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[petitsdieu]

cont. 𝒇𝒕. @songbirdreaped

She won't apologize for the way she tries to fix herself. Some nights it was alcohol that made things feel less despondent. Tonight she had only been two drinks and a half in before she felt like she had too much. There was no giddy flutter and dance. Only an immense dizziness and an insurmountable heart ache. It's a wonder how she got herself to Lucy Gray's door without trouble.

When there's room to step inside, she takes it. All but stumbling in, and finding herself sitting on the floor. Pressing her back to the wall and putting her head in her hands, knees gathering towards her chest. "I don't know... I don't know. I don't like how I feel right now." Her mouth falls into a heavy pout, matching the heavy feeling within her. Naturally, her body is focused on how badly she feels physically. But it's her heart that's the truer mess.

[petitsdieu]

She's like a stray cat that latches and suckles. Push-push-paw away all you want, she comes back. His hands fall off hers and she flinches forward like she's going to grab for him again. She probably would have if he didn't direct her otherwise.

❛ But you were bleeding... ❜ Is that what he means? Yes and beyond that, probably. She doesn't know how to do that. She half-wonders how his shoulder is doing. If it's any better than the last she saw it. She can't listen about dulling the kindness — not that she wants to be around people right now anyway. But she can listen to the second part. She misses the gesture towards the dining room set. Goes for the couch instead. More comfort, makes sense for her.

If her mouth could droop anymore down it would fall off her face.

❛ I'm a mess! ❜ She distresses, knees fold to the chest. She pinches the thin of her nose with her fingers. Now that the cracks in her have given up to an open, she continues to purge her own mind. If she could only step back and see herself. The way she's behaved since they relinked today. She's unregulated. She can't temper herself. Fraying off her own seams.

She only half-knows what he must think of her.

And if he thinks she has some hidden agenda, she does or did. But not in the way he'd think. Unless he could tell past all the mess of the evening. ❛ I came here thinking you could fuck the bad feelings out of me. And then the zipper broke... ❜

There's a nervous feeling that tightens his stomach in a knot the longer this embrace extends, feeling hands press to his stomach. It caused him to feel ill at how sickeningly deprived he was of another human's attention and love, he hadn't faced it until he was forced to. Until this odd girl decided to hug him of all things. Why?

And with that... it began to remind him how shattered, vulnerable, pathetic and weak it made him the last time he gave in to the vile human desire for affection. It started with things like small touches and hugs and blossomed into that deadly poison called love. More poison than that poison he dropped in dean Highbottom's morphling. "I don't have need." he mumbled a lie under his breath, jaw clenching.

Hands pry smaller ones off of his body, turning to now face this peculiar creature in clear bewilderment. Tightly holding as if he lets his grip become any more loose, she might strangle him in affections.

"I don't believe that's necessary." And really, he should do something with her for thinking she can just... wrap him up in her affections. Mess with his head by provoking those terrible emotions from the past he vowed to never feel again. He believed it was just a trick to catch him off guard or something, no one was this nice for zero reasoning. He learned that the hard way.

"What you should do .... is be less kind to strangers. Or less kind at all. Go sit." he lets her hands go, a hand presses to her back and he gestures her to go find a seat at the large empty dinner table. It was a lonely space these days, compared to how it used to sit an entire family and be accompanied by one.

[ashes-in-a-jar]

In my head, you’re a Magnus Archives blog. I mean, I know you obviously listen to other things, but In my mind it’s things like Welcome to Nightvale, Malevolent, Hello from the Hallowoods, The Sheridan Tapes, things like that, horror and supernatural.

So I had to do a double-take when I saw a Dungeons and Daddies post from you, I really didn’t know you listened to it. Then I see you reblog a Fawx and Stallion post, and now I’m just wondering how many podcasts you’ve listened to that I’ve also listened to.

Hahaha yes this blog has been mainly for tma stuff for years now, I still feel like I'm new to the fandom but honestly I've been here through a lot of it since the beginning of season 5

Buuuuut in the past few months I've stopped going into the tma tag regularly and been feeling a little detached from it, at least as opposed to before. My listen to tmagp has been way less interactive and I hardly reblog content anymore (which is something I like doing but because of various bad experiences on the internet recently I have yet to recover from I feel safer posting my own original posts rather than reblogging)

And that freed up a space in my mind to realize I've actually been listening to a lot of podcasts besides tma and it's honestly a shame not to talk about them more with others

I do listen to a lot of horror fantasy supernatural and science fiction podcasts! I also love a lot of dnd and ttrpg podcasts, I also love everything dropout and wish I could get into critical role but it's so big I don't think I'll manage it

I put under the cut a (quite long) list of the podcasts I have listened to and/or have notifications turned on

Anyone following me, you're welcome to send me an ask about one of them if you like them as well or want to hear about them!

I also put a list of podcasts on my to listen to list. Feel free to drop a recommendation for which them to listen to first!

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Podcasts I'm caught up on (the lists are long so it's alphabetical without "the")

Ongoing podcasts

The Amelia project

Ask your father

A voice from darkness

Black box

Brimstone valley mall

Camlann

The cellar letters

Death by dying

Derelict

Eeler's choice

Ethics town

Fawx and stallion

Hello from the Hallowoods

The hundred handed

Levian

Lost terminal

The Magnus protocol

Malevolent

Midnight burger

The mistholme museum of mystery morbidity and mortality

Neon inkwell

New years day

Not quite dead

Old gods of Appalachia

The penumbra podcast

The program

Red valley

The Sheridan Tapes

The silt verses

The sound museum

Super suits

Tell no tales

Tiny terrors

Traveling light

Unseen

The vesta clinic

Victoriocity

The white vault

Completed podcasts

Absolutely no adventures

Archive 81

Borrasca

The bright sessions

Camp here and there

Descendants

Give me away

I am in eskew

Monstrous agonies

Parkdale haunt

The Magnus archives

Re: dracula

The secret of st kilda

Spirit box radio

Steal the stars

Time:bombs

We know none

Wolf 359

Wooden overcoats

Ttrpgs

The adventure zone

Campaign skyjacks

Chapter and multiverse

Dark dice

Dice shame

Dimension 20 (not a podcast but I listen to it like one)

Dungeons and daddies

Not another d&d podcast

Rusty Quill gaming

Worlds beyond number

Podcast on my listen next list:

The Alexandria archives

Alice isn't dead

Ars paradoxica

Believer

The Black tapes

Blackwood

The box

The bridge

Carrier

Counterbalance

The cryptid keeper

Darkest night

The darkroom

The dark tome

The deca tapes

The deep vault

Dreamboy (this one is nsfw so it makes me nervous lol)

Duggan Hill

The earth collective

Either

The far meridian

The fountain road files

The glass canon

Jar of rebuke

Kings fall am (I started but heard not great things about it)

Knifepoint horror

Kollok 1991

Less is morgue

The leviathan chronicles

Liberty

Limetown

The lost cat

Mabel

Maeltopia

Marscorp

Mirrors

Mockery manor

Next stop

The no sleep podcast

The orphans

The Orpheus protocol

Out of place

Paired

Palimpsest

The phone booth

Point mystic

Pseudopod

Rabbits

The right left game

Shadows at the door

Spines

Stellar firma

The storage papers

Stories from among the stars

Super ordinary

Superstition

Tanis

Tides

Unwell

Vast horizon

Victoria's lift

Video palace

Welcome to night Vale (I listen to this one very sporadically lol)

We're alive

Within the wires

Woe begone (I started but got stuck on episode 20ish but want to continue)

Wrong station

Ttrpgs

BomBARDded

Critical role (it's sooo long tho)

Dames and dragons

Dragon friends

Join the party

The lucky die

Queens of adventure

Realms of pearl and glory

Rude tales of magic

Skyjacks courier call

Three black halflings

[friendsim2]

I don't know if this comes under trade secret or whatever (if it does im so sorry for intruding!!) but how did you get the phone system to work? Are you using Ren'Py or a different engine?

(game's developer responding!)

No trade secrets at all - all the code for the game is actually open source (MIT license and CC 4.0 Attribution, depending on which part you mean) so you can use it however as long as you credit the source! It's not necessarily written to be picked up by other people (it's often hacky and not documented), but anyone is welcome to pick at it.

Not sure if you mean "phone system" as in the Chittr stuff or the TechniColor Heart stuff. It's all running in RenPy (the whole game is), but the Chittr system is a lot jankier than the phone stuff done for TechniColor Heart. There's a lot of Python code helping to drive the back-end of everything, although the actual interface/UI aspects are handled by the RenPy engine's screen language, mostly.

At its heart, both systems are a combination of a list of items visible within the phone (text posts, etc.) and a set of RenPy screens to iterate through those and display them, allow interactivity, etc. The TH phone system uses a system of custom Python classes, whereas the Chittr system uses a set of dictionaries since it was written a few years ago and I wasn't as well-versed in how Python does class stuff (my professional experience was mostly in C#, VB.NET, etc.).

The Technicolor Heart version uses one master screen for the phone interface and then a set of subscreens for the various individual components (dating site, messages, shop, etc.) with their own UI and calls to important classes. If you unpack the script files (using something like RPA extract), you can find the TH stuff in volume12/vol12_datingsim_phone.rpy and the Chittr stuff mostly in chittr.rpy in the base game directory. Be warned in advance that the Chittr portion is bad and has some really jacked-up code to fix bugs that required going back and retroactively adjusting some stuff.

