#𓆩✧𓆪 Gus

[fox-buried-in-maple-leaves]

Blood

The man looked at himself in the mirror, lilac eyes reflected back at him. There were stories creatures like him couldn’t appear within the glass, stories he’d long since known were false. He sighed, picking up his brush on the counter. 

He began to run the brush through his long periwinkle hair, looking down at the wavy locks of hair. Ohm gave his hair enough of a brush he could separate the strands in three, setting the brush down on the counter once more. He easily braided his long hair, tying it off with a navy blue ribbon. 

Ohm turned the sink on, running his hands under the water. He then brought his hands up, smoothing his bangs with wet fingers. Lilac eyes flicked to the mirror and he paused, eyes widening at his reflection. 

His bangs coated in red, the water that dripped down his cheek was red. He looked down at his hands, fingers and hands stained in red. The doctor hesitated, quickly plunging his hands underneath the still running water to try and wash the blood off of his hands. 

He choked back a sound as the water just ran over the blood, the clear liquid did nothing to clean his hands. Ohm pulled back, reaching for the towel on the hook, patting his face clean, and then rubbing his bangs clean. His breathing became laboured as he shakily rubbed his hair between the black towel.

Ohm looked at the mirror again, stopping in his tracks. No blood. His hands were clean, his hair was clean, his face, the towel. The doctor wet his lips, looking down at his hands, he looked at his left one, back, front. Clean. He was clean. Ohm exhaled, he shook his head, put the towel back, then he turned off the sink.

Katsumi groaned as he woke up, he stared up at the partially covered sky above him. The sky was orange, and trees reached above him. The kitsune sat up, groaning at the pain in his ribcage. He held his ribs, looking around the mostly empty clearing. It was just him, his weapon, his bag nearby.

He looked down, pulling his hand away from his ribs quickly. His hands, the bandages that fully covered his hands were deeply stained in blood. Blue-green eyes searched his body, looking for any bloodied wounds, anything that said it was his blood on his hands.

But his heart sank when he couldn’t find any. 

“What did I do?”

Katsumi whispered to himself, looking at his hands, they were both stained in blood. It even stained down his arms, splatters covered every visible part of his gloves. His bracers were cleaned, but his gloves weren’t replaced. He swallowed thickly, pushing himself up on his knees, but he could only collapse.

He crawled towards his bag and weapon. He needed to find a stream, needed to find water. He couldn’t remember the night, he couldn’t remember what he’d done. He was afraid. “Masuyo.” He gasped out, shrugging the bag onto his shoulder. But Masuyo didn’t respond.

“Don’t want to explain yourself?”

Silence.

Katsumi sniffled, turning his head to listen for running water. His ears twitched, hearing something in the distance. He had to use a tree to help himself up, leaning against different trees to get himself towards the water. His thoughts ran a thousand miles a minute, what had he done? Who did he kill? It was too much blood, it was too fresh.

He didn’t want to sniff the air, what if he smelled the flesh?

He collapsed beside a stream, submerging his arms into the water. 

Lilliane woke from a nightmare, running her scarred fingers through her hair with a sigh. The smell of burning wood was still in her nose, but she did her best to ignore it as she stood up. Gus stirred in the bed on his side and she paused, waiting for him to settle down before she escaped to the bathroom.

She turned the bathroom light on, closing the door behind her. She looked at her reflection in the mirror, making a small face at herself. Her eyebags were particularly bad, but she ignored those too. They always were. 

The sniper turned the sink on, turning the water slightly above lukewarm. She looked around, grabbing one of Gus’ hairties from the counter. She didn’t know where hers were, his would work. She tied up her long brown hair in a ponytail, tucking her bangs behind her ears.

Lilliane leaned down, splashing water over her face with a deep sigh. She rubbed her face, cleaning it of the sweat and residual tears from her nightmare. It also cleared the smell of burnt wood from her nose. It was exactly what she needed. She flailed to the side, grabbing the hand towel and using it to pat her face dry.

Green eyes met her reflection and she screamed.

Blood covered her face and hands and the white hand towel. She dropped the towel in fear, taking a step away from herself. Lilliane looked down at the sink, the red gushing from the tap. Her back pressed against the wall, arms wrapping around herself as she could only stare. Utterly horrified.

The bathroom door was yanked open and Gus stared at her, concern clear in his eyes.

“B-Blood-”

He relaxed his shoulders, tugging his wife into his arms. Lilliane collapsed against his chest, clinging onto him. “It isn’t there.. It’s okay.”  He promised.

Alee slid the blade against the man’s neck, his body crumpling to the ground as blood sprayed out. Vesper stared at him, xyr eyes wide at the action he’d just taken. The fox sorcerer swallowed thickly, dropping his knife to the ground. 

