#{Assassination Protocols are now Active}

[wileycap]

Further Excerpts From The Fire Nation Royal Palace Servants' (Unofficial) Handbook

Or: More Revisions To Normal Protocol After The Ascension Of Agni's Exalted Flame, The Dragon Of The Sun, et cetera, Fire Lord Zuko

Part 1:

7. If His Majesty offers you advice regarding martial arts, camouflage, theatre, or any other subject which he is commonly known to be well-versed in, accept it gratefully. If His Majesty offers you advice on emotional matters, listen politely and then disregard it.

7.1. If His Majesty uses the phrase "silver sandwich", you are entitled to a longer lunch break. So you can take a longer bite out of your silver sandwich.

7.1.1. Please do not vandalize the handbook, even if you think it's funny.

7.1.2. Especially if you think it's funny, Chikao.

7.2. If you share something tragic with His Majesty, and he replies "that's rough, buddy", it means he empathizes with your situation.

7.2.1 Alright, maybe he did need to learn that it's not a great way to respond to tragedy. But "rough like the boulders that crushed my father?" was a bit much.

8. Prince Iroh has advised the servants not to reveal to His Majesty what the meat in turtleduck dumplings is. Apparently, he thinks the name comes from their shape. The dumplings are not shaped like turtleducks.

8.1. Now that His Majesty knows, be ready to recite the names of all the turtleducks in the palace at a moment's notice, and also to reassure His Majesty that they are all safe, accounted for, and uneaten.

9. His Majesty should be kept apprised of any "sightings" of the Blue Spirit. The Blue Spirit is an entirely fictional creature. However, his belief in it is entirely benign (and as far as eccentricities go, we've all seen worse) and likely something he will outgrow with age.

9.1. Do not lie about any "sightings". If His Majesty is told that the Blue Spirit was sighted near his window, he will be extremely distraught for the entire day. The Fire Lord has too many real assassins to worry about already. There is no need to add imaginary ones to the mix.

9.1.1. And whenever he is distraught, his footsteps are even quieter than they normally are. It is hard enough to keep track of his movements as it is.

10. While His Majesty has approved the "Kick Ozai Retreat" for servants who were mistreated by Ozai of the Fire Nation (titles rmvd, dishon.), it will never be organized. Please suggest other activities for the Servant Wellness Day.

10.1. Yes, that is because Avatar Aang found out.

10.1.1. Specifically because of the very heartfelt and very long speech he gave on the matter. And the fear that he might give one again.

10.1.2. And no, we can not "simply tell the Avatar to shut up." He is the Avatar. And he is also a 13-year-old boy. His dragonling eyes are very effective.

11. Princess Azula is at the stage of her treatment where she will take regular trips to the palace, dividing her time between her island and here. We're all terrified, but there's nothing we can do.

11.1. Lady Beifong has offered to act as protection, should the need arise. On an unrelated note, the kitchens will now be serving a number of delicacies from the State of Gaoling.

11.2. At the specific and undeniable request of Master Toph, The Blind Bandit, her titles and styles have been updated and they will be enforced effective immediately.

12. If Avatar Aang is seen on a rooftop with no apparent purpose, that means that Fire Lord Zuko is also on that rooftop. Get him down.

12.1. If Master Katara appears to be discreetly looking for someone, that usually means that one or all of His Majesty, Avatar Aang, Master Toph, the Honorable Tribesman Sokka, or the lemur Momo are in some kind of trouble. Assist her. Before one of those idiots gets themselves killed.

12.2. Do not vandalize the handbook, even if it's true. Also, please do not call our Fire Lord, the Avatar, Master Toph, or the Avatar's beloved pet an idiot.

13. Any senior officials who wish to challenge Fire Lord Zuko to an Agni Kai should be directed to the Fourth Scribe's office. They should also be told that there is a waitlist.

13.1. If the Honorable Tribesman Sokka wishes to challenge the Fire Lord to an Agni Kai again, he should be denied. No matter what he tells you, he has not developed Firebending abilities by means of "Spirit World shenanigans" or by Avatar Aang "just giving them to him, Energybending style, like best buddies do, you know."

13.1.1. The Matron has made it known that if the Honorable Tribesman Sokka offers to demonstrate his so-called "Firebending abilities" again, servants are allowed one free kick. The last time he did it, the stench from his blubber bombs lingered for three weeks.

[tenthgrove]

Reverse Engineering the OIAR Tagging System: Part 2

I've had another look at things and I have managed to create a more concrete theory for how the tags work, though at this stage I would be very surprised if it were all correct.

A reminder for the unfamiliar- every TMAGP statement comes with a long code, consisting of a CAT (category?), R (rank? - two statements do not have this), a four digit number which seems to be totally random, and the dates of both the statement's origin, and when the episode is set.

I've created this theory by identifying patterns between the CAT and R values and the themes, characters and dates of the statements. It is clear we need some more statements to be sure, so I will update this as new episodes come in. That said, here is my theory.

CAT = Is the Monster an External and/or Being Actively Taken Advantage of by the OIAR?

CAT 1 = Yes. CAT 2 = No, but there are plans to acquire it. CAT 3 = No, and there are no plans to acquire it. CAT 23 = The monster possesses some special quality which the OIAR would like to take advantage of, but currently has no means to do this (hence making it both a CAT 2 and 3 in a sense).

Our only confirmed external, Mr Bonzo, is a CAT 1. The two other CAT 1s are monsters that could very well function as OIAR assassins. Granted, Needles seems to be killing for his own pleasure and seems very ‘green’. BUT- how in the living hell did he murder a man on the streets of London and it wasn’t national news? Maybe, just maybe, Needles was recruited as a result of that incident and the OIAR pulled strings to clean up his mess. Additionally, two of the CAT 1s are delivered literally days before we learn of them. One is older but refers to Bonzo, who we know for a fact is still active. The other was delivered in May 2022. All these statements are live matters, referring to beings who are almost certainly still out there making body counts.

Moving down to the lower rankings, the current CAT 2s are plant guy, Vouyer, the charity shop volunteers and the backrooms service station. These are all statements that leave huge question marks. None of them are delivered by a primary source. They are all 1-15 year old statements. This could mean the OIAR is trying to locate the beings within the statement to potentially take advantage of them, but have not yet tracked them down.

The current CAT 3s are InkSoul, the violin guy, and the bone dice guy. Violin and dice guy are both dead, and the dice were presumably lost in the destruction of the Magnus Institute. It’s clear why the OIAR wouldn’t be interested in them. Now what about InkSoul? Well there are a number of reasons why the OIAR would not want to recruit them. Maybe their power is not reliable? After all, it seemed the effect they had on their victim in the statement was linked to her being an artist. Maybe they’ve already tried to recruit InkSoul and it didn’t go well. Or maybe InkSoul has become inactive since the statement in 2022.