There's some elements of the UI that interact with the phone system in other areas, like the game's quick menus, to do things like displaying message notifications. If you poke around, you should see what I mean.

If you're looking for a general way to do a phone interface, I'd strongly suggest looking at the TechniColor Heart variant - that's by the far the cleanest, best-coded iteration of that concept.

[nekoprankster218]

WIP Ask Game

got tagged by @holyshonks

Rules: Make a new post with the names of all the files in your wip folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Tag as many people as you have wips. people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, then post a little snippet or tell them something about it!

here's the problem... I got a crapton, scattered across a few different programs. So to make this a little easier, I'll only be doing files that are on my 4thewords. Biggest titles are project names, bullet points under them are notable files (if they are series, challenges, or dumping grounds). Bonus self-shaming: when you send an ask, I'll share how long ago I first started the WIP (some are these are from my Microsoft Word era, barely lived but I'm not pulling the plug on them yet).

seeing how many titles there ended up being, and how few people interact with me, you can do multiple in an ask / send multiple asks.

Puppet of Intent (Halo x RWBY crossover)

Eternity With You, And You (Fairy Tail rarepair AU)

"The Many Stories" Verse (Halo fic)

The Many Origin Stories of Ripa 'Moramee

The Many Endings of Jul 'Mdama

Skyrim: They Came From Beyond (Halo x Skyrim crossover)

Age of Dragons & Related (Fairy Tail OC, AU fic)

Fandomronpa 1: Despair Academy (multifandom; fandoms included, besides the obvious: Halo, Touhou, Fairy Tail, RWBY, Rango, Corpse Party, SCP Foundation, Lucius, Ib, Undertale, AtLA, The Hobbit, Wolf Among Us, Steven Universe, DDLC)

Popular Fanfic Tropes the series (multifandom)

L & Light Angel/Demon AU (Death Note AU oneshot)

YouTuber AU (MonsterVerse) (MonsterVerse oneshot)

Touhou Kaiju oneshot (Touhou x MonsterVerse oneshot)

TV Halo Enemies to Lovers AU (what it says on the tin)

Untitled Wendy-Only Papalogia AU (Fairy Tail AU)

Strangers in Strange Lands (Genshin crossover anthology; Minecraft, Fairy Tail, Halo, Corpse Party, Touhou, RWBY)

5 Times Others Reincarnated Into The Slime Isekai (and one time Rimuru reincarnated elsewhere) (Tensura crossover anthology; OMORI, Counter:Side, Genshin, RWBY, KonoSuba, tentatively MonsterVerse but might be swapping that out)

The Text/Group Chat AU (Halo fic)

The Mystery/Crime AU (Halo fic)

Contact: Velzard (Tensura fic; technically all the file stuff is still on Google Docs and the 4thewords copy is empty but shhhh I'm counting it)

Popular Ship Dynamics the series (multifandom)

Thel/'Ayomuu Opposites Attract multi-chapter (Halo... and I gotta do a lot of yapping because the title is a bit misleading to what the file is rn)

She's Kinda Pretty in Her Button-Up Shirt (Counter:Side)

B&B in Central World (Tensura OC stuff)

Random Fanfic Collection (multifandom)

king of the monsters, god of the humans (MonsterVerse oneshot)

The Strange Case of the Arbiter (Halo AU)

Nothing Bad Happens in Halo Ever (Halo AU anthology)

Unholy Trinity (Tensura Oneshot anthology)

God's Additional Blessings on This Slime's World! (Tensura x KonoSuba crossover, based on a mobile game collab)

Trailblazers of Heaven, Halos on Head (Halo x Honkai: Star Rail crossover)

Genshin Modern AU: The Anemo Circus (Genshin AU)

dovakiin but tinier (Skyrim AU)

TWST x Touhou: Guardians of Underworlds (TWST x Touhou crossover)

25j get a pet demon (ProSeka x Ghost Stories crossover)

OKAY now that that's done... there is no way I'm following that "tag someone for every file" rule. I don't even KNOW that many writers on tumblr, much less anyone I am both comfortable w tagging + I know hasn't done this before.

but I will tag @bloodgulchblog. as long as Tumblr search has not betrayed me, I didn't see this ask game there yet.

a few of these fics (Puppet of Intent, Eternity With You, And You, The Strange Case of the Arbiter, and Unholy Trinity) already have stuff posted on my AO3

[petitsdieu]

( c ) 𝒇𝒕. @godstrayed

There's a glint of her dinner knife under a billowy sleeve. Her tremble-grip holds it to white-knuckles. Where bone folds at the seam. Where her sanity gets a little lost. Where she's a little less than herself from before and something distorted and strange.

There's a man ten years plus her that's been breaking her off from the crowd. Coaxing her towards the nearest existing hall. He touch-touch-touches her to her edge. One more hand on the cheek, forearm, shoulder is going to push her right off. The only one that doesn't sick scoop her belly out is the one that came out of the games with her.

He thinks himself deserving because he's been promised her company. One half of the calf-love couple only. He's displeased to see Billy make an appearance, at first, but revels in the idea of him knowing he's dipping his fingers into someone else's presumed honey.

"Don't worry, she's in good hands." The man says, that plastic Capitol grin, all Caesar-like and shiny artificial rows of teeth. "She's been telling me all about your time together. Touching, truly."

She hasn't been saying much at all.

[paradise-in-k4]

Between Fantasy & Reality: Season II

A Touhou roleplaying blog with crossover muses, alternate universes, and a Hifuu story projected to you by Cupcake.

Crossover-friendly, mutuals welcome but not required, mun is 24 and has 8 months of experience roleplaying on Tumblr plus 5 years on Discord

All master post links have mobile-friendly alternatives

Follows back from @derpytoad (this is a side blog)

[Tags] - [About Cupcake the Mun] - [Rules] - [Personal Road Map] - [Interest Checker] - [Discord (WIP)] - [Muse List To-Do]

Events

The Eternal Dark Incident - Community RP Event, hosted by gensokyogarden

A mysterious being only known as Sugar Sweet has escaped her confinement under the Hill of the Nameless as imposed by Yukari Yakumo, blanketing all of Gensokyo in darkness! Will anyone rise up to restore light to Gensokyo and resolve the incident?

The Unfinished Report Incident - Personal Lore & RP Event

Formerly known as A Koakuma & AQ Christmas Carol, shadows fall upon Gensokyo after the discovered incident of Hieda no Akyuu, granting people the ability to conjure Shades of their desires at the cost of their willpower by using shadowy water as a medium. What’s really going on here?

Self-contained to its own verse until resolved. Ping back if interested, although I might tag you with a starter if I have an idea for a thread about it.

The West Mountain: Poll Your Own Adventure - Personal Lore

Follow a team of Gensokyo’s incident resolvers and willing helpers to the anomalous West Mountain and investigate how it could be associated with the Parallel Satellite Incident…

Project Zeppelin: Poll Your Own Adventure - Personal Season & Gameplay Commentary

The Armored Fairy Brigade bands together to assemble a historical antiquity lost to time whilst constantly fighting against the clock. Who else would get in their way?

Muse Lists

Canon - Canon and OC muses from the “main” universe

Alternate Universes - Canon muses from alternate universes

The Armored Fairy Brigade - An OC collection of Touhou fairies formatted for seamless crossover potential

File Two - An original detective-inspired magical girl story that uses Puella Magi Madoka Magica and its characters as an inspirational springboard

Muse Tags - Tags for this blog and my other blogs for indicating my muses

G-Doc Collective (WIP) - A one-stop journal for my personal lore and muse lists for ALL of my RP blogs

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Icon is currently Aya Shameimaru as portrayed in Touhou Lost Word (the medium that I am using to portray my multiverse model & the only Touhou mobile game I have)

Banner is currently the cutscene background of Patchouli’s library desk from the same game

All icon sources are usually:

canon sprites (sourced from the wiki and @/touhou-memories)

images saved from other Tumblr RP blogs

images featured on publicly available games and official media

various (un)official anime/manga

YouTube screenshots

Sources for other art-based icons like Pixiv, Danbooru, and Safebooru will be linked in the muse bios and on the first post that the image is used

Verses

Universe L1: The default verse for all interactions on this blog is Touhou (and Gensokyo) unless a setting outside that area is stated by either writer. Takes place in the canon universe for any given media.

While the Hakurei Barrier exists in this verse as a means to generally enclose the region as intended, individual abilities and various advancements in technology and magic have opened pathways in and out of Gensokyo for most people if they know how to use them. This allows the Touhou muses on this blog the ability to be used in the settings of other fandoms in their own default/alternate verses.

Universe K4: To summarize it quickly, this is a multi-fandom AU where multiple worlds from varying series have been forcefully separated from their original locations and now orbit above and around a towering mountain that exists in another dimension. Worlds that have been included in this hub usually harbor gates of varying nature that lead back to their original locations or to another region in the hub. This dimension is accessible through an invisible gap that can be found around any given mountain.

Universe M3: The Honkai verse for this blog, also visible from @travelogue-of-march-7th as a more dedicated blog. It crosses paths with every other universe listed anywhere on this blog. More details under development.

