#AUUGHHH HES SO HOT

[maxtheclownyeet]

I did it....the Odysseus design was heavily inspired by @bigidiotenergy (if you cannot tell😭) imma hide now

[stars-n-spice]

Thoughts on s3 ep11!

Fucking hell you guys,, this episode,,

I have too many thoughts so I'm going to hit the main ones so I'm not bent over my laptop crying as I type this up for like ten minutes,,

just know that the entire episode had me like this though

ok, screaming and spoilers under the cut-

Why does the Batch have THE worst luck in the world huh?? Hunter decides to go live on Pabu, Empire comes and snatches up Omega. Hunter decides (rightfully so) to leave Pabu to not jeopardize the people there. The Empire comes and fucks up everything AND Omega gets taken away AGAIN.

I just want something GOOD to go well for them for ONCE. Is that too much to ask for??

Also Clone X being able to do what he did because both Phee and Wrecker were arguing with droids??

Omega putting Tech's glasses and Lula in the museum made me burst out into tears. For some reason that made me think that Tech really is dead (as much as I don't want to believe it). I think it was a beautiful send off (even if everything went to shit right after) and after that touching send off I kinda want Tech to stay dead, as bad as it hurts

Them showing us shots of Pabu and all the residents (with the clone cadets and Shep and Lyana) all happy and living their best life before the storm was so fucked up

Hunter why are your senses so out of wack huh?? And how come no matter what your hair stays dry?? Fucked up world we live in.

Ok but if Tech IS alive and IS Clone X,, this episode is so much fucking worse and angsty if that's the case,, having him come back and do all of that to Pabu?? Oh my god,, I hate it so much

Hunter taking down those stormtroopers was hot as fuck though

OMEGA SACRIFICING HERSELF FOR PABU??? FUCK OFF SHE IS A CHILD DON'T MAKE HER GO THROUGH THIS SHIT!!

Cannot tell you how much distress I was in during the second half of the episode,, oh my god,,,

The PAIN on Crosshair's face and in his voice when Omega brought up the idea of turning herself in?? That's going to haunt me forever man,, just,, fucking,, ouch

Oh man,, I was so worried that he wouldn't be able to get the tracker on the ship because of his hand tremors but no it was because of the FUCKING stormtroopers

The absolute devastation Crosshair must've felt in that moment,, I've never seen so much pain on a helmeted character's face oh my god

THINGS ARE JUST GETTING SO MUCH WORSE FUCKING HELL!!

how do you think Wrecker and Hunter are going to react to this huh??? they're going to be fucking LIVID oh my god and Crosshair is probably going to blame himself and they're (Hunter more so) is going to blame Crosshair and then we'll be back to square one fucking AUUGHHH

IF ECHO WAS HERE NONE OF THIS WOULD'VE HAPPENED

[mychlapci]

There are so many good scrolls today I am losing my mind....

> the amazon creampie thing is just reverse mating press which is so big brained actually and immediately I need this to happen with one of the big fellas we bully like blurr should do that to shockwave or something

> hot rod fishtank pussy is still driving me insane I need him transparent so you can see the fish he's stuffed in his stupid pussy!!!!!

On that note did you know there's a transparent roddy toy. And someone made rly cool art of him. They also have photos of the toy on twt

https://x.com/WHERESMYSHIRTT/status/1845164280565420188?s=19

ANYWAY these are all things I need to write about at some point auughhh

love that i'm getting reviews for our content these days. bitches love the amazon creampie. bitches love fishtank roddy. five out of five stars

[goferwashere]

wait srry if asks rnt open but im a chismoso so hopefully this is OK to ask ;; is the little character in ur banner and pfp ur sona ? they r so silly looking i love it sm but also why is it chowing down on a hotdog bun filled with butter . DONT ELABORATE IF THERES A PERSONAL BACKGROUND ATTACHED TO IT PLS but i srsly think it's so cutesie and ive been curious abt it 4 a hot min ✝️

SAW THE NOTIFICATION AND I ROSE FROM THE DEAD BUGGY U JUST OPENED THE GATES OF HELL /POS

ALSO ASKS ARE ALWAYS OPEN!! UNLESS THE BUTTON IS GONE FEEL FREE TO SEND ME ASKS ANYTIME I LOVE GETTING THEM :DD

ASHSHSSH THANK YOU !!! Yes this is my sona her name is RB 😋 she has lore and comes from her own world but I use her like a persona :3

Here’s the OG image along with a couple others of her :D

Also her as a character can’t speak so she uses ASL to communicate (hence the banner she’s holding) so I don’t use ASL but I do use a website when I draw her speaking

funny ass gif lawllll (she’s signing ‘I am not a crook’) (yes TV Girl reference) the frame rate is too fast but I can’t fix it now

ALSO ALL OF THIS ART IS OLDER. NOTHING NEW FOR THESE GUYS FOR A WHILE I NEED TO MAKE NEW ART FOR THEM 💔💔

auughhh and her lore if you wanna read below but I understand that OC lore isn’t everyone’s thing

OKAY SO she comes from a universe where her kind are robots made by a company to terraform planets for the ultra wealthy. So if you have the funds you can purchase a whole planet and whole armies of these little bots will shape it however you want.

BUT. While on the assembly line, before even recovering her directive, a portal opens up and throws her into this odd pocket dimension, which is just a half built city floating in a bright void. (Also when I say half finished I mean more like brutalist aesthetic with just concrete and no glass on the windows)

This place (named ‘Gearsky’ by locals because massive floating gears are the only thing that exist here outside of the city itself) is full of people from their own dimensions just trying to get by. She explores, and comes across a little bear being picked on in an alleyway. (The lil green bear [party bear] in the pics above)

She saves him and then it subconsciously becomes her prime directive to help Party Bear get home/care for him. So they set up base in one of the empty apartments and she just sorta takes care of him.

