#“i'll keep it short” i said

[salemsbane]

@ladyohdeath self indulgent shenanigans.

AGATHA IS EXHAUSTED. a fourth memorial held in almost just as many weeks for a student, either lost or found carelessly tossed aside with the blood leeched from their body, and now the salvatore school has passed a lockdown curfew for all those vulnerable. everyone's antsy: it's the first time in over a decade that a crazed vampire has been on the loose in mystic falls. she doesn't even have the energy to divulge the millennia of supernatural drama tied into this town's history, the tense truce between human and other ― she just knows she wants a damn drink, and if the bartend ignores her any longer, she has half a mind to conjure it herself and not leave a tip.

the look she shoots over her shoulder is scathing enough to be felt across the room, but the blonde behind the counter is blissfully ignorant, apparently engrossed in whatever story the woman across from her is lost in, hands waving for emphasis in a way that makes agatha roll her eyes and begin to peel herself from her seat. except. doesn't she recognize that ring? her eyes narrow, taking in the patron's warm brown skin and charmingly springy curls, and she'll be damned: of course a coworker is making even her time off miserable. a low chuckle laced in sardonicism touches her throat, lingering a beat before she clucks her tongue and glides toward the other end of the bar.

she should have cut her losses.

there is a slight tilt of the bartender's head as she nears the duo, white - gold tresses moving just enough that she can finally catch a glimpse of her face, and ― oh. agatha stops in her tracks, shock spreading through her chest in lichtenberg - like patterns, punching the breath from her lungs. sixteen years and those dark eyes are unmistakable, the impish dimpling of her cheeks. her presence has always spelled trouble. oh. trouble, indeed.

every pulse of unsteadiness agatha feels is tucked under a cool facade, corners of red - painted lips hiking in a display of delighted surprise as she strides in, resting her arm on the bartop in a way that severs the magneticism between the vampire and opposite witch. “ rio vidal, ” her breathlessness betrays her, and her grin widens a tick to offplay it. “ my god, how long has it been? ” it is an effort to tear her gaze away from the swirls of amber in rio's eyes, and when she does, the pointed glare in them is enough: ms. featherwood's face flashes from bemusement, sheepishness, and glum resignment as she takes her glass and slips further into the bar. the siphon takes over her stool with ease, lazily sweeping her hair over her shoulder and leveling a burning look back toward her old paramour.

“ i'll give you the benefit of the doubt that you weren't purposefully ignoring me, ” agatha teases quietly, tipping her chin to rest atop steepled fingers as her brows arch. one chance, vidal.

[kagooleo]

my WIPs are so unorganized but rice is forever, in doodles and Even when coding >:]

[karleksmumskladdkaka]

I promised that I'd show you guys what my package of DL goods actually contained.

So...

Behold my treasures╰(*´︶`*)╯♡

(Please be forewarned that the quality of the photos are shit. They were taken by an idiot with no real photography experience whatsoever. Added to that I'm not fully recovered yet and honestly didn't have the energy to do multiple takes I'm also a lazy bitch at the best of times so there's that. But to compensate I have added a list below each picture to make it fully clear what exactly is depicted in them.)

Booklets ⋆⋅☆⋆⋅

From upper left to bottom right:

More, Blood Stellaworth Special Tokuten Booklet

Vandead Carnival Special Booklet

Vandead Carnival Animate Limited Set Booklet

Vandead Carnival Stellaworth Special Tokuten Booklet

More, Blood Limited V Edition Animate Limited Set Booklet

More, Blood Limited V Edition Stellaworth Special Tokuten Booklet

Dark Fate Stellaworth Special Tokuten Booklet

Lunatic Parade Stellaworth Special Tokuten Booklet

Grand Edition Stellaworth Special Tokuten Booklet

Lost Eden Special Booklet

Grand Edition Special Booklet

Chaos Lineage Special Stellaworth Tokuten Booklet

Daylight Special Stellaworth Complete Set Purchase Tokuten Booklet

All of these booklets contain short stories, either individual ones for each diaboy or just a singular one that involves Yui and all the diaboys from the associated game (though the stories do not necessarily have anything to do with the plot of said game. Like at all. One story is literally a Mafia AU. I'm not making this up I swear.)

There are a few booklets that I'm missing, namely the HDB ones and most of the Drama CD ones. I'm on active lookout for the latter while the former... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I honestly don't care about. No Ruki = none of my money. I'm a Ruki fan first and foremost, if that's not abundantly clear lol.

Drama CDs ⋆⋅✮⋅⋆

From upper left to bottom right:

Vandead Carnival Stella Set Tokuten: Special Voice CD

More, Blood Limited V Edition Stella Set Tokuten: Special Voice CD

Dark Fate Stella Set Tokuten: Special Voice CD

More, Blood B-2 Price Drama CD (Mukami Ver.)

