#FOSH THIS IS SO HARD

[stinkypeanutbutter]

SpOiled for uehhfhh uhh neck crackalackin ?

OOOO MOVES MOVES GET EM OOO GET EM BEAT EM DOWN !!!!!!!!

KAPOW !!!!!!!

[diana-daphne]

I just want everyone to know I fully thought this was max fosh for a hot second

I realized pretty quickly it’s wasn’t, but I also wouldn’t have been that shocked if he tricked someone into casting him in ghostbusters

[g-xix]

favourite sidemen videos?

AGHHH I LOVE ASKS LIKE THIS!! Ty for asking this :)

In order of oldest to newest...

Sidemen Fear Pong - Featuring Harrry's doggo Herb and the iconic "DRIVERS OF LONDON!"

Sidemen Yoga - Featuring "PHIL!", prime sexiness JJ and zesty Harry... This video gave me sm ideas of making smutshots for Phil (but i thought nobody rly wants to see hardcore Phil smut and decided against 💀💀)

The Sidemen Show Ep4 - Haunted House - Literally just a Sam and Colby vid filmed by British idiots also featuring my fave JME

Hide and Seek at Wireless - Genuinely SO GOOD, like, Wroetostar combo goes SO HARD, Hide and Seeks were at their peak when they filmed this, they had sm energy and clearly were enjoying this shit so much... Plus all their charity match hairstyles are such a throwback to see

Sidemen Bowling - So goofy, loved this era where they were all just enjoying making budget ass content together which they somehow always found a way to violate

Sidemen Olympics - Tbh i just loved comparing my sporting ability to them + knowing i can throw a discus farther than all of these mf's and their highest scores

Christmas Football Challenges - Pervy Santa!JJ will also never be topped

Try not to Laugh: w Jack Whitehall / Shocking edition / Bad jokes edition

One word Interview - Shoutout Simon, one of the best YouTube series imo... He's got way more on his channel w each member + these answers are j so iconic

James Charles Makeup Challenge - featuring Click house, KSImon, and Harry's gay panic era

£10,000 vs £10: first holiday / roadtrip / Europe holiday / song

Sidemen Go Back to School - Literally the video that first introduced me to them. Absolutely iconic. Featuring Phil, Stephen Tries and Babatunde, this and the Sidemen Bake Off are their 2 vids that go hand in hand for most iconic atl imo

Worst Outfit Wins - not the exact title but summarises it better. Didn't like this thumbnail initially and put off watching it for a looong time but honestly it's too jokes to skip

Sidemen Become Parents - Literally the way that they descend to chaos and slowly become worse and worse parents is something special that everyone needs to see, full fuckin stop.

24 Hours Handcuffed - trust me.

Make a Christmas Song - Love these songs sm, literally have them on my acc Xmas playlist

Sidemen Dragon's Den - Featuring Niko, Max Fosh (Bosh), BambinoBecky, Chi With A C, Cal² and more

Hot Wings Challenge - Lol, love seeing their pain in this + JJ's Reddit absolutely peaked when this video came out

Sidemen Pub Golf + Europe edition- Just iconic, first post!lockdown pint with the boys where absolutely everyone got involved... and it ended badly for everyone except Harry and Ethan. Europe edition features Harry's birthday and just a lot more chaos i suppose.

Sidemen Gogglebox - Harry and Ethan are fresh off of a night out and cba, KSImon is released once more, and Josh, Vik and Tobi are just fulfilling their duty of watching the programs 🤷‍♀️ Thrilling post!lockdown entertainment imo

Sidemen Silent Library (1) and (2) - super new n unconventionial concept which was just really enjoyable to watch

The Cube - They're missing half the Sidemen but have Big Randy and Stephen Tries instead. They just get drunk to cope with the depression and it turns out for a pretty good vid.

Sidemen Hole in The Wall - solely for Waterman tbh

Forfeit Blind Dates - Ethan's pervy clown character, Deji's sheer energy (litr made me girl-crush on him) and that leng last lady, whole vid was a rare Sidemen banger

Japanese Gameshow - Loved the style with JJ as the host tbh he really fit it, and ofc the Deji feature was an added bonus

Weirdest Hotels - Featuring the Chrismd on a team w Harry n Vik, this rly was an absolute banger honestly

Mystery Box Challenge - idk something j felt very authentic excitement and interest about this vid

Sidemen Become Farmers - brought out the most wholesome and sexy side of the Sidemen all around

SMALLEST VS BIGGEST CAR - Hands down SUCH a banger, the chemistry between all these TERRIFIED mfs and the surprise guest (ᴉɾǝp upside down) ik the sidemen often feel overproduced, but this felt like such a genuine shiggles vid. Oh, and that kiss between Ethan and mystery guest was err... yeah.

Lol that took an hour of my life.

Anyways, if you're ever bored and wanna binge the unanimously decided best vids of the sidemen- I've collated these vids (and a few more) into a YouTube PLAYLIST which u can add to your libraries n watch whenever - or just check out to see whether you've watched all of these or missed any

anyways, hope you've enjoyed that bc that was LONG

And those are j main channel SDMN vids, but there's sooo many good vids on the moresdmn channel on top of these... MoreSidemen has sm mf hidden gems man, one day you'll see 🙏🙏

[the-silver-peahen-residence]

Hey Jinx, was their a time you guys were having fun together? Maybe during the holidays or something?

@demon-blood-youths

"Huh? A time when we were having fun together as a fraction?" She asked thinking about it with her team relaxing and eating some home made ice cream since it was summer.

"Hmmmm, well we have plenty of times during the holidays and things. Though, it does remind me of one time when we all went to the beach together."

~~~~~~~~~

"Uggghhh why are we out here again? So hot.." Fosh whines but he was fanning himself while the guys were wearing swimtrunks or drinking some cold sodas.

"Oh come on, it's not that bad." Rex said while drinking a cold smoothie seeing the guys were already having fun or some out in the water.

"It's pretty nice. I guess this is a thank you after the last few things happening....even if I'm shocked Mr. Henderson gave us a private beach." Navarro grumbled.

"Again, it's not bad.....though..at least we have friends joining us!" Rust said seeing the Six claws, Yuji and some of his friends here too.

"Though, where are the girls?" Ren asked pushing up his glasses. They got their answer looking over near a volleyball court area. Most of the female members were changing into their own swimwear but should be back.

"They should be coming out soon.." Joshua said nervous but he was looking at a ice cream smoothing before...

"Hey guys! We got a volleyball and court at this private beach Mr. Henderson gave us. Isn't that cool!?" the six claws look up but when they did they spit their drinks out in shock.

"Uhhhh you guys okay?" Ink asked even if she was wearing a dark blue and grey swimsuit with her head tilted. The guys then saw the other female members in swimsuits too. Most or some talking while walking out or some wearing hats. Wow, they were cute!

"Uhhh guys? Hello? You good?" Ink said waving her hands in front of the six claws faces to snap them out of it.

"Ummmmmm.......were good." they said.

".....Okay but did you hear what I said. We got a volleyball court! We are gonna play some rounds if you wanna join!" she said smiling.

"....That sounds like fun!"

"Then come on! We were going to have guys and girls play!" she said happy.

~~~~~~~~

"Though, that ended when the game got serious..but still fun.." Jinx said.