NOW. How do you get home you may be asking? Well it’s easy. You just need to beat someone in a deathmatch.

Enter the only form of entertainment on this island. The man who is the dictator of this place and subsequently the host of this game, aptly named Host, loves running this game. The rules are simple. 3 people enter, and two can leave alive. Only one needs to die, and the other two can get sent home. The only thing is, you have no idea who you’re going up against.

Now, RB, being a bot made to terraform, has some power behind her with her explosive abilities. But Party Bear has no defenses. So RB tries to strike a deal with Host.

She offers to kill both people in the ring with her for multiversal travel.

Host is intrigued by this offer, and accepts. After wiping the floor with her opponents, she’s granted access to all dimensions. She’s obviously excited and goes home to try and let Party Bear go home, but is heartbroken when she discovers that she’s the only one who can travel using the portals.

But this catches the attention of someone else.

Her future boss.

Another robot, by the codename TB-89.

He took note of her deal, and approached her with a job offer.

Man’s long story short she works for him as an assassin!

There’s so much more I wanna say but I know I can’t ramble on forever lol if you read all this then thank you so much for sticking it out 🤭 I hope you enjoyed it I love gushing about my characters

[littlesmartart]

THE MIRROR MIRROR AU

Prince Lestat  Official Title: Prince  Actual Role: Figurehead, "Nuclear Deterrent", Resident People Person  Lestat is an arrogant, swaggering, violent, charismatic moron, who loves his family and loves fine clothes and loves how he looks in this crown, baby. He's beautiful and strong, and his husband is beautiful and smart, and that's why THEY'RE in charge.

Prince Consort Louis  Official Title: Prince Consort, Keeper of the Royal Treasury  Actual Role: Regent, Accountant, Responsible for keeping Lestat out of excessive trouble  A very calm, polite, well-mannered man who is smart but so weak he's mostly there for eye-candy. And isn't it nice that he stands in for the prince at meetings and councils, and aren't his little ideas interesting, and isn't it so helpful that he manages the Royal Treasury?

HRH Gabrielle  Official Title: Queen Mother  Actual Role: Spy, Assassin  Louis cut a deal with Gabrielle early on in his marriage that in return for her loyalty, he would excuse her all royal duties in the court and send her on "ambassadorial trips" where she could collect intel and murder. Gabrielle is a-okay with this arrangement. 

Princess Claudia  Official Title: Princess  Actual Role: N i g h t m a r e  This is a girl who has never been told no. She has both daddies wrapped around her tiny little finger; one daddy is the prince, and one daddy is very good at making inconvenient messes disappear, so Claudia spends most of her time taking out her frustration at being child-sized on everyone else...

Armand  Official Title: Advisor  Actual Role: Executioner, Spy  Armand has terrifying psychic abilities, a wealth of resources, and zero morals, so he is both a perfect spy within the court and very helpful for Louis to call on to clean up... indiscretions.

Daniel  Official Title: Human Liaison  Actual Role: Mercenary  As the youngest vampire, Daniel essentially acts as the human branch of Armand's job, and helps manipulate the human world to protect and benefit the court. Out of all of them he has the most morals so can be a bit of a wild card, but Armand knows how to handle him to keep him in line.

Mojo  Official Title: Good Boy  Actual Role: Good Boy  A GOOD BOY.

more details under the cut

this happened because I was thinking about why later canon Lestat sucks, and it's because AR made him a monster, but not like... a sympathetic or FUN one, he's just an asshole who tramples on everyone around him, and I thought... well if you're going to make HIM an irredeemable monster, why not actually make it INTERESTING and commit to this bullshit and MAKE THEM ALL UTTERLY IRREDEEMABLE UNSYMPATHETIC MONSTERS?

like, what would have to happen to make violent, possessive prince Lestat with unchecked power actually fun? give him a Louis who gives as good as he gets! MAKE THEM A NIGHTMARE POWER COUPLE!

SO. Prince Lestat rules over the vampire court (which I’m imagining to exist, in this world, as a whole separate functional court within but apart from human society, kind of like the HP wizarding world. Lestat took over when Akasha was defeated), and he's a swaggering violent ass. but in this universe, he's got Prince Consort Louis - who is manipulative and power-hungry, and cold-blooded where the Prince's temper runs hot. they actually have a relatively healthy relationship because Lestat knows that he'll get all the fancy clothes and parties and sex his heart desires, AND he doesn't have to deal with the boring/stressful minutiae of actually ruling, AND he gets to wear the crown... just so long as he keeps his fucking trap shut when Louis tells him. and Louis gets to run the whole show without having to do all that annoying personal stuff - which Lestat is actually very good at as he's as dumb as a bag of rocks but he just OOZES natural charisma. so Louis is effectively the Regent, whilst Lestat is the Figurehead and also strong enough to basically be the vampire equivalent of a nuclear deterrent, and they're both more than happy enough with those roles, so they're able to work together to TERRIFYING effectiveness.

this started as a pencil sketch that I drew on new year’s day, then scanned and was like “wow that looks like a lot of work I cba to colour that lmao” and then... completely abandoned so I am SO GLAD to finally have it done and out of my fucking WIP folder auughhh

[spyroid101]

“To Fight Another Day...” (Part 1 of 2)

@jedicreed-fr

Another year has passed in Sornieth, but in Loth-Ysalamiri, two notable figures are not there to celebrate the passing of the year...