Lost Eden Vol.4: Mukami Saga

Lost Eden Stella Set Bonus: Special Voice CD

Chaos Lineage Vol.3: Orange

Sadistic Night 2017 Event Pamphlet CD

Versus IV Vol.2 Shuu vs Ruki Stellaworth Tokuten Drama CD: "The Vampires got a Part-time Job: Ruki"

Eternal Blood 5th Eternal Blood Vol.1 & Vol.2 Animate Tokuten Drama CD: "A Certain Day at the Mukami Household" (Ruki & Yuma)

Chaos Lineage Ebten/WonderGoo Tokuten Drama CD: “The Vampire’s Every Day: Board Game Edition ~ Ruki VS Azusa VS Kino ~”

Grand Edition Animate Situation CD

More, More Blood Vol.12 Mukami Ruki Animate Tokuten Drama CD: "Monopolizing Her"

More, More Blood Vol.12 Mukami Ruki Animate Tokuten Drama CD: "Living a Normal School Life For Once!"

Daylight Vol.7 Mukami Ruki Stellaworth Tokuten Drama CD: "Sadistic ★ Date"

Do you notice the common thread running across all these CDs?

I remember mentioning a while back that there were only two Ruki CDs I had yet to listen to. Well, turns out I'm a fucking fool and forgot about the existence of most of the CDs on this list. I have no idea whether the majority of these are any good but my hopes are high! In any case I am very excited to give them all a listen! Or more like multiple. I'm addicted to Ruki's sexy voice what can I say.

Miscellaneous ⋆⋅☽⋅⋆

From upper left to bottom right:

More, Blood Ebten After Story Card: Shuu

More, Blood Ebten After Story Card: Ruki

More, More Blood Vol.12 Mukami Ruki Deluxe Edition Message Card

More, More Blood Vol.12 Mukami Ruki Mini Story Card (which ties into his Another Story CD).

In addition to these items I have three other message cards from Ruki and two of his short story papers (his More, Blood and Bloody Bouquet ones) in storage, which I'll also share in the future.

That's all I got at the moment. Again, sorry for the piss-poor quality of the photos. I'll strive to do better with the next scans I upload.

- _(´ω`_)⌒)_

[nagasthia]

Look a Ninjago drawing :)

[drpicklesart]

they are going to mehnahnaroo

[breezypunk]

Golden Hues. ♥

[nyaagolor]

I was thinking about the SV rivals and their first pokemon (pokespe manga does a lot with a character's first pokemon and it's one of my favorite things about it). I like to think that for all three of them, their first pokemon came from their parents and kinda reflects their relationship in a way

Arven got Maschiff from his parents after they got a ton of money from the Tera Orb patent thing (the pokemon was the first thing they bought). Even tho their actions showed that they cared about their research more than him, Arven was always at the forefront of their minds, their love and care for him being the driving motivator behind everything they did. Arven's Maschiff (named Buddy) is the physical representation of their love for him and the ways they tried (and mostly failed) to show it to him. By contrast, Arven's relationship to Buddy represents the ways Arven is grappling with his relationship with his parents-- rejecting traditional notions of gratitude and care for family in favor of loving those who were present and spent quality time with him. Arven values that far more than blood relations, and ultimately puts value in the actions of those close to him, not their words. Tldr breaking up with my parents now my dog is my new guardian

Nemona got Pawmi from her parents, though they weren't actually there to give it to her. She's somewhat aware of the fact that this pokemon cost a LOT of money, as Pawmi (named Níspero after a tiny yellow fruit) is a trained physical therapy pokemon intended to alleviate the pain from Nemona's nerve-damaged arm. He was definitely never intended to be a battler for her. But ultimately, when it boiled down to it, Nemona was willing to take or refuse her parent's gifts in ways that actually suited her, training the pokemon to champion status. She loves them, but is more than ok with stepping around and over their intentions and expectations for her to chase the dreams that ring true to who she is. It's both a show of how Nemona takes her parents' absence in stride, but also in the ways that their distance means they don't understand her at all

Penny got her main Veevee (calling her Mewmew) from her dad (Peony) after she came out to him as trans. Peony is a huge gift giver and very big on elaborate shows of affection, so after Penny came out to him he wanted to make sure she ABSOLUTELY knew how much he loved and supported her. She came home one day to find a female Eevee on her desk with a big pink ribbon around her neck and a card attached that had the catchphrase of her favorite magical girl on it in her dad's distinct cursive. "Shine Bright Like the Starry Sky and be who you want to be! Love, Dad <3". This is the Eevee that Penny ultimately evolved into Sylveon, who can only evolve thorugh ~love~, representing how even though she grumbles about her dad's overbearing nature, she is really grateful that she has someone like that in her life and loves him lots (whether or not she'll say it out loud)

[cold-neon-ocean]

Something soft of my bees Hunnie and Poppy! I’ve had this lying around for a while and decided to post it! Eventually I’ll get around to rendering it

[natreads]

I got a job as a bookseller!!!