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The Second Grimoire of Marisa

No Thank You (since deleted to stop pings on activity log)

Character/Worldbuilding Generators

Magical Girl Generators

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My Other RP/Lore-Dumping Blogs

@timekeepertwister - Cookie Run AU with fandom crossover implications that are canon to this blog; open to Q&A and RP for various characters related to the Time Balance Department. Requires re-organization.

@kitsune-corps-investigators - Wizardposting blog with a limited backdrop cast of Cookie Run and miscellaneous wizard/detective characters in both canon and OC. Under re-development.

@celestial-moonlight-domain - Cookie Run-centric RP blog with canon/OC/crossover content

@timekeepertwister - Lore Dump for Universe L2, AKA Operation: Time Twister or the Fatebound!verse for plotted Cookie Run and crossover interactions

@lilywhite-space - Lore Dump for Universe K4 in relation to all blogs and other original AUs including L2 & D3, primarily focusing on Cookie Run and Touhou for now

@travelogue-of-march-7th - RP blog themed around HSR’s March 7th, but also includes mun commentary on Honkai Star Rail’s gameplay from the beginning and Universe M3. Muse profiles under development.

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@karasu-to-usagi-fumei - RP blog for Aya Shameimaru, Hatate Himekaidou, and OCs Eris Dysnomia and Futsubasa no Rei, which helps spread news across the multiverse while dabbling into some of the locations of Universe K4’s main hub. Also a blogroll and separate alternate account for the following blogs. Under development.

@the-black-raven-of-voile - RP blog for Patchouli Knowledge & Koakuma with other AU parallels and limited guest muses as a side perspective of Universe K4

@soukou-yousei-ryodan - Dedicated lore blog for the Armored Fairy Brigade (an OC-driven guild consistent mostly of fairies), which includes RP and gaming guides for various mobile games. Under Development.

@licorice-watch-amongst-kitsune - Dedicated RP blog for original Cookie Run factions and their lore such as the Kitsune Corps Investigators and the Moontide Republic, and their interactions in some AUs

@musou-tensei - RP blog for Reimu Hakurei & Marisa Kirisame with other AU parallels and limited guest muses as a side perspective of Universe K4

[imogenkol]

Old Scars and New

word count: 3.3k warnings: blood, injury tending, disaster bisexual werewolf being cringe af tags: bandaging/stitching up wounds prompt

this is a slightly altered/updated version of my most popular piece of writing for this verse and thought I'd share it in my continued journey of rebuilding my relationship with my og works!

“Alright, who’s up first?” Nadya announced once everyone filed into the motel room.

Skye flashed a sly grin at the sight of Nadya putting her glasses on. “Ooh, are we gonna play doctor?”  

Jayde rolled her eyes and dumped her bag onto the floor, barely holding back a wince. The scent of her own blood invaded her lungs and she already felt bruises forming, but the aches and pains were far from uncommon occurrences. She dismissed any concern. “I’m fine.” 

Nadya ignored their comments and pointed at both of the siblings. “You two. Sit.”

“Are you going to tell me to roll over too?” Skye remarked. 

At the same time, Jayde reiterated grumpily “I said I’m fine.”

The human threw them a stern glare. Nadya may appear soft and approachable most of the time – even meek to those who underestimated her – but the wolves quickly discovered that she had a hidden talent for intimidation when she wanted to. Jayde and Skye simultaneously took their seats at the edge of one of the beds without further protest. 

Satisfied with their obedience, Nadya turned to Toby. “How are you feeling?” 

“Right as rain,” he replied.

She made a spin motion with her hand. “Twirl.” He held up his arms and turned in one slow circle, showing her that he was unscathed. “Nothing’s hurting?”

“Nope.”

She concluded her thorough scan with a pat on his shoulder. “Okay, you’re good.” 

Toby gave the sisters a childish smirk like he won a game and said “Ha.” Then sauntered over to a chair. 

Well, if the game went to whoever got hurt the least, then Jayde would never win. She almost scoffed at herself because the competitive side of her that came out around Toby hated the fact that she’d lose anything to him. She even made a mental note to be more careful the next time they encountered hunters just so that she could rub her success in his face. Maybe that was his real motive – to try a tactic that would work on a toddler simply to get the reckless blonde to take better care of herself. Jayde wouldn’t put it past him. 

Nadya addressed Skye next. “You got hit on the head pretty hard. How are you feeling?”

The young wolf widened her eyes. “I can see new colors now.”

Nadya laughed and fished out a small flashlight from her bag. “How about dizziness or nausea?”

Jayde watched on as Nadya carefully combed her fingers through Skye’s hair in search of any damage hidden in the light blonde waves. Skye kicked her feet like a little kid getting a check-up, but Jayde noted how her crooked smile evened out to something more… genuine. 

Skye was rarely ever anything but mischievous, as if life were just one big joke to her. Of course, there were precious few moments when her serious self would shine through, where there were no jokes to be made and she acted fairly mellow, much to her older sister’s relief. Jayde was shocked to see that happen more often when she interacted with Nadya. 

“I feel fine,” Skye answered, then flinched when Nadya touched the sore spot on her head. “Ow! But that hurts.” 

“Sorry.” Nadya winced apologetically. “I don’t see any blood, at least.” 

The tip of her finger tapped under Skye’s chin to get her to look up. It was then that Jayde noticed she had been chewing on the inside of her cheek. Skye went still as Nadya shined the light in her eyes. It felt like an eternity to Jayde. To see Nadya be so close to her sister, touching her in ways that Jayde longed for. The older wolf realized – with a hot flush to her cheeks – that she was jealous of Skye. That made her bite her cheek even harder as she forced herself to look down. 

Nadya stepped away, allowing Jayde to finally breathe normally again. “You don’t have a concussion, but I suggest you ice that for tonight.” 

“Sounds good, doc,” she replied with a wink. 

Just when Jayde thought she might get over the momentary lapse in her emotions, Nadya blushed. It was subtle enough that she might have been able to convince herself that she imagined it, but her thoughts took what she saw regardless of rationality and ran. 

The possibility had never occurred to her until that moment, but Jayde started to wonder if maybe Skye had feelings for the human, too. Jayde certainly couldn’t blame her if she did. It was Nadya, after all. This girl practically had Jayde wrapped around her finger the first day they met. The thing that ate at Jayde more than that were Nadya’s reactions to Skye. She wouldn’t have that hard of a time believing she also felt something for her. Her sister – in all of her annoying glory – was just as much of a catch. 

The concept felt nearly unbearable to consider, but Jayde knew that she would never stand in the way of her sister’s happiness or Nadya’s. Especially if it meant Nadya would get to be with someone far more worthy of her affections. Deep down, Jayde has been looking for a good, rock solid excuse to let her go. This possible outcome might be the easiest to accept. That didn’t mean it wasn’t exceptionally painful. 

Wallowing in a pit of her own creation caused Jayde to tune the rest of the world out until Nadya’s voice brought her back down to earth. 

“Crap, I grabbed the wrong kit,” she grumbled as she sifted through her bag.

Skye gasped dramatically. “Language.” 

“You’re right, I’m sorry,” Nadya said with an amused scoff and backed up towards the door. “I’m gonna go back to the car. I’ll pick up some ice for your head on the way back, too.” 

“Toby,” Jayde commanded with a purposeful glance. Despite being clear of immediate danger, she didn’t want anyone going anywhere by themselves. Not even to the parking lot. 

He nodded in understanding and got up. “Yeah, I’ll go with her.”  

Before they left, Nadya locked eyes with Jayde. For that single second, all of her worries were utterly nonexistent. “We’ll be back in a few minutes. Try not to get into any more trouble.” 

“No promises,” Skye replied. Jayde looked to see that the devious smirk had returned to her face. 

The siblings remained seated on the musty motel bed once Toby and Nadya disappeared. The comforter felt scratchy, but Jayde still balled her fists into the fabric and stared at the worn carpet underneath her blood splattered boots. Something metallic tickled the edge of her tongue and she sighed at the sting that shortly followed, releasing her flesh from her own vengeful teeth. 

“So, what crawled up your ass?” Skye asked to break the awkward silence. 

Jayde gave her a brief side-glance. “Nothing.” 

“Right.” Her words already dripped with sarcasm. “You’re just acting like you have to take Old Yeller out back for no reason.” 

Jayde felt a brief spark boil in her chest, but it died out as quickly as it came. She didn’t have the will to be angry or defensive. She only sighed again and forced her question out. “Do you like her?”

There was no hesitation in Skye’s answer. “Yeah, of course I like her.”

“No, I mean… Do you like her?"

Confusion twisted the younger wolf’s features as she blinked at Jayde for several moments. Jayde wordlessly begged not to make her spell it out. The question alone was already mortifying enough. As soon as her meaning fully sank in, Skye’s expression promptly turned incredulous. 

“Forget it,” Jayde said curtly.

But Skye already jumped on it. “No, you know what? I do like her. I really, really like her. Yeah, I want her to have my babies.” 

Jayde had to fight the urge to growl. “It was a genuine question, Skye.” 

“And you’re a genuine idiot,” she fired back with no remorse. “I don’t want your girlfriend, Jayde.” 

“She’s not my girlfriend.” 

“She could be.”

“She shouldn’t.” 