How is it, that Loth-Ysalamiri’s Maren Ambassador, and Spy seemingly disappeared into thin air during the weeks of the Longest Night?

Well, we’ll just have to see~

Warnings: Blood, violence, some swearing

Also some miiinor out of context spoilers for later parts coming up in “The Traitor” >83c

The Longest Night, also known to some as the Night of the Nocturne. A two week long holiday filled with masquerade mischief, and Faerie fun, as the Shadowbinder’s children spread their mimicry magic across the land.

Quite a few clans even adopted the tradition of using the Longest Night as a holiday for gift giving to loved ones.

Loth-Ysalamiri, was not one of those clans.

Not through lack of love or wanting to, no.

It just wasn’t reasonably feasible for them to do so.

With all these mysterious, undocumented Nocturnes spreading across Sornieth, leaving behind their mysterious, also undocumented chests, the Empire’s “Check in” squad was more strict then ever. Successfully importing anything this time of year was close to impossible.

Close to.

But for his mate, Aiton was willing to pull ANY strings.

The Pearlcatcher grinned to himself as he walked though the town’s dark streets, fingering the small, slim pair of goggles in his pocket.

The move from the Windswept Plateau to the Shifting Expanse was hard on Vihar. She was so used to living with the breezy cool climate of the Wind lands, only an adorable, playful hop away to the Sea of of a Thousand Currents, where she could swim and communicate with all her Maren friends.

She wasn’t made for this eleven damned dry, blistering desert, where she was forced to travel miles away from the town, a task that in of itself was difficult for her to do without the Empire’s goons sticking their noses into her business, in order to even find a safe, electricity free pool of water to swim in.

Vihar did her best to appear unburdened by all this, bless her heart, but Aiton could easily see how much this was all hurting her. From how her once glowing scales had now begun to dim, to the way her hair would often become dry and tangled from lack of moisture, to the painful look in her eyes when she would look to the sky, towards the Sea of of a Thousand Currents...

The straw that seemed to break the camel’s back, however, was when Vihar’s goggles, the ones she had held onto and treasured for years, had cracked and broken. Just like her, those goggles were not built for the desert’s dry heat...

...There wasn’t a whole lot Aiton could do, but, it was the very least he could do, to sneak under the Empire’s radar to pull a few strings with some traveling Spiral salesmen, to get some imported goggles, built to not only withstand the pressures of the deep, but also withstand rough sandstorms.

Could going to such lengths to just get a pair of goggles during this time of year get him in trouble with the Empire?

Absolutely.

But he didn’t care. His beloved was worth it.

Besides, he’d actually have to get caught to get in trouble...

The sound of quiet voices suddenly pulled Aiton from his thoughts.

Sure, it was rather late out, but it shouldn’t have been odd for someone else to be out at this hour...

...But all the same, Aiton felt an uneasy feeling start to creep over him...

‘You’re imagining things.’ He firmly told himself.

...But still, Aiton found himself straining his ears to try and pick up some of the conversation.

‘Just to prove it’s nothing.’ He rationalized.

“Uuugh! It’s so damn HOT! Can’t we go home?!” Once voice growled. “We’re not even on the clock!”

“You can go home when I damn well SAY you can go home!” A second voice snarled back.

“Who are you to order us around?!” A third voice chimed in. “You’re not even our commanding officer!”

Aiton’s pace slowed.

‘Commanding officer...?’

“You do what I say, because I’m the one that can spill all the information about your illegal escapades with your secret ‘escorts’ from unaffiliated clans to Janto at a moment’s notice.” The second voice hissed.

“You- It’s not like YOU can PROVE any of it-” The first voice said, a clear hint of nervousness in his tone.

“You really want to chance it? Or would you rather just do as I say, and help me find the proof that I need?”

Aiton was already finding himself instinctively pressing against the nearest wall and blending into the darkness.

These... these dragons... They weren’t citizens of Loth-Ysalamiri, they were with the Empire.

But... why were solders of the Empire hiding? They’ve never been afraid to flaunt their power out in the open before...

This couldn’t be good.

Carefully, Aiton crept closer to the dark alleyway where the voices were coming from, determined to get to the bottom of things.

In the alleyway, were indeed three dragons, two of which wore the typical Executrix Empire grunt uniforms, and Aiton could definitely swear he must have seen them around a billion times before (Though damn him if he could ever had been bothered to learn their names), but... the third one...

The uniform was certainly that of the Executrix Empire, but he certainly wasn’t a grunt. But, whoever he was, these other two grunts didn’t seem to have many qualms with back talking to him...

Who WAS this guy?!

“Why are you even trying to get extra brownie points with Janto?” The first solder asked. “Kurdo'hith'rauste tried that, and what did THAT get him? Murdered by his own sis-!”

The solder didn’t get the chance to finish, as the Skydancer suddenly lunged forward, grabbing the solder by the throat, and SLAMMING him into the wall.

“DOHITHRA ISN’T DEAD!!” He shouted, no longer seeming to care about the volume of his voice.

“Shhh! Shhshhh! Quiet! Someone will hear us!” The second solder frantically tried to calm the Skydancer down, to no avail.

“Say. It.” The Skydancer snarled through clenched teeth, tightening his grip on the solder’s throat. “He’s. NOT. Dead.”

“AuuGhhh! Yo-you crazy-!”

“Say it, or I’ll rip your FUCKING tongue out.”

“You- you wouldn’t da-dare...” The solder gasped. “You si-sink a c-c-claw in m-me, and Ah-ri-m-ma will have your head!”