Now, what about CAT 23? I’m really not sure about this one (there are only two CAT 23s so far, one of which is the Red Canary statement) so my theory here is a stand-in. I previously suggested CAT 23 could refer to dimensional cracks and it’s possible that is also the case. It could be that CAT 23 IS the ‘Magnus Protocol’, and that ‘Magnus’ doesn’t specifically mean ‘pertaining to the Magnus Institute’ but ‘pertaining to the Magnus Institute or similar known cracks in reality, of which the Magnus Institute is the one we know most about’. It could be that the OIAR has an active interest in manipulating dimensional cracks but hasn’t yet figured out how, and CAT 23 is created to reflect this.

R = How Useful is this Monster to the OIAR?

A = Frighteningly powerful, possibly equivalent in its impact to the rituals. AB = Between A and B value. B = Pretty useful, but not going to massively improve the OIAR's position by itself. BC = Between B and C value. C = Not especially useful for the OIAR's purposes. Unranked = Value either not investigated or pending investigation. We have no Rank As thus far, and the only rank AB, the Red Canary statement, is widely believed by fans to be the most crucial piece of the puzzle so far to the wider mystery. I believe the first rank A statement is going to be truly massive.

Current Rank Bs include Bonzo and Needles, as well as the bone dice and the Voyuer movie. Bonzo is a known OIAR assassin and as above, Needles very well could be/could become one if the OIAR wanted that for him. However, they can't exactly take down society. Equally, the dice and the movie have limitations that only allow them to target one person at a time - the dice only affect the person who rolls them and the movie relies on only having one audience member to customise itself for.

The Rank Cs are, so far, just the charity volunteers and the ship tattoo. I admit this may be the weakest part of the theory as it's not clear how these two are 'useless', especially if CAT 23 means what I theorise above. Maybe Rank Cs are useful to study but not important to the main goals of the OIAR, whatever they be.

The two unranked statements are the plant guy and the violin. The violin statement could be unranked because it is just that old, and the plant guy could be unranked for a number of reasons. Maybe he is CAT 2 because the OIAR want to study him, but they don't actually have a use for the anomaly that sired him.

Conclusion

As you can see there are various weaknesses to the theory and I would be very surprised if it turns out to be entirely right. The biggest gap right now is the rank C/unranked theories which are not entirely apparant why they're so low. If Protocol is anything like Archives, almost all these monsters will be revisited, so reasons for their placements could still be revealed to us. I am fairly certain the OIAR already knows more about most of them than is let on. I will revisit this theory as more information becomes known.

[eight-cats-in-a-box]

Lore for my Phoenix!!!! Long post so it's under the cut OwO @dandorime

Agent Phoenix, also known as [REDACTED], is the Agency's best operative, with successful missions numbering in the dozens under their belt. This file requires Level 5 security clearance.

[CARD ACCEPTED]

Agent Phoenix, hereafter referred to as either "Phoenix" or "Agent", also known as Leonidas Orion Bates, is the Agency's best operative, with their unique gift of resurrection allowing them to complete missions without a fluke- perhaps not the first time, but it's only a matter of time and iteration until they can complete it.

Phoenix had a fairly normal upbringing, with nothing of note occurring until their eighteenth birthday, when they were kidnapped by Zoraxis operatives on their way to a party. They would spend the next five years captive there. It is unclear why they were chosen, and Phoenix has declined to comment.

During those years, Phoenix was Pavlov'd into complete obedience by [REDACTED], their Zoraxis handler. [Note from R.C: Their handler was a horrible person, and quite frankly, I'm glad she's dead.] This was accomplished with a high-voltage shock collar. Phoenix has declined to elaborate further, for good reason.

They were renamed "Sicarius" ["killer" in Latin], and used as an assassin/executioner for Zor themself. This left Phoenix quite damaged, both physically and mentally. They have expressed a fear of harming their loved ones, and although the scars from the shock collar have faded, they're still visible on occasion.

Phoenix showed up at the Agency Headquarters in London on 04/09/XXXX, looking exhausted. They were taken into custody, and promised to give freely the information that they had on Zor's plans in exchange for sanctuary.

Their first Agency handler necessitated a transfer. It took a long time for them to trust their second Handler, due to mistrust not only from their Zoraxis handler, but their first Agency handler as well. [Note from R.C:I made sure that [REDACTED] got fired. What they did to Phoenix was inexcusable.] However, post-Operation: Death Engine, they opened up a bit more, and the two are now fast friends.

Phoenix has expressed a concerning willingness to kill, maim, and otherwise maul the enemies of those they are close to. This has been kept in check by their handler, but there are occasions on which they are permitted to...let loose. [See Incident Report 089.]

Post-Operation: Rising Phoenix, Agent Phoenix's handler, Reginald Crane, had informed Agency Director Ricardo Morales that if Phoenix were truly dead, he would be handing in his resignation, effective immediately. Two weeks later, the Agent initiated the Recommunication Protocol at Control Point Babadag. [Note from R.C: To say I was ecstatic would be a gross understatement.]

Post-activation, Phoenix informed Crane that none other than John Juniper was in their custody, and they were helping him recover. Juniper was later taken to an Agency hospital to recover, and allow Phoenix to focus on thwarting Doctor Roxana Prism, who had recently allied with Dr. Zor.

[Note from R.P: The two seem to have a dynamic similar to that of siblings. Phoenix regularly instigates arguments with J.J, and vice versa, but they have started all-out brawls because of someone else bullying the other. It's very strange. See Incident Report 087.]

After Operation: KBOOM, Prism was taken into Agency custody, but was released after both Agent Phoenix and Crane threatened to leave the Agency if she were not released.

Phoenix eventually befriended and even wooed the Doctor, and they have a very healthy relationship. Crane has expressed his approval, although Juniper was seen "shovel-talking" Prism. It seems he is rather protective over Phoenix, as Phoenix is with him.

Phoenix also stole the kinesium the Agency confiscated [namely, the sample taken from Robutler], and returned it to Prism, along with Right Robot. Phoenix returned to the Agency HQ looking quite smug, and declined to comment on their disheveled state.

Phoenix currently resides in California, with Prism, Right Robot, Robutler, and several cats. [Note from A.P: Their names are Buzz, Gracie, Lucy, Betty, Cheddar, Bill, Frank, Honey, Flip-Flop, and Sandal.]

INCIDENT REPORT 087

INCIDENT FILER: [REDACTED]

Agent Phoenix has left no less than four agents in critical condition, and at least ten more with non-serious injuries after an all-out brawl they started in the canteen. When asked why, they simply replied, "No one is allowed to bully Agent Clover [John Juniper] except me." [Note from J.J: Aww, they do care.]

Disciplinary action has not been taken, as their Handler has interfered.

End report.

