#Black Magic Specialist Pay After Work

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Im not finished with Carlos fully but he looks good enough for right now ( he’s 22 in this picture here)

I changed Carlos and Evie up, so now Evie is a vain witch like her mother who is fashionable but she doesn’t sew her own stuff. ( which is for the better cse wtf was that ugly ass dress she made for Mal in D2???)

Carlos considers himself to be a very expensive person and can be pretty big germaphobe. He hates getting anything on his clothes and he refuses to wear the school uniforms at Auradon Uni because they’re ugly. He wears lots of black white grey and red, with gold accents usually. He does theme around dog associated items like gold bone cutlets, paw print lapel chains, and a tennis ball brooch. He often wears red gloves and his favorite shoes are his collection of red bottom dress shoes. He likes hiding red on the interlining of his clothes too, such as his jackets and hats and vests.

A lot of his own person style is derived from 1990s London fashion ( as the artist that means I get my references from the 1996 101 Dalmatians live action movie, the styling of Cruela in that movie is ICONIC AND IMACULATE, and I MUST reference her for Carlos.

PURRRR

Of course he wears REAL animal print. And he’s not a weak touch me not prick like some think. He’s still tech savvy and does Anyalitics and specs for the core four. He also loves GUNS 😄. Think of him like a sharp shooter who stays in the back of turf wars and snipes people. The isle doesn’t have many marks men ( they all really like swords for some reason) so he’s pretty dangerous. He builds his own weapons too.

His passion started out as a way for him to collect his own furs but Harry gets him most of what he needs plus he always needs Carlos to redo his wardrobe ( he gets… messy… after a couple days work) Carlos hates that Harry ruins his creations so fast but he pays him well and gifts him rare fabrics and samples from Auradon.

Because Carlos has no magic Mal always underestimates him. She sees him as only a stylist and ranged weapon specialist. Even tho she acknowledges him for his wit and tech skills she still doesn’t listen to him. Sometimes he wishes he could stay with Harry but then he’d have to do more work up front. Harry understood what Carlos was capable of and respected him a lot. What Harry doesn’t understand is that not everybody likes to be covered head to toe in hot sticky blood 24/7. Harry had also promised him a suite on his boat that nobody else was allowed to occupy, but even if Harry’s crew feared HARRY they wouldn’t mind having an attitude with CARLOS for preferential treatment, even if it is what he deserves 🙄

Harry and Carlos’s relationship is the definition of there are two wolves inside you. Carlos smokes and drinks but he’s more of a Marlboro and Merlot type of guy and Harry’s a Rum and Cigar kinda lad. ( I’m using cartoon logic and say that those habits are purely aesthetic based of iconography from the original Disney moves, Cruella smokes and Capt. Hook smokes two cigars at once)

Carols isn’t really scared of dogs anymore but when he arrives at Auradon he “befriends” his roommate Chad ( now an animal lover like his mother) who has pet rats and a entourage of wild animals constantly in their dorm, and threatens to shoot and skin them all every single day to make a new line of coats ( when Chad rebuttals that his rats are too small to make coats, Carlos says they’d make the perfect fuzzy gloves 💀) He also uses Chad as a living mannequin for his designs. They have a goofy relationship with each other, Carlos does make Chad do all the dirty work of skinning and draining the animals he hunts but despite how traumatic that is Carlos is a fun sweet guy so it’s okay 💀💀💀.

Jay is jelly of Carlos due to his closeness with Harry. ( I guess the way to Jays heart and respect is by holding him at sword point and threatening to gut him and hang him by those very guts over shark infested waters and watch them nibble away at him 💀)

Next I’ll find up Carlos and do some fit designs then I’ll redesign Jay and tell that gutting story 😛

[clar-a-m]

Here's a bunch of sketches for an imodna zookeeper au i've had in mind for a while

WARNING please don't get mad at me about made up bug facts, those spiders have legs coming out of their butts for god's sake

If you're curious about more details about this au i'm putting them under the cut!

Most of the gang works at Mr. Eshteross’ zoo. Modern AU but does not take place on Earth, it’s Exandria but not really.

Magic is very limited and very rare. Most people don’t ever have any interaction with magic their entire lives and there’s not much knowledge about it in general, so there’s a lot of superstition about it.

All the different races exist as normal.

The real magic about this place is that there’s reliable and affordable public transport, and it’s a very walkable place, lots of people go around on bicycles and stuff. Using this AU to fulfill my dreams. (Imogen bikes to work!!)

The zoo is about to open a new exhibition about bugs, arachnids & maybe other creepy stuff. Laudna is hired to be in charge of this new branch of the zoo, and Imogen is assigned to help her put it all together and introduce her to the rest of the zoo. Their relationship develops and they KISS at some point (!!!)

They were both outcasts and very lonely because of their powers, and through each other begin to be more open and appreciate life a bit more.

Lots of fluff and good vibes!! Cute scenes with cute animals!! Not a whole lot of angst!! Maybe a bit sexy!! Why not!!

Imogen: has been working at the zoo for 2 years. Loves working with the animals and appreciates the fact that she doesn’t have to deal with too many people at a time.

Grew up working in her father’s farm, raising horses and other farm animals. Fell in love with it and decided to pursue it as a career.

Is an Animal Trainer, in charge of mostly mammals at the zoo. Keeps the enclosures clean, feeds the animals and trains them so it’s easier to do health checkups and such when needed. Also in charge of monitoring their health (brushing their teeth, weigh-ins, etc.)

Still has her powers, but more limited:

Lightning scars

Telekinesis

Telepathy (still has to block out people’s thoughts)

Dancing lights

Shocking grasp (can get as powerful as a stun gun)

*Still has bad dreams but nothing too special about it.

Is in charge of helping Laudna, the newcomer, develop the new bugs & other creepy things exhibition.  

Despite having been working at the zoo for a long time, is not very close with the rest of Bells Hells. They’re nice and she likes them but she’s a bit too hesitant to get close to people because of her powers (her backstory is about the same as canon). She begins to feel more comfortable getting closer to them after spending time with Laudna.

Only exception is Fearne. She’s very curious about Imogen and very insistent, so they end up being besties.

Laudna’s thoughts are like music and all that. Imogen finally meets someone who’s like her, and who’s even had a harder time than her but still is so full of joy. Imogen can’t help but want to know more about her, she wants to cherish the spark the she sees in Laudna.  

Sees Eshteross as a bit of a father figure. (maybe he helped her settle in after moving to Jrusar??)

Laudna: got hired at the zoo as the creepy things specialist, also just moved into the city.

Is used to moving around a lot, spent a lot of time living in the woods. Loved to pay close attention to what the little creatures where doing.

Formally graduated recently but has been taking notes in the field for a very long time (at least a decade?)

Still is undead and has some magic:

Looks half dead, has elongated limbs and fingers, black ichor, etc.

Fragile body but can easily pop back into place

Dark vision

Unsettling presence

Can siphon the energy of living things (could make a person pass out, or just make things colder)

Pâté is her actual pet rat, he has a condition that makes him look half dead too.

Very reluctant to make friends (has only really had imaginary ones until now). Expects everyone to just be scared of her and drive her away like they always do, but Imogen is a kindred spirit and helps her feel comfortable enough to open up.

As time moves on, gets close to Ashton and Fearne before getting close to the rest of BH?

Fearne: she and Mister are from the Feywild but no one really believes that, the Feywild is just folklore to most people. BH are not sure if they believe her or not because she is like that but she also likes to just make shit up on occasion.

Has an Only Fans

The zoo offered to take Mister in because no place would allow Fearne to raise a flaming monkey that could commit arson at any time, in exchange, Fearne can come to the zoo whenever she likes with no charge, and is allowed to bring a couple of people with her if she wants.

Comes to the zoo every day to spend time with Mister and loves hanging out with BH

Since she helps take care of Mister, she is allowed in some of the staff only spaces

There are rumors that she sometimes shapeshifts into an animal and sneaks into their enclosures, but that can’t be true right? One of the animal handlers is sure they saw an extra quokka one time but they were all cuddling together while sleeping so they must have been mistaken right?

Likes to chat with Imogen whenever she can find her. If Fearne sees Imogen working inside of one of the enclosures, she stares at her intently from the other side of it until Imogen makes a mental connection with her. They can talk mentally while Imogen works.

Imogen thinks it’s a bit awkward at first, but appreciates the company during boring tasks like cleaning empty enclosures. From the perspective of other visitors, it’s just this beautiful & weird lady watching one of the employees working alone in an empty enclosure for a long time.

Fearne tells Laudna about this at some point and Laudna occasionally watches Imogen work from a distance hoping she makes a mental connection with her as well (Laudna gets startled the first time Imogen talks into her mind like this because she wasn’t expecting she was really gonna do it. Imogen thinks she is very cute)

Gets invested in Imogen’s and Laudna’s relationship. Wingmans but tries not to push them too hard.

Sees the similarities between the two of them and hopes they can make each other less lonely.

Eshteross: owner of the zoo. Worked for the in-universe equivalent of the IBAMA (the Brazilian institute, look it up I guess) for years, fighting against illegal deforestation and animal trafficking. Opened the zoo with the inherited money of Mistress Prudaj, with the goal of educating people about wildlife, helping rescued animals and reintroducing them into the wild when possible.

Evelyn is his right-hand person and second in command at the zoo.  Worked with him during his last few years at the Nature Protection Institute Place. After he retired, Eshteross invited her to come make the zoo a reality.

Is very particular about the people he hires to work at the zoo. He has seen a lot of cruelty during his time at the Nature Protection Institute Place, so he only hires people he really trusts, people who he knows love the animals very deeply. 

Chetney: the zoo’s handy man. Is in charge of fixing, building and breaking things down. Makes lots of wooden things for the animals.

FCG: zoo’s veterinarian & rehab specialist.

Ashton & Orym: part of the zoo’s security team

anyway that's it. i'm not gonna write a fic about this or anything, i'm not a writer, but it was super fun to come up with all of these! If you like any of this feel free to do whatever with it i guess?

thanks for reading!

[rychillacases]

Continuing my series of doing these for my main characters, I have Charlys up next. She's an old friend of Yaetherim, they've known each other since they were younglings. Like him, she's a forest fairy who grew up in Riala Village and became a forest protector. She currently holds the rank of Protector Captain.

(Art by Pamonyaart.)

Usually black tea with sweetener, fruit juice or mead, depending on the time of day. She doesn't like to drink tea after lunchtime, and usually goes lightly on the mead.

Charlys likes to keep herself clean. She'll usually wipe herself down with a cloth and water before going to bed. When doing so, she pays particular attention to her wings.

As a forest fairy, Charlys doesn't really have a disposable income per se. Fairy villages are very communal, especially those further away from human influence. So instead of currency, they trade in favours. Charlys usually offers crossbow lessons, in exchange for what she needs. She's an expert shot with a crossbow, able to hit a pinecone from 1/4 mile away every time.