“You think I’m fucking scared of Ahrima? Think again” The Skydancer’s eyes narrowed. “Besides, if you recall, under orders from Janto, the news of our Military Strategist‘s supposed ‘murder’ was NOT suppose to reach ANYONE else’s ears besides us three, Ahrima, Adakias, and Pers'alaesha'retherr. Yet, here you are, carelessly saying those disgusting words out in the open. It’s now within my authority to punish you...”

The Skydancer let those words hang in the air for a moment, before once again repeating.

“Say it.”

“H-hh- he’s not- not dead...” The solder wheezed.

Finally satisfied, the Skydancer let go of the solder’s throat, letting the wheezing solder fall wheezing to the ground.

The Empire’s Military Strategist had gone missing? Possibly murdered? Possibly an inside job?

Aiton silently smuggled himself closer.

He had to find out more! If this was true, then the Empire might have a weakness! Freedom for Loth-Ysalamiri might be closer then any of them could have imagined!

“Any of them could be at fault for this.” The Skydancer muttered, his composure back to the way it was before his little outburst. “I don’t trust any of them, especially Kofi. He’s talking too damn long to do such a simple scouting job...”

Wait...

Kofi?

Wasn’t that the name of the Tundra whom had joined them not that long ago...?

“Kofi didn’t even know Kurdo'hith'rauste.” The second solder nervously piped up, earning him a sharp glare from the Skydancer. “He’s have no reason to-”

“As far as YOU know.” The Skydancer interrupted. “But if you’ve forgotten, his job is that of an inside man, and you can’t just ASSUME with those types. I won’t be satisfied with his ‘innocence’, until I have solid proof that he had nothing to do with Dohithra’s disappearance. And, while he’s on the job, he can’t hide from me...”

“I-I see...” The second solder stammered. “S- sorry for speaking out of turn, Lieutenant Arkadi...”

“Suck up...” The fist solder muttered under his breath.

Aiton’s heart started to race.

So it was true, not only was there some kind of secret conspiracy going on on the inside of the Empire, and there was a mole hiding inside Loth-Ysalamiri, one who had slipped in right under their noses!

Aiton had to go. Had to tell Yomigami and the rest of the counsel.

This could change everything-!

“What was that...?” The Skydancer, Arkadi whispered, crests twitching.

‘Shit!’

Aiton was either way out of practice, or this Skydancer’s hearing was super exceptional.

Mentally cursing himself, Aiton laid himself flat against the ground, behind several shipping crates.

If he just laid low, and kept quiet, they’d eventually stop being paranoid.

This was his job. He didn’t get this far by being caught.

Aiton closed his eyes, and focused on quieting his breath, and blending into the deafening silence...

...

...

...

...The next thing Aiton knew, was the sound of an electric current, before an excruciating flash of pain came over him, locking all his muscles.

By the time the pain of the electric bolt subsided, Aiton felt himself being thrown to the ground, his head smashing sharply against a medium sized rock in the sand.

“I told you were were being too loud...” Aiton could just barely make out the second solder’s mutterings.

“And what did I tell you? You can’t trust a spy.” Arkadi said, his voice full of venom as he placed a boot on the side of Aiton’s head. “But it appears you’re loosing your touch, old man...”

“He was the only one listening in, no one else is here.” The first solder said, returning to Arkadi’s side.

“Shame. I’m pissed off enough to want an actual fight...”

Just as Aiton was starting to gain back control of his limbs, Arkadi suddenly gave him a powerful kick to his chest, and it was all Aiton could do not to scream as he swore he could feel his ribs crack.

“We don’t know how much he’s heard... what do we do with him...?” The second solder asked.

“Stupid question, we kill him, of course.” Arkadi hissed.

“B-but only Janto can order executions-”

“I’m sure we can find an excuse!” Arkadi snapped. “Use your brain! Self defense, suspicious behavior...”

The Skydancer knelt down next to the downed Pearlcatcher, searching Aiton’s pockets.

“...possession of contraband?” Arkadi grinned a cruel smile as be pulled the goggles out of Aiton’s pockets. “Oh, yes. We can find many excuses for an impromptu execution~”

Despite the pain and danger Aiton was in, he found himself only thinking of Vihar.

The Empire took her away from everything she loved, and now they weren’t going to let her even have a small, completely harmless trinket?!

No.

At that moment, something SNAPPED within Aiton.

“NO!” He growled, hand grabbing the Skydancer’s wrist. “GIVE. IT. BACK.”

“Who do you think you are to-?”

Arkadi couldn’t finish, as in a sudden rush of rage and adrenaline, Aiton found himself shifting into his dragon from.

The shifting of his form caused the pain from his wounds to multiply, but he couldn’t bring himself to care.

The Empire would NOT take this from Vihar!!

There were gasps of panic from the solders, as they quickly backed off, and Arkadi himself let go of his grip on the goggles, but he didn’t retreat.

Instead, he too shifted into his dragon from, lunging at Aiton and smashing him into the wall, trying to hold him in place with his claws and teeth.

The other two solders seemed to pick up on Arkadi’s plan, as they then proceeded to shoot electrical bolts at Aiton, once again causing his muscles to seize.

But this time, Aiton’s body didn’t seem to care, as he managed to lock his teeth around the Skydancer’s slim neck, causing the two solders to hesitate.

“Don’t stop, you idiots-!” Arkadi roared.

But too late, as Aiton flung the dainty Skydancer into the other wall, before spreading his wings and leaping into the air.

He’d HAD it with this damn Empire! If they thought they were going to take him out without a fight, they were DEAD wrong.

