ordered when she was at the aquarium together with Wakana back in the summer time. It was really yummy but it definitely wasn’t the best day to eat it because afterwards, I was freezing my butt off. Oh well, the things I do for Cakey XD

I really wanted to buy the cute shark backpack but it was just way too expensive T_T Forever sad...Now I regret not buying it. Then again, it’s not really my style.

In the afternoon I met up with my friend Pae and I finally received my goods from the Harmony events and the Acoustic Tour. BANZAI! As for the Harmony event merch, I got the black t-shirt, the blue parka and the keyholder. From the Acoustic Live goods, I got the pamphlet, the clearfile and the postcard set. (I love the black t-shirt SO MUCH! I have worn it a lot since I have gotten back)

Together Pae and I went on a quest to find more Kala-goodies and I got lucky once again. I found two old singles, a limited edition of Magia and a regular edition of Hikari no Senritsu (one of these days my singles collection will be complete XD But I have to be patient because I just don’t wanna pay full price for singles >_>). Aside from that I also bought the limited edition of the Seventh Heaven album which includes the live DVD. They also had a BEST Red Day cup for sale at Radio Kaikan (one of the many tokutens from back in the day) but meh, I didn’t feel like getting it. I wonder if any of you bought it? They also had a FOTW and 9+ONE pamphlet and a few other CDs (but I already own all of those so I ignored them). After my meet-up with Pae, I made a trip to Roppongi to eat at my first out of many Kalafina-restaurants/cafés. That’s when it started raining heavily (so annoying) but at least I found the place rather quickly (thanks to google maps!) I went to the very popular Tsurutontan where they serve huge bowls of udon!! I ordered Katsu Curry Udon (my favourite) and some yummy fried dumplings on the side (OMG, they were SO FREAKING GOOD!!)

The food was delicious but it was a little too much for me. XD Curry soup is much more filling than regular soup. And I underestimated the dumplings quite a bit, they were also super filling. I had intended to go to the Manon Mimie store afterwards but I wasn’t feeling like getting drenched in the rain so I headed back to my hotel. I guess it’s a good thing I didn’t end up going because I messaged the store that night and asked them if they still had the Cakey clothes in stock and turns out they don’t *forever sad* I should have tried to find a way to order it back then when the pretty skirt and sweater were still in stock.

January 18 (Thursday) The first half of this day was dedicated to visiting the Imperial Palace. If you arrive early enough you can make a same-day reservation for a tour so that’s what I did. It was an interesting tour for sure and the weather was amazing!!! After the tour was over I decided to walk to Budokan since I was already in the area. I wanted to check out the venue to make sure I wouldn’t get lost on the day of the concert. At that point I was getting quite tired (and super hungry) so it was time for yet another Kala-food-experience. I took the subway to the Akasaka area and paid a visit to the gorgeous café/restaurant/bar La Maison Kioi (the place where the girls had their special SPICE off-day interview). It was so fancy and pretty. I ordered a crazy expensive Afternoon Tea Set but it was totally worth the money, it was incredibly yummy!!! Once I had eaten each and every single piece of food on that tray, I made my way to Shibuya/Harajuku to do some more shopping. This time I came across this gorgeous red skirt that Wakana has been wearing quite frequently. I think I never actually made a post about this skirt o.O A fellow fan on twitter discovered it right before my trip to Japan and when I saw it in the store I obviously couldn’t resist. On my way home I made another stopover in Akihabara and I found the limited edition of the 5th Anniversary Live Selection album. Had to get it of course XD