Not yet. Although forest protectors are needed, it's mostly to safeguard the forest against poachers. There's peace between the Fairies and Rychillans, so combat is fortunately rare. It also helps that Charlys is a crossbow specialist, so most of her fighting is at a distance.

It was stress-related, and just after the arrest of the Rychillan who attacked Yaetherim. Turns out it was a mage from the college of mages, which is located in a clearing in North Alken Forest. Charlys is the commander of the protectors who look after this part of the forest. Following this arrest, not many protectors wanted to patrol this area. After all, some of the other mages could also be murderous. As someone who cares about her job, the stress of trying to cover what was needed with a dwindling number of protectors got to her.

An only child. As a result of this, she's formed close friendships with others in the village, and works to keep those friendships going.

Charlys usually wears flip-flops. Plain ones, without any needless adornment. When she lands near Yaetherim, she'll usually make sure they slap down onto wherever she's landing. It's so he's not startled.

Her hut isn't particularly neat nor messy. She tries to keep it neat, but often doesn't have the time.

Her birthday, mainly due to the traditional meditation. As a nokind, she has no magic. She's come a long way in spite of that, and enjoys reflecting on it.

When on duty, she'll usually carry a crossbow and about 20 bolts for it. Fortunately, she's never needed that many at once.

So my problem with most ‘get to know your character’ questioneers is that they’re full of questions that just aren’t that important (what color eyes do they have) too hard to answer right away (what is their greatest fear) or are just impossible to answer (what is their favorite movie.)  Like no one has one single favorite movie. And even if they do the answer changes.

If I’m doing this exercise, I want 7-10 questions to get the character feeling real in my head. So I thought I’d share the ones that get me (and my students) good results: 

What is the character’s go-to drink order? (this one gets into how do they like to be publicly perceived, because there is always some level of theatricality to ordering drinks at a bar/resturant)

What is their grooming routine? (how do they treat themselves in private)

What was their most expensive purchase/where does their disposable income go? (Gets you thinking about socio-economic class, values, and how they spend their leisure time)

Do they have any scars or tattoos? (good way to get into literal backstory) 

What was the last time they cried, and under what circumstances? (Good way to get some *emotional* backstory in.) 

Are they an oldest, middle, youngest or only child? (This one might be a me thing, because I LOVE writing/reading about family dynamics, but knowing what kinds of things were ‘normal’ for them growing up is important.)

Describe the shoes they’re wearing. (This is a big catch all, gets into money, taste, practicality, level of wear, level of repair, literally what kind of shoes they require to live their life.)

Describe the place where they sleep. (ie what does their safe space look like. How much (or how little) care / decoration / personal touch goes into it.)

What is their favorite holiday? (How do they relate to their culture/outside world. Also fun is least favorite holiday.) 

What objects do they always carry around with them? (What do they need for their normal, day-to-day routine? What does ‘normal’ even look like for them.) 

[lilyofthevvlley]

( amita suman. she & they. demi woman. ) the courts of veritas welcome CHAINIKA GIRI! it’s been said that the 26 year old SIREN is known to be CONFIDENT and SADISTIC. when NIKA isn’t working as a SPECIALIST AT HELPING FINS, they can be found participating in PLOTTING OTHERS’ DEMISE. if you visit their home in ECHO COVE, it may remind you of the thorns hidden in rose bushes, broken mirror shards, long stiletto nails, liking animals more than people, names crossed angrily off a list, the feeling of a shadow over your shoulder, those tiktoks about “feminine rage”, having nothing to lose. they may be your best friend or your greatest enemy.

she knew herself how she had slowly, over years become a cat a wolf a snake anything but a girl. how she had wrung out her girlhood like death.

trigger warnings ;; death, grief (explicit) murder (implied)

CHARACTER BASICS

Full Name: chainika devna giri

Nickname: nika

Age: 26

Gender: demi woman

Pronouns: she & they

Ethnicity: nepali-caucasian

Nationality: veritean

Education: schooling on the island

Occupation: specialist at helping fins

Hometown: echo cove

Current location: echo cove

Species: nika is a siren, a subspecies of merfolk

Written Aesthetics: the thorns hidden in rose bushes, broken mirror shards, long stiletto nails, liking animals more than people, names crossed angrily off a list, the feeling of a shadow over your shoulder, those tiktoks about “feminine rage”, having nothing to lose

CHARACTER APPEARANCE 

Face Claim: amita suman

Height: 5'6

Hair Colour: black

Eye Colour: brown

Dominant Hand: right

Distinguishing Features: her impressively long hair, bioluminescent skin, and deep purple merfolk features

SUPERNATURAL EXTRAS 

Abilities: vocal mimicry, bioluminescence, tactile hypnosis

Weaknesses: bronze daggers dipped in victims blood, heightened emotions, magical boundaries

Have you always been aware of your abilities?: yes, nika was born knowing, and has practiced controlling it since.

Favorite Magical Items: nika and their sister had matching necklaces, each with one shell from the same clam. the necklace could control their siren abilities, making it safe to live their lives as they wanted. she now wears both necklaces at all times.

What supernatural creature is your character most scared of?: wixen.

Who or what would they die for? justice. revenge.

Does your character fight or flee? fight and fight and fight.

PERSONALITY

Positive Traits: confident, driven, analytical

Negative Traits: sadistic, short-sighted, closed-off

Neutral Traits: powerful, independent, seductive

Goals/desires: making the people who killed her sister pay.

Fears: she's gotten to be pretty fearless. the worst thing that could happen to them has already happened. what's left to fear?

Hobbies: plotting others demise? but also - reading.

Habits: combing their fingers through the ends of her hair, chewing on her tongue.

CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT Q’S

your answers to these questions do not have to be in depth, though of course they can be! they’re just here to help you grasp your character a little more, as well as for me to get an understanding ! 

QUESTION ONE: were you born on the island, if so, what kind of curiosities do you have about the world beyond? if you weren’t, what do you miss about the world outside veritas isles? 

nika was born on the island, but she also travelled a lot after losing her sister. because of this, they don't particularly miss anything about either world. having lived on a deserted island for a few years as an escape from their own grief, she missed people, but now that chainika's back in veritas, they can't help but long for the solitude again.

QUESTION TWO: what is your favorite part about the island? 

currently? nothing. previously? the jaw-dropping beauty of her surroundings.

QUESTION THREE: if your character is supernatural, do they fear humans? if human, do they fear the supernatural? 

they are supernatural, but chainika doesn't fear humans. in fact, for the time they spent on a deserted island, many humans fell prey to her siren abilities.

QUESTION FOUR: share a fun headcanon or fact about your character! this doesn’t have to be long, just something to introduce us to your character! 

chainika loves animals. she waded into the stormy ocean, fighting riptides and sharp rainfall against her scales whenever she surfaced to bring a struggling sea lion back to shore, where she nursed it back to health using things they found on the island. upon returning to veritas, they got a job at helping fins and she's finally found another purpose.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 

due to her sister's relationship with a coldwell, chainika's sister met a fatal end. in the years since nika lost her, she disappeared from veritas isle. making a new home on a deserted island where she could finally embrace her own nature, drawing men to their own violent ends as penance for the loss of her best friend. however, the vengeance wasn't enough. she was taking lives, but none of them meant anything. they returned to the island recently, having plotted multiple means of revenge on the coldwell family.

[noxcorvorum]

(most of these are horror podcasts) (essay incoming)

Hello from the Hallowoods is about survival and family at the end of the world and is full of queer characters (and is also almost completely voiced by one person!) There are characters such as:

Nikignik (he/they), 100 eyes in the dark, our lovely omnipresent eldritch narrator

Diggory Graves (they/them), a nonbinary Frankensteins creature with knife hands, a spiky black jacket, and SO much gender, I cry almost every time I think about them bc I love them so much (they also have 6 older siblings who are also nonbinary Frankensteins creatures who come into play later)

Percy Reed (he/him), a trans ghost who was spiritually bound to a piano made with his bones and has some electric powers (there's a scene with Diggory and Percy dancing together at the bottom of a lake and it is everything to me)

Lady Ethel Mallory (she/her), the gaslight gatekeep girlboss marketing specialist for an evil company who keeps trying to take over nikigniks broadcast, also she's supernaturally tall and keeps giant flies as pets

Walt Pensive (he/him), the asexual groundskeeper for the Hallowoods with tired dad energy, is another character I cry about bc I love him so much

Polly (he/him), is a devil with floral suits and a magic eye umbrella and kind of coparents Mort at this point

Yaretzi (she/her), is a starwolf who's original task was to kill Polly, now she pretty much coparents Mort with Polly

Mort (he/him), a revenant(?) composed of a red chrome body with a lobster claw for a hand and a dome full of dark water with a skull floating in the middle with green fire for eyes. He named himself after the first thing he saw when he woke up which was a mortuary. He was intended to be a bodyguard for Polly but he tries to make friends with everyone and everything he meets (he did befriend a zombieish seagull and he named him Bert)

Olivier Song (he/she/they, switches generally by episode), a genderfluid storm witch

There's so so many more amazing characters it's such a good podcast and it's over 100 episodes and still going!

The Hyacinth Disaster is a scifi thriller found footage podcast set in space in 2151, when the area around the asteroid belt has been colonized. It's about a crew of 6 on a ship meant for 53 racing against the clock to ransom back their sister ship, the Corvus, bc corporate ordered them to go into another company's territory and they got caught. The Hyacinth is at the asteroid Saniss 130991 to obtain scans of valuable material with which to pay the ransom, and has turned off their locator beacons and are running with less-than-optimal gear bc corporate won't pay the ransom, and the crew of the Hyacinth will at the very least lose their jobs if they get caught. The crew of the Hyacinth is:

Con (he/him), the captain, Blue's brother and Finch's husband, he's not the best at captaining but he's incredibly loyal so he manages to keep a competent crew. He's been friends with Ember, the captain of the Corvus, for a while

Blue (she/her), the comms monitor, captain of her own ship the Sibirica, and part-time engineer. She loves blowing things up. She has epic rants about the corporate and the weird stuff happening on the asteroid

Argus (he/him), exosuit 7, he's been all around, worked a ton of different jobs, and still finds space fascinating. He keeps lucky c4. He loves pranking people with Grimm. He's pretty jovial and upbeat. He's one of my favorites :)

Grimm (he/him), exosuit 4, has also been all around and worked a bunch of different jobs, and finds space to be overrated. He and Argus love pranking people, including each other. He bought his own exosuit. He hates timer detonators and also spiders. He's seen the 'incoming missile' sensor he added to his exosuit go off at least twice. He's my other favorite :)

Finch (she/her), seismologist and engineer, Con's wife, she likes making bets and puns. "There's no problem in the world that can't be solved with the careful application of high explosives." Excited to finally hear a Blue Rant that Grimm has told her all about.