A vile bolt began to charge up in his jaws, aiming at the three below him.

Arkadi, quickly shaking himself out of his daze, noticed this and started charging up his own as the two solders ran for cover.

Soon, the two bolts collided mid-air in a power struggle, each side refusing to budge.

...But eventually, Aiton, already injured, and much of his energy drained from his spontaneous transformation, felt himself begin to waver, and Arkadi’s bolt steady began to push itself forward, faster and faster.

...The next thing Aiton knew, his world has gone dark...

Vihar had just been with Finch, helping him sort out some lesson plans on sea creatures, when Nariko had suddenly burst into the room.

What exactly she had said, Vihar couldn’t remember, but the words that clung to her mind as she ran down the streets were: “COME QUICKLY! AITON’S HURT!”

“WHERE IS HE?!” Vihar cried as she burst into Yomigami’s house. “WHAT HAPPENED?!”

The Imperial looked at her, and she could clearly see worry in his eyes.

“We don’t know exactly. There was a sound of a commotion, and then he suddenly fell from the sky, in his dragon from.”

“How bad is it?”

“There’s a lot of blood, but it’s hard for us to get a good look at him. He’s in shock, and won’t change back from his dragon from. We thought that maybe you could...”

He didn’t need to say any more. Vihar immediately headed through the door that Yomigami had motioned towards.

The smell of blood hit her before the sight of his wounds did.

There was indeed a lot of blood pooled beneath Aiton, as he cowered in the corner of the room, growling at seemingly nothing.

“‘Ton?” She called to him softly.

Aiton’s growling seemed to hitch slightly.

“‘Ton, love? It’s me...” She said, stepping towards him.

“V- Vi-Vi...?” He mumbled. “Love...?”

“That’s right, it’s me.” Vihar felt her throat tighten, she could tell how much pain he was in just from his voice. “It’s okay now, nothing’s going to hurt you. I’m here...”

“Vi-Vi...” He sighed, his growling stopping completely now.

Vihar now stepped right up to his muzzle, gently placing her hand on him.

“You’re safe now...” She assured him. “I won’t let anything happen to you.”

That seemed to do the trick, as Aiton let out one more shaky sigh, before slowly starting to shift back into his bipedal form, collapsing into Vihar’s embrace.

“Vi-Vi...” Aiton mumbled.

“Shhh, it’s alright.” Vihar said, gently stroking his hair. “Yomigami’s going to be in here soon and-”

“N- No. Vi-Vi...” Aiton said again, pulling back slightly. “F-fff... for... you...”

Shakily, Aiton held out his hand to her.

In it, was a shiny blue pair of slim goggles.

Aiton gave her the best lopsided smile he could muster as she took them from him.

“A- Aiton...” She began, but before she could utter anything else, Aiton felt himself losing consciousness once again...

Broken ribs, broken wing, broken back legs, and a fractured tail...

That was the least of Aiton’s problems.

There was also no doubt internal bleeding, and the blow to Aiton’s head had caused him a nasty concussion.

And with that, came a minor bout of amnesia.

All Aiton could remember, once he found stable enough to hold small conversations, was that some members of the Empire, who’s names he either didn’t know or didn’t remember, were responsible.

He also remembered... that he heard one of the Empire’s solders say a name, but he couldn’t remember what the name was, or why exactly it was important that he know the name, just... that it WAS.

This seemed to bring him endless frustration, as he insisted again and again that knowing this name was really, really, REALLY important... but it refused to come to him, and eventually, he’s stress himself back into exhaustion over the question.

Despite all the uncertainties, one thing Vihar was sure of; was that the Empire’s goons were indeed responsible for this.

But- WHY?!

Vihar knew the Empire was cruel, but what had her mate ever done to them?!

They already took the sea from her, must they take him too?!

The next few days were touch and go. As optimistic as they all tried to be, they all knew that Aiton needed professional healing...

...But taking him to the Empire for it was now completely out of the question. They just had to try and make do with the little they had...

Eventually, Nariko had managed to convince her to step out of the house and take some time for herself.

At first, Vihar wanted to yell and scream at her for even suggesting that she leave Aiton’s side, but... She knew Nariko was right. There was nothing more she could do at the moment, and all her worrying was just going to make things worse.

Nariko knew exactly what it was like, worrying for the health of your mate...

And so, for the first time in what felt like forever, Vihar took the time to travel to the other end of the Shifting Expanse, where it bordered with the Sea of a Thousand Currents.

Finally able to feel the cool water beneath her feet, Vihar wished now more then ever before that things could just go back to the way they were before, back at the Windcurrent clan. Where she and Aiton could swim together under the stars, no fear of losing one another...

Oh, Eleven...

This was it, she was going to cry-

“Hi-Hiiiiiiiii~!!” A voice suddenly chimed up.

Vihar jumped as the young Maren Scout popped her head out of the water.

“Haaaappy Longest Niiiight~!” She giggled.

“-Oh! Maryil!” Vihar gasped, as she suddenly recognized the Maren. It had been so long since Vihar had last seen her, but it was indeed Maryil, the Maren whom had bonded herself to her child, Fahri. “What are you doing here?!”

“Bringing you this!” Said said, proudly presenting a beautiful sapphire ring. “A Longest Night gift from Fahri!”

“Oh, goodness!” Vihar gasped. “Don’t tell me Fahri made you travel all the way here just to give this to me?”

“Pffft! No, no!” Maryil laughed. “They wanted to give you something, and I insisted that they let me deliver it to you!”

“Ohh, sweetie, you didn’t have to.”

“But we WANTED to! So, we DID!” Mayril clapped her hands in delight.