INCIDENT REPORT 088

INCIDENT FILER: [REDACTED]

Agent Phoenix, who has now returned to normal, was reported as seeming rather dazed and looking around as though they had lost something at 17:26. They left the building at 17:32, and Doctor Roxana Prism reported seeing them at her doorstep at 18:49, with symptoms similar to that of Zor's Project Eidolon. [Glowing eyes, bigger physical presence, oddly robotic movements]

However, when Prism opened the door, Phoenix did not attack her, as other Eidolon were wont to do. They instead told her that they were "awaiting commands." [Note from R.C: I've always said that not even God himself could make Phoenix harm Roxana. It's nice to know I'm right.]

This loyalty/obedience lasted until Phoenix was returned to normal, and save for more sass, there hasn't been much change. [Note from A.P: Because there wasn't, really. I'd do anything for the ones I love. I think the only thing that changed was my accent, honestly.]

End report.

INCIDENT REPORT 089

INCIDENT FILER: REGINALD CRANE

Doctor Roxana Prism, who is currently recovering in the medbay of Agency HQ, was recently kidnapped by Zoraxis, possibly as a last resort due to the failure of Project: Eidolon. Agent Phoenix and myself found her at Zor's base in Jasper, Nevada. The place was crawling with guards, so we made a plan.

Phoenix was already on edge, and getting twitchier every second. So, I allowed them to clear the way for the both of us to rescue Roxana.

It was...brutal, to say the least. To say they were covered in blood not their own would be an understatement. [Note from R.P: I didn't exactly mind, honestly. The dry-cleaning bill was awful, though.]

Roxana was extracted without further incident, and the Zoraxis base was demolished.

End report.

INCIDENT REPORT 090

INCIDENT FILER: Agent Clover [John Juniper]

Agent Phoenix has recently landed themself in the medbay (again) after attempting to down three entire bottles of moonshine on a bet. Suffice to say, they won. Unfortunately, the upgrade the Agency provided them with (that was supposed to be for poisoning) did not hold up to the stress.  I had to hold their hair back while they vomited for nearly half an hour, and as both their girlfriend and their Handler were busy, I had to take care of them as well.  I will be sending the Agency my dry-cleaning bill.

End Report.

INCIDENT REPORT 091

INCIDENT FILER: [REDACTED] Agent Phoenix is currently recovering in the medbay after a massive brawl between them and at least seventeen other agents, as well as security, which left them with a broken nose and three broken ribs. When asked what their motivations were, they declined comment, but a bystander said that they had apparently over heard someone mentioning Doctor Roxana Prism's history with Zoraxis, which enraged Phoenix to the point of picking a fight with an agent nearly twice their size and his group of friends. [Note from A.P: I don't even have a defense for this one. Love makes you do stupid things, and I love Roxy more than I love fire and alcohol.] Doctor Prism declined comment.

End Report.

[leaf-miner]

An interesting contrast between the Magnus Archives and Protocol is that all of the main characters seem to be actively hiding something from the start that the audience isn't aware of this time around. Tim and Jon had encounters with Fears in the past, but they were still mostly kind of dragged into it. While in Protocol we have: Sam: Knows something about the Magnus Institiute, actively trying to seek out information on "The Magnus Protocol" Alice: Very adamant about what a bad idea it is to look into the statements, pretty suspiciously determined not to get involved Gwen: Blackmailing Lena into being promoted despite Lena trying to dissuade her. Trying to get "in" on whatever is going on in the higher levels of OIAR. Also her surname is Bouchard. Colin: Knows something more than the rest of the characters about what is up with the computers, is aware that they are being listened to through electronics. Celia: Acts like she's listened to the Magnus Archives Lena: Only character we've heard with static so far. Seems to have worked as an assassin(?) Keeps trying to get people to quit, like that's a goal of hers somehow. Whatever is up with her feeding people (though Lena doesn't quite count since "Elias" also had something to hide).

Still don't know anything about Teddy, but this part of the trailer kind of implies that having encountered something supernatural is on some level a prerequisite of working at the OIAR. With how much Lena pushes people to quit I kind of wonder if he's in a different kind of trouble now.

[phoenixyfriend]

I have a stupid fic idea

Step one: Anakin is, for whatever reason, found and acquired by Sheev several before TPM, and thus raised a Sith. Step two: Dooku leaves the Jedi and is Recruited by Sheev, who lies about Totally not already having an apprentice, that child is just an Assassin in training, not a TRUE Sith. Look, he even still has a mom. Would Sheev let an apprentice have a mom? Step three: Dooku, upon first meeting Anakin and Shmi, feels his "I can fix him" child-rearing protocols activate and entirely subverts his own Fall in pursuit of not letting Sheev fuck up this Child.

There are a few options for what to do about Shmi.

Sheev hates to admit it but Dooku is much more interested and capable in keeping an eye on a Child, plus it's inevitably less noteworthy, especially so far away from the Jedi Temple.

Having a maid and her son in the castle on Serenno is zero percent noteworthy, while Sheev kinda… can't keep an eye on things on whatever random planet he's got then stashed away on now?

But on the other hand, ugh, he can't just let Dooku steal his REAL apprentice.

Maybe he just gives Shmi to Dooku after Anakin is old enough to sorta take care of himself and lets Anakin be raised by droids and Sith holocrons in wherever he stashed Maul for twenty years. Probably Mustafar, if those books are canon.

He could just kill the woman, but he wants to play around a bit with Anakin's desperation and getting his little glimmers of hope up before dashing them

[phoenixfangs]

💋 and 🧣!

HOLDING UR HANDS AND PRESSING OUR FOREHEADS TOGETHER AND LEVITATING WHILE WE EMIT AN ETHEREAL GLOW!!!!! kim and i share custody of feiga and so much of what makes feiga feel like A Person in my head instead of a concept that gets abandoned (like most of my ocs, rip) comes from kim, ILU KIM U WERE IN THE DELIVERY ROOM WITH ME FOR 37 HOURS WHILE WE BIRTHED OUR SWEET PUPPY!!!! ❤️

💋 is ur oc a good kisser? have they kissed anyone before? do they even enjoy kissing? what was their first kiss like in comparison to their most recent? | LATE 20S VIRGIN!!!!!!!! has never had a Real Kiss. she never would have had time for relationships or fooling around, not as a teenager living in the tundra with Just her family around (and even if they still lived in a proper village/town, she was Much too repressed to first of all acknowledge her sexuality, let alone indulge in it), and not as a young adult in her training where that kind of fraternization was punished harshly. cold, dead-inside assassins dont kiss!!! she doesnt even realize she Has a sexuality until she has her run-in with riza, at which point she goes basically crazy with lust shes still Trying to repress now that she has Awakened to her raging lesbianism fjdsklfjsal. whenever she DOES have her first kiss, she is so scared and stiff. shes that meme thats like 'doesnt know how to kiss while the other person has their mouth open expecting tongue'. i think she probably prefers Other intimate activities over kissing anyway, if the kissing is foreplay then she has like No patience for it and would rather put her mouth to work. Elsewhere ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) once she gets over her repression and accepts her carnal need for muff