Dreadnought (he/him), exosuit 2, the surveyor who originally surveyed the asteroid they're at. He's the youngest on the crew at 24, and also the only one of the crew who wasn't born on earth. All of them are strangers except for Finch. He's pretty inexperienced, but is doing his best.

The Hyacinth Disaster has a ton of great quotes (I made one of them my senior quote) and fantastic sound design, but there is some prevalent static at certain points, especially with most of Dreadnought's lines (his exo's radio is kinda busted), and there are a few extended loud noises (kind of a squeal-y static) in the first few episodes, though there is a countdown for them (Con says to lock comms and counts down from 5, though we don't hear him say 2 or 1.) and if I remember correctly they don't last more than 20 seconds or so.

You know that post that's like "a casual fan is like yeah I like donuts but you look over to the unhinged fan and they're building a house out of donuts" yeah that's me I'm the unhinged fan one of my chosen names is partially a reference to this podcast I've overanalyzed the hell out of it please listen to it I need more people to talk about it with

Malevolent is a horror podcast set in Arkham, Massachusetts in the 1930s. We follow a private investigator, Arthur Lester, and the eldritch voice in his head. (This podcast also has one voice actor)

Episode 1 opens with Arthur coming to on the floor of his office, and immediately notices 3 problems. 1) he's blind, 2) he has no memories, and 3) there's a weird voice in his head. A fourth problem quickly presents itself in that the corpse of his business partner is on the floor, and the voice says Arthur killed him. The next thing they do is investigate why there's a voice in his head, if separating them is a possibility, and encountering various horrors along the way, with the Entity acting as Arthur's eyes. (When I was first listening I was like oh I gotta think of a name for this guy for my little listening notes and I called him Viridian bc I thought it sounded suitably cool and mysterious and then ten minutes later next episode he got a name and it was John Doe) Arthur is constantly attacked by the horrors. Also you probably don't want to listen to it out loud bc Arthur constantly makes questionable noises and also has questionably homoerotic interactions with several characters.

There's another character who comes into play later named Kayne (he definitely made that name up on the spot) who is causing problems on purpose and I love him for it

Also Arthur and John are regularly in situations where a possible solution is murder, and the eldritch horror is not the one who says they should do it. Arthur and John swear a lot, Arthur especially, and John constantly says Arthur's name.

Among the Stars and Bones is a scifi horror podcast I found when I was looking for more like Hyacinth. The format is mission reports sent back to the company as a large team of scientists investigates an abandoned alien settlement. Some of my favorite characters are:

Dr. Celia Pannella (they/them), head of xenobiology and xenoanthropology

Kathy Winters (she/her), Dr. Pannella's second in command

Ben Kelleher (he/him), head of xenoarchaeology

And Harry Kowalski (he/him), someone from the technology department with a very good understanding of the alien tech

The White Vault is a found footage horror podcast (my favorite seasons are the first two so that's what I'm going to talk about, but the others are great too). It is multilingual, with the characters speaking and/or writing in their native languages, with an english voiceover. Season one follows a repair team sent to Outpost Fristed in Svalbard, with season two their continued encounters with the horrors.

Graham Casner (he/him), the Russian-Canadian survival guide. He speaks pretty quietly but he knows what to do about polar bears (he's one of my favorites)

Karina Schumacher-Weiß (she/her), the German geologist. She's there because the company is scanning the surrounding area for geological makeup and stuff, but they can't get a read on a particular area (also one of my favorites)

Rosa de la Torre (she/her), the Mexican doctor, just in case someone needs medical attention. It's the Arctic during the polar night, anything could happen and they're a ways away from the nearest settlement, Ny-Alesund

Jónas Þorirsson (he/him), the Icelandic representative of the company that sent them, Sidja Group. Most of his personal notes are planning for his daughters' birthday party

Walter Heath (he/him), the English repair technician. He's kind of a jerk sometimes, but it's also kind of warranted given the situation and the horrors??? He also swears the most

Also all of these fools drink coffee like it's water

Seasons 3 and 4 follow a different group investigating petroglyphs found in Patagonia (I swear it's relevant) with 3 as their introduction and 4 as the running-from-the-horrors, and season 5 brings back some things from season 1.

Dark Dice is a dnd podcast with the cast of The White Vault so they could meet each other bc they're spread around a couple different countries. The first season follows a group of people trying to retrieve the children stolen from their village by the horrors for a ritual or something.

It has Rowena Granitepike, a dwarven bard, Father Sindri Westpike, a dwarven cleric and Rowena's cousin, Iaus Innskeep, a tiefling rogue, Flygia of Zarketh, a tiefling druid, Sister Tsavorite Cavernsfall, a dwarven paladin, and Soren Arkwright, a human ranger (I find it funny that the ranger is the only one without darkvision and he's also the tallest in the party at five foot nine). There's some great quotes and some absolutely Wild happenings due to the dice and magic items. For example:

"Father, bitchslap him again." while interrogating an NPC, immediately followed by Soren getting handed the NPCs glasses and yeeting them into the woods and then having to go find them again

Iaus saying he's seen worse in response to every situation ever

The party being chronically unable to keep a decent watch in which no one disappears or gets hurt

Westpike: "we're gonna walk a nice big radius around the evil death building" Dm: "and thus the dungeon master skipped five pages of this adventure."

Ghost Wax has similar vibes to season 1 of The Magnus Archives, it's kind of a monster of the week situation except the main guy actually knows what he's doing and is already eldritch. We have Owen Voncid, some sort of eldritch immortal being as the Reclaimer, who takes stories from the dead by temporarily reawakening them in order to learn what killed them, and Owen's assistant Luca, who is a big pop culture nerd. It also has Owen not knowing human things, like what valentines day is, and dealing with the horrors. Yeah

My favourite way of choosing podcast to listen to is seeing people being batshit crazy, extremely enthusiastic, writing serious interpretations and silly posts about it, posting fanart, etc.

So, audio drama folks, please reblog this and write me some amazing stuff about your favourite podcasts. It can be honest recommendation! Maybe some blorbo thoughts about your fav character! Or deep reflection about themes and motifs! Whatever you would like to share with someone but didn’t have a chance to. Don’t worry about me knowing what you talking about, just pure your little podcast heart for me, pretty please. (And of course as always official podcast accounts are welcome to join!)

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Black Magic Mantra

यह काला जादू बर्बाद कर देती है दुश्मनों को! ब्लैक मैजिक

Black Magic  का नाम सामने आते ही भारत का बंगाल राज्य दिमाग में घूमने लगता है। लेकिन आपको जानकर हैरानी होगी कि भारत से ज्यादा काला जादू का उपयोग अफ्रीका में होता है। अफ्रीका का काला जादू वूडू नाम से जाना जाता है। इसकी मुख्य विशेषता है इसमें इस्तेमाल होने वाले जानवरों के शरीर के हिस्से व पुतले। जिनका लोग सालों से उपयोग करते आ रहे हैं। सामान्य लोगों के लिए आज भी ये विद्या एक रहस्य है। आप आपको काला जादू से जुड़े रहस्य बताने जा रहे हैं। लखनऊ के तंत्र और काला जादू में पारंगत सोमनाथ पुरोहित ने बताया की ब्लैक मैजिक सीखने के लिए व्यक्ति को विशेष प्रार्थना और पूजा पाठ करनी पड़ती है। कड़ी तपस्या के बाद ही यह सिद्धि प्राप्त होती है। इस विधा को कई लोग अन्धविश्वास मानते हैं मगर काला जादू स�� है। यह तंत्र विद्या से जुड़ा है।

गुड़िया में जान डाल देता है काला जादू सोमनाथ पुरोहित ने बताया की तंत्र विज्ञान के अनुसार, यह एक बहुत ही दुर्लभ प्रक्रिया है जिसे बहुत ही विशेष परिस्थितियों में अंजाम दिया जाता है। इसे करने के लिए उच्च स्तर की विशेषज्ञता की जरूरत होती है।कुछ ही लोग इसे करने में सक्षम होते हैं। इस प्रक्रिया में गुड़िया जैसी मूर्ति का इस्तेमाल होगा है। यह गुड़िया कई तरह की खाने की चीजों जैसे बेसन, उड़द के आटे आदि से बनाया जाता है। इसमें विशेष मंत्रों से जान डाली जाती है। उसके बाद जिस व्यक्ति पर जादू करना होता है उसका नाम लेकर पुतले को जागृत किया जाता है। काला जादू यानि वुड मान्यता है की 1847 में एरजूली डेंटर नाम की वूडू देवी एक पेड़ पर अवतरित हुई थी। उसे सुंदरता और प्यार की देवी माना जाता था। यहां उसने कई लोगों की बीमारियां और परेशानियां अपने जादू से दूर कर दी। एक कैथोलिक पादरी को यह सब पंसद नहीं आया, उसने इसे ईशनिंदा करार देकर उस पेड़ के तने को काट डालने का आदेश दिया। इसके बाद में स्थानीय लोगों ने यहां देवी की मूर्ति बनाई और पूजा करने लगे।

किया जाता है जानवरों के अंगों का उपयोग वूडू में मुख्य तौर पर जानवरों के अंगो का इस्तेमाल किया जाता है। इसमें जानवरों के अंगों से समस्या समाधान का दावा किया जाता है। इस जादू से पूर्वजों की आत्मा किसी शरीर में बुलाकर भी अपना काम करवा सकते हैं। इसके अलावा दूर बैठे इंसान के रोग व परेशानी के इलाज के लिए पुतले का भी उपयोग किया जाता है। वूडू जानने वालों का मानना है कि इस धरती पर मौजूद हर जीव शक्ति से परिपूर्ण है। इसलिए उनकी ऊर्जा का उपयोग करके बीमारियों को ठीक किया जा सकता है। वूडू में जानवरो जैसे की बंदर, मगरमच्छ, बकरी, ऊंट, लंगूर, छिपकली, तेंदुए आदि के अंग उपयोग में लाए जाते हैं।

Black Magic Mantra क्या होता है? जानकारों का मानना है ये जादू और कुछ नहीं बस एक बंच ऑफ एनर्जी है। जो एक स्थान से दूसरे स्थान तक भेजा जाता है या कहें एक इंसान के द्वारा दूसरे इंसान पर भेजा जाता है। इसे लॉ ऑफ़ कंज़र्वेशन ऑफ़ एनर्जी से समझा जा सकता है।हिंदी में कहा जाए तो ऊर्जा को न ही पैदा किया जा सकता है और न ही इसे खत्म किया जा सकता है।सिर्फ इसके स्वरूप को दूसरे स्वरूप मे बदला जा सकता है। यदि ऊर्जा का सकारात्मक इस्त���माल है, तो नकारात्मक इस्तेमाल भी है। सनातन धर्म का अथर्व��ेद सिर्फ सकारात्मक और नकारात्मक चीजों के लिए ऊर्जाओं के इस्तेमाल को ही समर्पित है। आपको यह समझना होगा कि ऊर्जा सिर्फ ऊर्जा होती है, वह न तो दैवीय होती है, न शैतानी। आप उससे कुछ भी बना सकते हैं – देवता या शैतान। यह बिजली की तरह होती है। क्या बिजली दैवीय या शैतानी, अच्छी या बुरी होती है? जब वह आपके घर को रोशन करती है, तो वह दिव्य होती है।

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Wizards Hearts Smut Recs: Power Dynamics

Wizards Hearts was a four-month-long Drarry reading fest. Players were given a playing deck of 52 tropes, and were asked to find 52 different fics to read and comment on to fill their decks. To prevent the same few fics from being read, fics were restricted to only being used for the game three times before being considered ineligible for further points. The tropes and submissions list can be found here. Players could opt in to an additional suit of 13 cards, all themed around various popular smut tropes.