"That's because you took it so serious the last time we went." Echo said.

~~~~~~~~

"DAMN IT JINX YOU SAID WE WERE TO HOLD BACK! YOU MADE A CRATER IN THE COURT!" Jinx winces from Echo shouting but she only blinks to laugh.

"Sorry I got excited! I love playing this game!" she pouts while looking over to see she was against the DBT or some that wanted to play this round.

"If your going to do that then at least try not to destory the field!" Echo shouted.

"I think we shouldn't keep holding back! It's not fun if we do!" Ink said pouting.

"Seriously!?" Navarro glares at her.

"Oh come on! It'll be fun! Everyone is having fun! So come on, lets go again!" Ink said to see her fraction is against the Cursed Vixens.

"Alright, Vivi's serve!" Jinx said as she was holding the ball but she was ready to serve it. As soon as she did, everyone saw the two fractions playing. A few did some passes, hits, and spikes before it ranked up.

Jinx jumps to spike the ball down to the DBT's side as the ball was coated in black flames. "HEADS UP!" she laughed spiking the ball down hard but Ink quickly slides in the side to kick the ball up.

"RUST!!"

"ON IT!" He said rushing to hit the ball up before he saw Ink get as he goes to spike it down harder.

The two teams were going all out even causing the beach to shake that the other fractions were watching in shock. They really were not holding back. Seeing the two hitting the ball trying to get a point since it's 24-30 right now.

Yuji was watching jinx playing in her black and purple flamed design bikini but she was having fun even going against Ink.

"Isn't Jinx awesome?" he said even with hearts over his head. The six claws were watching.

"Same with Ink too.." Bakugo said. "I bet she'll win this with her fraction." he said.

"I think Jinx and her team will but we will see." Yuji said seeing Megumi sitting by along with Kisho who was sitting by Nobara, Miko, Yuria, Maki and the others. They saw Melinda jump up to spike the ball but Jaron blocks to see it get spiked to the ground earning a point for the DBT.

"Nice one Jaron!" Maggie said.

"Thanks!"

"That was a good one! I'll get the next one, Jaron!" Melinda said but he was ready along with their fractions. The game kept going on for a while.

~~~~~~~~~

"The game was so much fun however, it got so intense we umm....well me and Ink accidentally set the court ablaze when trying to spike the ball back to back. Though, at least the beach was still good." she laughed.

"That's because you two burned the sand around you that it turned into glass." Vivi said seeing Jinx sweatdrop.

"Oh yeah.."

[her-favorite]

LITERALLY WHAT U ARE THE BEST EDITOR EVER HELLO I JS SAW UR ACC OH MY FOSH

STOPP I LOBE YOU SO MUCH SHUTUP 😭😭

i’ve had succhhh bad motivation lately but i’ve been trying 😞 i’ve had that damn acc since 2021 LMAOO but i love your edits so bad omfg BUT STOP THIS IS MAKING ME SMILE SO HARD.

[demon-blood-youths]

Hey DBT! Did that really happen with Ink's sword!? Peahen mom wrote another drabble explaining the situation. :3

"Yes...." Shdwkyz sighs, "Ink's greatsword; Wyvern has a....way of being summoned by Ink. Wyvern leaves a trail of destruction on its path before hitting its wielder."

"I swear...that damn sword has a mind of its freaking own!" Navarro said.

"Glad I'm not the only one! Tell me about it!" Rust said while Oblivion sighed, shaking her head. "I had to explain to Yuuka that it happens every time when a fight or spar starts involving Ink." Oblivion said.

"Eyes?" Maggie blinked.

"Indeed. It seems like Wyvern is an extension of Ink's soul..." Hellmare said in thought.

"It's actually pretty aggressive when being summoned." Ophelia noted.

"Do you guys remember when we worked with the UA pro-heroes one time and Ink forgot her sword? The sword knocked out the villain before the fight started?" Rust said.

"Ugh...don't remind me! I have to explain to this! Hell even Henderson helped out us telling them." Fosh groaned.

"Or when Port Mafia called ADA where Wyvern almost destroyed one of their five buildings.. and wanted to know what's going on! They were pretty mad....I heard Matt helped us out when explaining to them that Wyvern does that often." Oblivion said. "Jaron... you told Dazai about it and he couldn't believe it. He actually laughs a lot hearing it?"

"No...that was two...or maybe three buildings..." Jaron recalled it. "Yeah....I told the ADA and Dazai laughed so hard that he almost died. Atsushi can't believe it."

"Ink is the best!" Gerald exclaimed happily. "Remember when Rin and Denji helped her out against a big bad feral demon and she summoned her sword. Denji got really mad at Wyvern as it knocked out Ink and Wyvern hit him too!" Everyone is silent hearing this.

"Holy shit! How many times has it been?" Rust asked.

"Oh, I got one! One time when Ink visited! I remember when Ink summoned her sword to defeat a cursed spirit and it bonked her on the end not before exorcising the spirit. Kinie Ger and Mister-um...." Taz can't say it, "Mister S can't believe it!" Taz laughed. "He even said Wyvern has a soul. Gojo laughed about it too."

"Too many times...to count." Shdwkyz sweatdropped. The DBT wonders...what makes Wyvern act like this.

The world will never know.

[one-time-offer]

Created two new ships out of pure anger.

Filet mignon - Brimstone x Cub

Cellophane Noodles - Omen x Cub

Give me a few minutes and I'll create a bunch more.

[love-love-you]

I posted 1,040 times in 2021

300 posts created (29%)

740 posts reblogged (71%)

For every post I created, I reblogged 2.5 posts.

I added 544 tags in 2021

#mika - 77 posts

#mikasounds - 76 posts

#gif - 65 posts

#i wanna talk to you - 63 posts

#maria tag - 59 posts

#mika penniman - 52 posts

#rory tag - 45 posts

#can tag - 37 posts

#love love me - 37 posts

#liveblogging versailles - 33 posts

Longest Tag: 137 characters

#not that it’s passive—there’s a deep yearning‚ confusion‚ and even grief in the song that shows up in the form of reaching‚ grasping‚ and

My Top Posts in 2021

#5

love when you mention mika and ppl are like “oh I don’t think I’ve heard of him” then you play lollipop and their entire childhood flashes before their eyes

77 notes • Posted 2021-04-18 14:18:45 GMT

#4

mika proshots masterpost

because sometimes you want to watch a gig that wasn’t recorded on a calculator (links in rb)

83 notes • Posted 2021-08-18 14:09:09 GMT

#3

rain is camp

85 notes • Posted 2021-05-14 03:06:16 GMT

#2

hello and welcome back to Singing Mika Songs By Yourself, with smash hits such as

“sucking too hard on your lollipop, heyy, love’s gonna get you LOLLIPOP!”

“UNDERWATEEEnderwater underwater we can liiive underwater”

“what’s the matter with! goingHappy On My Owntake that gross look! off yourHappy On My Own”

“you’re the origin of love love love! Love lothat you found meeE”

“and I said FOshe’s a bad bad girl whoever you WAn—a really bad girl”

“elle me dit c’est ta vDANSE DANSE DANSE tant pis DANSE”

105 notes • Posted 2021-02-10 18:30:58 GMT

#1

me: i love mika’s lyrics, they’re just so complex and poignant

the lyrics:

157 notes • Posted 2021-05-06 13:09:02 GMT

Get your Tumblr 2021 Year in Review →

[renaxwrites]

rules: tag 10 followers you’d like to get to know better

I was tagged by @mxlksweettea <3

Name: Serena but y’all can call me Rena :)

Sexuality: Straight

Gender: Girl

Cats or Dogs? : Dogs fosh I have a puppy son of my own 🥺💞

Fav animals: Any thpe of wild cat (tiger, snow leopard, etc) ! Always loved them

Current time: 9:55 (Cali time y’all hehe)

Dream Job: I want to work in the animation field of some sort, but I’m still figuring out what exactly I want to do. There’s so many cool studios and styles I’m exploring, plus I’m indecisive af lmaoo Gemini culture 😂😭