“Well, it’s absolutely lovely!” Vihar smiled, placing the ring on her finger. “Please give Fahri my thanks!”

“Will do~! Will do-” Maryil suddenly paused, looking as Vihar. “Ooooohhh! Hey! Where’d you get those new goggles? They’re really pretty!”

“I- Oh, thank you. Aiton gave them to me.” Vihar said, suddenly feeling her throat constrict again. “They- They...”

‘They might be the last gift he ever gives you.’

“H-hey, what’s wrong?” Mayril asked.

“N-no. Nothing... Nothing’s wrong...” Vihar said, attempting to keep her voice from choking. “I’m fine...”

“No you’re not.” Mayril insisted. “C’mon, what’s bothering you?”

Vihar just shook her head.

“It’s nothing that can be helped...”

“Yeah? Well, sometimes it still helps to talk about it...” Mayril said,leaning against the bank. “And I’m all ears.”

Vihar took a deep, steadying breath.

Perhaps Mayril was right. Perhaps she really did need to let this off of her chest to someone...

“Alright...” Vihar sighed. “I’ll tell you, but... Promise me you won’t tell Fahri. I- I don’t want them to worry...”

“I- uh...” Mayril blinked. “Okay. My lips are sealed. Tell me everything...”

“AAAAAUUUUUUGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!! GET IT OFF! GET IT OFF! GETITOFFGETITOFFGETITOFFFF!!!!”

The large, Mirror-sized Fae screamed, running around in circles as a very disgruntled Mimic clamped its teeth tightly onto his tail.

“Hold still, Cupid!” Fahri called, exasperated.

It took a few more laps of Cupid running around the Pearlcatcher, until Fahri finally managed to grab a hold of the sentient box.

Fahri gave the box a few comforting pats on the lid, and eventually, the Mimic released its hold on Cupid’s tail. It then gave Cupid a quick, gutteral hiss, before quickly hopping away to join its Mimic brethren within the clan’s storage cavern.

“Well, THAT Mimic didn’t have any magic scrolls in it...” Cupid huffed. “Oh, well! I’m sure the NEXT one-!”

“Have you ever looked up the definition of ‘insanity’, brother?” Asked another, equity large sized Fae.

“Have you ever looked up the definition of ‘no fun’, Eros? ‘Cuz I think your name’s under there!” Cupid shot back, sticking his tongue out at his brother.

Eros simply just rolled his eyes and glanced at Fahri.

“You really ought to stop helping him, how else is he ever going to learn?”

“What can I say, I’m too much of a sucker to let him suffer.” Fahri laughed.

Eros gave a throat chuckle in response, and Fahri felt their heart soar.

Unlike his brother Cupid, Eros typically had the demeanor of a textbook Fae, being fairly calm and monotone, that fact that Fahri was able to sometimes actually get him to audibly laugh- Well, it got his heart racing faster then it did whenever all the Faeries gathered around him like bees to a flower, and set his beautiful scales aglow in the moonlight as he lounged by the waterside-

‘HE’S ROYALTY, FAHRI!’ Fahri reminded them self.

Oh, there were so, so, so, SO many things Fahri wished they could say to Eros... but a Beastclan ambassador saying such things to a clan Prince?!

No, no, no. There was no way that was appropriate... right? That was the only reason they WEREN’T saying them. Because it wouldn’t be appropriate.

Of course.

...

...Orrr Fahri was just telling themselves that, and the real reason was that they were worried they’d end up putting all FOUR of their feet inside their mouth trying to say their feelings, and how they might end up making things awkward and ruining the friendship they had forever and ever and ever and ever and-!!

THANKFULLY, Fahri’s wild flustered train wreck of ‘worst case scenario’ thoughts, (That their mother had always said they’d inherited from their father), were pushed to the side, as a loud SPLASH came from the nearby lagoon.

“IIIIII’M BAAAACK~!” Came Mayril’s sing-song voice.

“Well THAT was certainly fast!” Fahri exclaimed, thankful for the mental distraction. “You didn’t run into any trouble, did you?”

“Pfft! Nope! Easy-smeasy!” The Maren grinned. “I’m the fastest Scout in the sea! Not even lightning could catch me!”

“I knew you were the right one for the job!” Fahri laughed. “Thanks for making that delivery for me.”

“No prob’ Fa’! Your mom really loved the ring!” She said. “It looked really pretty on her, too! It matches her new goggles-”

At that moment, Mayril quickly caught herself. Thankfully, Fahri only seemed to half notice...

“She got new goggles?” They asked.

“Oh- Yeah! Her old ones- got really old, ya’ know?” She shrugged. “Sooo, she has some really pretty new blue ones! Blue goggles for a blue ring!”

“Huh... She must have been devastated...” Fahri mumbled to them self. “She really loved those goggles...”

Mayril had to bite her lip. of ELEVEN how she just wanted to blurt everything out to her friend...

But she had made a PROMISE...

“Hey, you doin’ okay?” Cupid suddenly piped up. “your face looks like you ate a puffer fish ‘er something.”

OH DAMN IT!

Why did the silly little prince pick NOW of all times to be observant?!

“Mayril? Are you sure everything’s okay?” Fahri asked, concern in their eyes.

“I... Yes, yes. It’s just...” Mayril stammered. “It’s a secret. So I can’t tell!”

“A secret, hmm?” Eros mused. “Whatever this secret is, it really seems to be eating you up...”

“You’re not in some kind of trouble, are you?” Farhi asked, suddenly becoming more serious. “You know I’d never let anything happen to you-”

“No! No! It’s nothing like that!” Mayril said quickly. “It’s just- I’m not allowed to tell you!”