Check out the masterlist of fics for this trope below the cut!

📜 You open always (petal by petal) by birdsofshore Rated:  Explicit Words:  65214 Tags: Post War, Rent Boy!Draco, Down-And-Out!Draco, Grimmauld Place, House magic, Portraits, First Times, Antagonism, Hurt/Comfort, Coming Out, Pining, Angst, UST, Kissing, Frotting, Blow Jobs, Rimming, Intergluteal Sex, Anal Sex, Homophobic Slurs And Attitudes, Internalised Homophobia, Derogatory Attitudes To Sex Workers, Some Mentions Of Sadistic Violence, Brief Thoughts Of Sexual Activity With A Sleeping Partner, Rough Sex, Brief Mention Of Harry With A Woman (Past Relationship), Mentions Of Dubious Consent In Connection With Sex Work, Community: hd_erised, Inexperienced Harry, Top Harry Potter, House Elves, Masturbation Summary:  Harry’s not the kind of person who pays for sex. He really isn’t. Until he is. ❤️ Read on AO3

📜 The Gift  by magpie_fngrl Rated:  Explicit Words:  26069 Tags: Writer Draco Malfoy, Voyeurism, Sharing, Dildos, Blindfolds, Internalized Homophobia, Homophobic Language, Captive Prince Darker Themes: please see chapter notes, Bondage, Discipline, Sensation Play, Semi-Public Sex, Past Harry Potter/Ginny Weasley, Lack of aftercare in one instance, Explicit Sexual Content Summary:  "‘You’ll give me an hour of your time and I’ll take your thoughts and your worries. You’ll let me take control; dictate your actions. One hour where you’ll blindly obey me—in return for… distraction. ’"Or, in which Draco is a writer struggling with his first novel, Harry is worried about something he won't reveal, and they both try to figure out how to put their tangled past behind them and move on. ❤️ Read on AO3

📜 I'll never be your chosen one by Andithiel Rated:  Explicit Words:  15309 Tags: Harry Potter Epilogue What Epilogue | EWE, Hate Sex, Enemies With Benefits, Enemies to Lovers, Denial, Internalized Homophobia, Closeted Harry Potter, Coming Out, Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, Auror Harry Potter, Porn With Plot, Anal Sex, Deepthroating, Bottoming from the Top, Dirty Talk, Switching, Explicit Sexual Content, Light Dom/sub, Did I Mention Angst?, Both my betas are half dead by now Summary:  Draco doesn't know what exactly he’s doing with Potter, he doesn't know how their unspoken agreement even started, and doesn't know where it will end. The only thing he knows is: he's not in love. ❤️ Read on AO3

📜 Succumb or Retreat by MykEsprit Rated:  Explicit Words:  2070 Tags: H/D Food Fair 2018, Rough Sex, Post-Hogwarts, Forbidden Fruit, Light Choke Play, Auror Harry Potter, Morally Grey Harry Potter, Dark Artifacts, Smut Summary:  Draco procures the Forbidden Fruit, and Auror Harry Potter arrives to take it from him. ❤️ Read on AO3

📜 Felt Like This, Touching by p1013 Rated:  Explicit Words:  5035 Tags: Bisexual Harry Potter, Virgin Harry Potter, Enthusiastic Consent, Blow Jobs, Hand Jobs, Snogging, Sexually Confident Draco Malfoy, Finger Sucking, Pining, Porn with Feelings, Banter, POV Draco Malfoy Summary:  It's an obsession now, these Friday night forays into the Muggle world. It takes Draco a while to realise that Potter doesn't mean anything with his casual flirtations. The man is having fun with his friends, and if that fun means he becomes more and more physically affectionate with the men, rather than the women, it doesn't seem to dawn on Potter that it's anything out of the ordinary. But Draco notes that Weasley doesn't do the same, nor Longbottom, nor any of the other apparently straight Gryffindors in the group. Only Potter seems to find the opportunity to put his mouth on men's bodies, like it means nothing. Tonight, Draco's sole goal is to be one of those bodies, one of those men. To know, if only for a brief moment, what it feels like to have Potter's touch as something other than pain. ❤️ Read on AO3

📜 Absurd. by Blowfish_Diaries Rated:  Explicit Words:  3773 Tags: Explicit Sexual Content, Office Sex, Auror Harry Potter, POV Draco Malfoy, Snarky Draco Malfoy, Established Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter, Draco Malfoy in Lingerie, Kink Exploration, Bottoming from the Top, Smut, Harry Potter Epilogue What Epilogue | EWE, H/D Sex Fair 2020 Summary:  When Draco discovers a kink that Harry's been hiding from him, he has no choice but to explore said kink, right? Right. ❤️ Read on AO3

📜 Rebuilding Draco Malfoy by khasael Rated:  Explicit Words:  10934 Tags: Glompfest, HP: EWE Summary:  Draco wants to do something to get his life back on track, but no-one seems to be taking him seriously – until he finds himself in an Auror training session led by Harry Potter. ❤️ Read on AO3

📜 in for observation by M0stlyVoid Rated:  Explicit Words:  3566 Tags: Doctor/Patient, Power Imbalance, Healer Draco Malfoy, Auror Harry Potter, Injury, Prostate Milking, Medical Kink, Hand Jobs Summary:  Harry has never in his life been more grateful for a recurring injury. After all, this one landed him in the office of Senior Specialist In Charge Malfoy, and, well, Harry's had a certain Mötley Crüe lyric stuck in his head for weeks now... ❤️ Read on AO3

📜 Whispers by GatewayGirl Rated:  Explicit Words:  17759 Tags: Seduction, Somnophilia, Voyeurism, Dirty Talk, 7th-year, ambiguous consent Summary:  Malfoy whispers. Harry can't resist. ❤️ Read on AO3

📜 Tease by penpenhooray Rated:  Explicit Words:  1875 Tags: Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Alternate Universe - Pureblood Harry, noble harry, high society - Freeform, Flirting, Alpha Harry, Omega Draco, Knotting, Mating, Anal Sex, sex in a bathroom, Harry is an animal when he wants, Draco wants the D, Alpha/Omega, Engagement Summary:  Alpha Harry Potter is Lord of the House of Black and Savior of the Wizarding World. Few things make him lose control. His intended's constant flirtations with other alphas was one. Draco loves it when his alpha loses control. ❤️ Read on AO3

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Eternity

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I know some of you are probably like "What happened to ICBTE bro?" It's in the fanfic cemetery never to be spoken of again <3

But WELCOME to the new multi part fic Eternity where we follow OC's Veronica Rodriguez, Sawyer Holden and Nova Jay throughout their AEW career

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Starring - Tony Khan, Kenny Omega, WARHORSE and of course, the OCs (also a small appearance from Madi Wrenkowski )

Word Count - 2,385

Category - Fluff, friendship, mentions of past romance

Part 1/?

Summary - Sawyer, Veronica and Nova wanted nothing more than to "make it". When they have a chance to main event with TK and Kenny Omega sitting front row, how will it go?

other author's notes - keep in mind, me and @adriii-omega wrote this in a day. there might be spelling mistakes, it might not make sense, trust the process <3 and YES a good portion of this is the ACTUAL match.

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“Yes Bullet Club is for life, but we’re Eternity.”

“Nova, Veronica, Sawyer you’re on in 10!” The producer yelled, knocking on the door of the dressing room. Though it wasn’t a dressing room, more like a closet. “We’ll be there in a second, damn!” Yelled Sawyer, trying to get her gear on in the tiny corner.

“It would be nice if they gave us an actual dressing room like the guys or something.” Veronica mumbled, pulling on her gear pants. Nova and Sawyer agreed. There could be thousands of dressing rooms, but they always got stuck in a janitor’s closet. “Could you imagine all three of us in our own private dressing rooms?” Nova fantasized as she tied her left boot.

The group of three had always had dreams, as small as a dressing room, to as big as being on the greatest stage of them all. But for now, a janitor’s closet, a couple bucks a night, and a high school gym would satisfy them.

“I got extra tips at the diner today so we can go out to eat after the show this time.” Sawyer announced, smiling towards Veronica, who had just told Sawyer about her craving for a milkshake earlier that day. “Oh thank God, the family I babysat for today only paid nine bucks for FIVE hours.” Nova complained, touching up her makeup.

“Nine?!” “Yeah, spoiled little white kids, AGAIN.”

Veronica and Sawyer chuckled, walking out the janitor’s closet, Nova following close behind.

The three friends had so much in common, but were so different. Like Sawyer for example, the tallest of the three and by far the smartest. She wasn’t afraid to take a bump in front of 10 people or 10,000. She would do whatever it took to make sure she ended up as one of the best professional wrestlers of all time.

Veronica, one of the sweetest people you’ll ever meet. Most people would call her a submission specialist, but making someone tap was just all in a day's work for her. She’ll do anything to put on the most entertaining match anyone in the crowd has ever seen, even if it’s acting like she almost died.

Nova however, was definitely a person who was ready to put on a show, taunts, hyping up the crowd and “OMG” moments were her specialty. She has gotten injured doing those special moves, many times, but she always got back up and showed out to put on the best performance.

All three of them had a purpose and decided they would stick together to reach it.

The whole roster was fond of how close they were. Others envied their success on the independent scene - except one of their closest friends, Warhorse. He was going to be on Dynamite tomorrow` to challenge Cody for his TNT Championship, but tonight, he was at the show, watching the trio wrestle.

They were walking closer to the “stage”, when he stopped them. “You will not believe who’s here!” Sawyer groaned, “Jake you know I hate guessing games so can you jus-”

“Tony Khan and Kenny Omega.” Their jaws dropped. “THE owner and EVP OF AEW?” Nova questioned. Veronica’s palms started to get sweaty. “Why are they here? I don’t even want to be here; there is no way the ACTUAL Kenny Omega and Tony Khan are sitting in a high school gym.” She wiped her hands on her pants and crossed them over her chest. “You don’t believe me? Well you guys will see in about an hour or so.” Warhorse smirked.