When I made this blog: February 4th, so it’s been exactly 4 months!! I was honestly scared at first but I’m glad I did it :’)

Reason for my url: honestly I had a cool bnha-related name ‘dexterous-Deku’ or sumn but it was hard to be in taglist cause the spelling is kinda confusing. Plus I wanted to start writing for both bnha AND hq, so I just put my nickname x writes :)

Tagging: @akaashichigo @tobiosbabie @sugawalmartwobble @sugawara-shoushi @tobios-milk

I just tagged randomly so you don’t have to if you don’t want <3 or if you do go ahead <33

[gumilac]

aki :(( why r u so precious like u literally make me light up inside wtf >:( 🤍 okay first of all tysm,, hope u have the best year ever kisses mwah I'm always keeping u in my thoughts and prayers <3 and 2. I'm am so so sorry for going MIA,, I'd been feeling very low energy,, esp since proper winters started where I live so seasonal depression yadda yadda and I felt like I just didn't have enough energy to hold a decent conversation ykwim? 😭 so I couldn't bring myself to text back anyone for a while 💔

PHEW ANYWAYS I'm currently watching bungou stray dogs and ALSO DEMON SLAYER SEASON 2‼️ anime and novels are the only thing keeping me company this holiday season since my family is out of town rn,, I miss my sister terribly but ehhh it's nice as an introvert to have the whole house to myself tbh hahah 🏃🏻‍♀️ how're your holidays going?!

AGAIN HAPPY NEW YEAR LOVE 🤍 gosh you've worked hard this year!! I'm so endlessly proud of you for seeing it till the end, hope you are too! give yourself a pat on the back <3 sending loads of good vibes your way 💗

- 🍙

BABYYYY HIII 🙈 GOSH GOSH FOSH THE WAY I JUMPED UPON SEEING YOUR ASK,,, first, please don't apologize for going MIA, it's nothing to apologize for and yes ikwym, i've actually experienced the low energy, not being able to text anyone and all for a while, so i relate to you on a personal level and that's okay!! it's okay to take time alone for yourself :> it comes and goes, no? what's important is that you see it through hehe

ACK BSD !! i started watched both demon slayer and BSD before but i stopped, got too lazy MSKAKAK,,, im excited for attack on titan tho 🙈 oH FUCK AND THE JJK 0 MOVIE TOO 😫 i need to see nanami and yuuta becomes a pirate

my holidays are fine~!! didn't really do much other than write, draw, and read the jjk manga,,, oh, i got drunk yesterday tho MHAJDLA during the new years eve uhh party? gosh golly it was my first time getting drunk it was so funny

[heartofbasara-blog]

Details/Manner of Speech

Tagged by: @gyobu and @habouki (both tagging no one specific so I chose two at random).

Tagged by: @demon-blood-youths (Fosh), @basararmy (Motochika), @grandmasterofmuses (Robin)

COMPLEXITY

vocabulary :     ◼◼◼◼◻  

emotion :     ◼◼◼◼◼

sentence structure :     ◼◼◼◻◻

PROFANITY

frequency :     ◼◻◻◻◻

creativity :     ◼◼◼◻◻

watchfulness :     ◼◼◼◻◻

( BOLD   ALL   THAT    APPLY ) :     arse.  ass.  asshole.   bastard.   bitch.   bloody.   bugger.  bollocks.  chicken shit.  crap.   cunt.   dick.   frick.   fuck.   horseshit.  motherfucker.   piss. prick. screw. shit.  shitass.  son of a bitch.  son of a whore.   twat.   wanker.

( GIVEN   PROPER   RELIGIOUS   CONTEXT ) :     christ on a bike.   christ on a cracker.  damn.  goddamn. godsdamn.   (bloody) hell.   holy shit. jesus.   jesus christ. jesus h. christ.   jesus, mary and joseph.   sweet jesus.

THIS   OR   THAT?

contractions or enunciation ?   straightforward or cryptic ?   jargon or toned ?  complexity   or simplicity ?   finding the right word or using the first word that comes to mind ? masculinity,neutrality, or femininity ?   formalities or abrasiveness (depends on the situation)?   insult or injury ?  praise or  equivocation ?   frankness or lies ?   excessive or minimal hand gestures ? name-calling ormagnanimity ?   friendly or blunt nicknames ?

IMPORTANT QUESTIONS

do people have a hard time understanding or hearing your character ?   almost always /  frequently / sometimes  /  rarely  /  never

does your character’s point come across easily when they speak ?   almost always / frequently  /  sometimes  /  rarely /  never

would your character initiate conversations ?   almost always  / frequently / sometimes  / rarely /  never

would your character be the one to end conversations ?   almost always /  frequently  / sometimes /  rarely /  never

would your character use ‘whom’ in a sentence ?   yes /  no   / only ironically

your character wants to make a counterpoint. what word do they use ?   but /  though /  although  /  however  / perhaps  / mayhaps

how would your character pick up the phone ?   hello  /  hey  /  hi  /  yellow  /  yo  /  yeah  /  [name].  /  what’s up  / who is this  /  what do you want (to people he hates) / can i help you?

how does your character end conversations ? walk away  /  ask if that’s everything / say that that’s everything  / give a proper goodbye / tell their company they’re done here  / remain quiet / they don’t /  kill their company ( LMAO, they say to the yandere... )

how does your character address others ?   titles /  first names  /  surnames  / full names  / nicknames

what social class would others assume your character belongs to, hearing them speak ? upper  /  middle /  lower

in what ways does the way your character speak stand out to others ?   accent /  vocabulary  /  tone /  level  /  politeness /  brusqueness  /  it doesn’t

COMPLEXITY

vocabulary :     ◼◼◼◼◼  

emotion :     ◼◻◻◻◻

sentence structure :     ◼◼◼◻◻

PROFANITY

frequency :     ◼◻◻◻◻

creativity :     ◼◼◻◻◻

watchfulness :     ◼◻◻◻◻

( BOLD   ALL   THAT    APPLY ) :     arse.  ass.  asshole.   bastard.   bitch.   bloody.   bugger.  bollocks.  chicken shit.  crap.   cunt.   dick.   frick.   fuck.   horseshit.  motherfucker.   piss. prick. screw. shit.  shitass.  son of a bitch.  son of a whore.   twat.   wanker.

( GIVEN   PROPER   RELIGIOUS   CONTEXT ) :     christ on a bike.   christ on a cracker.  damn.  goddamn. godsdamn.   (bloody) hell.   holy shit. jesus.   jesus christ. jesus h. christ.   jesus, mary and joseph.   sweet jesus.

THIS   OR   THAT?

contractions or enunciation ?   straightforward or cryptic ?   jargon or toned ?  complexity   or simplicity ?   finding the right word or using the first word that comes to mind ? masculinity,neutrality, or femininity ?   formalities or abrasiveness ?   insult or injury ?  praise or  equivocation ?   frankness or lies ?   excessive or minimal hand gestures ? name-calling ormagnanimity ?   friendly or blunt nicknames ?