[thesleeplessdream]

Spoilers for @gilly-moon's fic 'Shattered'

I put this together in 2 days after reading chapter 18 👀

[nocentis]

Honeysuckle

⚶ ┆ Between his teeth and beneath his nails, an airy fruit light as love is bitten down to the rind. Even with his mouth full of pulp he finds himself desperate for her taste.

A sigh echoed and swallowed, kept locked in his chest like a secret. He held his breath until it burned; savored every hitch and every hum of her sacred song. Each curse spoken like a prayer, like praise; wept like gratitude wrenched raw from the soul — raked clean and spit out like the pit of a cherry. When he's forced to breathe, she is the hallowed riptide, and he would be blessed to drown in her lush.

Ripe as a peach at the crown of her cheeks; soft red flush so sticky sweet. Another of her colors comes to life in his mind. One shade closer to the divine.

⚶ ┆ Woven together like lace under the pale light of a waning moon. He can't be sure where he ends and she begins. She pierces straight through him like he belongs to her, and in some capacity, he knows that he does. There is no room left in his heart for desire of this nature. It has reached its bounds and collapsed inward on itself — a singularity the size of her that takes of these moments and stretches them infinitely, ever deeper, ever denser; inescapable.

Too much would never be enough and yet he counts every falling grain of timesand, tallies them up, and says his Hail Mary's in correspondence. Blessed is he for these hands to hold her, for these eyes to view her, for this mouth to speak her name. Blessed is he for the breath and the bread, the water, the whine.

Under his breath, to no god in particular, he issues his thanks.

"You're still awake." Her voice is strained by the small hours. The calm is sweeping her away and yet she remains afloat, waiting for the rise and fall of his chest to slow before she sinks into sleep. "Your train leaves early. You should rest."

His own voice is gravelly, thick with syrup, when he attempts to quell, "There will be another train. There is always another train."

There is nothing more important than this — her head on his chest and his fingers in her hair, scarlet as the sun's kiss and softer than silk.

She shifts so that she can look at him, and the nightglow catches the honey of her eye. "You should rest," she reiterates, and though she aims to chastise, he can feel her care bleeding through her touch.

"I will," he promises, though he chooses not to specify when. "I'm not ready for tomorrow."

He feels her hum before he hears it. Gentle as a lullaby, it dims his vision, and he finds a brief reprieve inside his eyelids.

"You're ready," she assures, succinct as ever.

"You're right," he concedes through a sigh, "I don't want this to end."

"Then don't end it," she slides her hand into his, weaves their fingers together in an airtight knit, "Water it. Let it grow. Keep it alive while we're apart."

He responds first through a light squeeze, a bit of humor trapped in his chest, and he can't deny that, "There are some things even I can't kill."

[ruhixmarathe]

WITH: @wcndxrlust LOCATION: feel the beat

“So it isn’t as bad as having two left feet,” Ruhi began as she stepped into the dance studio and surveyed the talent with which her friend performed in comparison to her own lackluster attempts. She’d always thought she was a fairly good dancer, but clearly professionals were a class above. “But I feel like I’m doing the macarena when I’m around you and I don't love being outshined in my own hometown like this. So let's go. It's my turn to show off my expertise.”

[revenantghost]

My friend keeps reccing me fics and every time

Every time

I've already read them

hELP

[vamptones]

one of my irls behavior is driving me NUTS and I am completely at fault for not being like "hey I need to talk about some things that you do that bother me" or simply cut them off (although it's not that simple as of now) but I am relieved at the fact that I am not the only one that has noticed and expressed annoyance at this. idk what to do. I have the world's worst tolerance and patience, I can complain about this person all I want in order to not act out on them, but it is mentally draining me bc for some reason it affects me more than it should. if your friends were annoyed at you would you appreciate it if they told you? I always say I would, I am aware enough of my behavior to know my flaws but this person just seems to be completely oblivious and blind to the fact that they're draining out everyone around them and (god forgive me for the level of Meanness in what I am about to say) I don't think they're mature enough to even understand that, and worse, it will only feed into their victim complex

[suna1suna1]

Shadamytober 2023 | Day 1, "Colors"

A take on their first meeting in Sonic Adventure 2

Inspired by Orange Colored Sky, by Nat King Cole

[iseeyoujon]

I might have finally found the winning combo of meds and dear god I forgot what it was like to feel like a real person.

It's genuinely baffling. I mean... I slept through the night and woke up rested? I got housework done? I took care of all my basic needs? My mood was stable? The paranoia was manageable? I don't think I've been this person in at least a decade.