Skye raised an eyebrow. “That’s not very progressive of you. You’re sounding like Miranda with that old world bullshit. Who cares if Nadya is a human? Just be careful not to break or bite her. That simple.” 

Jayde shook her head. “It’s not that…” 

The slow nod she saw out of the corner of her eye turned into a shrug as Skye leaned into her. “What if you’re wrong about yourself?” she whispered like a kid telling a secret. 

They fell back into another prolonged silence as Jayde rocked back and forth anxiously. She wasn’t wrong about herself, but Jayde somehow still had the smallest bit of hope that she could become someone Nadya deserves. That if she tried to be better, she wouldn’t fight this so hard or put herself through all of this pain. She had it in her. Somewhere. Buried underneath dirt and dust. The best version would peek through the cracks of everything broken about her whenever that girl was near. Jayde just had to figure out a way to widen the fractures and reach through. 

But she worried she would break herself even more by doing that. 

After a minute, her lungs deflated once more in utter hopelessness. “I am an idiot.” 

Familiar footsteps approached the room and Skye nudged her older sister with her elbow. “Chin up, sport.” 

Jayde managed to give her a grateful look just as the others returned. Nadya held a small bag of ice in one hand and a different first aid kit in the other. She went to Skye first and handed her the ice for her head. 

Guilt immediately flooded Jayde’s system for feeling so jealous. Nadya put in so much effort to take care of them all and Jayde had been worried that she wanted her sister over her. She needed to get over herself. 

“Okay, you’re good to go. Just take it easy,” Nadya ordered. 

Skye enthusiastically jumped to her feet while balancing the ice pack on top of her head. “Great, I’m gonna go get tacos across the street.” 

“Don’t go alone,” Jayde called as she skipped towards the door.

She waved dismissively. “Yeah, yeah, buddy system.” 

“You guys want anything?” Toby asked before he trailed after her.

“Just get me whatever you get,” Jayde said.

“Okay. Nadya?”

Nadya sounded slightly distracted as she prepared the kit. “Uh, what kinds are there?” 

“Asada, pollo, carnitas.” When she took too long to ponder the options, he translated in a patronizing tone “Beef, chicken, pork.” 

She looked up and fixed him with an exasperated stare. “I know what they mean, I was just thinking.” 

Toby chuckled. “Any day now.” 

“Get me chicken.” 

He gave a casual thumbs up. “You got it.” 

The motel room grew quiet again once it became only the two young women. The wolf took time to let the human’s presence calm the restless being within. She focused on how her air of crisp autumn spices encompassed her senses, even over the scents of the others. What fascinated Jayde was how her existence always broke through the most powerful things. Werewolves had an incredibly distinct and potent scent, so being around her pack should have masked the humanness of Nadya’s scent. But it didn’t. In fact, Jayde often sensed her before she sensed anything or anyone else. It was always her first. 

“Your turn?” Nadya suggested softly, immediately drawing Jayde’s full attention. 

Up to that point, she had completely forgotten about her injuries. “Oh, right.” 

Nadya came directly to her, standing just inches away. Jayde stared up at her and waited, totally transfixed. “Let’s get a look at that arm.” 

Jayde realized she needed to remove her jacket. She snapped herself out of her trance and carefully slipped out of it, grimacing as the fabric tugged at the graze on her bicep. Blood had mostly soaked into the jacket itself, but streaks of crimson still smeared across her skin and reached as low as her wrist.

Nadya bent down and adjusted her glasses to get a better look, but that furrow in her brow looked like it took too much effort. “Do you think we could move to the bathroom? The lighting sucks out here and I gotta get you cleaned up.” 

“Yeah.” 

Nadya followed closely behind as they entered the bathroom, but lingered over Jayde’s shoulder after turning the light on. “Hey, did you take a hit to the back?” 

Jayde craned her neck to see why she looked so concerned, but couldn’t see much of anything. The strain of twisting only made her injured shoulder spike with pain. “Um, I’m not sure. Maybe? I remember getting punched or something.” 

“There’s blood, Jay,” Nadya informed her, still inspecting the wound. “Take this off.” 

Jayde felt her entire body flare with intense heat as Nadya tugged at her shirt. She hesitated for a few beats to let the embarrassment pass. It wasn’t like Nadya hadn't seen her without a shirt on before. Hell, she’s seen her naked. She’s seen her turn into a goddamn werewolf, for fuck’s sake. Jayde wanted to curse at herself for being so stupid. 

She struggled to get out of the shirt on her own. It was enough that her shoulder felt as sore as it did, but now that she had been made aware of it, the wound on Jayde’s back stung like a bitch. As much as she wanted to hide her pain, she wasn’t able to stop herself from flinching when she tried to work one of her arms out of the ruined clothing. 

“Here, let me –” Nadya reached to help, but then her pulse spiked in the wolf’s ears like a drum had been struck and she stopped short. “Can I..?”

“Sure, yeah,” Jayde stammered and braced herself as the human stepped into her space. 

Nadya’s hands carefully gripped the bottom of the bloodied shirt and slowly pushed it up her torso. Jayde could tell that she tried not to, but there were still a couple of times where her fingers brushed up against bare skin. Jayde clenched her jaw tightly. Just those small, brief touches caused intense tingling to spread outwards from the places of contact. She shut her eyes and held her breath as her wolf fought to rise to the surface. A shiver raced along Jayde’s spine as she quickly dampened it. After a tense half-second, she felt the restless animal reluctantly retreat. 

Despite nearly losing control, Jayde didn’t feel afraid. Maybe because she knew Nadya wasn’t in any danger. The wolf only wanted a glimpse of her, but the last thing Jayde wanted was to cause any potential fear. She certainly didn’t want to think up some shitty excuse to explain why her eyes started to glow. 

The two of them successfully got the shirt over Jayde’s head with minimal pain and discarded it on the floor. Meeting Nadya’s gaze after that felt far braver than facing any hunter. She had this look in her warm brown eyes that Jayde couldn’t quite decipher. However, the physical effect in Nadya’s body was more obvious. Being so close, Jayde sensed it all. 

An erratic heartbeat. A clipped breath caught in her throat. A blooming scent that tempted Jayde nearer. 

Those were not things she noticed in Nadya with anyone else, Jayde realized. 

“I’m going to, uh…” Nadya motioned awkwardly, finally just shuffling behind her again. 

Jayde cleared her throat to banish her own nerves and brushed her tangled hair over her shoulder. “How’s it looking back there?” 

“This is pretty deep,” she murmured and began to clean it. “You really didn’t feel this?”

Jayde tensed at the incredibly cold sensation of a disinfectant wipe against her hot skin, but she still gave a half shrug. “I remember being hit, but that’s all.” 

“Well, you got lucky. It could have punctured your lung.”

Jayde set her hands on the edge of the sink and watched Nadya’s reflection carefully through the mirror. “Yeah, I feel lucky.” 

“That better not be sarcasm. Not when I’m looking at all these scars.” Nadya scolded as she got the stitches ready. “It looks like you should be dead ten times over.” 

“It’s because I should be.” 

They briefly shared a look. Nadya’s expression remained unreadable. Not that Jayde had the time to properly study it before she went back to work. 

She didn’t say anything while she made a few sutures — being too focused on her task of mending a werewolf — but then Jayde saw her brown eyes peek over her shoulder again. “I’m really glad you aren’t, by the way.” 

Jayde exhaled an almost whispered response. “Me too.”  

A bandage was carefully placed over the newly stitched wound, but Nadya lingered behind her. Jayde wondered if maybe she had spotted another wound that hadn’t quite traveled through her nerves and up to her brain yet, but then felt an incredibly delicate sensation tickle her lower back. It took a moment for her to realize that it was the tip of Nadya’s finger trailing over what had to be one of her scars. Jayde froze in place, not having a single clue how to react. 

“How many are there?” Nadya’s voice sounded distant. 

Jayde gripped the edges of the sink so that she wouldn’t fall over as the girl traced another sensitive mark. She was afraid that the slightest movement would cause her to stop. “I’ve never counted.” 

A soft hum echoed in the bathroom. “I guess you’ve got a couple more now. Which reminds me…” Nadya pulled her hand away, but before disappointment twisted an invisible knife in the werewolf’s chest, her palm rested on her hip and turned her around. 

The human’s sudden willingness to touch her in ways that could be considered intimate left Jayde’s mind in a utter stupor, stirring her inner self once more. She didn’t know what to make of it. Or what to do. She knew what she wanted to do, though that remained a line Jayde felt she shouldn’t cross. 

Nadya went to work on the laceration that cut through her upper arm and Jayde found herself thoroughly fascinated with the process. The human’s eyes were so focused, making sure each and every stitch was up to her standard. The way her brows knitted in concentration — the thin frame of her glasses resting on the bridge of her nose — replaced Jayde’s heart with a pair of fluttering wings. She could stare at her for hours. 

Nadya finally glanced up while she wrapped her arm. This time, her blush was entirely noticeable. “What?” 

The question made Jayde realize she had been smiling. She quickly looked away, though she couldn’t fully wipe the expression from her face. “Nothing.” 

“Okay,” Nadya said slowly, confused amusement written on her face. “Well, I’m all done.” 

Jayde nodded as she cleaned the mess up. As soon as the kit was packed, Nadya gave the wolf an unsure look and turned to leave the bathroom. On impulse, Jayde caught her wrist to stop her. A small gasp escaped Nadya’s lips at the unexpected touch, but she still waited expectantly. 