IMPORTANT QUESTIONS

do people have a hard time understanding or hearing your character ?   almost always /  frequently / sometimes  /  rarely  /  never

does your character’s point come across easily when they speak ?   almost always / frequently  /  sometimes  /  rarely /  never / several question marks

would your character initiate conversations ?   almost always  / frequently / sometimes  / rarely /  never

would your character be the one to end conversations ?   almost always /  frequently  / sometimes /  rarely /  never

would your character use ‘whom’ in a sentence ?   yes /  no   / only ironically

your character wants to make a counterpoint. what word do they use ?   but /  though /  although  /  however  / perhaps  / mayhaps

how would your character pick up the phone ?   hello  /  hey  /  hi  /  yellow  /  yo  /  yeah  /  [name].  /  what’s up  / who is this  /  what do you want  / can i help you?

how does your character end conversations ? walk away  /  ask if that’s everything / say that that’s everything  / give a proper goodbye / tell their company they’re done here  / remain quiet / they don’t /  kill their company ( Matsunaga, no )

how does your character address others ?   titles /  first names  /  surnames  / full names  / nicknames /

what social class would others assume your character belongs to, hearing them speak ? upper  /  middle /  lower

in what ways does the way your character speak stand out to others ?   accent /  vocabulary  /  tone /  level  /  politeness /  brusqueness  /  it doesn’t

[the-silver-peahen-residence]

Wow, Davion your cousin's sword did a lot of damage! You helped pay for some or no?

"Hey, don't blame my cousin. Ink knows well and it's not her fault or....Wyvern's fault. As the others said, it has a mind of it's own or a part of Ink's soul with it. I mean, it's hard to explain." Davion sighed pinching the bridge of his nose.

"And I did offer to pay for the damages but Fosh said no. Even so, the next time it happens I will be offering. Knowing that sword, it could do a lot more damage than I think...or has. And don't blame my uncle Vanity either. He gave her the sword I know but that's not his fault. He did say Ink is free to live her life as she wishes....even if that sword has hit her a few times too many. I don't know if that sword hit Vanity before but I don't think so." he said with a dead pan expression.

@demon-blood-youths

[argotmagazine-blog]

Coming Out As Self Defense

Content Warning: Emotional Abuse

Photo Credit: Mark Fosh

[Image Description: a close-up of two coat of arms shields on the exterior facade of a gothic style building at Cambridge Uni] 

Coming out is a process, more than a destination. It took me a long time to learn this — a long time and a lot of new places. I spent most of 2017 as a temp, moving from office to office every three months. The introductory ritual was always the same. "Hello, my name is Waverly, I’m [covering for whoever/replacing whoever else/stepping into someone else’s life for a while], I used to sell books, I used to study literature, I used to have a girlfriend, would you like a cup of tea? No, no, it’s really okay. I’m already going to the kitchen."

(This is another thing you learn when temping: people can generally be bought with caffeinated drinks.)

Yet I have never had a girlfriend. Everyone I’ve dated has been non-binary, like me. But it’s easier to fluff the details — of your own identity, of others’. ‘Girlfriend’ is the protest sign I carry in upraised hands to each everyday coming-out. Sure, it lacks nuance, but nuance is for long-term projects, not short-term necessity. It’s there to make a point, the point being in this instance that I’ve never been heterosexual in my life. I want that to be absolutely goddamn clear.

What I mean to say is coming out is an act of self-protection every time I do it. It’s a piece of armor I’m always waiting to put on, a defense against assumption, a shield to deflect any casual, thoughtless harm. The thing is that it’s always worked. The first time I ever came out, I traded visibility, and thus vulnerability, for respite from an ongoing trauma — although that sounds much more directed than it felt at the time. In the moment, I felt like it was the sensible choice. Which is sort of hilarious, under scrutiny, with hindsight.

***

My father drives us all out for the day. He is proud of me in the ways he knows how to be proud of me, which are condescending at best and ferocious at worst. The atmosphere in the car is strange, colored by heat and traffic. I have learned to measure these things according to instinct and necessity; I am getting better all the time. My sister doesn’t speak. I put in my headphones — announce it to the assembled company so I have an excuse to keep quiet too. The faint strains of Radio 2 filter in through the music in my earbuds. The beats of the songs fail over and over to align.

I’m dressed smartly, which is to say I look somewhere close to presentable despite my complete incapacity with fashion and make-up. We are going to the council chambers and those are capital-F Fancy. I am representing my school and that is capital-I Important. I shake all the necessary hands. When I was five years old I took classes on all of these things — eye contact, quiet hands, the peacekeeping ritual of small talk — because it never occurred to me to do them without prompting. Now I am adept. Adults love me. Adults have loved me for years because I have talked like I am one of them since the age of maybe six.

I make my speech. It is all very pop-feminism, dancing in circles around the heart of a movement to which I came shamefully late. I overrun by ten seconds. This turns out to matter; a boy who speaks both engagingly and to time beats me to first place.

That isn’t why it matters. It wouldn’t matter to me if I were here by myself and if I were doing this only for me. But my family has been sticking to these leather-cushioned chairs for the past two hours, anticipating victory. They have grown accustomed to failure as a catalyst – not for reflection or renewal of efforts, but for something altogether more explosive. They came here for me, though I can’t imagine I wanted them to. Now they think they have to tiptoe around me in the wake of my loss. This is an effort. My father is not capable of walking on his toes.

(For a while my mother was a ballet teacher. She made sure that my sister and I were taught the basics, and though we both dropped out of our Saturday classes in the end, what I learned has never quite left me. Even nearly two decades on, I remember the list of positions, one-two-three-four-five; the tension in my calves, the brittle arch of my arms as I balanced on the balls of my feet. Ageless, thoughtless reflexes inhabit my body, ghosts in a haunted house. You don’t outgrow what you learn that early on.)

We emerge from the council chambers into the light. My father wants to stay. "We could make the best of it," he says. "Go shopping. Have fun."

Nobody is in the mood for fun. I’m tired, overwhelmed. My sister has been quietly sulking all day. My mother can see the brittleness in my father's smile and knows better than to say what she means. Stuck in this deadlock, we limp around the shopping center for maybe half an hour. I’m out of emotional energy; I poured all of it into competition nerves or on-the-spot resilience. I don’t have it in me to soften the blow when he gives up and we duly troop back to the car.

"I am putting in my headphones," I say, as we start to descend through the grey concrete layers of the car park. Nobody really says anything back.

We’re halfway home when my father cracks. Was it something he said? Why is everyone so quiet? What has he done this time, he wants to know, and it falls on my mother to pacify him.  

"We’re fine," she says. "We’re just tired."  

"I’ve had my headphones in,” I add. “So I didn’t hear if you tried to talk to me. Did you try to talk to me?"

He did not try to talk to me.

My sister stares sullenly out of the window. I put my headphones back in. The silence resumes. We are all going to die in this suffocating car if I do not find a way to intervene.

At least that’s what it feels like. The man in the driver’s seat is a time bomb with a short fuse. Seconds left on the clock. I don’t have anything to cheer him up because I lost the goddamn competition. I don’t have a means to pacify him, because all my sensors are screaming danger and providing absolutely nothing more useful than that. I need a distraction. I need something big enough to command attention, something emotionally affecting enough to make fighting unconscionable for the rest of the afternoon.

My brain lands somewhere it would never have landed if it worked the way it should.

We pull up into the driveway; evacuate the car. I slip into the house before anyone else, take off my shoes, stow them away. I don’t feel my body anymore. I have stopped being a person and started being a purpose, which is not a skill that many sixteen-year-olds possess.

I climb the stairs, just a little way, enough for a height advantage on my father. I look into the mirror right opposite the staircase in my parents’ house. I used to get told off for looking into it too much like this was vanity. It wasn’t vanity. I was only ever trying to find a sense of object permanence, vis-a-vis my own presence in the world.  My reflection catches my eye as my parents crowd in the hallway, wiping their feet on the mat. It’s nothing to do with me at all, this funny-looking stranger in a smart sheath dress and a string of old pearls.

They’re starting for the kitchen. I take a breath.

"There’s something I want to tell you," I say, and they stop still in the doorway. There is a banister between them and me, neat white railings like bars. "I’m bisexual," I say. "I’ve known for a while."