“Not allowed... to tell me?” Fahri clarified.

“Y-yeah... That’s the promise...”

“Buuuut, you didn’t, say, promise not to tell me, did you?” Cupid asked, raising his eyebrows mischievously.

“I- Um...” Mayril took a moment to think. “...No, I suppose I didn’t.”

“Alright, then!” Cupid clapped, prancing over to the edge of the lagoon. “Just whisper what you want to say to me, so you can get it off your chest, without breaking your promise!”

Huh, that logic... actually seemed kinda sound... especially considering it came from CUPID of all dragons!

“Okay, just... just don’t tell anyone else!”

With that, Mayril swam up to Cupid, and leaned up to whisper in the Fae’s ear.

Eros and Fahri watched as Cupid calmly and quietly nodded and hummed in response to... whatever the Maren was telling him.

Finally, Mayril pulled away from Cupid.

“I see...” He mumbled.

“Ohhh, THAT feels better to get off my chest...” Mayril sighed.

Cupid nodded, then looked at Fahri.

“...FAHRI! YOUR MOM SAYS YOUR DAD GOT REALLY, REALLY, REALLY HURT!!” Cupid shouted.

Fahri’s jaw dropped.

“WHAT?!”

“CUPID!” Mayril cried. “I TOLD YOU NOT TO TELL!”

“But I didn’t promise!” He shrugged.

“Wh-what happened?!” Fahri asked frantically.

“Aagh... She doesn’t know the exact details, but... but it seems like it was done by someone from the Empire...” Mayril said.

“Empire?” Eros blinked. “Is your parent’s clan at war, Fahri?”

“Not... exactly...? I don’t think...?” Fahri sighed. “Letters from my parents always seemed to make it out like some kind of... distant partnership between two clans, and that was why they had to move to the Shifting Expanse, that’s what they made it out to be, anyway. To be honest... I was never completely convinced that was the case, but...”

“It’s... quite a bit worse then they’ve all made it out to be...” Mayril admitted. “They didn’t want you or Atha to worry...”

Fahri felt a stab of guilt in their gut. Their intuition was TELLING them that something was wrong, but there they were, just having a grand ‘ol time in their new clan, while their parents were suffering...

“...How bad is dad hurt?” Fahri asked quietly.

“Fahri-”

“Just- just tell me the truth...”

“...He... really needs a professional doctor if he’s going to make it...” Mayril said reluctantly. “The kind that Loth-Ysalamiri doesn’t have...”

Fahri just nodded, unable to bring themselves to speak.

His father...

His father was dying...

“I’m sorry, ‘Fa...” Mayril said quietly.

“I just- I just wish there was something I could do...” Fahri choked.

A moment of silence passed between the four of them, before suddenly:

“Why don’t we just go get them?” Cupid asked.

Fahri looked up, staring at Cupid, sure that he had misheard the Prince.

“Just- Just go get them...?”

“Yeah!” Cupid exclaimed. “Mom’s the best doctor I know! And Grandpa’s pretty good at magical healing himself!”

“Y-yeah, but- but can we really expect them to just up and leave for the Shifting Expanse??”

“We don’t have to! The Shifting Expanse is just right across the Sea of a Thousand Currents!” Cupid pointed down the lagoon. “Let’s just go and get them, and bring them back here!”

That- that idea sounded absolutely crazy.

To just JUMP multiple regions on a whim?!

“Yeah! And we can help!” Mayrin chimed in. “I can get a troop to help create some swift currents, and get you all across!”

“And the Water Faerie’s magic is especially strong this time of year.” Eros said, causing many of the sprites floating around him to giggle mischievously. “They can help keep your father in stable condition during the travel, and help the Maren keep away any underwater predators.”

“You- you guys... would really do this for me?” Fahri asked. “For- for real..?

“Of course we would!” Cupid grinned.

“What friends would we be if we just sat by and did nothing?” Eros added.

Oh, Eleven, it was all Fahri could do not to cry at this point.

“Th-thank you...” They choked. “Thank you... so much...” “We’ll have time for that later!” Cupid said, jumping into flight. “FIRST, we got a sea to cross!”

This may well be the stupidest, most disastrous idea Fahri ever participated in...

But DAMN it, Fahri’s parents were worth the risk.

Whatever it took, they were GOING to succeed.

Fahri was going to bring to bring them home...

[yatsy83]