“We’re going out now, dipshit.” Sawyer insulted. Nova and Veronica laughed, but Warhorse had more to say, “Didn’t you hear? You guys have been bumped to the main event since the rich guys are out there.”

Suddenly calm, cool and collected Sawyer had her jaw to the floor. “Sawyer?” Nova whispered, shaking her friend's shoulder. “I can’t fly high and be energetic for the last 30 minutes of the show! I’ll break something or pass out!”

Veronica giggled at her friend’s nonsense, “You’ll be fine. C’mon, let's go watch the matches.”

Nova, Veronica and Sawyer sat by a monitor, watching the last few matches before their main event match. They were enjoying some of the two newer wrestlers face off when a hand slammed down on a table. They looked up and saw Madi Wrenkowski, fuming.

“They CUT my match so you guys could have your dumb main event.”

Sawyer held back laughter while Veronica spoke up, “Well it’s not our fault, we didn’t find out till five minutes ag-” “You think you’ll be big cause of a few matches? No way. Just stick to the janitor’s closet.” Madi scoffed, storming off.

“A few 5 star matches to be fair!” Nova called out, receiving a high five from her friends. It had been like this for a while, Madi going off on how she was “better”, but mean girls were SO high school.

They all took a deep breath, knowing it was their time to main event.

When the three reached the gorilla position. They saw Warhorse standing by the curtain waiting for them. Everyone was pretty happy that they got the opportunity to perform for someone like Kenny Omega, but deep down inside Veronica, Sawyer, and Nova knew that they deserved to be in the main event spot a long time ago.

“You three are going to kill it.” Warhorse smiled at his friends. He wondered how cool it would be to see them all in AEW at one time. “Thanks Jake.” Nova said. Sawyer was standing at the curtain, waiting for her cue.

“Say, bitch, I don’t wanna talk.”

Realer by Megan Thee Stallion blasted off the gym walls. The couple hundred of fans there jumped out of their seats to show their love for Sawyer, though she wasn’t supposed to be having such a loud reaction. She walked down the entrance way stopping at a young child who had their hand out for a high five. Sawyer went over to make it seem like she was about to, but smoothly pushed her hair back instead- flipping off the parents as well. As she got in the ring she took a quick scan to look for Kenny and Tony. She spotted them front and center in the front row she gave a sly smirk and went to one of the corners of the ring.

“TOOONIGHTTTTT-“

Nova shot out of the curtain while 24K Magic by Bruno Mars played in the gym. The crowd was also feeling the song as they got up and grooved. Even Tony Khan was bobbing his head along. Nova walked down to the ring, pep in her step. She gave people in the crowd high fives and hugs. She entered the ring and tried to get Sawyer to dance along, but backed away when Sawyer stood over her, glaring and clenching her fists. She walked over to her corner, climbing up to the second turnbuckle, waving at the whole crowd.

“I fly with the stars in the skies…”

Veronica pushed her black shades on as she smoothly walked through the curtain as “Moment 4 Life” by Nick Minaj came on the speakers. It was a perfect song to describe how she felt as she took the audience in at the top of the ramp. Her swagger was untouched but when she stepped in front of Kenny Omega, she felt his eyes never leave her which made her confidence blast through the roof. She used the stairs to get in and leaned on the ropes and waved to the other people that were there.

The three stared each other down, “this is awesome” chants from the crowd already starting. The ref asked all of them if they were ready, then called for the bell to ring. They all circled around the ring, the crowd wondering who was gonna hit first. Nova started taunting the two, planning to get the crowd on her side early in the match.

Sawyer had enough and tackled Nova to the ground, throwing punches, keeping away from the head. Veronica pulled Sawyer off, Sawyer widened her eyes, Veronica irish whipped Sawyer into the ropes, clotheslining her as soon as she came back. Veronica turned at the crowd, cheering along with them, not paying attention that Sawyer just did a kip-up behind her.

Veronica turned around just to be met with a kick to the face. Veronica turned around once, swaying side to side before falling to the ground, selling coming in clutch.

Nova came up from behind Sawyer, drop kicking her and making her fall to the mat. They planned to live to the phrase “fight forever”. Nova walked towards Veronica, dragging her up. Veronica started to gain her consciousness back, kicking Nova in the legs and Nova dodging as many as she could.

While they weren’t paying attention, Sawyer crawled towards the corner, climbing up the top rope, getting in position for a frog splash. It wasn’t till the crowd started screaming till Veronica and Nova looked towards the corner, Sawyer jumping off and crashing into both of them.

She stood up, hyping herself up, looking towards TK and Kenny, smirking.

*match skip*

Sawyer, Veronica, and Nova all struggled to get to their feet trying to use each other for balance. It had at least been 25 minutes of non stop action, and everyone was on the edge of their seat. Sawyer threw a punch in Veronica’s direction , but she attempted to counter it with an arm bar bringing her down to the mat. Nova saw the opportunity as she started to climb to one of the top turnbuckles. With Sawyer’s strength she manages to deliver a powerbomb to Veronica getting out of the arm bar. She crouched in the corner as Nova hit a devastating Macho Man like elbow drop.

1…

2…

But Sawyer broke up the pin by pulling Nova’s leg. Nova slapped Sawyer making Sawyer deliver a right hand back but harder, making her roll out the ring and on the apron. Veronica was slowly getting back up and Sawyer noticed as she charged towards her, making Veronica pull the top rope making her land on the outside. Veronica made her way to the apron where Nova was at; her back turned to Veronica not seeing her jump and wrap her legs around her neck for a reverse hurricanrana. With a loud thud, both of them rolled onto the floor in pain.

Sawyer crawled over , throwing Veronica in the ring and seeing Nova began to stir. Sawyer climbed to the top turnbuckle with her back turned to deliver a perfect moonsault, making the crowd gasp, and Tony and Kenny to stand up. Sawyer held her side, and rolled into the ring ready to finish the match. She stood in the ring, waiting for Veronica to get in position for her finishing move. Veronica stood and it was too late, and she tucked her chin ready for the impact of Sawyer’s devastating Canadian Destroyer.

1…

2…

3.

Sawyer stood up, referee raising her arm in the air. She tried to bite back her smile but simply couldn’t. She watched as Veronica and Nova started to walk backstage, exiting the ring, breaking out of character as soon as she was behind the curtain.

Veronica, Nova and Sawyer started talking about the match, complimenting each other. “Excuse me ladies?” They looked over, and saw Tony Khan and Kenny Omega walking towards them. Nova spun around and almost caused Sawyer and Veronica to fall over. “Really impressive match out there. You know I didn’t think you guys would have met my expectations but I was way wrong.” Kenny admitted, and Tony agreed. “Yea , we would really love for you guys to come over to our company for a bit. Not on Dynamite yet, but some Dark matches maybe?” Tony suggested. They were beyond excited. Sawyer started imagining all of the memories she could create at AEW, and seeing some people she hadn’t seen in a while - until a certain person popped into her head. “I would love to wrestle for you guys, but does Wardlow know? Or is he even okay with this- “ Veronica gave Sawyer the death stare and Nova let out a laugh. “Wardlow? He’s the one that brought you guys up. He said you were all really talented, and since we’re looking for more women wrestlers you were the right people. Is there something going on between…” “NO.” Sawyer interrupted Tony.

“It’s complicated. I just wanted to make sure he was okay with working with me again.” Nova couldn’t believe Sawyer’s actions and it was making it extremely hard not to burst out of laughter on the spot. Veronica stood in between her friends listening closely to what Khan was saying. She felt eyes on her so she looked up and was met with Kenny’s soft stare. He smiled and looked away making her do the same.

“Yea, so tomorrow I was thinking you guys could get to Jacksonville and see Dynamite, then wrestle after the show?” Tony said. “That works fine with us.” Nova said, smiling wide

“Great!” Kenny said, smiling at Veronica. “Sawyer, Veronica?”

Sawyer and Veronica looked at each other, they could tell what they both were thinking just by the looks on their face. Veronica nodded, Sawyer spoke up, “Let’s do this.” “That’s great, the flight leaves at 11 tonight, so get there as fast as you can,” Tony said, looking at his phone, “Oh and Sawyer?”

Sawyer looked up, “Don’t interrupt me again.”

Nova couldn’t keep in her laughter anymore, not even when Veronica punched her arm and told her to shush. Tony and Kenny left the building, leaving the friends beaming and damn near tears. “Veronica and Kenny sitting in a tree!” Nova and Sawyer started to sing, making Veronica roll her eyes, “Yeah I’ll remember that when we see Wardlow tomorrow.”

Sawyer huffed. “But remember we promised if things ever ended up like this, we would stay together no matter what happens between any of us.” Nova brought up, talking about the promise they all made years before.

“Friends, no matter what.” They all said in unison, knowing in the back of their heads they would be friends for eternity.

thank you for reading! part 2 coming soon!

[rlyehtaxidermist]

Reimu Resolves the Incident with her Sass

A Touhou Project hack of Olaf Hits the Dragon with his Sword

What You Need

A standard set of Olaf Dice will suffice. For a game of Reimu Resolves the Incident, they are:

Black dice of Meddling

Yellow dice of Avarice

White dice of Responsibility

Blue dice of Indifference

Red dice of Savagery

Green dice of Antics

One player takes the role of Hakurei Reimu, the Wonderful Shrine Maiden of Paradise and the number-one incident resolution specialist in the fantasy land of Gensokyo. The other player takes the role of the Incident, representing the latest in the long line of shenanigans which Reimu has long since accepted to be her life. (With just one player, play both roles.)

The Introduction

Begin with an empty dice pool.

The first question to answer is clear: What is the Incident?

The Incident should describe the latest strange happenings in Gensokyo. Examples include visiting hordes of demonic tourists, people’s emotions influencing the weather, a virulent outbreak of disco fever, et cetera.

Reimu selects three colours of dice which might describe the Incident. This is up to Reimu’s discretion.

The Incident selects one of the three dice offered by Reimu and adds it to the pool.

With the incident decided, we must then ask: Why is Reimu involved? Reimu should choose one of:

Someone won’t stop nagging her until she takes care of the Incident. Add one black die of Meddling to the pool.

The latest on the Gensokyo rumour mill says that the Incident is closely tied to a valuable magical item. Add one yellow die of Avarice to the pool.

At the end of the day, dealing with things like this is, technically, her actual job, and she should eventually get around to doing it. Add one white die of Responsibility to the pool.

She was having a very nice day off before this nonsense came looking for her and ruined it all, and now her plans are ruined. Add one blue die of Indifference to the pool.

Someone damaged or destroyed the shrine, again, and there must be a reckoning. Add one red die of Savagery to the pool.

Honestly, she was just looking for something to do, and it sounded like it’d be a good time. Add one green die of Antics to the pool.

The Incident does not add a die of their own at this step; they instead add an additional one when revealing the Instigator prior to the Conclusion.