And that is all it takes.

My father claims to have always known. My mother is startled, tripping over herself to tell me that of course, of course, it’s all right. All the tensions of our family outing are forgotten. The gesture does everything I need it to do, and I get genuinely, exceptionally lucky into the bargain. Nobody disowns me. Nobody screams. Nobody tells me I’m wrong. 

I climb the stairs quickly and quietly. My bedroom is blue and airy and light, and I wrap it around me like my very own cocoon. I lift the lid on my laptop and sit at my desk, where I always sit. I open my browser, click around, drift between mindless flash games while my feelings start to come back online. I don't know if I want to cry. When I reach for whatever it was that presented the question, my hand closes on empty air; there’s a concept, but without the language with which to express it, I might as well be trying to hold onto smoke.

My mother taps at the door. "Come in," I tell her.

She puts her head around the frame, tousle-haired and owl-eyed and ever so careful. "I’m sorry," she says. There’s a terrible self-discipline underpinning it all; the steadiness of her hands, the studied calm of her voice. She’s en pointe. I learned from the best. "It’s such a lot to take in, and it’s hard to know how to respond in the heat of the moment. But I don’t want you to think I’m unhappy because I’m not. I’m so happy you felt you could tell us. You know I love you, don’t you?"

The first time I saw my mother cry, it was after a fight at the dinner table. My father took a chair and threw it to the floor, stormed up the stairs while the three of us drowned in our own horrified silence. I crept upstairs to bed, later on, while she sobbed in the kitchen with my father’s hand on her shoulder. "You shouldn’t call them stupid. They’re very intelligent little girls," she said, tears streaming down her face. We were children. For days after the fact, he was so kind to us, overflowing with energy and laughter.

"I know," I say, and look down at my hands on the keyboard. "I love you too."

***

I am still in contact with my parents. Every few months, for a few hours at a time, they come to visit me in the city where I live. It is a compromise that feels very similar to coming out; it staves off a reckoning for just a little longer, and the only thing it costs me is another piece of myself. I stumble between encounters and I hope for a solution that won’t demand anything more from me. My mother did the same for decades of marriage, and she is still there, still hoping.

"It’s hard to know how to respond," she said, "in the heat of the moment." She was right. I’m like a plant, choked and stunted into a shape it can’t sustain. Sure, I can read a room in a heartbeat, and I can curtail an imminent danger faster than anyone I know, but I’ve spent my life watching every entrance and exit for any hint of trouble, and I’m exhausted. Self-acceptance is one thing. Throwing out scraps of my identity like signal flares – look over here, don’t go that way – is something else entirely. It’s an act of self-defense against the threat of harm, however ignorant and however reflexive that harm might be, and it works so terribly well that I might never be able to stop. One day there won’t be any diversions left. More to the point, there won’t be anything of me.

I don’t identify with ‘bisexual’ anymore. I go with ‘queer’ where possible; in spaces where it’s not, I opt for ‘gay’ instead. No matter what, I am always waiting for someone to notice the quiet elision of my gender. Then there are the words with which I’ve been diagnosed, the words I am still slowly attempting to interrogate. Dysthymia, depression, anxiety, trauma. All any of it means is that I don’t feel things the way I should. 

But the words matter, don’t they? We bargain with the world for what little respite we can get. We put names to what we are and hope it forestalls the inevitable, whatever our inevitable might be. There’s protection in systems; there’s some small, bitter self-defense in every compromise we make.

Coming out, compromising, coping – the process defeats me over and over, and there might never be a destination. I don’t know what the answer could be. I can only hope that there’s meaning in the effort to articulate the question.

Waverly SM survived a Cambridge education and ran away to a bookshop in Oxford, disappointing their parents and most of their teachers. Their hobbies include staring into space, thinking about ghosts, and masking existential dread with blue hair dye. They’re working on a book about a world-devouring god, its chosen prophets, and their efforts to reclaim their agency in the face of the apocalypse. They’re regrettably active on Twitter, and a selection of their essays and poetry can be found on Medium.

[the-silver-peahen-residence]

||Demon check-up day part 2||

Hi everyone, Peahen mom here with another drabble. This is part 2 from the first one. If you wish to read it, it's right here. If you wanna see where this goes just go ahead and read the first one. Now onto the drabble.

||Drabble Summary||

Today was the annual demon fraction check-up day where Ophelia and the healers check up their fractions together. However, she has a guest helping out to show it was the scary Akiko Yosano! Hearing this, everyone was now hiding from her and her 'new helpers' to heal everyone. Will they get away from the mad healer or be caught? Read to find out.

||Warning||

~This is half funny/scary type of drabble

~crying/freaking out is present in drabble

~scared demons are present in this with a crazy happy doctor

~quick death and revival will happen during this drabble

((Guests in this drabble))

Yuuka Nakano, Ashley Butterfly, Rex oxford mills, Willow, and Jinx along with their fractions belong to me.

Van ink, Kali, Joshua, Fin, Ethan, Guam along with their fractions are in this. They belong to @demon-blood-youths

((Just a heads up: Grammar is not good and their will be heavy mistakes but this was written for fun so please enjoy. ))

In the main hall of the hospital, the fractions of NYC were running away trying to get out of this place and away from the crazy doctor that was going to do their check up. However, they get to the front doors and tries to open them but saw they wouldn't budge.

"Uhhh guys? We can leave now. Please open the door!" Fosh said to Ethan and Rex who was trying to open the door but it wouldn't budge.

"We would like to do that Fosh but the doors are bolted shut! We can't get out!" Rex said as the fractions was shocked.

"What do you mean bolted shut!?" Kali said. "Here, let me do it!" she goes to start trying to cut the door down but she saw small sparks to signal no luck. The doors were made of a strong material that not even her weapons can cut through.

"The fuck?!"

"How about the windows! We can get out from there right?" Navarro said seeing T-bone going to try opening one but it wouldn't budge.

"No! Their bolted shut too!" he said now everyone was really confused but the DBT knew. Akiko and Ophelia planned this! This was just to insure no one could escape till they got their check up.

"How in the world did everything get bolted down! We thought everything was open when showing up here!" Bernard shouted now trying to open the door with Fin's help but no luck.

"They were but someone must have bolted everything so we don't get out."

"What do we do, what do we do, oh what are we gonna do!?!?" Yuu said panicking that Oblivon was trying to calm her down even if she was terrified deep down herself.

"Look! Can you guys just please explain what is happening here! Why are you guys so scared of this doctor! Is she that bad?" Light asked wit ha sweatdrop but the DBT said nothing not wanting to remember and Yuu now crying hugging Oblivion who still was trying to calm her down.

"...Lets just say....it was hard to sleep for the last few nights after we were..ahem, healed." Hellmare said in a silent tone that even got the others nervous. She never speaks that quiet before and she's always a calm collected person.

"..I..I'm scared to ask but..just what is s.so scary about her?" Ashley asked.

"...You all really wanna know?" Shdwkyz saw everyone listening that he sighed. "Well, she.....she has the ability or gift called Thou shall not die. It allows her to heal any injury with no problem. Most say it's a very rare gift." He started to say.

"T...that's rare?" Ashley asked seeing him nod.

"Yes. With this, she can heal all kinds of physical external injuries or any kind for herself and others with the one condition.."

"And that is?" Ahmed asked with arms crossed.

"That they must have near fatal injuries. Therefore, in order for her ability to be used, the target must be injured enough to be half-dead."he said seeing everyone look nervous.

"Hold up, back it up a second. You mean in order for this gift to work we have to be half dead? Or to say in short if we were not.." Fin started to say but now everyone looked pale.