January 19 (Friday) On Friday I bought my 3-Day-JR-Tokyo-Wide Pass to do some traveling outside of Tokyo. It was another gorgeous sunny day, perfect for touristy stuff ^_^ The first place on my list was Kamakura. There’s lots of nice stuff to see but I mainly wanted to go there because it was the destination of Keiko’s 60 km walk on New Year’s Day back in 2014 (OMG, has it already been four years!!??) One of these days I wanna do that kind of thing as well. I went to see the big buddha of course and I also checked out some of the surrounding shrines and temples. At first I wanted to go to Enoshima as well but then I decided against it, didn’t really feel like going there. Not a fan of beaches anyways. I took the train back to Tokyo but got off in Yokohama (the second place on my list) where I also did some sightseeing. But first I needed to restore my energy so I had some late lunch in Yokohama Chinatown at Jogenro (the restaurant where Wakana ate her shark fin course – she went to the place in Tokyo tho). I really wanted to try the shark fin lunch menu but they wouldn’t let me order it since it is meant for two people T_T Such a shame! The only downside to traveling alone, getting food is troublesome. Then again, if you have company it’s even more of a hassle because it’s hard to find something that everyone likes. Also, tbh, I probably wouldn’t have been a huge fan of the shark stuff anyways so maybe it was for the best. Either way, since I couldn’t have my shark lunch, I decided on one of their regular lunch menus. Wahhh! So tasty!! I love Chinese food! It was too much tho, so many different things to eat, I almost exploded towards the end but I really wanted to finish everything. I hate wasting good food. In dire need to walk off all the calories I had just put into my body, I explored the rest of Yokohama. I walked to Mirai Minato to check out the two Red Brick Warehouses. Back in 2011 and then once again in 2014 Kalafina performed their Christmas Lives at the Red Brick Warehouse. They have mentioned on multiple occasions that this is a very special place for them. Of course I also had to ring the bell of happiness. ^_^ I couldn’t leave Yokohama without riding the Ferris-wheel so I did that in the evening when the sun was setting. I had a great view of the city up there. Later on I managed to take some nice pictures of the colourful and sparkling Ferris-wheel at dusk. And that’s a wrap for my first day-trip outside of Tokyo.

January 20 (Saturday) On Saturday I took the train to Nikkō. One of the main reasons I purchased the JR Wide Pass was because I wanted to take the Shinkansen to Utsunomiya. It’s much more convenient than the other options. And then I got to ride the Nikkō Line which looks really cool. I think you all know why I traveled to Nikkō XD I wanted to see the venue of Kalafina’s World Heritage Special Live. During my last Japan trips I already got the chance to visit Nara and see Kōfuku-ji but I had never been to Nikkō before. And hey, even if Kalafina hadn’t performed there I still would have liked to see Tōshōgū, it’s absolutely gorgeous. And *weeee* I got to witness a traditional wedding. Everyone was all dressed up and the bride looked stunning!! Afterwards I explored the area for a while and walked around a lot. (I walked so much during my Japan trip) I was considering going to see the waterfalls as well but I thought it might not be the best season to experience it in all its beauty and glory. I’ll come back some day soon, I promise! In the afternoon I returned to Tokyo and I once again found myself in the Roppongi area to eat some Kala-food :P Literally the only reason I went to these fancy schmancy areas was to eat at Kalafina restaurants/cafés. This time I ate at “The Counter Roppongi”, the place where Keiko had her YOLO burger meal this winter. I wanted to order the same burger that she had gotten but turns out it had all kinds of weird ingredients (like mushrooms >_>) so I ended up ordering a chicken burger XD I think that might have been the best burger and some of the most delicious fries I have ever eaten. Really impressed! The only thing I could have lived without was the overly sweet brioche bun. It just doesn’t go well with savoury food. I don’t understand why you would use a brioche bun for a burger, doesn’t make sense to me at all o.O Is it a Japanese thing? Or maybe an American thing?

January 21 (Sunday) I took the special Holiday train to Kawaguchiko because I wanted to get a clear view of Mount Fuji. The mountain was still visible while I was on the train but slowly but surely clouds started gathering around it and by the time I had arrived at my destination, Mount Fuji was hidden completely T_T It’s a real shame. The sun was shining and the sky was blue, it was literally perfect weather but each and every cloud in the area had decided to cuddle up to Mount Fuji. I think I made the mistake of taking the later train. I should have taken the train at like 7am or something. Apparently chances of seeing Mount Fuji are highest before 9 am and I think that’s true, I am sure I would have gotten a good view if I had been there earlier. I was there at like 9:30-10:00 and that’s just too late. Oh well, we all learn from our mistakes. In two week’s time I will be closer to Mount Fuji than I have ever been XD I didn’t want my trip to be wasted so I still took the ferry across the lake and of course I took the Kachi Kachi Ropeway which ascends to an observation point near the summit of Mount Tenjo, from where Lake Kawaguchiko and Mount Fuji can be seen. Riding that cablecar was rather unpleasant because it was jam-packed. I wasn’t aware you could even squeeze that many people into a cablecar. I got some nice views despite there being no sign of Mount Fuji. Afterwards I bought a bunch of souvenirs for my coworkers and took the train back home again. I really love all the train designs! So cute! Since I still had my JR Pass I thought I’d use it for a few trips along the Yamanote Line. I was trying to avoid using my Suica as much as possible as long as I had the JR Pass XD One of my stops was Ikebukuro. I am not a huge fan of the area but I still wanted to see if I could find anything interesting. Bought some more Pikachu merch for my nephew at the Pokemon Center and then I did some window shopping. A girl-group was performing at Sunshine City while I was there but I didn’t stay long enough to figure out who they were. People were going crazy about them tho so I guess they might have been popular. Who knows. Either way, with all these people occupied the shops were pretty empty so that’s definitely a good thing (especially on a Sunday where it’s usually busy as hell). For dinner I had yummy Coco Curry (for once not Kalafina related :P).