🧣what comforts ur oc? is it an item? an action? a person? whatever it is, how and why does it comfort them? | basically any action where she feels In Control. the most discomforted she gets is when she feels like things are slipping, like she is slipping, and losing a handle on herself or a situation. oh, she missed her mark (riza, and also to a lesser extent roy but this aint about him) for the first time like Ever and now the mark has clipped her shoulder with a lucky shot (also a first), and gotten away? she is now going to throw away all protocol And her contract to personally kidnap her mark and torture/kill her with her bare hands. that will make her not feel like everything is crashing down around her! it will surely not backfire and spin even more wildly Out of her control and put a target on Her back, forcing her to flee her homeland! oh, riza is going to beat her in a brawl and spare her life despite begging to be put out of her misery before she is captured/tortured/killed by her military for deserting/becoming useless to them, and now shes also feeling intense lust towards riza because shes beautiful and kind and feigas sexual awakening? time to help riza escape the country and never see her again because the only course of action here is to Get That Woman The Hell Away From Me Before I Explode. Badly.

eventually i think beth becomes a greater source of comfort for feiga and helps her cope with things when they fall out of her control, and just hearing beths words of encouragement and belief and faith in feiga, as well as her physical presence and affection, does a lot if she finds herself stressed over whatever. also BEACH TRIPS!!! feiga needs the ocean. she needs to sit in the sand and listen to the waves and ponder the deep dark. it will heal her.

[dzthenerd490]

File: Assassin's Creed - Crystals

SCP: AHM

Code Name: The Crystal Orbs and the Crystal Skulls

Object Class: Thaumiel

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-AHM instances that are within Foundation custody are stored in the level 1 containment armory area within Site-AP on the first floor. They are simply guarded by standard Foundation containment cells of 4x4 meters. There are 4 containment cells for the four instances within Foundation custody, all containment cells are side by side. They are each placed on a podium and can only be accessed by Level 4 Clearance staff members entering Site-AP. Any testing is merely to be used to experiment with their communication properties and the way it can potentially be replicated. 

For now, no one under Level 5 Clearance is allowed to access any of the information hidden within SCP-AHM instances. Any attempt to do so will lead to immediate activation of Protocol "Legacy's Downfall", there will be no exceptions.

In the event of a containment Breach the AFA-3 units populating Site-AP are to stand on guard for SCP-AHM as they do with all other SCPs within the first floor of Site-AP. They are to be armed with Foundation laser rifles and standard Foundation pistols each one loaded with different combinations of anomalous bullets. The purpose of this is to be unpredictable while also able to counter any enemy. 

Description: SCP-AHM instances take on the forms of orbs and skulls made of what looks to be crystal but is actually a synthetic translucent metal known as Translucenite. Translucenite is a metal created by Species of Interest: The ISU to be used as the most advanced form of communication without worry of interruption or even disruption of time. It is believed that this same material is contained inside SCP-ABD instances and other ISU artifacts.

It's possible for one to contact someone in the past with an SCP-AHM instance but only if they were holding another SCP-AHM instance at that time. Essentially SCP-AHM instances are the ultimate communication devices that transcend space and time though the only thing they are used for is communication the possibilities are nearly infinite. 

As is standard for ISU artifacts, SCP-AHM is able to hold vast amounts of information within it as well as bits of the previous user's memories. However, SCP-AHM takes it a step further by being able to contain even more knowledge than any other ISU artifact. In basic terms, the average ISU artifact can be considered a book collection, but SCP-AHM instances are more like seemingly endless libraries. It is for this reason that despite just being labeled Object Class Thaumiel they are placed within Site-AP. Each instance holds vast knowledge of ISU technology and history, they cannot be allowed to fall into the wrong hands.

The SCP-AHM instances were discovered in 2008 after a successful raid on a transport truck from Group of Interest: Abstergo Industries. Upon discovering SCP-AHM's limitless possibilities in communication and knowledge it alerted its allies within the Anomalous Correction and Protection Alliance. The Horizon Initiative then revealed it had more SCP-AHM instances that it had taken form its recent purging of traitors who were spies of the Templars. Afterwards SCP-AHM instances were distributed among the organizations of the ACPA until the Foundation was left with only four. 

SCP-AHM instances are to only be used in communication during dire situations. Until then, the Foundation conducts experiments to replicate and even improve the technology. The hope is that with the technology, the ACPA could finally expand beyond the solar system without worry and quite possibly make contact with [data expunged]. Time and space will no longer be an issue allowing humanity to expand anywhere when the time is right. 

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SCP: Horror Movie Files Hub

[annikasevenshots]

Star Trek Picard: Season 3 Episode 9 Reaction (spoilers)

sorry i missed the previous few i just lowkey did not care i guess

Can't believe I'm watching Troi do FREUDIAN psychoanalysis like that shit would have died out in clinical psychology ages ago

3 guesses as to what Matalas' favourite colour is

Watching Troi on the big screen Deanna you're so pretty

"You will not be alone" me when i lie

Why are they lowkey assassinating Troi's character like this she's stronger than that

"Wait... the Borg have sex?" Raffi Musiker, 1.5 years earlier

Why is Jack awakening so much like Dahj activating bro TM really copied S1's homework but made it white and male

Jack scenes do be taking way too long. Stop monologuing bro no one has time for that

Kind of really don't care about his angst like sir this is literally a wendys you're in space being weird comes with the fucking job now sit down

He literally was never issued the protocols of a father JACK YOU MADE THAT CHOICE FOR HIM WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU

"Futility" jack thought he did something huh 💀💀💀

Jack listen to your mother pls i am begging

Why is Beverly just standing there you people are so lame she can literally do so much more than this

Why are these people just allowed into Shaw's ready room whenever tf

Got distracted trying to figure out why the Borg Cube didn't look like a lone Borg Cube but

MMMMMMMMM ENT-F SHIP P*RN WITH FIREWORKS MY FAVOURITE

My mom casually watching with me: OMG IS THIS DATA? :D why is his face no longer gold? :D

DID THEY FUCKING ASSIMILATE RAFFI LMAOOOOOO IM DOWNING THE BOTTLE

wait hold on lemme watch

Speaking of Raffi where tf is she

Oh hey Seven ❤️

THE BORG 🐸🐸🐸 giggling

Bro wtf is going in at Borg HQ

Can't believe you have a literal xB on board and instead of turning to her for help you just give her a headache

Ngl the youngins being assimilated gives huge boomer energy

Bro I can't w yall stop being so unserious

Doesn't escape my notice that everyone on the Titan bridge who's assimilated is a poc 🐸

meanwhile every sober/unassimilated person is white. sure. nice. wonderful. amazing.