"She would have to injure us to use it." Maggie said now everyone was worried.

"That's insane though! Theirs no way!" Guam said.

"But it's true! We went through it! Why else do you think we freaked out!?" Fosh cries seeing everyone quiet. That was not true right?! Sure, they went through a lot back in Yokohoma but that was a bit much.

"...No way, that can't be true. I mean, I understand you guys do things where we noticed but theirs no way that's true." Kali said but before they could answer, the DBT Tense up to look behind the others.

"..What?" Kali asked to turn seeing Ophelia happy to see them.

"So that's where you guys were. Come on now, do we have to do this again?" she asked.

"L..Listen Ophelia, I know Dr. Akiko helped and taught you many things..and who knows what you taught the others but can't we skip this check up? Please...I don't think we are mentally ready for this again!" Navarro said but saw her shaking her head.

"You guys know I can't do that. You all have to be checked on..so please don't make this hard on yourselves. So if you would just come with me." she said smiling.

"T..t..then what about the younger members? Would you let them go through this too!" Breezy asked but Ophelia smiled.

"No. They were already checked and were excused."

"WHAT!?!?"

"THAT'S NOT FAIR!!" Navarro shouted.

"So, Gerald, Timmy, Ping, Taz, and Alex are excused and can wait in the small break room down the hall." she said as the younger teens were nervous. "But if you wish. You can help me with getting everyone." she said.

"Uhhhhh.."

"Oh no, not again! Guys don't listen to her!" Fosh said seeing the younger members quiet.

"If you do, I'll be sure your rewarded.." she smiled seeing them look but thinks.

"Hmmmmm......Okay!"

"Oh come on!!!!"

"Then can I Help with-"

"Nope. Sorry Shdwkyz, you helped the last time so I'm afraid your getting your check up this time." Ophelia saw the snake tense up twitching a little but he really didn't want to go through that again.

"Ha! Serves you right!" Navarro said to Shdwkyz who glares.

"Oh shut up.." he hissed.

"This is not happening again! Not again!" Fosh cries while Mouse tries to calm him down.

"Well, again, shall we begin or...are you guys going to make this hard again?" Ophelia said as the fractions were nervous now.

"Ummmm...do we get a say in this?" Zed asked.

"Hmm let me think.......No." Ophelia said before seeing Hex, Swan, and Jeremy show up ready to catch them but the fractions quickly runs away.

"RUN AWAY! SCATTER JUST GET AWAY FROM THEM!"

Everyone was running away but in some luck, Hex trips two that saw it was T-bone and Maggie!

"Huh?! Hey, let go Hex!" He said struggling.

"NOT AGAIN!! I DON'T WANT TO GET LEFT BEHIND AGAIN! GUYS!!!" she shouted.

"SORRY MAGGIE AND T-BONE!!" Navarro shouted as the others ran off. However the fractions ran off to see them gone leaving the two.

"Oh you have got to be fucking kidding me!? AGAIN!! DAMN IT NAVARRO!!"

"Wait, he left you alone before!?" He asked.

"It's a long story. I'll tell you later." she grumbles but the two saw Ophelia walk over to look at the two but Maggie and T-bone sweatdrop to gulp. Her glasses were hiding her eyes while she looks to them with that same cold smile.

"Well, that's two down and a few more to go. Gerald, can you please take the two to Dr. Akiko for their check up?" she asked seeing him nod as he goes to pick them up and begins carrying them away.

"NOOOOOOOO!!!! GERALD DON'T DO THIS AGAIN PLEASE!! I DON'T WANT TO GO TO HER NOOOOOOOOO!! T-T"

"COME ON LITTLE DUDE! THAT'S NOT RIGHT! LET US GO!"

"Sorry guys but at least you'll be healed!" her said hearing T-bone and Maggie screaming even worse as they got taken away. Opheila sighed but looks to Swan and Jeremy. "lets go...we still have a few to catch..You young ones please come with us." she said seeing Ping, Taz, Timmy, and Alex nod and follow her.

[the-silver-peahen-residence]

Hi Peahen mom,

I been curious about this DI5 infection au and from the last one I was wondering: What's the ??? infected. Are they dangerous?

((Hello anon dear, hope your well this evening. And you read the recent part I see. Well, true, their is a Redacted infected but yes, they are a lot more dangerous and very very unstable to be around. I could give you a small hint of what this monster is like so just a moment. And some known in this part belongs to my friend @demon-blood-youths ))

Silver butterfly mun/Peahen mom

"Any luck?" Mr. Henderson was standing in front of a tv screen seeing the hackers Fosh and Mouse along with Navarro and Echo there. Seems thanks to some work, he got through to at least someone. He was happy to know the others were still alive and surviving through the nightmarish NYC.

"We got some new information but it's from this old folder file that Mouse opened. We got more information about this infection to the demons." he said on the computer screen seeing the other three looking.

"Nice work. Thanks to this, we might get more information regarding the story to how this started. Right now, we are still processing the work on fixing a cure to treat anyone that was infected. Even with the many failure tests, we are not giving up. But is their a way for you guys to come to the main area where I am? The station? "he asked the group.

"We might be able to but after the infected adapted, it's been a lot more dangerous to travel now. So far, we can try again in a while or so. Though, not many infected are seen in this area." Navarro said while helping Echo sit down. She was tired but she was fine.

"I see. Well, even if you can be sure you keep on the move and keep a eye out for your fellow demons. They are alive out in NYC and outside too. We just need to figure out some plan to get everyone together."

He knew it was risky but he didn't want anymore innocent lives to be taken. Even with this monstrous infection. He saw one of the workers download the file thanks to Fosh sending it so they got a copy of the DI5 infection info.

"We know and we will. We just want to be sure our friends are safe out there. Who knows what might be lurking out there now?" Mouse didn't like to think about it but with so many new types, it's hard to say. For now, she hopes the others are safe.

"Well, for now you guys rest up. Just be careful." Mr. Henderson said before ending the call. Fosh, Mouse, Navarro, and Echo sighed knowing it was going to be hard to.

"Come on, lets just get some sleep. In the morning we will move to a new location. Alright?" Fosh saw the three nod before going to a room that was here but it had four bedrooms so it was fine. Right now maybe sleep will help them relax through this before doing just that.

So far, it seems like this night was quiet and everyone can rest up.