“Thank you.” Jayde caressed the smooth curve of her wrist with her thumb. For the first time, she didn’t try to hide it. She wanted Nadya to feel her gratitude. “For taking care of us.” 

Nadya’s features softened into an absolutely stunning smile. “I like taking care of you.” 

It took everything Jayde had not to pull her in. She yearned to feel Nadya against her. Longed to brush their lips together. To hold her close and swallow every breath. Feel all the ways she could get her heart to race. Instead, Jayde’s fingers went slack and Nadya slipped out of her grasp, leaving her alone in the bathroom with the ghost of her contact still prickling across the surface of her skin.

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[bravewolfvesperia]

/ so regarding my previous post about Yuri's Cresty verse, here's the breakdown that led me to what I'm using and what I'm determining to be the most likely storyline based on canon events:

Flynn's event with Tear. Flynn is chasing Tear under knight orders for leaving the Outer World, which they are both from (so they presumably are not supposed to be in the Inner World if they come from the Outer World).

Tear states she's chasing someone who is going to basically do terrible things. From context and knowledge of her canon, we can assume this person she's chasing is Van. This is also supported by the fact that there was a 3D model of Van that existed in the game's files that never got released (obviously it may not have been, but at this point we don't have those answers so I need something to work with for this).

In the event, Flynn mentions the Four Greats Trees protect the Inner World, and these trees later become a major plot point that ties into Yuri's appearance (who is also on this side at this time for canonically unknown reasons. If they know each other and are both on that side though, my assumption is that they were traveling together).

In the event, Flynn mentions a "friend" of his which is obviously Yuri. Yuri, who had been MIA the entire game (which is highly unusual for a Tales gacha, which leads me to thinking it was because they had plans for him, thus instead using Leon earlier in because it's always one of the two who shows up early into Tales gacha), gets mentioned in this event, but... why, unless it meant something? Why would Yuri be not-quite-namedropped for no reason?

^ Because he was in the next event. This would imply Yuri, Flynn's friend, is also from the Outer World, and if people from the Outer World aren't supposed to interact with the Inner World, it's very likely they came together, or else why would Yuri be there and Flynn not be going after him to stop him? Flynn himself mentions he shouldn't be interacting with the people in the Inner World (he's "originally" from there but is evidently not anymore, i.e. moved to the other side at some point), so if Yuri was out on his own, why would he not be going after him too to stop him? Since he only mentions Yuri as his friend and gives us no indication that he's chasing said friend, instead chasing Tear, Yuri being in the following event leads me to think he's not going after Yuri because he went there with Yuri.

Going off this, this means before Yuri was condemned, they probably left the Inner World together for whatever reason (which I say because Yuri is clearly not also a knight in this verse, in contrast to his first/starting Asteria storyline).

Yuri is on his own without Flynn in the very next event, meaning it's likely not much time has passed if any between these two events. I say this because Kanata's group is in Flynn's event but not at all present in Yuri's, which means there's no progression of Kanata's group's story (which the events follow their main story progression, i.e. Yuna isn't in earlier events because they aligned with the main story's progression). This means we can't say there's a jump in the timeline of these events that makes it seem odd. It doesn't, and these could have been happening simultaneously for all we know. That would mean Yuri was probably off somewhere waiting for Flynn, as he is not a knight and it's not his duty to catch Tear. Flynn possibly heard she was around and went after her, and Yuri stayed back and waited.

Could also be that Kanata's group was meant to run into Yuri after he'd been condemned, thus they made it a point not to include Kanata's group in any capacity in Yuri's event.

On that note, is it meaningful that he met Jade in this event (who he was "on the side of" in the little flower shop rivalry, and Jade was familiar with Asbel due to chapter four, making it unlikely that Asbel and Yuri would be enemies. Add to that the fact that Sophie is with Asbel and knows Kanata's group, as does Asbel, the only somewhat outlier in this event is Spada, but since he and Asbel also know each other pre-event story, a little less so? It could be possible the event was, in some sense, getting Yuri a support system that could pop up later in the main story when he did get condemned), who very pointedly did not care Kanata's group was a group of transgressors? Maybe!

Skip ahead to the chapter with the Four Great Trees, chapter ten. These storylines are a bit far apart, meaning there's ample time for Yuri to have been condemned and for his personal storyline to change/be somewhat altered/etc.

Milla basically mentions that the loss of the Four Great Trees would be highly detrimental (and iirc would kill everyone in the Inner World). Her current mission in chapter ten is to protect the Great Trees that protect the Inner World. My guess is that the Outer World would be in danger as well without the Trees, but even if we go with not, it's reasonable that Flynn would want to protect his former home. If we assume Yuri and Flynn are best friends in this verse too, there's no reason for Yuri not to be involved in helping (and for all we know he might have also come from the Inner World and moved to the other side at one point as far as canon goes).

Tear basically implied the person she was chasing was going to do something highly terrible, and if we assume it's Van, that also fits right into Van's own home game storyline. If we guess he's working for Kasque, that adds another layer onto why he'd be destroying the Trees - because that's Kasque's goal. Why would both of them be doing that if they weren't working together? Given Van's canon storyline in Abyss and his Asteria storyline in Eden, it's really not odd at all that his story would be similar here if he thinks he's going to work with Kasque to make a better world, even if that means erasing what already exists and starting over (because the Vision Orbs suck now and people have become overly and dangerously reliant on them).

Assume Tear told Flynn all of this. If Flynn was traveling with Yuri, he would've told Yuri all of this.

When we see Yuri again in the main story, for the first time since his event, he's a transgressor. How did that happen? My guess is based on whatever Flynn told him, Yuri chased after Van and stayed on his trail. If we assume Van realized this somehow, well, Van's not stupid. He could have come up with a way to get Yuri involved in something that would open up the probability of him being condemned. Whether Yuri committed an actual crime or not, Van could've set him up so that the likelihood of him being condemned was extremely high.

Obviously we if go by that, Van's plan worked and he was condemned, but he escaped and I would assume continued going after Van. If we assume Van's goal is to destroy the Four Great Trees (likely for Kasque), those are the trees that protect Flynn's (and possibly Yuri's? regardless he would act for Flynn!) former home, the Inner World. Of course he's going to keep chasing Van even as a transgressor.

If we base off the oopsie what's Yuri doing here when the tree he's at gets destroyed, we can assume it's a misunderstanding and that Yuri was there trying to protect it but got there too late. Van probably destroyed it and could even have been in that scene, but we weren't shown it because the chapter wanted to stop at a cliffhanger before bringing us into that conflict.

Milla sensed the destruction of the tree. We can probably guess the main group was going to head over there next. If that happened, it might have been possible that they ran into Van and Yuri (and Lloyd's group? Depends if they stuck around, but Kanata, Misella and Aegis would have probably recognized them from chapter five).

Another takeaway we can glean from this is that people in the Outer World also probably use Vision Orbs, as Yuri is presumably from the Outer World but got condemned in the Inner World (which is where he was between the time we first see him and the time he had a Stain of Guilt). Basically, the fact that he got condemned makes me think he must have originally had a Vision Orb like everyone in the Inner World. The reason Vicious never had one is because his birth/existence itself was a sin, so he just always had his sin.

Additionally, if Tear is from the Outer World, Van is too if we go by this plot thread. If Van is helping Kasque because he believes it's better for their world, that tells me that, based on Kasque destroying the trees, if Van is too, Van is well aware of the Vision Orb problem. That would imply the Outer World has the same Vision Orb abuse problem/that they have and use Vision Orbs.

As a side note, Repede had MA audio files in the game before shutdown that had gone unused. This indicates that, as only SSRs had MA voice lines, that Repede had an SSR coming up (up to that point he only had an SR, which didn't come with MAs). This would line up with the timing of Yuri's introduction into the main story. Due to this, Repede will be with Yuri in his Crestoria verse.

So as for my muse, what all that leads me to for his story goes like this:

Yuri and Flynn left the Outer World together when Flynn got an order to pursue Tear, someone who had fled their world to the Inner World.

Flynn and Yuri split up when Flynn has some idea of Tear's whereabouts, as it's his order to capture her (and again, presumably not Yuri's).

Yuri waits around for Flynn to get back and ends up doing a job on the side for the flower shop, thus meeting Jade, Asbel, Sophie and Spada (thus he has now interacted with people from the Inner World as well, which it's possible he doesn't care at all about that so for my muse's sake for specific clarity, he doesn't).

Flynn gets back and informs Yuri of what he learned from Tear and the danger Van would be bringing by destroying the Trees.

Flynn, being a knight, has orders to tend to and can't freely chase after someone, but Yuri, not a knight, can; so Yuri chases after Van and splits up with Flynn to do so while Flynn presumably searches for a way to deal with Van and Tear in an official capacity - i.e. Van is the problem that they need to tend to, not Tear, and he would probably be trying to get her a pardon for leaving the Outer World since her goal was to chase down her brother who also left the Outer World, and for nefarious reasons that could be threatening to the Outer World itself (there's less canon clarity in if the Outer World would be destroyed along with the Inner World, but based on Flynn saying the Trees protect the Inner World and based on Milla's information on how it would affect the Outer World, it's likely the result would be the same on both sides, unless the Trees just don't protect both sides?).