We get it you want to please the Star Trek Discovery haters why tf are you like this

grease monkey activate!!!

Sorry i had a minor breakdown over the fact that gen z and poc are synonymous for hive minded enemies in their eyes

sure the villains can be so diverse that white people aren't the villains but the heroes are majority white

sorry for salty

rip shaw

giggled over Saffi i'm going back to rewatch it later

It's the fact that Raffi never intended to leave in the first place for me

"Not a chance" should i make this the new tag for this dumbass ship because i cry every time

aw enterprise <3

deanna yelling at worf <3

In conclusion, I leave you this review from my dad:

"How the hell are they going to fly that big ship with 7 people?"

[pocket-ozwynn]

Please ramble about Lazuli, Rust, and Donovan

I'd love to see your ideas about them

RAHHHHHHH, I got a few asks encouraging this, soooooo... 👉🏻👈🏻

Ask and ye shall receive 😌💖 have a few notes regarding the character conception process behind these three (dw no spoilers). Enjoy the deets for Lazuli, Rust, and Donovan below the cuuuut

LAZULI

It's important for me to have political intrigue and drama in Offline Valor--assassination plots at masquerade balls n all that. That's why the Big Bad of Offline Valor ends up being directly tied to a lot of that kind of activity; however, you have Rowan who is a scruffy, aloof, infamous war hero who isn't really the "socializing type" and Zelly who IS the social-type but is coming into this with fresh eyes as our audience surrogate.

So in comes Lazuli, princeps (a gender neutral term in Offline Valor, for the child of a reigning monarch) of House Silver. They're confident, charismatic, suave, brilliant, and not afraid to call Zelly a child to her face (despite being sixteen times smaller than the streamer). And they have a PAST with Rowan too! They were once really really really really close, but something drove them apart--now Lazuli is filled with anger and Rowan with shame. So when the Big Bad rears his ugly head, Rowan & Zelly have no choice but to go to Lazuli for assistance. But of course, Lazuli

GOSH I love Laz

RUST

Much like Lazuli, Rust was created to give Rowan a proper rival. But in this case, a physical one. A lot of my appeal with Rowan is that despite being a few inches tall, he is DEADLY and STRONG and incredibly capable. His struggle isn't "needing to do more" it's "learning to do less," and Rust helps typify that struggle. Rust is not a force that can be beat head-on. She's a Borrower, true, but that doesn't mean she doesn't have the means to take on Humans either.

And despite being the "strong, silent, masked merc" ala Boba Fett, Rust has a lot of fun conflict internally and while a lot of that will probably be explored in the Second Story for the Offline Valor setting, I plan to show off some of those quiet story elements in her character design and how Rowan & Zelly start to interact with her once they start piecing more of her story together as they try to stop her and her employer, the Big Bad.

DONOVAN

I lovingly blame my dear friend @chamomile-g-tea for this one. Parents in G/t aren't something that I've seen very often, and if they are it's just in passing. Because of that, I've really started to think about the families for my main OCs (with exception of Rowan, since a lot of his conception was already built around the family life he grew up in) but also I had the urge to make a more prominent OC (in the same vein of important as Maura, Rust, and Lazuli) who was a parent. Cue Donovan!

While she is a general in Genesis Day and a prominent member of the agency hunting down Freyja & NUVA-002, Donovan isn't afraid of breaking rules and defying orders from her superiors--and a lot of this comes from the influence of her daughter and her feelings towards the agency's mission statement as a whole. As seen briefly in the Interlude of Genesis Day, she gets impatient with protocol and arbitrary rules and is happy to overstep Director Barrus if it means saving lives.

Donovan's story is the one I'm probably MOST excited to tell. And while it is pretty Genesis Day-centric, I'm incredibly excited to start including her in more AUs too--as either a small or a big.

[thedorklegacy]

The Dork Legacy 2.3 part 5

HK-47: Exasperated Plea: Juvenile meatbag, if you do not take this medicine then I shall be forced to activate my assassination protocol.

This is so cute.

There are many things wrong with this picture. Not the least of which is that half of Dante and Grump has gone AWOL, and also, what the hell is Nariko doing?

Bao-Dur: Hey, Auntie Willough, do you want to play Red Hands?

Willoughby: Sometimes I get the feeling that I'm being contacted by an alien life force...

Willoughby: Oh, hey, a little alien! Ugh, don't touch me! You might give me the alien disease!

HK-47: Fearful Protest: Do not lay hands on me, strange meatbag! I have no desire to catch your alien software virus!

It's time for birth to happen. Please note Einstein in the background of these pictures:

Einstein: Oh now WHAT is THAT?!

It's a baby! Her name is Katamari!

Vanessa: Take this baby so I can have another one.

Einstein: *gingerly closes book* Yes, dear...

And this is a boy! Kilik.

Not long after...

I thought it was Motherly Makeover time.

I love Vanessa because she looks gorgeous no matter what I do to her hair.

HK! Stop feeding the baby! Note the bottle on the floor, not even bad yet!

Originally posted at katu_sims.

[riinzler]

Rinzler silently watched the User input commands, their meanings lost on him. What he did recognize was the file prompt, and took the opportunity to look at each in the order they were presented. There was nothing particular of note, made all the more disinteresting by the inclusion of information about the pigeons. The lack of other notable files was abnormal, it wasn’t even that they were hidden, they just weren’t there. He felt his patience wein the further he looked, nothing to be found even as he repeatedly checked again. Rinzler supposed it made sense, why have anything of value stored in the rooms your unwilling inhabitants would be in? With one final search he shut the control center off, returning all the books to the shelves. It wouldn’t do him well to leave evidence of tampering.

With that thought in mind, he ventured back out and returned the items Kevin_Flynn had scattered back into the carrier. Rinzler made an internal note to utilize a similar method on the second control center he’d just put away, but for now he’d had more than enough of the User and escorted him to the room he’d been assigned. With that task completed Rinzler returned to his own quarters, leaving the door agape so he’d be able to hear if anything happened.

There’d be no point in going offline even if he wasn’t at risk of being derezzed or losing track of the User, there was no ambient energy for him to absorb. That, and he had no guarantee that his self protection protocols were still functional and wouldn’t fail to alert him if someone came near. It would give him time to think things over.

What should he do going forward? If Kevin_Flynn was to be believed there would be several millicycles to wait through before he could return to the Grid, and that was assuming he hadn’t been lied to. What should be done in the meantime? Would he be able to keep the User within the other’s quarters for that duration? There was no option but to find out. He’d prefer not to resort to maiming if it could be avoided, just in case it affected the portal or made the User less cooperative.