January 22 (Monday) a.k.a. Crazy Snow Day This was the day of our tumblr fan meetup. Probably the worst day we could have chosen but hey, what can you do? And it’s not like any of us could have known that it would snow so heavily. It’s almost funny because I am always in Tokyo when crazy snow storms happen. I was there in 2014 as well. XD Thank God I am more or less used to snow (which is something that can’t be said about most of my fellow-fans that were at the meetup). I took things slowly that day since I was already stressing out about the meetup. I went to Akihabara again and this time I found a FOTW wristband in one of the second hand stores. BANZAI. Back in 2016 when I went to see the FOTW Special Finals I actually forgot to buy a wristband. This has annoyed me for the longest time but I didn’t feel like buying it online so yeah, this was definitely a lucky find. Yippie!! Then I went to Don Quijote to buy some more souvenirs (mostly chocolates). I’ll be eating all this stuff foe the next few weeks. :P So far my favourite purchase is Hokkaido Melon Kit Kat. The BEST Kit Kat I have ever had! It’s so DAMN amazing, I regret not buying more T_T When I got back to my hotel I had to figure out a way to squeeze all the chocolates into my luggage without everything getting crumbled on the flight back home. I think I managed pretty well. I had some sandwiches for late lunch and then I headed to Shinjuku to do some more (window) shopping and to wait for everyone to arrive at the Karaoke place. Sorry again @okeuphemia, we totally kept missing each other at Lumine Est. And sorry to everyone else who had a hard time finding Karaoke Kan. I know it must have been quite the hassle for some of you, especially in this horrible weather. But thankfully, almost everyone managed to get there (eventually). My apologies to Jimmy who didn’t make it! Maybe next time (if there ever is a next time :P) I hope you all had a good time at the meetup. There were way more people than I originally expected and we had some hardcore karaoke singers amongst us (you all rocked btw!!) so we weren’t really able to talk properly but I think it was still nice for most of you. Sorry if I seemed a bit awkward, I am just not very comfortable being among such a big crowd of people. I am glad a few of us decided to leave early and grab a cup of coffee, it gave me the chance to get to know some of you a little bit better. It’s really nice to finally know who is hiding behind those tumblr nicknames (shout out to @audiojapanstyle for just being a super nice and comforting presence!) And hey, such a funny coincidende, that day I found out that @theraspberrybushes  and I stayed at the same hotel. We ended up going back together in the heavy snow.Sorry for always rushing ahead. >_<

January 23 I pretty much covered the entire day in my live report but I haven’t talked about my after live activities yet so I guess I will do it here. Originally I had just planned to go back to the hotel to get some sleep. After all I was supposed to fly back home the next morning so I wanted to get some much needed rest. However, my friend Pae convinced me to go have dinner with a few Japanese Kala-fans. I am glad she did because it was actually very nice. But once again, there were way more people than expected (slightly overwhelming – even Hachimaki was there; it felt like I had been invited to an elite Kalafina fan meet-up XD). We went to a Chinese restaurant and had some yummy gyoza. Literally the entire place was filled with Kala-fans XD We didn’t stay there for long so thankfully I didn’t get home too late. Right before we left I managed to REALLY embarrass myself when one of the Japanese Kala-fans approached me. I wasn’t aware he wanted to talk to me, I thought he was trying to get past me or something so when he started talking I turned away from him. Pae had to literally drag me back to him and then I realised he had wanted to start a conversation. Major fail. That’s why I keep telling people that I suck at social interactions. Oh well, we ended up talking about Vienna, seems like he travels there quite frequently for work. Having dinner with all these fellow Kala-fans was a really nice end to an already amazing day. I even have a couple of pictures to remind me of that little meet-up.

Okay, this is officially the end of my travel report. Congratulations to everyone who read the whole thing. I hope it wasn’t too boring. I have lots of Kalafina activities planned for my next trip so I am super hyped ヾ（〃＾∇＾）ﾉ♪