At some point between the event and when Yuri shows up in the main story, Van realized he was being trailed and worked to set up a situation that put Yuri in a situation that would highly likely end with him being a transgressor. It works, but Yuri gets away and continues trailing him. Van reaches the tree that he ends up destroying before Yuri can stop him. Yuri is spotted by Lloyd's group, but leaves without an explanation.

From this point on my muse's story is entirely my own but is still based on what I've deduced from the above and continued past this point.

Since Yuri left, he'd be on his on his way to the next tree to prevent Van from destroying it. At some point during this time he's spotted by regular citizens who see he's a transgressor and recognize his appearance from the rumors about him, which have been twisted into a poor man from a poor area breaking into a noble's house and killing the noble for his stuff.

The real story was that Van set up a situation where he leaked "information" to bad actors in Zaphias that endangered Flynn and their home (in this verse still Zaphias/the Lower Quarter). Yuri was fed this information by someone working for Van so that he would "find out" about it and take action. At the time he's not aware he's being fed this information as a means to get the two "informed" parties together. However, due to Van's information, the other side, nobility, is planning to target Flynn and then the LQ, so Yuri has to deal with him either way. Van basically trapped Yuri in a situation where he had to do something about it and had no time to go searching for Flynn to warn him (because not just Flynn, but the LQ itself would have been in danger as per the nobility taking action against them when the informed party via Van talked to them).

Yuri had to kill the noble in question but was caught doing so because Van hired someone to "warn" the finder that an assassin was coming. Van had planned everything out to ensure the highest probability that Yuri would be condemned and dealt with by Enforcers, getting him off Van's back for Van to continue his mission.

Back to Yuri being spotted and recognized, he has Enforcers on his ass again and runs across Vicious (situation can vary depending on mun circumstance for any of the main cast). Vicious likes dealing with Enforcers and so helps being all fuck why not, resulting in them talking about how Yuri got his Stain of Guilt. Yuri's home (the LQ specifically) and Flynn are still in danger though so he refuses to die without doing something about Van. Vicious wants to test that and gives him his Blood Sin, which Yuri survives and accepts his sin because it was a sin he got believing he did the right thing to protect what he cares about, and he knows he cares about genuinely good people and that he's putting down bad people.

When discussing their next moves from there, seeing as usually people with a Blood Sin stick with Kanata's group, Yuri says he can't stay with them because he has to keep pursuing Van. After discussing why with Kanata's group, they determine Yuri is just doing the same thing they and Milla are doing, which is trying to stop Kasque from destroying the Trees, leading to them finding out that Van is as well and that Yuri was trying to deal with that same issue.

This leads into Yuri asking why Kanata's group is trying so hard to protect people despite being transgressors, thus protecting the very people who condemned them. It's been about two to three weeks since Yuri was condemned and has started to become very jaded by it, and he's also curious of their intentions/reasons.

Yuri agrees with Kanata's goal of changing the world's system because of how badly unjust it's gotten and decides to help him, but so that they don't end up separating only to aim for the same goal of protecting the Trees, Yuri decides to try to help by making Kanata's path easier and preventing more innocent people from being condemned in the meantime of Kanata trying to change the system.

This results in Yuri destroying Vision Centrals in various towns, making it a point to destroy every single one he comes across and hunt down the rest. Kanata's group and Milla are both handling the Tree situation, and Yuri doesn't want to interfere and get information between them confused if Yuri is doing the same thing on his own. It could also lead to Van using that against them, which Yuri prefers to avoid.

By doing this, Yuri is preventing people's broadcasts from showing up on any VCs that have been destroyed. That means fewer people are able to see the broadcasts and thus fewer people can participate in condemning people, and for Enforcers to show up, there needs to be enough agreement among the masses that a person deserves to be condemned. If the majority don't agree, Enforcers won't show up. The fewer people who can see the broadcasts, the fewer people can "vote" for condemnation, thus preventing more strangers from making assumptions about potentially skewed stories and killing innocent people.

Eventually Yuri determines that what he's doing is dangerous enough to possibly really get him in a mess that could get him killed and that he needs to be stronger if he's going to deal with Enforcers, EX Enforcers, Assid and Forte, and possibly Kasque and still Van (especially because if Van finds out he didn't die and is still out there, he might consider him a serious threat and go after him). This leads to him talking with Vicious about evolving his Blood Sin, which he ultimately does.

On that note, Yuri's Blood Sin is Abyssion and his evolved Blood Sin is the unlocked form of Abyssion.

At this point that's everything I'm solidifying for this verse and anything else is kinda up in the air. Some of it will also depend on any official content released in the future that continues the story in any capacity (novels, potential future drama CDs, anything Rays might do with the cast or its Recollection Mode, etc).

I'm still undecided if Yuri will have found out that Van manipulated his entire condemnation into happening, and it's less important than the rest of this so it's more of a side thing for me right now. I might just consider it one thing to get to during threads and stuff.

yeah i rly fuckin' thought this in depth and continued to mull over it for a few days just to work out what really happened for my own sanity and for my muse's verse. yeah. yeah i really did that.

[oftoska]

R/esident E/vil verse.

Some official notes about Malcolm's verse in the R/esident E/vil franchise.

Following the timeline of the games, Malcolm's date of birth has been re-adjusted to 1970 to compensate for age differences.

All notations of Malcolm's past history remain the same, including his birth and living arrangements on his family's ranch in Texas until he was 5, where they relocated to a ranch in Giles, Virginia.

At 18 he enlisted in the Navy with the goal of joining the SEALs, which were still relatively new at the time. At 21 he was re-assigned to a special team under orders from the Pentagon where he worked adjacent to A/lbert W/esker. They had little personal interaction, however Malcolm's skills were noted.

The offer to join UBCS was extended in 1996. Still contracted by the military, Malcolm met with S/ergei V/ladimir under the recommendation of W/esker and began working for Umbrella's specialized Biohazard Countermeasure team. He was assigned to Team Charlie.

Official Umbrella files have him marked as Missing in Action, Presumed Dead following the R/accoon C/ity incident.

Interestingly, he was flagged as a person of interest for the Tyrant project in high classification files - meaning only those with high clearance could see such notes.

Under an alias, Malcolm worked as a freelance private military contractor, using his skills against B/OWs for specialized, high-paying jobs. In 2011 at the founding of the D/SO and after several adjacent run-in's with the American government, Malcolm was formally hired as an operative.

[gibbonseason]

on ARGs and the degradation of a genre

the last post i reblogged made me think a lot over how ARGSs have evolved and changed. im very specifically talking about how many people believe they've become derivative and cliche (mainly based off local 58). if you look at newer args through the lens of them being an alternate reality game, they dont hold up well. the main criticism ive seen of these works is that theyre intentionally making themselves creepier and dont hold much substance.

im putting the rest of this under a read more, its gonna be hefty. also unstructured. keep in mind this is all my personal opinion. if you think the walten files are revolutionary, no ones stopping you. im generalizing

there are 2 reasons i think args have become so stereotypical, and why it's so easy to spot one nowadays.

firstly, and like most obviously, theyre extremely popular now. back in the 90s args had never been heard of, and if you saw someone saying something on the internet you were way more likely to believe it or turn it into a mystery. you dont even have to go that far back. take poppy. people were not well-versed with the idea of unfiction, fucking game theory thought she was a part of the illuminati. it was strange if you weren't part of the unfiction niche. regardless, this rise in popularity has also lent itself to more people wanting to dip their toes in the arg waters. this has advantages and disadvantages. hell yes! people are being creative and want to share their stories in this interesting way but also... they don't indulge in the genre enough to create something new.

and thats where most newer args fail. they have lost the interactive aspect, which is crucial!! in my opinion they've even lost the alternate reality part as well as an example, we can look at neurocam. which is an exemplary arg and i think checks all the necessary boxes. it took place in real life and integrated an alternate reality into our own. it also had a wonderful game/puzzle aspect! the audience had to fulfil each task to understand more of the story. they were a key piece of the game, not a bystander or viewer. if you want a more popular example the same goes for cicada 3301. even though that was more puzzle based, less so focused on a coherent storyline.

though alternative reality games dont have any strict guidelines! every new work defies the genre and molds it into something new. plus, its fucking hard to create global treasure hunts if you dont have the resources. so many works leaned more into the alternative reality rather than the game. namely alantutorials or daisy brown. they presented an alternate reality in our own, and involved the audience through interaction and real time events. daisy brown frequently responded to youtube comments and alantutorials had significant bouts in upload times to show a realistic passage of time.

in comparison, local58 was fairly different. it told a story, and it merged the plot into our own reality, but it was not interactive. its huge success can be owed to this fact. it was easy to digest, and most videos were released at the same time. the viewer didnt have to consciously be a part of the story, they could sit back and take in the horrifying news of this alternate world. though i dont want to downplay local58 because its production quality is amazing and the storyline is well thought out. in other words, it did earn its recognition through creativity and clever story-telling, but it also flattened a lot of the greater aspects of an arg.

after local58 got popular, args started becoming far more mainstream, and everyone was interested. who wouldn't want to present a story they've been dying to tell in this new format that could include the audience?

i don't blame any artists, but most people are not willing to sacrifice tons of money for elaborate filming locations or props to create a realistic arg. but everyones got an editing program and a few spooky pngs right.

in that sense historical analog horror is super easy. you set it up as a found tape of something that happened 40 years ago, you edit your story together however you like and it turns out great. but you have lost all sense of alternate reality or interactivity.

another thing i forgot to mention was social media type args. no clue how to classify them but think the sun vanished or sexygirlmax2019. these sorts have remained as interactive as ever, so why are random twitter args also not living up to our standards?

either

a) the person is just trying to get popular and has no real story to tell

or b) the concept of an arg is so popular and played out that it's becoming increasingly difficult to create something good

i havent thought much about this but i do recognize the issue of seeing random morse code on twitter and knowing that its about to be some dumbass arg trying to piggyback off more popular ones.

plus, due to the nature of the genre, if you are creating something realistic and well made, its gonna take a long fucking time to get noticed. i think theres dozens of great args that never got recognized because of how realistic they were, or how long it took for the story to be properly set up that they flew under the radar.