The only noise Rinzler could hear was the sound of the second User's birds moving within their cages, a strange contrast to the sound of programs hurrying around before and after he entered his recharge cycles. Rinzler always took the rare moments of being offline when there was less activity, nothing that required his attention, but Clu’s forces never really had downtime. Especially not him, considering the nature of his directives.

How long did User rest cycles last for? He was already aware of the time discrepancies, but that didn’t make them any less annoying. He could check that Kevin_Flynn hadn’t moved. He’d have been able to hear it of course, the User, wasn’t subtle, but it would do him well to verify.

Rinzler exited the room and entered the one Kevin_Flynn had been assigned. He closed the door behind him, bathing the sleeping chamber in total darkness. It didn’t bother him, his visuals had already adjusted. As predicted, the User was right where he should be, offline and vulnerable to any outside threats. He looked so much like Clu in that moment, the strange creases in his face smoothed out and the grey in his hair less pronounced in the dark. Rinzler could derez him easily, but that wouldn’t put him any closer to getting home. Maybe it was that resemblance that stayed his hand, memory files brought on by the similarities, one’s of standing in Clu’s quarters, guarding the Admin after assassination attempts. Even the thoughts of deresolution, the ones he shouldn’t have towards the Admin, were the same. He shook his head. Focus.

Since he was already there he might as well just wait, therefore completely negating the possibility of an escape. Rinzler moved to take up station by the door, and fell still, slipping into standby as easily as he ever did. The nano the User came back online he’d be alerted and returned to full alertness, but in the meantime there was no point. It was better to conserve his energy.

/* went for the continuing the previous thread scenario... —@spaceparanoids-highestscore */

Flynn had been meditating when the beacon lit, and so when he finally became aware of it, he had no idea how long it had been.

He ignored it. When he fought back, Clu only got more powerful, and he could not afford Clu's forces finding him, or getting a hold of his disc while the portal was open.

He ignored the beacon, and the news of a user in the datastream up until he found out the other user was Dillinger's Kid, but what could that tiny kid he'd seen Dillinger's wife dragging around between court hearing before the company'd been passed to him.

...Except that had been five years before he ended up trapped on the Grid, and a thousand cycles since. And if the kid was anything like his father...

Flynn was overcome with the sudden need to get the kid off the Grid, because he thought Clu was bad, but Dillinger's kid was anything like his father, things were about to get so, so much worse.

.........

And somehow that had led to a chase to the portal, and Flynn handing Dillinger's kid his disc and telling him he'd deal with Clu and Tron.

...Except that Dillinger's kid didn't listen, and instead dragged Flynn to the portal, squeezing his hand so tight that it might it might fall off.

"Like hell you're doing the noble sacrifice thing," Dillinger's son growled. "I'm so fucking tired of Bradley waxing poetic about the good ol' days and how much he misses you, and maybe if you're back your son will stop his obnoxious pranks on the company and I can get some damn sleep for once."

And before Flynn could process what the kid had said or the sensation of someone latching onto his other arm, they're in the portal, and then suddenly everything goes very dark.

Flynn was back in the real world, for the first time in twenty years.

He was so shocked, he didn't notice when Dillinger's kid turned off the computer, just that when he scrambled over to fix twenty years worth of chaos, it was off.

"What—what did you do?" he asked.

Dillinger's kid rolled his eyes. "Don't worry, everything's saved. I didn't delete your evil clone, but at least now he can't somehow make anything worse. It's late. We should both go home. Deal with it tomorrow."

As much as Flynn was skeptical, he did have a point, and now that the adrenaline rush was over and he was feeling every bit his age.

The Grid was shut down. He could deal with the aftermath tomorrow.

Except... now without the hum of the computer, he could hear another noise, somewhere between a purr and a growl, and realized that Dillinger's kid wasn't the only unexpected visitor to the arcade for the night.

Coming to the real world alone had never been the plan. It had been a spur of the moment decision once he’d scaled to the top of the portal tower. He saw the Users, saw that they were going to escape, and moved before he could register that he’d done so. That might’ve been a mistake.

He would’ve regretted the choice more had it not put him closer to achieving Clu’s goals. Kevin_Flynn and his coveted disc in one place, in the open and undefended. As soon as they’d arrived Rinzler had tucked himself into the darkness under the desk, using the fact that the lights hadn’t been activated to his advantage. He held in his rattling growl for as long as he could while waiting for the secondary target to exit. He didn’t require oxygen but the way the audio output was connected to his processor made it difficult.

Waiting for two equally insufferable Users to finish their idle exchange wasn't his idea of a productive use of his time but he couldn’t rush it, he needed to be patient and wait for an opportunity to arise. At least he knew the Grid was safe for now.

As soon as the other User left the room he latched into Kevin_Flynn’s ankle, pulling it with enough force to take the User to the ground. With that done he lunged out of his hiding spot and pinned him to the ground, scrambling at his back for the disc.

It was about more than just fulfilling his standing orders, now that Kevin_Flynn had done…something to try to make him think of firing on the Admin it was personal. Rinzler’s own discs had been left behind on the Rectifier but he could still fight without them, he wouldn’t fail.

…It wasn’t there.

Why the fuck wasn’t it there? Where had it gone? He’d been watching the entire time, the disc hadn’t been set down! Now that he was looking he could see that the User’s doc was missing too.

Rinzler would’ve screamed in frustration had he been capable of it, but he wasn’t so he was just going to have to settle for removing pieces of the User until he gave up the disc’ location. Normally he was against torture as it rarely leant itself to favorable results, but this was a difficult circumstance. Keeping his grip tight enough to not facilitate an escape he leaned in, Kevin_Flynn’s reflection staring back at him from the shiny surface of Rinzler’s helmet.

“Where is your disc, User?” His voice was so distorted it was difficult to understand what had been said, not helped by the loud growl he was emitting though the murderous intent was clear.

[pinkfey]

i don’t know if this is an unpopular opinion or not but i find achievement titles so endearing <3

[homicidalefficiency]

Meatbag

Commentary: “Why the master insists on bringing this assortment of tortured souls with us, I do not know. The Master would be better off letting me pick them off one by one and I must confess I have a few suggestions that are more creative than simply blasting them in the back or tossing them out of the airlock before we were to jump into hyperspace.”

Recitation: “However, that has crossed my circuits on occasion. Just a quick death to tied me over until the inevitable fire fight we are sure to ‘land’ into. “

[gerec]

How do you feel about the whole “humans are beneath us and mutants are superior” feeling in the current run of the comics? On one hand, for me it feels amazing bc time and time again it’s proven that humanity is awful and clearly unwilling to coexist with humans. So the unwillingness to put up with them and have power over them feels good. Taste of your own medicine and all that. On the other hand, I also find it profoundly disturbing on a level I know is partly human bias on my part, but ultimately hearing how one race is inferior and “you have new gods now” is still something truly icky to me as well in a series where mutants stand in for minority groups, bc it’s still a belief that any race can be said to be less than and we’re meant to cheer for that?