The Complications

Once the nature of the Incident and Reimu’s motivation are established, it’s time for Reimu to get to work. Before she can discover the Instigator and put an end to the Incident, Reimu must face several Complications.

The Incident should choose one of:

An acquaintance or bystander thinks they know how Reimu’s supposed to be do her job and picks a fight with her when she objects. Add one black die of Meddling to the pool.

Someone thinks this is the perfect time to try and steal the power of the Hakurei Shrine and attacks Reimu. Add one yellow die of Avarice to the pool.

One of Gensokyo’s authority figures has a vested interest in the Incident and wants Reimu to back off. Add one white die of Responsibility to the pool.

Reimu walks right into a trap after paying no heed to any warnings she was offered. Add one blue die of Indifference to the pool.

An arrogant youkai wants to see if the shrine maiden lives up to her hype. Add one red die of Savagery to the pool.

The plural noun form of “fairy” really ought to be “nuisance”, and Reimu is swept up in the latest tide of nonsense. Add one green die of Antics to the pool.

Presented with the Complication, Reimu should choose a means of overcoming it:

Reimu cooperates with a friend or acquaintance to resolve the situation. Add one black die of Meddling to the pool.

Reimu calls in a favour, or offers a slightly stingy bribe. Add one yellow die of Avarice to the pool.

Reimu draws upon her extensive experience as an incident resolver to handle the matter with almost unsettling efficiency. Add one white die of Responsibility to the pool.

Reimu decides she doesn’t have time for this and just ignores whatever’s in her way. Add one blue die of Indifference to the pool.

Reimu’s danmaku will blot out the sun. Add one red die of Savagery to the pool.

Reimu has long since learned the value of being able to beat someone at their own game. If it’s shenanigans they want, it’s shenanigans they’ll get. Add one green die of Antics to the pool.

After overcoming three Complications, we then proceed to the root of the Incident.

The Conclusion

Now it’s finally time for Reimu to discover who is responsible for the Incident? The Incident should choose one of:

A well-meaning but misinformed idiot. Add one black die of Meddling to the pool.

Invaders from an Otherworld hoping to take advantage of something in Gensokyo. Add one yellow die of Avarice to the pool.

A self-styled wise mentor trying to teach Reimu some kind of lesson. Add one white die of Responsiblity to the pool.

Someone who genuinely didn’t even know they were causing an incident. Add one blue die of Indifference to the pool.

A powerful being acting out for the attention. Add one red die of Savagery to the pool.

An ancient youkai almost as powerful as they are bored. Add one green die of Antics to the pool.

With the Instigator revealed, it’s finally time. Reimu Resolves the Incident with her Sass.

Roll all the dice in the pool, and find the colour with the single highest die. (If multiple colours are tied, remove all with the highest result until a single winner remains, or the pool is empty.

If Meddling dominates, the Instigator is defeated but takes a personal interest in Reimu.

Reimu, describe their ironic downfall.

Incident, describe how you plan to bother her next.

If Avarice dominates, Reimu seizes the Instigator’s instruments of power.

Reimu, describe how you use them to better your life.

Incident, describe how this inevitably backfires.

If Responsibility dominates, the Incident is resolved straightforwardly.

Reimu, describe how you clean up the last of the mess.

Incident, describe why it’s unfulfilling.

If Indifference dominates, Reimu sets everyone straight and returns to her shrine to rest.

Reimu, describe how you spend your well-deserved break.

Incident, describe what inevitably interrupts it.

If Savagery dominates, Reimu defeats the Instigator and everyone else in her path.

Reimu, describe the totality of your victory.

Incident, describe the frustrations of everyone she fought who wasn’t actually involved.

If Antics dominates, everyone gets together for a party afterwards.

Reimu, describe the good times you have.

Incident, describe the problems she causes along the way.

If the pool is empty and no colour dominates, the entire incident was an elaborate ruse, and everyone involved gets dunked on by Mima.

[onmykneesforhotdilfs]

Hello, I wanted to ask you for a special shipment for Valentine's Day that is about the wedding of bloom and valtor and their married life, I would appreciate it very much, I hope I will not be a bother, thank you. ps: I love your writing bye.

First of all, of course you can have special shipment for valentine's day that is about the wedding of Bloom and Valtor and their married life.

Secondly, thank you so much for your kind words. You guys can't even believe how much your encouragement means to me.

Thirdly, I have like 5 more requests sitting in my inbox but please be patient, i promise to get to them as soon as possible. School is sitting on my chest currently. They will be done, the only question is when will I find the necessary time to do them.

Ok so without further ado, here we go. I decided to do this headcanon style, but if you guys want full fledged wedding or married life ff, just send in a request and it'll be done (eventually).

Sparxshipping wedding/married life headcanons (valentine's day special)

Engagement

Weirdly enough, it took place on Earth instead of Domino. Valtor organized an incredible evening in a rather nice restaurant, invited both of her families and all of her closest friends, Winx and specialists, including Sky (Bloom remained on friendly terms with the guy after the break up). The plot twist, he never told anyone he planned to propose. His manners and etiquette threatened to kick him in the ass for not asking Oritel for his permission to marry his daughter, but he had a hunch his future father in law would say "No." and that would do more harm than good in the future. Mike was more fond of him, especially when he noticed his rival (Oritel seemed to have the habit of making people dislike him) hated the magician with passion.

Valtor picked out the ring months before and he was just waiting for the perfect moment to present his beloved with it. The perfect moment seemed to strike when Bloom said one evening she always wanted to get all her friends and both of her families together on one big dinner in some nice Earth restaurant so they can all just chill for one night (she wanted to show her birth parents the planet she grew up on and she also wanted it to have a symbolic meeting for all of her friends). So when the opportunity struck, Valtor took it and wouldn't let go. Bloom protested to him organizing and paying for dinner she wanted but he had none of it and simply told her to 'relax and leave it all in his capable hands'.

All of Bloom's friends accepted the call immediately but Oritel made Valtor sweat for a few days before even he succumbed to his daughter's invitation (also, he suspected Marion had her fingers in tipping the king over the edge because if Valtor learned anything while he worked in the palace 20+ years ago, it was that Marion, despite her innocent looking facade, was quite the blackmailer and if he deduced correctly, she wore the pants in that household).

He was not nervous for a moment while he planned the whole thing even though he expected it at least on some level. But nothing could've prepared him for that moment when the dinner was done and they all stood up to leave the restaurant. The minutes were agonizing for him and despite everything he started second guessing his decision. It took all of his self control not to chicken out.

As it turned out, he had nothing to be anxious about, because as soon as he dropped to one knee, Oritel made an inhuman sound in the background, and popped the question while presenting Bloom with the ring, she threw herself on him and screamed 'YES!" in his ear. He could vaguely hear her friends screaming from excitement and happiness, that was mostly Stella, and one not so very happy voice saying "God damnit NO!", but he paid them no attention as his shaky fingers slipped the ring on Bloom's equally shaky hands. She threw her hands around his neck and kissed him while happy tears streamed down her face.

Wedding

The newly engaged couple was in no hurry to tie to knot and that seemed to displease everyone, mainly Stella because she wanted to go shopping for wedding dresses and bridesmaids dress (not that she needed the excuse to go shopping but 'Guysssss, this is special!'), but Oritel. As far as Valtor managed to catch, he was persistent in making his daughter change his mind about marrying Valtor. Then, overnight it seemed to him, Oritel started being more friendly and willing to spend some time with Valtor to 'get to know him'. He didn't understand the sudden shift in the beginning, but when his fiance took time to explain she threatened to burn all the expensive curtains in the palace if the king doesn't start minding his own business, everything fell into place.

The wedding preparations took over a month when they actually started planning, which was well over two years after the engagement but they figured, if they waited this long, they can wait a bit longer too. It was decided that the wedding will take place on Andros where their first official meeting happened, on a Colosseum he created to save her life when Icy's ice block knocked her unconscious into the water. Flora offered the help with the decorations, Stella dragged Bloom dress shopping and Musa and the rest of the fairies took care of other essentials in consultation with the wedding planner Bloom and Valtor personally picked out.

Despite the fact they already live together, they decided to somewhat respect the tradition and spent the night before the wedding separately. This was partially done to make Oritel a bit more docile at their wedding and to honor the tradition of groom not seeing the bride in her dress before the wedding. They both had difficulty with that as was evident when neither of them could sleep that night, their bodies and fire inside too accustomed to the other being near. Bloom spent the night on Domino and Valtor went back to Alfea. The parting kiss the two shared had to be interrupted by Marion and Vanessa, so neither Oritel nor Mike came out to see what's taking their daughter so long to say goodbye, before it turned into a heavy makeout session. The two had to be almost hauled apart, Marion and Vanessa holding Bloom as Daphne took Valtor by the collar of his shirt and dragged him away to Alfea.

The morning brought no relief however because Valtor was too busy lowkey freaking out and Bloom herself couldn't stop rushing around the palace to fetch stuff she needed despite the fact maids could bring it to her. Valtor's mental breakdown was stopped by Andy, his best man weirdly enough (they got really friendly after the whole Earth mission and black circle fiasco. There was originally a bit of jealousy on Valtor's part because Bloom seemed to really like Andy and it reached the peak when he found out they dated back in the day. But Andy's quirky personality and unending questioning about magic really brought them closer together and helped Valtor realize, Andy is one of the best humans to have around).

Bloom got her fair share of support from Stella, who even threatened to slap her friend on the wrist for not sleeping, but sympathy shone in her eyes when Bloom told her she couldn't sleep because Valtor wasn't there. She also made a quite inappropriate joke in a very inappropriate time just as her parents, both pairs, entered a room. "So you couldn't sleep because Valtor isn't here or was it the exercise that is done primarily beneath the sheets that you missed?" Oritel gripped the door frame so hard Bloom though she even heard it crack. Bloom blushed like a tomato and gritted her friend's name through her teeth but luckily blonde took the hint and shut her mouth.

As the wedding approached, Valtor got even more fidgety but tried to fight it because he knew in just a few short hours, Bloom will be his forever. All that time, Andy stood on the side and quietly laughed at the man and a friend he always associated with being stoic and good with covering up his emotions. He would've never thought Valtor of all people would succumb to something as trivial as wedding jitters.