WHATS MY POINT HERE.

args that are cropping up nowadays are not args. they tell great stories and are pretty good in their own right but they arent alternative reality games. call it unfiction, webseries, analog horror, whatever. i think all those labels would fit far better. but thats really why we're seeing such a downgrade of well-made or creative args, because they are no longer that, they are just stories being told in a very similar format

my second point is that the rising popularity of args has also become its downfall. its easy to recognize one nowadays and this has caused for its main appeal to die out.

ARGS AS A CONCEPT ARE COMPLICATED MAN. LOTS TO THINK ABOUT!

[hong-kong-art-man]

Rise Or Fall? The Complete Understanding Of Metaverse From The Philosophical, Cultural, Scientific And Social Perspectives             

There are many recent popular films on ‘Metaverse’: Everything Everywhere All at Once, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and Free Guy.

Technology company WayRay promotes its new kind of 'human world' as this: humankind has long been fascinated with a different reality—a different plane of existence, a different identity and a new perspective. To interact with a different reality might have been a dream decades ago, but now it is as real as the phone you are holding today. The technology is now mature enough, and we can all reach into the ‘Metaverse’.

What exactly is a ‘Metaverse’? It was said, “The meta-verse ('Meta’ + ‘Universe') is a virtual ‘reality space’ on the internet where a user can create a ‘human identity’ to live, interact and play, as well as experience things that he could always do in the real world."  Metaverse will be another globe running parallel to and circumventing the existing world. The term came from a science fiction Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson in 1992 and the story depicted a virtual world on the internet that has buildings, roads, parks and shopping malls in which we could enjoy ‘a collateral life’.

It was pointed out Metaverse has 8 characteristics: (1) living under a virtual identity (2) getting along with new virtual ‘co-beings’ (3) instant and spontaneous movements by you commanding your extended identity in the virtual environment (4) an ‘as-if-real’ immersive experience in the virtual world (5) doing the great things which are humanly impossible for you to try in real life such as flying and roles transforming (6) the self-functioning economy of Metaverse by which you can become rich (7) vast supply of fascinating games and contents; and (8) co-building a ‘post-modern human civilization’.

Metaverse was made possible by scientific achievements. The advent of new technologies like 5G or 6G mobile network, Web 3.0, AI (Artificial Intelligence), VR (Virtual Reality), AR (Augmented Reality) and MR (Mixed Reality) solved many technical problems. The necessary equipment to operate Metaverse is expensive and includes special headset, personal computer, mobile phone, web, projection and kiosk. The ‘money’ transactions there involve innovative softwares like De-Fi (Decentralized Finance), IPFS (Inter-planetary File System) and NFT (Non-fungible Token). Mark Zuckerberg announced that ‘Meta’ (formerly known as Facebook) would soon file patent applications for a number of useful devices such as a pair of ultra-sensitive gloves to make 'Meta' bodily experience almost real. Can you afford all these?

Perhaps I am old, if not senile. The real world is already burdensome enough on a daily basis. My sure horror will come from the additional labour and toil associated with consuming a few hours per day on living in another artificial Metaverse. I get enough, if not more than enough, friends. Why should I meet more virtual people in the disguise of different identities and a lot of them may be crooks? I, nevertheless, envy the energetic ones who can handle two lives and two worlds.

I ask around to find out my friends’ interest on Metaverse. A said, “Communication technology simply makes people unnecessarily busy!” B said, “It’s cool! I want to be a powerful KOL or KOC in such a brave new world.” C said, “If I can make lots of money there, why not? I’m planning to buy some lands there.” D said, “I will be horrified when my 22-year-old girlfriend in Metaverse turns out to be an 80-years-old man!” E said, “Would it be lawful or immoral to attend a drug party in Metaverse?” F said, “How exciting it will be since I can hold a big concert there in the face of Michael Jackson?” G said, “I will transform myself into the most gorgeous girl there and attract loads of boyfriends!” H said, “I am afraid of sexual harassment. An English female beta tester was once groped by a stranger on Horizon Worlds!”

There is a famous philosophical story (莊周蝶夢)(Zhuang Zhou & Butterfly)of our ancient scholar Zhuangzi(莊子)(about 369 to 286 B.C.) that every Chinese knows. Zhuang dreamed that he was a butterfly.  He suddenly woke up and found he was still himself, solid and human. He was puzzled and left us with his great theory of Taoism. “Am I really a man that dreamed of being a butterfly or whether I am a butterfly dreaming as a man?” This great Chinese thinker tried to challenge what we took as real might be unreal and what was unreal might be real. Perhaps he was the first one who inspired us on virtual reality thousand years ago. The French philosopher R Descartes (1596-1650) said, “No certain indications by which we may clearly distinguish wakefulness from sleep.” The development of Metaverse as the popular ‘second reality’ will lead more people to pursue a hot debate: can young people in the 23rd century choose to live in a virtual world of butterflies and refuse to live in a human world?

The other amazing Chinese ancient fairy tale protagonist is ‘The Monkey King’. It is based on the ancient story Journey to the West(西遊記) about a famous monk Xuanzang (玄奘) (602-664) who travelled on foot from China to India for the authentic Buddhist scriptures, escorted by Monkey King(孫悟空). This monkey was clever and rebellious. He acquired an immortal life and could transform him into seventy-two different identities in different situations at the same time. Riding clouds in the sky as a vehicle (Monkey King today will probably use Internet as his vehicle), he was able to travel 108,000 miles by a single somersault to meet friends. Would the Metaverse users dream of being a butterfly or Monkey King which were all old prophecies of ‘virtual reality’.

Many predict that your digital existence will become more important than your physical life. In the Metaverse, your life is fascinating with all that you can enjoy. But on earth, you may be lonely and miserable. Virtual life may be joyful. A real life can be sad. Nevertheless, the more humans lose themselves in a non-existent world, the more Artificial Intelligence technology will control us in future. I do not want to live in the virtual world because it will not give me a nice haircut! Do you? Happiness boils down to simplicity.

MLee

Chinese Version 中文版: https://www.patreon.com/posts/shi-kai-shi-huan-67507595?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copy_to_clipboard&utm_campaign=postshare

Movie “Everything Everywhere All at  Once” Trailer HK  https://youtu.be/E7qroZ-IulA  Acknowledgement  – A Really Happy Film

Movie “Free Guy” Trailer  https://youtu.be/_vBOPZBPOjo  Acknowledgement-20th  Century Studios HK

What is Metaverse  https://youtu.be/ZhD0FtWSiRo  Acknowledgement-BBC  News

Metaverse  development in Korea  https://youtu.be/ov_SCy-cKJc  Acknowledgement-BBC News

Metaverse  – Virtual Teresa Teng  https://youtu.be/rN2PNMGtn2Q  Acknowledgement-TBV  News

Spent 100 days in Metaverse  https://youtu.be/mufeRQYgqZc  Acknowledgement-Ryan  Trahan

Metaverse Song  《元宇宙》歌   https://youtu.be/qwWL58XcIYA  Acknowledgement-Leslie Tsang

[petitsdieu]

( c ) 𝒇𝒕. @protectmypeople

A tribute as a child held a brutality that would be incomparability to anything. Still, the gruff of adults fighting each other was so much worse. The copious amount of Sponsors had been her saving grace — hitherto.

if he wasn't a part of the pack that had hunted her since the sun started to tuck down, well ⸺ All bodies coming at her looked the same. Even as the metal of his blood and words register as taste and sound, she struggles to settle for the face-value of his allyship. His threats merit higher.

But he could kill her right now, if he wanted to.

By the back of his neck, she yanks him down. Taking the top of his head out of view. They hide amongst the night's dark and height of verdure. A tribute from One just a few hundred feet away in the jungle clearing. Hollering like a beast, laughing with his friends. He almost sounds like a boy again. She knows they aren't.

Her eyes swell wide. Lungs feel tighter than ever. The sound of her distress was silenced by Bellamy's palm.

[mxgilray]

Loki Season 1 Thoughts

Overall, I really liked this series. It has some issues without question, but I sincerely don't think it's the dumpster fire so many viewers on this site treat it as. Did it go how I expected? Not at all? Did I enjoy the heck out of it and look forward to it every Wednesday? Hell yeah!