Hi Anon, thanks for your ask! I don't think I have anything particularly enlightening or interesting to say on this topic but I will tell you that I am 110% into this current Krakoan era of X-Men comics. I've loved everything about it - the mutants giving amnesty to their worst villains and everyone starting with a fresh slate, the establishment of a new mutant nation, the Quiet Council, the resurrection protocols, turning Mars into a liveable planet - it's fantastic story telling. I'm tired of mutants being persecuted and genocided in verse and the Avengers et al doing fuck all about it, and I truly can't blame them for choosing to stop fighting each other and retreat from the wider world to their own mutant paradise. Who wouldn't want to do that if they had the option?

I know some fans don't like the way the mutants (particularly the X-Men) have become 'isolationists', but the mutants aren't - imo - meant to be directly analogous to minority groups in the real world. I also don't believe that every mutant - or even the majority of mutants - has the same 'we're superior to humans' mentality as characters like Magneto or Exodus; most of them just want to live their lives freely and feel safe. What matters most are the actions being taken by the new nation in relation to humans - which is that they are going to make it an outright law not to harm/kill humans, and they're going to give them the gift of their miracle medicine in exchange for a recognition of nation hood. Krakoa's existence itself poses no downside to any human who isn't actively trying to hurt/kill mutants, and in fact the X-Men still exist as a team to help save the world from threats. They are not evicting any native population from their lands and colonizing it to create their nation, so humans have zero claim/say over Krakoa (or Mars/Arrako imo, since it was an uninhabitable planet until the mutants terraformed it and made it liveable).

Anyway, I think I've rambled on in circles and haven't been terribly coherent - sorry lol! I am staunchly on the mutants side' on this one, because the worst they've done so far is buy up corporations to exert influence on the global economy (which is no different than what every other country does), while humans have sent wave after wave of assassins to murder their leaders/people (I forget how many times Xavier has died since Hox started) so maybe some humans just really fucking suck and need to stop trying to kill people for no goddamn reason lol.

[helloliriels]

Asks by @detafo - More fake fic titles:

The Case of the White Gloves (answered)

Emergency Protocol

Blade of the Knife

Tipping Point

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Emergency Protocol

John is the kind of charmer most girls would like to marry …

Handsome, funny;

An established writer;

A cable knit wearing, respected London physician;

And a decorated veteran, with a casual limp and a penchant for whiskey that keeps him humble …

Only …

As Sherlock starts to find himself falling for the-guy-next-door ... who has overtaken his life as the horribly attractive flatmate-next-bedroom … he uncovers hidden layers to John’s terrifying set of skills. An emergency protocol that when activated ... takes over the entire man! Changing his personality entirely.

Has the ‘good’ Doctor been hiding a lot more than a shrapnel shaped scar or a purple heart in the closet? Or has he been manipulated and controlled without his knowledge?

Sherlock may have to follow the loose threads … all the way to the center of a spiders web, in order to bring the truth to light. He only hopes he is not too late to follow through with his last vow, to save what remains of John Watson.

Blade of the Knife

One blade, breaking my heart One blade, tearing me apart.

Everybody got a knife it can be just what you want it to be ... A needle a wife or something that you just can't see.

Sherlock had fallen for John, much harder and faster than he was ready for. When John makes a move ... it terrifies Sherlock, and he runs back to the shelter of the familiar. Falling in the public eye and causing John to abandon the life they had as well. Little choice.

He has to begin all over again.

He finds himself a wife. A normal life ...

Trying and failing ... to convince himself that the cuts left behind were not still bleeding ... and that Sherlock doesn't want anything to do with him ever again.

Until one day, he literally finds the detective fallen at his doorstep ... This time high as a kite, and convinced that John's new bride is an assassin with ties to Moriarty! John isn't sure if this is a last desperate attempt to say he's sorry and save him from the biggest mistake of his life? Or the ravings of a madman he should never have trusted with his heart in the first place ...

Tipping Point

So Who's That Ghost Knocking At My Door? You Know That I Can't Love You More

Will You Let Them Out? Will You Let Them In? Will You Ever Know When It's The Tipping Point?

Sherlock jumped.

John watched.

John grieved.

John went through hell ...

So when the ghost of a man, he thought he'd never see again - now darkens his door ... He isn't sure which way side of him will lose ... ?

The side so hurt and angry,

it wanted to never see him again?

Or the side so deep in love ...

it swore to never give up hope?

Either way, they were past the tipping point. From which, their friendship as it was ... could never now return.

(If I loved you less, perhaps I could say it more.)

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[shirophantomvox]

How Illumi, Hisoka, and Chrollo would react to their S/O in the hospital

Hi, anon! You are welcome to join my Discord Server if you are a fan of Hxh, Voltron, or both! I promise this is a safe environment! This is an interesting topic for sure! To the other anon(s), I am working on your request! This will contain both fluff and angst. I forgot to include Leorio in this, so I’ll include him in the next HxH post. You’ll have to forgive me, I have 2 more requests in my inbox and I am not feeling the best. I just got my second Covid shot and it is hurting like hell. Nevertheless, I encourage you all to get your shot if you can. I will be on this site one and off and I should be on it for real next week. I have run out of ideas to write and I began to think I was annoying people with my HxH content (no one said this I just assumed). This post has 1974 words. After these requests are finished, I plan on doing a character analysis for Leorio.

Anyway, let’s get into the post!

We’ll start with Hisoka this time.

Hisoka

In all honesty, this man has heard of a hospital (since he sends a lot of people to it after fights) but has never been in one.

The signs, floors, staircase numbers, and elevators all confuse him. He has only been in one once when he was a kid and has never been again.

He isn’t a social butterfly in this setting because this is a professional establishment and not a college party. Asking for directions takes quite a toll on him because of his established pride. You know guys act when they want to find a destination on their own and will go miles out of the way instead of just asking for direction.

He doesn’t talk to anyone; all he wants to do is find you and make sure you are alright.

He is the tallest person in the freight elevator. So tall that everyone at turns to look at him at once for at least 10 seconds and turn back around surprised.

“How tall is he,” one of the nurses ask.

“Tall enough to be my house!”

This annoys him. He takes out the Joker card and lays it against his thigh but realizes he cannot make any hasty decisions. His bloodlust was activated merely out of irritation and not by threat. You were on his mind and destroying these worthless humans wasn’t an option for today.

He approached the guest desk and waited for about 2 minutes before he was acknowledged.

“May I help you,” a smug receptionist asked. Wow, these people do not know who they’re talking to.

“I’m here to see y/n.”

“Y/n is in room 345. Go down the hall and to the right all the way down.”

This man nearly ran with a quickness! His jester shoes somehow made the floor shake as he ran.