He looked down at his hands, now covered in blood. Then he looked further down, his body was covered in blood, he was standing in blood. It was a lot more blood than he expected. He looked up at Vesper, fear visible on his face as the man on the ground twitched pathetically.

Vesper stepped forward, kicking the man’s gun away from him. “It’s okay- It’s-” Xe paused when Alee took a step away, gripping the alleyway wall, he couldn’t help but throw up. “Oh, babe.” Vesper quickened their pace, reaching up and pulling his hair back out of his face.

“What have I done? What have I done? What did I do?”

He threw up again and the mercenary grimaced, hushing him quietly. Once his stomach was emptied he wiped his mouth on his sleeve, only to whimper at the blood now on his face. Vesper dropped his hair and went for his knife, picking it up from beside the now dead body.

“Come on, we gotta wash you up.” He nodded to Vesper’s words, staring at his hands as xe led him back into the bar’s back door. “You were just protecting me, it’s okay.” Xe promised, bringing him to the employee bathroom.

Alee was sat on the edge of the toilet, tears in his eyes as he looked at his hands. Vesper wet the cloth from their apron with water, and then bent down to start wiping Alee’s hands clean. To some degree, the mercenary knew he didn’t have this type of blood on his hands. But his reaction surprised them.

It hurt xyr heart to hear his soft sobs.

[bucksangel]

it sucks that gus johnson is a piece of shit because his small town review videos were so funny

[caninegrove]

𓆩✧`〖 Bioluminescence Pronouns 〗´✧𓆪

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➢ arthropod/arthropod/arthropods/arthropodself ➢ arthro/arthropod/arthropods/arthropodself ➢ arthro/pod/arthropod/arthropodself ➢ ar/thro/pod/arthropodself ➢ ar/thro/pod/arthropod/arthropodself

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➢ defense/defense/defenses/defenseself ➢ de/defense/defenses/defenseself ➢ de/fense/defense/defenseself

➢ warning/warning/warnings/warningself ➢ warn/warning/warnings/warningself ➢ warn/ing/warning/warningself

➢communication/communication/communications/communicationself ➢ communi/communication/communications/communicationself ➢ communi/cation/communication/communicationself ➢ commu/ni/cation/communicationself ➢ commu/ni/cation/communication/communicationself

➢ mimicry/mimicry/mimicries/mimicryself ➢ mimi/mimicry/mimicrys/mimicryself ➢ mimi/cry/mimicry/mimicryself ➢ mim/ic/ry/mimicryself ➢ mim/ic/ry/mimicry/mimicryself

➢ ✨/✨/✨'s/✨self ➢ ☄️/☄️/☄️'s/☄️self ➢ 🌌/🌌/🌌's/🌌self ➢ 🐙/🐙/🐙's/🐙self ➢ 🦑/🦑/🦑's/🦑self ➢ 🐛/🐛/🐛's/🐛self ➢ 🦋/🦋/🦋's/🦋self ➢ 🐠/🐠/🐠's/🐠self ➢ 🍄/🍄/🍄's/🍄self ➢ 🧪/🧪/🧪's/🧪self ➢ 💡/💡/💡's/💡self

⊹₊ ˚‧︵‿₊ᗢ₊‿︵‧ ˚ ₊⊹₊ ˚‧︵‿₊ᗢ₊‿︵‧ ˚ ₊⊹

[aprisolis]

⸻ ⠀𓆩*𓆪 . ㅤ ╱ ㅤ ﹙ APRICUS CULTURE ﹚ &.& is a fictional south korean entertainment company primarily based in seoul, south korea established by JEONG KARIN in april of 2003. the company is the first of the twin subsidiaries under the parent company GEMINI INC. founded by jeong karin and SOLARIA GARDENS ceo KANG SEONHEE.

the two heads of the “gemini empire” initially gained fame from their time as members of the first-generation girl group, INOIR in 1995. amidst the group’s massive success, kang was suddenly kicked out with a vague explanation of “breach of contract” in early 1998. jeong followed suit, announcing her departure from the group in support of her friend, criticizing the agency for its evil contract terms. adopting successful independent solo careers of their own launched the two former girl group members to individual stardom while maintaining their essential friendship both publicly and privately. in 2000, jeong and kang announced they would be opening their own entertainment agency, gemini inc. as an ethically standardized company. three years later, jeong opened the company’s first subsidiary, APRICUS CULTURE.

the initial success of apricus was only cemented by the label’s spreading reputation of being a company focused on development of quality talent rather than crafting squeaky clean manufactured celebrities. beginning with the debut of pop-rock soloist ALLISON NAM on may 16, 2003, apricus broke records previously held by larger, more established companies with relative ease. naturally, the mission and core value of apricus has caused controversy since their inception nineteen years ago. typically surrounding dating, favoritism, and drug scandals, apricus’ idols are frequently ridiculed for being the “western idols of k-pop”, referencing their immense popularity and famously bad behavior.

the company is known for their transparent and often uncensored idols as well as their emphasis on star power. with control over the complete management of their idols and artists, apricus has been one-half of the talent standard in korean entertainment alongside their sister company, solaria gardens. in general, apricus culture is one of the most easily recognized companies due to their distinct visual direction and strict musical, performance, and media training. fans have taken issue with some of the obvious instances of nepotism which netizens often joke is the “culture” of apricus culture.