Amsterdam's Red Light Area aka RLD

Amsterdam a place where prostitution is legal and where u can roam around wihtout been pressurised that u r doing something wrong, the feeling that Indians usually get. There is a dedicated place where you can find some seriously hot, sexy and adorable girls and that is called The Red Light aread famous for been called as RLD. Probably this is the first place that comes in anybodies mind when they visit Amsterdam and its like yaha nahi gaye toh kya gaye. So it was Maya's first day in Europe and we decided to head on first day itself from Brussels to Amsterdam. Amit had rented a car and mayagastyatin with Amisu started the journey to meet our married friends in Amsterdam. Reaching there we were out to experience the night life. Right in front of the lane opp to C&A in Amsterdam Central, we made our way to enter the famous and much awaited RLD. Hemal indicated the boundary of RLD with a small red light lamp post lit up. "Yaha se suru ho gayi iski boundary" he said. And then kya tha, I help maya with her Hand and Agastya was with Amisu enjoying, jumping. Bhai it took 34 years for me to come to place like this and Agastya entered in just his 4th year. Hmmmm generation gap may be :D It was already 10pm and night had pulled over its black blanket. "We have to roam but Agastya ke saath nahi ghum sakte" I said "But I want to see whats in these gallis of RLD" claimed Maya. "Arre dont worry, kuch toh jugaad lagaanege" said a confident Hemal Then we entered in a coffee shop. Sat there. Agastya was still enjoying with Amisu, Maya and Ruchi (Hemal's wife). "Chal tujhe ghuma laata hu" Hemal said to me. "I will come" I indicated maya. Hemal took me to a very small lane in which one can walk only in a single line. "Bhai kaha leke jaa raha hai" I questioned with a nervous voice. "Tu aa" Hemal said and was walking so confidently. We then got into an apartment where girls where standing on the doors of the rooms. Doors which were not bound with glass. I was roaming inside the interim of the gallis and trust me the girls were awesome. There were tall and each girl was just wearing a sexy coloured bra, matching panty, few in thongs and stringed, heeled shoes. I was walking as close to them as possible just away from hugging them. Some in black attire, some in red, blue and some even in glowing flouroscent coloured lingerie. Trust me that walk of probably 20-25 secs was like walking in heaven. "WOW" I said and Hemal just smiled. "Now its Maya's turn" he said and took Maya for a walk. Maya came back and she was like "Ekdum khatarnaak yaar, they are really beautiful girls, but thoda odd laga". This was bound to happen as we never roam around in India in such places and they are not as aesthetic as they are here, probably. Agastya never looked as if he wants to sleep. He was busy playing some pizza pizza games with Amisu and Ruchi and never bothered where his parents were. So now it was round 2 of night life. "Now you both come with me and let him play with these guys. He is enjoying it here" Hemal said to us. "So whats next?" I asked curiously. "Time to peep in peep show" he exclaimed. Peep show, a small place where you have very small rooms and rectangular glass window. These rooms are around 8 in number enclosing a circular bed which is moving slowly. You have to enter the room, close the door, put 2 euro coin in it and tak, the light goes off.Then what do you see through the window? A girl who is nude is performing on the circular bed. Performing what? Well is just lying on the bed moving up and down, opening her feet to show her clean shaved vagina, pressing her breasts which looked pretty soft and she was doing it gently ofcourse. So it was all about seeing the nude beauty in front of you doing some acrobatic or erotic stuff. After a min the light turns on and show over. So Maya went first in and the moment she entered the room and out the coin, the lights went off and what she saw was a nude tall girl with her legs wide open and maya had her pussy open right in front of her eyes. Maya was like auughhh, whats this. More than the girl Maya was looking at the expression of guys in other rooms which were visible thru the window and she was like baap re yeh toh saare ke saare ghus gaye hai isme. Maya came out immediately. "Arre kuch bhhi hai yeh toh" Maya said. "Ok let me try now" I said and entered. "Enthu toh dekho iska" Hemal and Maya started laughing. Usually the light turns on after a minute but when I went the light didnt turn on, probably because there was change of girl in between and the time went beyond 2 mins. Hemal opened the door and said "Kya aaj yahi raat bitaaega kya:D" We laughed and came out. Now it was time to check aggy boy status. We went to same coffee shop where he was playing with Amisu and Ruchi. This time the game had changed as they were playing with juices and fanta. "Jao ghumke aao" Said Ruchi with a smiling face. Mayatin turned towards Hemal. "Time for strip club" he said with a naughty look. We both nodded with a naughty look too. Now this club was located right next to the coffee shop. With a 10 euro entry we entered the club. Again this was a pretty decent place but crowded. I was holding on to Maya so that she doesnt get lost amidst the crowd. We stood behind. The bar table was not too far from us, say a mtr away. Sexy. smoking hot gurlz were dancing on the desk. Giving lap dance to people. One of the girl was wearing a thong. And the guy with whom she was playing around had already gone pink. She was insisting him to spank her nice and hard and was shying away. Mere haathon mein khujli ho rahi thhi :D:D But he did spank her but gently. Then he held his head facing upwards on the deks. With notes in his mouth, the girl came slowly down who was standing on top of his face and just brushed herself against his mouth. Yeah yeah he shouted and was ecstatic. Now there was another guy sitting on chair in front of Maya and me. he waived with 20 euro note towards a girl and she came over. She was damm sexy. golden smooth silky straight hair, breasts round so as to define the shape round, looked soft. Thighs and legs tonned to perfection. Arse soft enought to go and spank nice and make them red to engrave ur fingerprints. And tummy so flat that even a flat pan would be shy off. She came and sat on the guys lap. The guys was completely completely engrossed in her. He lifted his hands to touch her breasts, feel the nipples. Maya and me were standing right behind him. Maya was looking at the guy with her head tilted 45 degrees. The girl lifted her legs, held the boy with his head, pulled him close towards her and placed his head right in between her breasts. oooohhhhh, I was like, oo la la...Then the boy kissed the girls breasts, felt them, took his head behind, closed his eyes and looked upwards as if he just had a puff of smoke. Looking at his expressions Maya started laughing out loud. Looking at Maya the guys around us started laughing and me and Hemal followed suit. So basically apart from the boy and stripped girl all of us were laughing. This certainly didnt go down well with the girl and she gave a very staunch look to Maya, the guy was still in cloud number 9 :D So just to avoid a situation we came out from the club laughing again. crazy people, crazy time. Now it was almost 2 AM and Agastya was still playing "The one who finishes the JUICE last is the winner" game. At times children have a game of their own.We ended the game as we finished seeing other games and it was time to return back to room and relax. So this was all about the out of box experience we had about Amsterdam night life. Trust me, this may be a bit weird to read but that was a very raunchy and erotic experience for both of us.