Or can they?

~~~~~~Meanwhile~~~~~~

Jaron, Melinda, Rust, and Breezy were sleeping in their safe house right now in the dark. Jaron holding Melinda close against him so he won't lose her. Same with Rust hugging Breezy from behind while she and him sleep. Not many infected has showed themselves so maybe it was safe which explains them taking the time to rest and get some sleep.

But this was going to be stopped when the sounds of a ghoulish like hissing noise was heard, heavy footsteps, along with something scrapping against the floor. This noise woke Melinda up.

"..H..Hmm?" She slowly opens her silver eyes to shift in Jaron's arms. How long have they been asleep? She lost the time but slowly sits up to look left and right as Jaron's arms were lowered down carefully by her.

".......what was that scrapping noise?" she mutters sleepy trying to wake up as the noise still was heard. She carefully stood up to go check it out. She didn't wake the other three since they were just as tired. A quick peek should be fine. She only yawns quietly to check the window of the safe house. It was pitch dark out there but nothing seen moving in the darkness.

She blinks to adjust her eyes but looks confused. 'How strange. I could have sworn I heard something...' she thinks but maybe she was indeed hearing things. Shaking her head, she turns to head back to the others to get some sleep. However, that's when she heard the ghoul like hissing noise to make her stop.

"???" She looks behind her seeing the window but nothing was out there. "......" Okay, she heard something alright. Melinda slowly walks to the door but looks from the window.

"What is that noise? Am I hearing things now?" she said worried but looks away to hold her cheek. "Maybe I am. I mean we all are tired after what happened so many I'm wrong." she mutters to head back as well. However, as she did, she tenses hearing something. The loud footsteps to make her quickly look. Something was outside the safe house that she saw a big dark shadow that was moving along by the window.

Her silver eyes were wide seeing the shadow figure but quickly goes to wake the others so they can get out of here. However, the large shadow figure notices the safe house to smell at the door. A deep growl was heard smelling demons inside.

Melinda gets back to the others but quickly tries to wake them. "Guys...guys wake up. Wake up, we need to go...come on please wake up." she whispered worried that she sees the three stirring.

"H..Huh?? Melinda?" Breezy wakes up tired like but sits up with Rust waking up along with Jaron.

"Melinda, what's the matter-"

"Shhhhhhh.....not so loud. Theirs something outside the safe house."

"Something outside the safe house?" Jaron asked sitting up. "What do you mean? What did you see?" he asked.

"I don't know. It's pitch dark out there so I can't tell what it is. However, I get this feeling it's not human or a demon. It might be an infected..or a worse one. Even so, we should get out of here before it figures out how to get inside." she said.

"Woah woah easy...something is outside? Though...it seems like it's just......"

"You guys have to believe me on this. Something is outside. I couldn't see it but I got a bad feeling about what's lurking at the door." she tries to explain but when they asked, something shatters in the main hall of the safe house alarming them.

All four quickly sat up hearing that but right away, Jaron and Rust tense. This feeling..it was off. The smell from what it was a strong and heavy of blood and something worse. Right away the two quickly grabs Melinda and Breezy's hands to pull them away to rush to the back of the hideout.

The two wonder what was wrong only to see them get to the back of the hideout. The area was some hidden hallway as the two get the girls inside before going inside too. Right away, the four didn't do much but Melinda and Breezy looks worried. They can see Rust's red a glowing blood red and Jaron's own eyes glowing yellow but they were on guard.

"G...guys-"

"Shhhhh.." They gently hush them to look worried but whatever is going on, seems this thing was making them behave like it's not safe to do anything...whatever it was. The four didn't move but now they could hear the loud footsteps along with the scrapping noise along the ground. The thing was inside the hideout while looking around.

Rust looks but he already can tell this smell or scent from this thing smelled strong that it was telling him that they had to get out. Right now. This thing was dangerous. They needed to get out! He keeps Breezy close but she was confused wondering what it was.

The sound of footsteps were still heard before they grow louder to hear it must be inside the area of this hiding spot. Rust and Jaron didn't say a thing but they did get a quick peek to what the thing was. They were able to see it.

The uninvited guest was looked almost human like but not what you think. The thing was huge almost like it was indeed used to be demon or human but their body seems to have been forced through a growth spurts too many times. It's body didn't look natural anymore, more like it was mutated. The skin was heavily soaked in blood with tears in the skin leaking something racid on the floor of this hideout. It's muscles were huge but almost monster like while it was walking or limping slowly in the area. It didn't seem to have much hair given most of it seems to have been falling out showing some bold spots on it's head.

It's hands were showing the same talon nails but they grew to a larger length, fingers darkened by whatever it could be. Blood or something worse. It seems to be holding something but it's hard to tell. It was wearing torn up clothing or forced ripping clothing due to it's sudden change in body form. The head was bigger but it had sharp teeth with some being broken, some scars on it's face. The eyes were dark blue color. It's face seems messed up but it's able to see, smell, and hear still.

Rust and Jaron's eyes widen seeing the monster but they didn't make a single sound. Not one. This thing didn't look normal but maybe it's an infected. As for the thing it was carrying? It seems to be a hand made large made Axe with two of them being on either side of a street lamp metal pole. Now, it was groaning out trying to find food or to say uninfected or infected demons, humans, or whoever was alive. Looking left and right, it tries to find food walking along in the area where the four are hiding.

'O..Oh my god...w..what is that thing?' Breezy whispered seeing it a bit.

'I don't know but.....do you think it's another infected but a mutated one?' Melinda asked.

'I Don't know..but something is giving off bad vibes about this thing. We can't let it see us. We have to get out of here..' Jaron whispered back gripping the wall but Melinda saw his eyes looking at the thing. They showed anger, fear, worry, and......disturbance. Whatever this thing is.....their was something well known:

They needed to get. out.

'How do we get out without it noticing us?' Melinda whispered.

'....I think theirs a back door in the safe house. If we head there, we can get out without being spotted.'

Though, they had to be very quiet, seems like this thing can hear pretty well since it's able to see in the dark better.

For now..they had to move. Being quiet, the four slowly tries to hurry to the exit of this place away from the thing roaming the inside of this not safe anymore safe house. They had their things so it was fine as they quickly head down the hall in the back away from it. As they were moving, the thing was smelling the area looking for food but that's when it noticed a pile of blankets. It tilts it's head, walking over but sees the same ones that Melinda, Rust, Jaron, and Breeze were resting at.

Bending down, he grabs a few but takes a long smell from it. Seems like someone was just here making the thing like ghoul groan again hearing it's stomach. This smell.....it was another demon. It keeps smelling the blanket snorting as well before it looks to smell the air again trying to get a sense of direction.

It a minute, it looks in the south direction but grips the blanket growling.......it might have found the delicious scent. Uh oh.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

In the back, Jaron and Rust leads the way but saw another room or area but they knew this had to have a hidden exit.

"I think we can get out of here from here. Just have to find the door first." Jaron said to the group seeing everyone looking relieved. They can get out before that thing finds them.

"Come on, lets hurry and get out of here." Rust said wanting to get away from that thing as quick as possible. The four walks ahead trying to find the exit to the safe house. They were so close to being free. However, now they were worried about that thing and could their be others?

"Come on, lets hurry and-"

Suddenly, something smashes through the wall knocking it down as everyone moves back seeing it. Their was some coughing heard only for the four to hear some groaning noises to make them tense. Slowly, they look seeing it was that thing again!

It looks around smelling the air again but it seems the smell was here....and it's coming from Breezy and Melinda. Growling at the two, both women were ready to fight as it roars charging suddenly at the two.

"OH NO YOU DON'T YOU FUCKING MONSTER!" Right away, something sucker punched the thing in the face as it tries to grab the two but the girls gasped seeing this.

"Rust!" Breezy goes to help him but saw the monster groaning feeling more punches to it's face and body before grabbing the iron blood knight.

"!?" Right away, Rust struggles in it's hold only to feel it now start to crush him in it's giant hand.

"GAhhaaa!!" It's grip was pretty strong! It was crushing his bones! "Damn it let go!" He said trying to hit it's face in order to try making it let him go. However, it was taking the punches like nothing. It just gets a hit only to grow more and more annoyed with Rust. He was ruining it's change to get food! It was hungry and he knew it was infected so it wouldn't make it full.

Looking at Rust landing another punch, it tightens it's grip around his body seeing the blond wincing. This monster's grip was no joke and it was only squeezing harder and harder as Rust winces worse. Their was blood even starting to show from his chin.

"Hey, let him go you jerk!" That's when something lands to kick the thing in the chest as the ghoul groans out from the kick seeing Breezy that hit it. Growling, he swings it's arm at her only to see her duck trying to hit him and make him let go of Rust who was twitching from the grip getting tighter and tighter.

"Rust hold on!" Jaron said going to try to help but he could try to get the thing to let him go. As Breezy was trying to help free him, it swings it's arm again right at her!

"?!?"

"Breezy watch out!" Rust said seeing it's arm about to hit her only for it to stop in mid air.

"????" It looks confused seeing it's body covered in some silver aura. It tries to move but couldn't getting more annoyed but saw how did it. Melinda was trying to hold it still so Jaron can try to get it to let go of Rust as Breezy keeps attacking using wind gust like kicks trying to injure it.

'Damn it, this thing's skin is tough. Even so, I have to help them so it can let Rust go!' she thought seeing Rust shaking now but he keeps trying to hit the thing that was holding him.

"Just hold it still Melinda!" Jaron said before looking at the thing holding his friend before his eyes begin to slow to look right at the thing, a mist slipping past his lips. Melinda knew he was using Silver tongue trying to get in control of it and make it drop him.

Of course the monster groans bleeding from the attacks they landed on it. Now it was growling, just starting right at Jaron.

"Drop him right now." he said the command seeing the monster groaning out still as it's grip still was tight around his teammate. Rust was panting having trouble breathing a little due to the tight grip.

"I said drop him!" he said again but it still was struggling like it was overcoming his silver tongue!? In that moment, the thing was starting to struggle as Melinda winces feeling it was trying to move.

"I..It's trying to fight out of my hold! I don't know if I can hold it!" she warns seeing Breezy still trying.

"Just hold on Melinda! You too Jaron!" Breezy said as she tries to kick the thing in the face again. In that moment, the thing only roars out as it shatters free from Melinda's hold. Her eyes widen in shock as it quickly threw Rust to the side only to see him crash into the wall destroying a desk.

It breaks from Jaron's hold as it roars at him as it was about to hit him but it's face was kicked in again only to see Breezy aim another kick to it's face. However, it grabs Breezy before throwing her to the side right through the window into another hallway.

"Breezy!" As Melinda tries to help her it swats her next right into the wall hard as it sees her crash to the ground on her side showing her wincing. Rust and Breezy were wincing as well before lifting it's giant axe ready to kill the two. Jaron tries to help but got hit away again right near Rust who winces as well.

However, it walks over to look at the two girls that had the smell of food coming from them. It reaches to grab them by the ankles, pick them up and take them away to be eaten!

"NO!" right away, he summons the pack as the spiritual jackals howls. "Stop him from taking the girls, quickly!" he said but sees the three rushing to the monster as it was about to eat both Melinda and Breezy.

It's monster like mouth opens wide showing the broken and some sharp teeth ready to bite into them before it got attacked by the jackals. Thanks to this, it drops the two who crashes to the ground wincing in pain as the monster was swinging it's axe at them.

It howls out annoyed, trying to attack the jackals but they were trying to lead it away from the group. Right away, Jaron rushes to help Melinda who was laying on the ground.

"Melinda! Melinda, hey come on...wake up!" he said but saw she was knocked out. Shit! He sees Rust coughing but spits blood out wincing before looking around. He can hear things being destroyed in the other room.

"B..Breezy?...Breezy, where are you!?" Rust said only to see her hand but gets up to quickly rush to her wincing in pain. That damn thing had some grip. He sees she was knocked out as well bleeding from her side and head. The guys had to get them out of here before that monster comes back.

Right away, Jaron picks up Melinda and Rust picking up Breezy. They needed to get out before that thing comes back! The two heard some things being smashed and broken before Jaron snaps his fingers calling the three back.

"Lets get out of here!" he said hearing the monster roaring out mad before the guys quickly rushes out of the safe house and to the outside. They run away carrying the two girls but they made sure they stayed away from the darker parts on the street. However, now Jaron and Rust were worried; Melinda and Breezy were hurt. They knew they would heal but it depends on how long. For now, they needed to get away from that thing but they worry if more of them were out there. They didn't need to find out.