&.&. SECTION ONE , the statistics

NAME⠀›⠀apricus culture

TYPE⠀›⠀private

PARENT COMPANY⠀›⠀gemini incorporated

FOUNDED⠀›⠀april 14th, 2003 ; 21 years ago

FOUNDER⠀›⠀jeong karin

HEADQUARTERS⠀›⠀yongsan-gu, seoul, south korea

KEY PEOPLE⠀›⠀JEONG KARIN ❪ founder, chairwoman ❫, ALLISON NAM ❪ ceo ❫, EMERSON HILL ❪ cfo ❫, JUN JAEHEE ❪ chief creative director ❫, KEON HINTON ❪ kayak72 ceo ❫

NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES⠀›⠀approx. 500

WEBSITE⠀›⠀www.apriculture.com

&.&. SECTION TWO , the subsidiaries

AETURNUS ARTISTS⠀›⠀founded in 2008, aeturnus artists serves as the main management firm for all actors, models, and television personalities signed to apricus culture. any idols with solo acting, modeling, or hosting careers are represented by aeturnus in relation to those activities. the firm's most popular talent are models LIM SONGMIN and DO AERA as well as actress YEOM MIYEON.

KALON: THE SOUND⠀›⠀founded in 2015, kalon: the sound is the experimental female-dedicated branch of the company. they manage the ideation, formation, and operation of survival shows as well as group’s with unique concepts such as SOUR/HOUR and APHRA EVE.

NABISONE PRODUCTIONS⠀›⠀founded in 2017, nabisone productions is the production team for all eonus entertainment artists. after being hired and trained by the company’s management firm, producers, lyricists, and composers are moved underneath nabisone productions to aid in the legal and technicalities that allow them to focus on the creative aspects of their career.

KAYAK72⠀›⠀acquired in 2020 through a deal with the label’s ceo, keon hinton, kayak72 houses eonus’ new york city-based artists. kayak72 also has a hand in the professional development of all apricus artists in terms of cultural sensitivity, language classes, and self-care awareness. the label's most popular acts are soloist KAIA, THE WISE and groups DIEM and IVYRED.

STUDIO AVOS⠀›⠀founded in 2022 on the eighth anniversary of their debut, studio avos is a label formed by the members of the group dedicated to their individual activities and managerial preferences. although there have been rumors of the members developing a group of their own to be represented by their label, there hasn’t been any confirmation.

&.&. SECTION THREE , the apricus artist roster

ALLISON NAM ❪ 2003 - 2018 ❫⠀›⠀female soloist.

EUNSANG ❪ 2003 - present : active ❫ › male soloist.

JUNO ❪ 2004 - 2011 : disbanded ❫ › three member girl group.

NINE ❪ 2005 - present : active ❫ › female soloist.

I2D ❪ 2006 - 2010 : dropped ❫ › female duo.

NYX ❪ 2006 - present : inactive ❫ › five member boy group.

JIOH ❪ 2007 - present : hiatus ❫⠀›⠀male soloist.

LASTDRAW ❪ 2008 - present : active ❫⠀›⠀male duo.

PURE SIN ❪ 2009 - 2016 : disbanded ❫⠀›⠀six member co-ed group.

SEREIN ❪ 2010 - 2022 : disbanded ❫⠀›⠀female trio.

DEAR:EST ❪ 2011 - 2018 ❫⠀›⠀female soloist.

OPHION ❪ 2011 - 2024 ❫⠀›⠀male soloist.

LETALIS ❪ 2013 - present : active ❫⠀›⠀seven member girl group.

24/24 ❪ 2014 - present : active ❫⠀›⠀female duo.

SO S!CK ❪ 2015 - present : active ❫⠀›⠀four member co-ed band.

EVERSUN ❪ 2015 - present : active ❫⠀›⠀eight member boy group.

XANDER ❪ 2016 - present : active ❫⠀›⠀male soloist.

MELLOW-DRAMA ❪ 2017 - present : active ❫⠀›⠀female trio.

SALTED.CAVIAR ❪ 2018 - present : active ❫⠀›⠀six member boy group.

CENTER OF OMENS ❪ 2019 - present : active ❫⠀›⠀four member girl group.

OH BLU ❪ 2021 - present: active ❫⠀›⠀five member boy band.

CELLOPHANE ❪ 2023 - present: active ❫⠀›⠀female soloist.