When Bloom and her family, together with Stella arrived on Andros, guests and everybody else were moved to the place of ceremony, only Oritel and Mike remaining with her. Bloom decided she wanted to have both of her dads give her away at her wedding day. The tricky part was getting them to get along because Oritel wanted to be the one to give her away ("I'm her father, damn it! Why should I share my right to give away MY daughter on her wedding day?" "Oh please, you royal ass, you don't even like that lad she's marrying! Think of me as a supervisor that makes sure overprotective father of a bride doesn't actually STEAL his daughter so she can't marry!" "I'm the KING! I don't need supervision!" "If both of you don't SHUT UP IMMEDIATELY I'm going to walk down that isle alone." That phrase spoken by Bloom shut them up and the two, although with big frowns on their faces, reluctantly agreed)

Valtor's breath got stuck in his throat when he saw Bloom first time in a wedding dress. The dress had thin straps holding and supporting the dress on her delicate shoulders as the flowy lacy dress sat on her tiny frame perfectly. He saw her stop for a second as she took him in for the first time as well in a burgundy suit with a purple tie and handkerchief of the same color. He didn't even notice as both of Bloom's fathers kept shooting each other looks over their daughter's head during the walk. He only saw Bloom. He woke up from his daydream when Bloom's small delicate hand was placed in his by two larger hands, one belonging to Mike, other to Oritel. He nodded to both of them and gripped her hand like it's his lifeline.

The wedding officiate was saying some nonsense that Valtor didn't listen until it was time to exchange the rings and swear to each other for all eternity. When the ring exchange was done, when all that needed to be said was said and the famous, long awaited words "You may kiss the bride." were spoken Valtor finally relaxed and leaned down to kiss his wife for the first time. The crowd went wild, Stella screamed and Oritel almost fainted, Mike and Vanessa were seen wiping the tears from their eyes. Overall, the wedding was a success.

Roxy, to Andy's big surprise and delight, caught the bouquet. The three story cake was cut and smeared all over newly weds faces. Congratulations were proclaimed and a lot of kisses were shared. A carriage with unicorns, similar to the one on Daphne's wedding got rolled in the moment Bloom and Valtor's feet touched the solid ground. Bloom couldn't contain her excitement and she rounded straight to the unicorns while the guests and her husband said the last goodbye for at least a month. She was shaken out of her trance when Valtor grabbed her hand and then lifted her bridal style into his arms and stepped into the carriage with her in his arms. The couple waved to the crowd beneath and shared a kiss before the carriage disappeared into the portal.

Married life

They spent their honeymoon gallivanting around different worlds but they remained mostly on Earth. They both preferred warmer locations, so tropical resorts were where they chose to spend their honeymoon in. Bloom actually had no involvement in planning of the honeymoon so she was so pleasantly surprised when the portal opened on Maldives and she was greeted by a sight of turquoise water and small but fancy apartments built on water. For someone who seems to spit on a traditional views more than he follows them, she was surprised how many superficial, at least in his opinion, customs Valtor followed for her. Aside from deciding not to see her before the wedding as mentioned before, he also insisted on carrying her over the doorstep.

They spent the whole month without phones and annoying phonecalls from Stella, one of the main reasons why they chose not to bring anything but the emergency bracelet which can be used to contact either party only in a case of an emergency. They had to explain to Stella that new dress in Vogue was not an emergency and therefore, the bracelet was given to Techna because she was the only one they trusted not to abuse the right to call.

When they finally returned from honeymoon, and after they spent good hour and a half convincing Oritel Bloom's not pregnant, a joint decision was made that the newlyweds will be given the keys to the separate wing of the castle where their privacy was guaranteed (yeah right, as if Valtor will get anything even resembling privacy with Bloom while Oritel's around).

Their married life wasn't too different from their normal life. Valtor would wake up first most of the time and would make breakfast for Bloom. Bloom would sleep in most of the time when she didn't have to go anywhere and Valtor would sometimes have to use drastic measures to get her out of bed.

They shower together because 'it saves water', oh wait that was the excuse they used before they were married. Now they shower together because they're married and what they do doesn't concern anyone.

Life in the castle had some advantages but they'll be damned if it didn't have it's fair share of disadvantages as well. The biggest one being, well, Oritel. There were a few times they were almost caught in a compromising situation but somehow they always managed to avoid the full blast. They both knew it was only the matter of time however. Valtor was even tempted to leave the doors unlocked just so Oritel would get what he came to see and hopefully gauge his eyes out so he could longer disturb them. Bloom swatted him over the head for that one.

They both made an appointment not to sacrifice their friendships just because they're married so Winx were guests quite often.

Valtor still decided to teach in Alfea when it was absolutely necessary and when Faragonda asked him nicely few days in advance if he would be willing to teach the class. Bloom would sometimes sneak into the class as well and sit in the back. She would even take notes from time to time.

They would practice magic quite often together in the backyard of the castle that was customized for such situations. But their favorite place in the whole castle was Valtor's office/library where they could both spend hours in, while just reading books and drinking tea.

[selenityshiroiml]

So...I’ve seen somewhere that, at some point, Chat Noir will not be a part of the show for a bit. And I started to think of a scenario where it would work, but I’m not a massive fic writer and all my ideas are building up into a huge plot but with no major desire to write it. So...massive post-Gabriel/Hawkmoth story idea under the cut

So, I had the idea that the miraculous crew (all reunited for the big event) would find out Gabriel was Hawkmoth and quickly work to take him out. And, yeah, Chat Noir was a bit off during the take down but at least they all stopped Gabriel and got him and Nathalie arrested and they got back the Peacock Miraculous (but the Butterfly got knocked off and is still missing because Butterfly User Lila).

And the crew are all ‘oh shit...what about poor Adrien (who none of us know personally of course) he wasn’t here at the mansion when we ruined his life so we should all split up and go look for him’

(Nino finds him crying on his doorstep)

But then the next day Adrien kind of closes off and goes off radar for a bit because comatose Emilie was found and he’s now splitting time between the hospital and trying to make sure Agreste Fashion doesn’t tank and take all it’s innocent employees with it and a hotel because he is not going back to that mansion. And all his friends are giving him space because they love him and know he’s gone through a lot with his dad and psudo-stepmom being magical terrorists. And maybe they also don’t want to push because they also feel a little guilty for slapping the cuffs on.

In the meantime Chat Noir and Ladybug are still looking for the missing Butterfly but Chat is still off and he asks Ladybug if he can take some time for personal reasons. And Ladybug is all ‘what??? is something wrong?’ and he tells her that a family member is has been ill for a long time and they might need to be transferred for specialist medical treatment. But he’s being sufficiently vague enough that Ladybug assumes he’s been taking care of a family member with cancer or something and ‘OMG how long has he been struggling, was this happening before Hawkmoth??? Did he put off telling her or asking to take time off because he was worried about leaving her alone to deal with the akumas and everything???’

So she’s all ‘of course you can take some time you are my friend and partner and I care about you and I know you’ll be back as soon as you can and I hope everything goes well in your real life’

But what’s really happening is that the Guardian Temple has been in contact with Adrien and are all ‘we can help heal your mother...come to Tibet’ and Adrien is all ‘well...I can’t take the Black Cat Miraculous to Tibet with me because Ladybug might need it to protect her’ so he sends Plagg off with the ring and tells him to take it back to the Guardian (he isn’t truly renouncing it, he’s just being a selfless moron).

Of course, Marinette gets home from school and finds Plagg hissing and spitting at all the Kwami in her room and she realises Plagg is there with the ring and they are both so angry and upset at Chat Noir because ‘how fucking dare he’ and she refuses to put the ring away and no way in HELL is anyone else wearing it. She puts it on a cord around her neck and keeps it under her shirt at all times.

And then a few days later Adrien (who has slowly started messaging his friends back and thanking them for their support) shows up at school to say goodbye for a bit because he’s taking his mother to a specialist in China and everyone is all sad face but hopes everything goes well. (and obviously no one thinks twice about the fact that Adrien is leaving Paris not long after Chat Noir stopped appearing) And Tikki is shoving cheese scones into Plagg’s mouth whilst they hide in Marinette’s bag because she’s afraid he’s gonna shout out for his kitten before he drives off.

But then he’s gone and Marinette misses Chat Noir like anything and she misses Adrien and Alya is all ‘sooooo...can we borrow the ring?’ and Marinette and Plagg are both ‘OVER MY DEAD BODY’.

And then at some point a weird Miraculous user turns up with another strange user acting as a Mandarin-French interpreter and they ask Ladybug for the Peacock to heal Emilie Agreste. And she is all ‘wt actual fuck???’ and is all ‘let me think about it’ because Plagg is hidden in her hair whispering ‘you can trust them...especially the young one’ and she says to come back the next night and she’ll give her answer.

So she does the only thing she can think of to get answers as to why the Peacock might help Emilie. She sneaks into jail and asks Gabriel. And Gabriel, who has had time to think about his defeat and add 2 and 2 together to make 4 has realised that she is Marinette (he’s also worked out that Chat Noir is his son but he’s keeping quiet) and is open with her about how Emilie fell into a coma because of the Peacock and that, yes, it might be used to help her recover but he has no idea how. He also asks pointed questions about Sentimonsters and how she treated the Ladybug Sentimonster as a living being because maybe there might be a repercussion you aren’t willing to be responsible for.

Ladybug agrees to give the Peacock Miraculous to the Guardian Temple representatives on the promise that it is returned to her via Adrien and Emilie Agreste when they return, safe and well, to Paris.

In the meantime the Adrien-less plot ticks away with new Akuma victims showing up (showing that some asshole really DOES have the butterfly) but the motives seem to be less ‘bring me their miraculous’ and more ‘fuck everyone in Paris because i’m angry and upset because no one believes in me or gives me the attention i want’ because fucking Lila.

And at one point Nino, Alya and Marinette go and check out apartments on behalf of Adrien who has shortlisted places from China but wants his friends to check them out physically for him because he trusts them (and they are all ‘oh shit...this is an apartment but it’s like three times the size of all our places combined why is our friend so rich...) because I think that would be cute.

Until one day the news breaks out that Nathalie has disappeared in jail and all that is left is a feather, mostly white but with tints of blue at the edges. Marinette is all ‘shit...that’s an amok thing’ and manages to convince the police to give Ladybug the feather. She purifies the feather and on the otherside of the planet Emilie Agreste wakes up.

(Because Nathalie was a sentimonster that critically ill Emilie made and was filled with her desire to look after her husband and son and the reason why Gabriel didn’t try to destroy Nathalie to help Emilie is because by the time he realised what Nathalie was she was already a real person in his eyes, like the Ladybug Sentimonster, and also she was a part of Emilie and he didn’t want to risk destroying her if it wouldn’t help because she was all he had of his wife and he’s actually sad that Nathalie might be gone, even if it means Emilie wakes)

And then Adrien comes home and Emilie is still weak but hey at least she is there and she pays attention to her son which is more than Gabriel ever did (and it’s kind of weird that she seems to know things that only Nathalie knew...it’s like she saw her son grow up as if watching a movie).