You were awake, eating the horrible food the hospital provided and watching TV. It seemed like you were doing ok, but you had just been in a car accident. Your arms and right leg were still sore. It was so bad that you’d be fine with Hisoka carrying you everywhere.

When you two are alone in serious public places, he doesn’t play games or tricks. He is often portrayed as a ruthless man, but in settings like this, he places the jokes and games aside for later. When he enters your room, he is silent for 30 seconds. Much too long. He was shocked; he walked around your hospital bed, pulled up a chair, and stared at your cast. It had many names written on it.

“Yes, I am ok.”

“I apologize for not being there for you,” he began to say.

“Shh… it’s ok. This is life. It hurts like hell, but I’m a trooper!”

Admiring your cast and its multiple fonts of handwriting and messages, he grabbed a sharpie marker, wrote his name, with a heart and spade next to it. Surprisingly, his cursive was very neat and legible.

“I didn’t know you knew how to write in cursive! Why don’t you write me letters?”

“I see you every day and it hurts my hand.”

The doctor wouldn’t be in for another 1 ½ hours, so Hisoka used your thigh as a pillow as he took a nap. He had been up for countless nights thinking about you. He was screwing up so bad, Chrollo let him leave early.

“As soon as your better, we will fight again. I won’t go easy on you. You won’t be in the hospital but you get the jest.”

Illumi

Illumi isn’t the type of man to overreact in these types of situations. When you both agreed to date each other, you knew you all were tough cookies. You were aware of the dangers of dating an assassin and he knew about the dangers of dating a bounty hunter. People hated you both and you targeted.

One night you both were caught in a vulnerable state. While you both enjoyed chocolate milkshakes at a laid-back 1950’s styled diner, two men were previously thrown out for fighting. While your back was turned one of those men shot your arm, causing you to carelessly throw your body to the ground due to impact.

While everyone else was screaming, Illumi jumped to the ground and tied his hair tie around your arm to temporarily stop the bleeding.

“Illu, why does it feel cold in here,” you managed to breathe out.

His heart dropped to his stomach for the first time in history.

“Don’t say things like that!”

Illumi is already horrible at displaying emotions, but all he could do is frown in fear. Once the EMS came barling in, he demanded that he ride with you.

Illumi hadn’t experienced anything like this since Killua had been injured when he fell from a tree.

You and he were separated when you were rushed into surgery leaving him alone in the waiting room.

When Illumi is stressed and cannot properly display how he feels, he tends to act in “odd” ways.

He begins to furiously turn pages in magazines or bother the receptions every 2 minutes about the status of your surgery. When the woman finally says that you’re still alive, he tones it down a little.

Illumi is open to conforming advice from strangers; he has been receiving it secretly from strangers. Since Silva was busy abusing him, he often found comfort from “the streets”.

He has a bad habit of pacing back and forth and fidgeting in his seat while horrific images fill his mind. All he has seen is pain and even though he was used to it, he didn’t want you to go through it as well.

While sitting in his seat (finally!) and head in his lap, doubled over indescribable sorrow, a little girl walks up to him with her hands folded and a doll under her arms. Illumi feels her presence and looks up. The girl’s curly hair covered her endearing eyes and her smile is wide.

“They’ll be alright. I just know they will,” turning around returning to her mother, the girl said with confidence.

On cue, Illumi placed his hand over his heart, smiling just a little.

He walked quickly to your room once you were out of surgery.

His speed walk mimics one of a soldier; his left arm in since with his right leg. His shoes echoed throughout the hall.

As soon as he enters the room, he shuts the door harder than usual and gives you a tight embrace. This surprises you! You’re lucky if he lays his head on your shoulder!

Illumi had been working out lately. He wanted to beat you in the “squish the melon” contest. He is very competitive and even if he lost, that doesn’t hurt his ego. Not in the slightest. Since it was just the both of you alone, he bends down to hug you tight, so tight that your face is squished against his.

This behavior is only surprising because he usually doesn’t coddle you even when you get hurt, but this time he realized that you could have died from the gunshot wound.

After that he kissed your forehead and almost simultaneously the doctor barreled in just missing the sweet moment between you and your beau.

Chrollo

When Chrollo is holding meetings with the Phantom Troupe, he always appears to be neutral. That is very important. A leader has to show strength even through the worst/hurtful times of their lives.

Chrollo had gotten a call from Nobunaga that you had gotten hurt on a mission and had actually gotten captured by the enemy. Phinks was able to get you back but you suffered horrible injuries.

This is protocol; they do this for any of the members. The troupe was oblivious to the fact that you and Chrollo were dating. They thought you were here to replace Uvo.

In situations like this, he is calm on the outside but screaming on the inside. Common sense will tell you if you are startled by the news you’ve just received and you begin to drive, you could cause more harm on the way to your destination.

Chrollo is very silent; he doesn’t call to check on your status or anything; he would rather see it for himself.

You were a trooper! After all, you are dating a dangerous robber.

Chrollo already knew what room you were in so he just went.

“I knew I should have kept y/n by my side. Y/n insisted on doing my dirty work that they almost died! How foolish could I have been?” He constantly cursed himself for letting his guard down with you.

He always gave you room to think and complete your own tasks but he can’t help his protective nature; one he has for the troupe but times 10.

His childhood friends had been shot by law enforcers, his home was horrific, and the last thing he needed was for you to be gone. You were keeping him afloat in society.

When he opened the door, Phinks was sitting in a chair, one leg over the other, laughing at a TikTok video.

Nobunaga on the other hand was watching the world news and seemed invested that he didn’t hear Chrollo enter the room. Once they both saw, they stood to their feet.

“Y/n is ok boss. They suffered a few cuts and burns, but they're breathing.”

Chrollo’s straight face remained as he stared at you.

Chrollo’s silence is something the troupe has internalized as a sign of anger, rage, or both. When he didn’t speak and just stared, everyone knew that their next mission was going to be a brutal one.

Chrollo is a man that isn’t afraid to express how he feels. He could cry right now if he wanted to and no one would dare laugh at him or insult him. After all, Nobunaga cried when he realized Uvo was dead.

Nobunaga and Phinks excused themselves as they saw him place his hand over his mouth.

Once the door closed, He pulled up the chair, grabbed your hand, and gently squeezed it. His warmth woke you up instantly and you turned your head. You winced in pain causing Chrollo to jump from his seat, moving to your right side so you wouldn’t turn your head too much.

“I’m glad you're alive, darling. What were you doing putting yourself in danger? Feitan could have handled the beast!”

He isn’t trying to doubt your ability to fight, he’s just concerned for your safety. Even so, why would he insist that you join the spiders?

A tear dropped from his face as he silently kissed your hand three times. You smiled warmly and placed your right left hand on top of his.

“I am fine, boss. You need not worry. I’m a trooper, remember?”

He placed your hand against his dry cheek and continued to kiss it. You were his lifeline and he wanted to spend every moment with you.