~~~~~~~1 hour later~~~~~~~~

"Okay...I think I got all the blood off." Rust was holding a wet rag with some of Breezy's blood on it but she was laying down on a bed along with Melinda resting in one. They were able to find another safe house but the two were resting up now.

Jaron was keeping a eye out but he was also cleaning Melinda up from her own blood. The two were quiet but wondering what the heck that thing was. It wouldn't get effected from what they did but that was bad.

"......Jaron, what the hell was that thing? No matter what we did...it wouldn't go down like that. Is that some sort of new mutation?" He asked but Jaron was quiet.

"...Maybe. Even knowing it's not normal. That thing broke free from my silver tongue and Melinda's telekinesis. It wasn't even fazed by your punches or Breezy's kicks. That thing...it was a lot more stronger than the other infected we seen." he said.

"I know that...but still......that was way too close. Guess their is a lot more dangers we don't know about...even now." he said and yet Rust saw the look in his eyes, knowing Jaron nor he liked this. Whatever happened it almost took the girls and could have done who knows what. That worried him that his eyes glowed looking worried.

"......."

"Jaron..."

"*Sighs* For now, we should be safe...but we'll have to be sure to keep a eye out in case that happens again. I Just hope it won't." he said.

"Though their is one thing....."

"Hmm?"

"What if 'it' hits us.....I worry we might end up feeding off of them if they are...." Rust didn't want to do that if Breezy is knocked out but Jaron felt the same. They would have to wait till they wake up but who knows how long that's going to be.

"Well have to fight through it. No matter what, we need to be sure they are safe and healing up. They should heal thanks to their demon blood running through their veins but they need time." he mutters looking at Melinda touching her cheek.

"For now, we need to be sure they are alright. I can send a radio message to the others to give a heads up about what happened and of that thing. For right now, we just need to keep a eye on the two till they wake up. We can't let them get taken by any means." Jaron said but Rust understood.

For right now, the guys keeps watch this time but hopes Melinda and Breezy are alright. For now, seems something more dangerous lurks here in NYC but it also seems it's not just here. As more danger looms, it was only a matter of time till it came to this.

A new threat has arisen and now things have gotten harder.

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Yikes. o.o

Well, at least he isn't doing anything worse i..is he?

Second, I get the feeling Willow is a lot more pissed off..judging from her flames but she's been quiet for a while now. I hope she's alright. Second, I don't know if Bradley will stop. He's that desperate to try asking them again to be his girlfriend. He almost sounds like a Yandere.

Ethan sighs, "She is." He sighs. "I had to comfort her telling her that he will be taken care of. I heard that Bradley was following that other man I know of. Mineta Minoru. I never thought there was someone besides him being so bold about doing such perverted things."

"I guess you didn't hear about what happened in Japan. Apparently, those two idiots messed with a demon fraction in Nagoya." Said Shdwkyz.

"Nagoya?" Rust blinked "Where's that?"

"A city in another prefecture, Aichi. It's like four hours away from Tokyo. Two hours if you take a train there. One hour if you take a bullet train." Said Fosh. "I do hear of a faction living there. They are called Demons of Oda."

"Yes." Shdwkyz confirms, "Those guys framed the fraction for going into Jujutsu High campus taking girls' private undergarments by placing one of their armbands with their crest on it." He said.

"Holy shit....and how did Taz and everyone deal with that," Navarro asked.

"Taz said it wasn't them due to the scent. The demons, by the way, the faction has human members so it's hard to tell. But Taz picks up Mineta so they thought Mineta was working for them until one of the girls from the faction was kidnapped. They tracked them down and overheard that they framed them so the two groups can fight." Shdwkyz said, remembering what Taz told him.

"Well dang..." Jaron said. Shdwkyz nods, "Taz said that they were beaten, caught, and handed over to the fraction. Mineta and Bradley are doing hard labor as their punishment."

"Oh yeah! Gerald told me those guys won't hand Mineta to UA over till he serves his time for one month." Rust said, hearing Gerald is now enrolling at UA to get help with his super strength.

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