Loki's Good Guy Personality

A big complaint many have had with it is how much Loki's demeanor has changed and how his emotional growth feels rushed or his personality is ooc. Truth is, he saw his entire future, saw what his angry, power hungry, I-work-alone persona would get him in the end, and it snapped him back to reality. He has always been shown to be quite emotional and craving attention and lacking in self assurance, it's just in the past movies he's masked it with violence and fake narcissism, and he's always been a secondary character so his perspective is rarely shown. But if you really pay attention it's obvious he isn't truly villainous; we all know that, it's largely why he has such a huge fan base.

Right after meeting Mobius, Loki got an infodump of his future, saw his parents both die, found out that free will means jack shit, and learned he's absolutely powerless in this realm. On top of that, this is 2012 Loki, fresh off of being under Thanos' control, suddenly being shown that the guy who controlled him is going to end up killing him. Frankly,, I think it all broke Loki. He was too shook up by it all and by the sheer helplessness he found himself in at the TVA that he let all his barriers down momentarily. Just long enough for him to open up to Mobius about his motivation and his lack of self confidence. And you know what I bet? Loki felt relieved after talking to Mobius. A weight was lifted, because he bore his heart to someone and wasn't rejected or laughed at or treated like a psycho. And after letting his walls down fully, Loki didn't feel the need to put all of them back up. He stayed guarded around other people, but he didn't need to pretend around Mobius. Mobius has seen under the mask, so Loki doesn't feel pressure to perform as an all knowing, all powerful God around Mobius. That freedom is life changing.

People who gravitate towards broken, pseudo-villain characters do so because we relate to their internal conflict, their mental illness, their need to fake it around everyone close to them. Their turmoil and depression and self destructive behavior are familiar and we see ourselves reflected in their actions. Now, when a person really truly let's their guard down, drops all their layers of facade, and embraces themself, they tend to change demeanor and even personality pretty drastically. It's jarring in real life, so of course when it happens to a fictional character who you usually relate to it is going to be jarring, maybe even more so because it feels like a change you yourself would never go through. I know this sounds bad and people might get at me for it, but...

I believe the issue here is that a large part of Loki's fan base doesn't want him to get better. They don't want him to move past his mental illness, to learn how to cope with anger and disappointment in healthier ways, to be happy. They like his damaged persona, they like the internal conflict. Maybe it's because they're still at that low place themself and feel like a relatable character is getting taken away from them, maybe it's because they don't understand how much being at peace with yourself can alter a person and to them it feels like he's been changed too much. To those of us mostly on the up and up from battling depression and mental illness, it's comforting to see Loki getting a chance to be genuinely happy and accepting of himself.

Sylki and Lokius

First things first, I'm not anti anything. Ship what you want, idc. Personally, I do not see the Sylki dynamic as romantic, but I get why people read it that way. I thought the series did a good job of showing unrequited love, namely Loki falling for Sylvie and Sylvie feeling zero romance towards him. This was aware of his attraction and in the end used it as a distraction so she could get the upper hand. The show played up the potential romance because we are viewing things from Loki's perspective and he's become smitten as a kitten. I do think in the long run they'll have a more sibling-like dynamic, one Loki realizes that you can feel extreme love and care for a person without it being romantic. I enjoyed how the show explored their relationship, though I do wish they hadn't had every character under the sun mention their moment on Lamentis-1 like it was some big deal to bond with someone you're about to die with.

I'm bitter towards the development of Lokius. It had a strong start in the beginning, and in ep 5 had some potential reignited, but then they had Mobius not know who Loki is at the end. I'm still hoping they're playing the long game with this ship and that it'll come to fruition partway through season 2. The chemistry is there, and Mobius knows Loki very intimately and isn't put off by his past. Loki also feels much more at ease around Mobius than he does around Sylvie. It's the comfort of a deep loving bond with Mobius verses the nervousness of a new crush that he feels for Sylvie.

I don't think Loki is quite aware of his feelings for Mobius, simply because it's based in friendship and mutual respect and isn't a hot and heavy lust. Plus, as soon as he was away from Mobius he was thrown into a near death experience with Sylvie and developed a surface crush during their heart to heart. Since Loki's still figuring out what genuine feelings are beyond anger and sadness, he sees the simplistic crush he has on Sylvie as love and the intimate bond he's been forming with Mobius as friendship. He doesn't understand his own feelings yet, but I think he'll figure it out next season. I mean, he was probably already rethinking his feelings for her after she kissed and betrayed him, mentally kicking himself for expecting her to not pull a Loki betrayal like he would've in the past.

The Time Variance Authority

I really like the concept of the TVA, the structure of it, the methods they use, the deeply fucked way they recruit employees, the cult like motto, shady Miss Minutes who is definitely playing her own long game, and the blind acceptance TVA agents have of the Time Keepers' will. It's all very well done... until your dig into the core, aka He Who Remains. They built up the idea that the Time Keepers created the TVA to prevent a multiverse war and that they created agents to enforce their will. Then the creating agents turned out to be fake, the Time Keepers were fake, I expected the reason for the TVA's existence to be fake to. It felt too simple to have it genuinely exist just to keep the multiverse in check. Why the anonymity, unless it's to keep from having agents target and prune versions of himself which.. songs like a decent solution. HWR made it sound as though the multiverse war was just a bunch of versions of himself screwing shit up, so why isn't the TVA's focus on eradicating every other variant of this guy? Sounds a lot easier and nicer than fucking with the free will of every other living being. So either Marvel made a bad call when choosing what HWR's motive was for creating the TVA, or he was lying about it all to cover up something sinister.

Overall Storyline

I'm fairly happy with the plot as a whole. There were some pacing issues and I think a few missed chances for deeper conversations between various characters. While I enjoyed the Loki variants, I honestly would've been happier seeing Tom playing most the variants (except Kid Loki and Classic Loki since they are clearly different age ranges). If there is supposed to be one sacred timeline, it seems off to me that Lokis would be allowed to vary so extremely without it causing a nexus event(an alligator, whose nexus wasn't that he's an animal who obviously can't do any magic much less command Thanos' army, but that he ate someone's cat) and not just in appearance but in life path (ie boastful Loki collected all the infinity stones but it wasn't till he had 6 that he caused a nexus event even though him gaining control of the Soul, Power, and Time stones should've each caused nexus events since on the sacred timeline he never interacts with those 3 and taking any one of them would've fucked up a lot of other timeline parts)

I love the display of Lokis raw power, and 2012 Loki coming to the realization that he's way more powerful than he ever thought. And it wasn't just Classic Loki who spent thousands of years alone honing his skills, 2012 Loki reversed time on a goddamn falling building! I also liked the small magic, the fireworks, the tablecloth blanket, Loki yanking Sylvie away from HWR with just magic.

As someone who is both bisexual and genderfluid, I would've really loved more concrete representation. The comment about there never being another female Loki hit me in the gut; it undermined the Easter egg "Sex: Fluid" on Loki's TVA file. With how big a deal Sylvie being female was made out to be throughout the season, I expected her gender to play a key role in taking down the head of the TVA, like it was foretold that only a female Loki could end it all or some shit.

I don't mind the idea of Loki finding love in a straight passing relationship. I don't even mind the selfcest all that much. It just feels so obvious to me that Sylvie is written as not having any romantic inclination towards Loki, while Mobius is clearly written as falling in love with someone he shouldn't and trying to maintain an heir of professionalism to keep from wrecking his bond with Loki. I really really hope they come through on season 2 and give Lokius the canon relationship and proper representation they deserve.

Mmkay I thinks that's all the thoughts I've got right now. If you've been feeling cheated or clowned by how things went this season, maybe my perspective of things can help ease your pain.

[paradise-in-k4]

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[owedfavors]

the hand that brushes across her cheek una catches, though her fingers do not close tightly about the other's wrist. her grip is firm enough, lasts long enough, only for her to place a data chip in pris's open palm. ❛ I thought you might care to explain this. ❜

despite the choice of words, una persists under no delusions: pris will not care to explain, nor would una wish her to. she merely informs her, in their own way, that she knows, she sees. not that their games are ever subtle, not when there's no need for concealment.

neither is there need for explanation, really, not when the matter is already taken care of, as the contents of the chip serve to prove. problem averted before it materialized. not pris' best work, though creative, at least. with a gesture towards the quarters through the door against which pris leans, una adds, ❛ go on, take a look. I'll wait. ❜

no, she cannot name it, whatever it is that nags at her. perhaps it is merely one more game brewing on the horizon. regardless, she'll leave the matter until it clarifies in her vision.

She'd expected some sort of defensiveness--the unimpressed glare, a flat denial. Even the turnabout questions. It hits her, for the barest moment, how much she misses her Commander. It's cold comfort, that even the similarities between these agents of an Imperial monstrosity and the people she cares for cannot make her forget. there is no safety, here, and nothing of her home.

Pris bares her teeth. It even approaches a smile. She'd practiced in the mirror, glad that her double didn't seem to avoid cameras the way she might tend to.

"I know what you look like when you get a bone between your teeth." She leans in. Close enough to reach out and touch, to risk brushing a hand across the other woman's cheek and reach, try to see just how much suspicion she is under.

"And I know you don't feel the need to walk me home like some simpering Imperial suitor unless you want something."

It's perhaps too much to hope that there's something else going on; that some other puzzle has caught Una's eye. She only needs time, a few days at most for the ion storms to rebuild in intensity. But lately it's hard to feel as though luck is on her side.