And then Adrien sneaks up on Ladybug whilst she’s out and about (because he knows all her normal patrol spots) in order to return the Peacock. And Ladybug has spent the last while swearing to Plagg that when Chat comes back she is going to say fuck it to the hidden identities because she is going to shove the ring back on his damned finger herself and never let him take it off again. So Plagg has no qualms about zooming out of Ladybug’s hair and smooshing straight into Adrien’s face screaming ‘IF YOU EVER LEAVE ME AGAIN I WILL COUGH UP A CAMEMBERT FLAVOURED HAIRBALL DIRECTLY INTO YOUR MOUTH YOU RAT BASTARD’

And that isn’t how Marinette or Adrien expected the reveal to go but whatever.

(alternatively they could hold out on the reveal and just have a cute Ladrien scene of Adrien thanking Ladybug for helping his mother heal whilst she is all awkwardly all ‘sorry I got your father arrested’ and then when Marinette gets home Plagg is all ‘wow...will you look at the time, I think Chat Noir might be mysteriously ready for me to take my ring back to him’ and then he flies off and two days later Ladybug finds Chat Noir on top of the Montparnasse Tower and she tackle hugs him off the side of the building and they have to quickly stop each other from falling to their deaths via yoyo and staff and they end up tangled together whilst ugly crying because they missed each other SOOOOOO MUCH)

[realm-sweet-realm]

A one-off request for @lonelyghostwriter: a story about Joey introducing Henry to the more innocent side of magic. This is just a goofy, whimsical ball of fun, and Joey x Henry is implied. This is the last one-off before I’m finishing “The Angel of the Ink Machine.”

The Boris had come out perfect.

The Boris had come out perfect!

And then it had decked him and run away to God knew where, but it had come out perfect! Joey was ecstatic. All he had to do now was hunt the creature down and make a few more and his dream would be fulfilled! And in the meantime, he had one more dream that he needed to fulfill, one that concerned his dear partner, Henry.

Despite sharing so much of his life and soul with Henry, he’d always kept the magic secret from him. He’d moved nearly all his supplies into the studio when Henry had moved in. Even the spell he needed to do regularly to keep disease at bay, he completed before Henry got up in the morning, with a pentagram hidden under the carpeting in their closet. But seeing their cartoon creations brought to life was worth the risk of scaring him- and anyhow, Joey Drew had planned how he’d do this years ago.

After dealing with Buddy’s body and before coming home that night, Joey made calls to Allison and Sammy. It was late, and in the excitement he’d forgotten that he’d fired Allison out of anger mere hours ago. Thankfully he’d been able to bribe her into one more session of potion-making. Sammy hadn’t picked up at all, but Joey could make do without him.

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Henry woke up, far too early, to Joey shaking him awake with a big smile on his face.

“Huh? What is it?” Henry asked.

“I have a whole day planned for us. Get up! We’re meeting Allison soon. There’s something- a lot of somethings, actually- that I need to show you. You have an hour to get ready. Alright?”

��Uh, okay!” Henry was kind of used to Joey being full of surprises. He was fairly sure this would be a good one- they usually were. Within an hour, he was in the passenger seat of Joey’s car.

Joey took a deep breath. This would be the difficult part- admitting all he’d been hiding from Henry for the past few years. “So, Henry... you know how I tell you that Sammy and I go bowling together? Well, that’s not entirely true. Sammy and I share a hobby, but it’s one I didn’t know how to explain to you without showing it to you, and... anyhow, we perform magic together.”

Henry didn’t miss a beat. “Oh. Okay, the thought of Sammy doing stage magic is pretty strange. But it seems right up your alley- why did you hide it from me?”

“It’s not stage magic. And you’ll see why later.”

“Oh. Um.” Henry wasn’t sure how to respond to that. “Great. I can’t wait!”

A while later, they pulled up to a lovely brick house on the outskirts of town. Over the short wooden fence, Henry could see a lovely hutch of three rabbits. The garden had a lot of browning plants in it that clearly weren’t getting enough attention. “Nice place- must have cost a lot to get one in this area. Who lives here?” Henry asked.

“Allison,” Joey answered, ringing the doorbell. “I borrow books and buy potions off of her. And we’re going to make potions with her today.”

Thomas opened the door, rolled his eyes and called for Allison before retreating into the garage. Then, Allison popped her head in.

“Hey, guys! Sorry to call you here so early. But you know- early is the only time you can get fresh morning dew, and for what we’re making, that’s pretty important.”

“Of course,” Joey said. “I brought everything we’ll need. Let’s get cooking!”

Henry had been put to the task of chopping up herbs as Joey mixed three strangely-labelled vials into a pot of boiling water and Allison was outside collecting morning dew and whiskers from her rabbits. He was pretty sure at this point that this was some bizarre prank. Hopefully there would be some kind of payoff to it and this wasn’t just a waste of a Saturday, but at least Allison seemed pleasant enough.

“So, where do you get crow’s blood from?” Henry asked, a bit of sarcasm in his voice.

“A crow!” It didn’t seem like a good idea to tell Henry about the black market- at least, not yet.

“Okay. So, what’s this potion supposed to do?”

“You’ll see,” Joey said cryptically, “this is actually a pretty powerful one.”

A few minutes later, everything had been added, and the potion had boiled for just long enough, according to Allison. She scooped some out into coffee mugs with a ladle and handed it out to Joey and Henry.

Henry stared down apprehensively at the unappetizing mix of herbs and hair floating in the clearish-brown substance. “What’s it going to taste like?”

Allison smiled. “About how it looks, I’m afraid. But go on, down the hatch. Oh, and the effect might startle you, but it isn’t supposed to last long, so just try to have fun with it.”

Henry did as he was told, and Allison took his cup. He started to feel... heavy, and off-balance, and dropped down onto his hands. All traces of red melted from his vision, leaving the world in tones of blue, yellow, and green. Joey ruffled his hair, and it seemed as though his skull was smaller and thinner than usual. He said something that Henry heard as gibberish. Then, Joey took a sip of his drink, handed the cup to Allison, and before Henry’s eyes, turned into a black lab.

Henry yelped and skittered backwards, and yelped again once he caught sight of his own paws. But Allison was laughing- she seemed unconcerned, and she had said that this was temporary. So, Henry rolled with it. Allison ushered the two of them into the backyard, where they played fetch. A while later, as Henry was trotting back to Allison with the tennis ball in his mouth, he felt his teeth dull and his center of balance change once again, and he spat the ball back onto the ground. Joey came up behind him and put a hand on his shoulder.

“Well, Henry? Do you believe in magic now?” Joey asked.

“Yeah, it would be pretty hard to deny at this point.”

“Thank you. Because I have a whole lot else to show you.”

Joey returned to Allison. “And thank you! I’ll miss this, you know.”

“I’ll miss it, too,” Allison admitted. “I’ve never made a potion this advanced before- and I might not have much use for it, but imagine the kind of money I could make from this! Oh, and thanks for testing it for me.” Allison went quiet a moment. “Let’s keep in touch, alright?”

Joey weighed his bitterness with his desire to do just that. “Sure.”

With that, Joey and Henry got back into Joey’s car and they took off to their next destination.

“So... you’ve been doing stuff like that for years?”

“Well, yes and no. Allison is more of a specialist than I am. Unfortunately, the stuff I’m most into has a bad reputation, but I’m going to show you that it can be just as innocent as Allison’s potions.”

Henry nodded. After literally turning into a dog, he wasn’t even going to try and guess what Joey had in store. After a few minutes, Henry found himself gazing out at a wooded area on the edge of town. Henry figured that Joey must have been driving to another city, but instead he pulled over onto the side of the road and  ushered Henry into the brush, taking with him a bag. Finally, Joey reached a clearing and dropped the bag.

“This is the place,” he announced.

It was an untamed natural area, with no trails made through it. No one was likely to come out here. It wasn’t pretty either- just a dusty field surrounded by trees.

“Sammy and I spent our first few sessions here. I spent some of my first sessions here alone, too- learning to summon things. And now, I’m going to summon something for you. A demonstration.” Joey’s back was turned to Henry- he was scared of how he’d react.

Henry was beginning to worry- Joey sounded like he was trying to seem positive, but it wasn’t working.

“What kinds of things? And how?”

Joey met Henry’s eyes. Henry didn’t seem too afraid yet. Still, there was no easy way to explain this. “We summon spirits and Gods from the spirit realm using pentagrams. The spirit realm isn’t hell, spirits aren’t demons, and Gods aren’t the Christian God. No religion is right about everything. Spirits aren’t angels and demons- they aren’t fully good or evil any more than people are. But it’s the more reckless ones- the fast-and-easy-with-the-rules ones- that are likely to come when you’re summoning one. Pentagrams are like a ‘help wanted’ add for spirits and Gods. They have a job description, which are in the pentagram itself. Pentagrams are like writing in their language. And, they have an offering of pay. The sacrifice for spirits is generally flesh or blood. Tasks that are more difficult for them, you want to leave out more of a payment, or the ritual has a higher chance of failing- no one took the bait, basically. Or, someone did, but thought your offer was so insulting that they found a way to bungle it up. Gods… they demand a greater sacrifice. But summoning Gods is considered insane even by pentagram users. A spirit won’t escape unless your pentagram has line breaks, and there’s a limit to how much damage they can do. As for Gods, well… even I don’t know how to contain them, or the consequences of letting them escape…”

Joey broke his somber monologue with a bright smile. “So, wanna ask a demon to grab us some lunch?”

“Uh...”

“Okay, I know I made that sound scary. But I’ve... actually been doing a summoning ritual every morning to keep myself healthy for years. It’s no big deal.”

Henry smiled awkwardly. “Can I maybe just watch?”

Joey smiled back. “Sure.”

And so, Henry watched. Joey drew up a pentagram in the dirt, lit a candle in its center, and then slit his wrist and let his blood drop onto the pentagram.

Henry rushed to the bag and pulled out a first aid kit to tend to Joey’s wound. Henry had seen the scars on Joey’s right hand before, and had seen them seem to grow and stay fresh, but he’d never gotten the chance to really look at them before.

“Y’know, this is actually a huge relief. I mean, it’s a lot of things, but... Joey, I thought you were self-harming, and I didn’t know how to bring it up. I’m glad you’re not.”

Joey smiled. “Thanks. So, are you okay with this?”

“I mean, I guess so. It seems shady, but you aren’t harming anyone.”

“Good. Because I’ve been working with the Gods of the spirit realm, and with their help, I brought one of our cartoons into existence. And I didn’t want to hide the magic from you anymore because I couldn’t imagine leaving you out of something that big! The toon I made is a Boris. He’s scared, and hiding somewhere in the studio. After lunch, will you help me coax him out of hiding?”

Henry’s face was lit up with awe and disbelief. “Oh my God. Of course! I can’t believe this! Joey, you should have told me sooner!”

Joey could practically feel the weight of secrecy leaving his shoulders. He still had to keep the murders away from Henry, of course, but he didn’t mind that. The murders weren’t a part of him. Magic was. “Thank you. I should have known I could trust you.”

At that moment, the pentagram glowed, and a picnic lunch sprang up from the ground.

“Let’s go see what those demons sent us for lunch.”