&.&. SECTION FOUR , the kalon artist roster

APHRA EVE ❪ 2016 - present : active ❫⠀›⠀experimental girl group.

CHERiHIGH ❪ 2020 - present : active ❫⠀›⠀eight member girl group.

SOUR/HOUR ❪ 2022 - present : npc ❫⠀›⠀four member girl band.

&.&. SECTION FIVE , the kayak72 artist roster

RUMI HENDRIX ❪ 2014 - present : active ❫⠀›⠀female soloist.

DIEM ❪ 2015 - present : active ❫⠀›⠀five member boy group.

IVYRED ❪ 2017 - present: active ❫⠀›⠀four member girl group.

KAIA, THE WISE ❪ 2018 - present : active ❫⠀›⠀female soloist.

JOSIE CAMPOS ❪ 2020 - present : active ❫⠀›⠀female soloist.

GEORGIE ❪ 2021 - present : active ❫⠀›⠀male soloist.

&.&. SECTION SIX , the studio avos artist roster

AVOS ❪ 2014 - present : hiatus ❫⠀›⠀five member boy group.

BINZZ ❪ 2024 - present : active ❫⠀›⠀four member girl group.

[hotsugarkrp]

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[seraphiism]

𓆩 ღ 𓆪 𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 !!

( i swear, i promise ; i'll give you everything, even the echoes of my deep heart. )

chara : leon kennedy fandom : resident evil quote cr : seventeen

so here's the thing : leon s. kennedy is a light sleeper. an incredibly light sleeper, which isn't surprising-- what, given the nature of his career and everything he's ever had to endure.

oh? accidentally drop your phone on your face at an ungodly hour while he's sleeping next to you? he's awake. roll over in bed with utmost caution? he's awake.

breathe? oh, he's definitely awake.

you blindly reach for your phone on the nightstand, sleep very much still heavy on your eyes. you squint when you glance at the time, suddenly very hateful of your phone's auto brightness adjustment as it blinds you. that's certainly one way to wake up, huh?

the time reads 7:09am. you've got to leave for work in about 30 minutes, which is fine. no rush, no problem. except that--

well, except that leon is laying on top of you, head on your chest, lulled to sleep by the sound of your heart. it's become a habit of sorts-- the way he seeks comfort in your existence, the depth of your humanity an anchor & serenity in his life as you weave your fingers through his hair, slowly push him to the edge of slumber in peaceful means. it's reverent, holy, you think, and had you not been working today, you think you would have been able to stay in bed with him all day.

"leon?" your voice is quiet, soft-- you wish to gently break his slumber, hand gently patting his back.

he doesn't wake up. you call his name again, pat him a little bit harder. he still doesn't wake. you're insistent on avoiding rude awakenings, so you try this for a few more minutes, no longer groggy and now filled with a slight determination.

7:16am. you need to get ready.

you lean your head back into the pillow, glare at the ceiling.

here's another thing : leon s. kennedy is also a liar.

heavy sleeper, my ass, you think. he tends to be clingier after returning from missions, which is entirely understandable, and you truly do not mind, but you really, really, don't want to deal with another scolding from your boss. you still entirely, listen to the sound of his breathing.

yeah. he's awake.

"leon s. kennedy. you are awake."

he holds his breath instinctively. you feel it.

"listen, pretty boy. i gotta get ready for work." your fingers run through his messy bed head. "i need you to move."

he doesn't move. doesn't even react. he keeps up the facade.

7:19am. jesus christ, leon.

you pinch the bridge of your nose, let out a sigh. you try-- keyword being try, to sit up, but suddenly he's so much heavier, and you realize that he becomes dead weight just to make this so much harder-- which says a lot, because he's already incredibly muscular, and god, you think you can win against those arms? think again.

"leon, i swear--"

"call in."

when you lie back down, a means of waving the white flag, he finally looks up at you, blue eyes gentle and exhausted. there's something so incredibly tender in the way his gaze meets yours, hand reaching for yours as if it's instinct. you're the one holding your breath now, swallowing hard when he smiles that reserved smile that only you have the pleasure of seeing.

"stay with me, please." he squeezes your hand, once, twice, three times, and somewhere in that means an i love you, and you both know this.

you can't win. you can never win against him.

7:27am. oh, whatever, it doesn't matter anymore, you think, so you set your phone aside, focus on leon instead.

he notices the conflict in your eyes, then a brief contemplation, and the quiet admittance of defeat. he feels your body relax beneath his as you squeeze his hand four times, the kindest of smiles falling on your lips.

"fine, pretty boy. guess i'm sick, huh?"

"got a cold?"

"hm? sure."

he grins-- that shy little grin that you love so much, and you pinch his cheek, the curl of your lips growing ever so slightly.

"what a shame," he murmurs, "guess i should warm you up."

"i lied. suddenly i feel fine. i'm going to work."

"no, wait--"