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[kore-arts]

So! New au hehehe. Joker jr and Red Hood take place in the same universe.

@aurora-bore-aura and I have been going insane/pos

Jason Accidentally falls through an unfilled tunnel into Arkhams basement. Glad that even his half mask canceled his yelp as he stalks through the facsimile of a suburban scene. His eyes narrowed as he saw cords leading from a grill. They widen again as he sees Harley snoring on a picnic table.

Fingers tense around his knife until he hears soft almost inaudible sobs. A kid, and oh how that struck his heart. Even more when he sees the torn and bloody Robin suit.

His replacement lay on a metal table. Bound and sobbing in his sleep, another Robin tortured by a monster. He jumps hearing a laugh that haunts his head as he slashed the binds. As he dodges, swings and taunts he picks up the boy. Copper floods his mouth as he bites his tongue to not make a sound.

His mind blank, he knocks the two out and runs out. He is dangerously aware of how light, how small his replacement is. Especially as his eyes open and a mumble of “my ‘obin. My ‘obin saved me” before going slack again.

(⁠◠⁠‿⁠・⁠)⁠—⁠☆

And so Jason pre- Red Hood finds and saves Tim. Only nights before the others could. The poor boy is at best near catatonic or mumbling. Or at worst laughing and choking on tears.

So Jason is trying. He is Really trying, he does laugh when he finds out Tim glammed up the heads in the dufflebag. And when he gets back and finds him rebuilding the bazooka. It worked extremely well.

It takes time. Tim picked up the hobby of sneaking and reading the tomes his parents illegally kept. Magic being a hobby that didn't remind him of either Joker or being Robin.

Or when they had to temporarily relocate as Gotham celebrates for weeks as the Joker Mysteriously showed up dead. And no it wasn't one of the two of them.

Or when Jason ate a glowing ball only to find out he was a Starving Halfa and ate the Joker's core.

He basically got food poisoning and Tim got a Friend out of the Ghost Princess and King! And finds out Jason is a Protection spirit on the way to be the next Lord Gotham as Lady Gotham is steadily growing weaker and tired.

Jason and Tim sit down once. Laughter was a problem and they both needed to seperate it from the monster. Tim brought up he wanted to help. And they talked. And so Crow joined Red Hood on the scene. Murder being a last resort and the Caw like laughter being a warning message in their territory. Soon enough the Bats and Birds would find out. And they didn't know what they would do.

Ps the Crow is named Alice. She keeps finding pocket watches

[the-pessimists-paradigm]

Into the Abyss

Chapter Five

(TW: Substance abuse, description of drug dealing, arrest and legal consequences)

I did what I had to do. At the crack of dawn, I ran from my mom’s basement with some baking soda back to school. Aurora was just trying to have fun and make some money, perfectly reasonable.

Just because she may have broken some rule that everyone else follows: don’t make/sell drugs, doesn’t mean she was a bad person. Here I was, letting her legacy live on beyond the TV coverage and missing posters. Classic “12th grader has a breakdown. ”She needed closure, but also someone to remind her that even though she wasn’t on earth, she was in my heart.

Glimmers of sunlight reflected from the window onto the beakers, blurred figures of the light. Head spinning, fingers trembling, sweat beading from running a mile at one in the morning. The wind’s chill embraced me. Emotion flooded my mind like a dam breaking open. Inhale, exhale, repeat.

My pockets contained her remnants; a handmade bracelet, diamonds of black and pink, woven to perfection, and her diamond heart necklace that matched my pastel blue flower one. A rose quartz bracelet that I would’ve given to her. Tearful laughs filled the air as I picked up a paper from when we wrote an exceptionally dreadful romance story about two classmates, layered with tropes and cliches, only eight chapters in before we got caught—annoying Theresa May.

I miss her hugs in the morning, her laughter in the halls, the light in her eyes as she talked about her life, brushing her fingers against mine, tiny fiery sparks slithering their way into my soul. Shared secrets, stolen glances, and small smiles were all hidden in her bedroom. I wish I had told her I had feelings for her sooner.

But alas, no more crying over old times, I should get this over with. Remember her in the only way I know how. Finally, a piece of her stash lay in my jeans' crevices and dark corners. Bubbles from steam evaporated as I combined baking soda and the crack, a white crystalline powder, you could’ve mistaken it for salt. Finally, the mixture was done. I had freebased cocaine, and a burnt serving spoon lay astray on the table.

Now all I had to do was wait for the money to roll in. It was child’s play. An experiment for the daring, innovative risk-takers of tomorrow. How could I ever get caught? A question that crossed my mind several times, eventually running through the traffic of medicated, forced thoughts.

Weeks passed as I used a counterfeit volunteer sheet to sell “bricks” for signatures. I was getting some recognition, rising from the underground. Not infamous, but getting there. Like different species, my buyers were of a unique kind. Older men who blurred together, my mom’s flings who wanted to take some edge off, gangs, sometimes even Rita, as I loitered downtown in hidden alleys, conveniently tucked away from the cops. One guy in particular, however, was my downfall, and just as I was starting to pay my bills.

His job was on the line, he needed a fix, or that’s what he said, walking up in a black hoodie, the mask and frayed drawstrings easily hiding his badge. He took his hand to give me money as more cars pulled up. I was frozen in place, numb with shock as he handcuffed me. Cool metal against my flushed skin, not resisting. Rough edges indented my flesh, as I sucked in a breath. I know I didn’t deserve this. I was simply trying to accomplish her goal, or at least attempt to. God, what a roadblock. But what would I do about it?

What could I do if I was stuck in a place without escape?

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[dragonrajafanfiction]

Club Takamagahara (Part 3) The Main Character

Feels. If opportunities were broad sides of barges, the Devs couldn’t hit them.

I’m enjoying the heck out of this, and its not even hard to write.

Enjoy!

“MC!” Caesar’s voice startled you, even though you were awake. How could you sleep when your emotions were in such roiling turmoil?

You had just woken up in a strange place where people exploded everything that was inside themselves and doused the flames in showers of liquor. They poured it on each other, hugged, touched, screamed! If you grew up in the polar north, this was the tropics with its searing heat and blazing sun. You were calm about it, but like a sunburn, as you lay in the dark and closed your eyes the images of flashing lights and heaving bodies was turning into a strange red mark on your brain that you couldn’t ignore.

So you quickly get out of bed and open the closet.  It was Caesar. His expression was serious.

"Ten minutes, dress yourselves up, the store manager wants to see you." Caesar was once again dressed in full costume. He wasn’t wearing the same tight-fitting suit. It was replaced by a see-through silver shirt, tied a rhinestone neck scarf. The back of his tight pants wrapped his buttocks so that the muscle was visible.

“Why?” You ask, as you’re drawn out of the closet in confusion. The other boys were also dressed.

“While you were resting, we went into our interview. The Whale doesn’t want to make a decision without seeing you first.”

Your mind briefly flashes back to the Whale in Siberia. “Whale?”

Chu Zihang spoke. "Japan is surrounded by the sea on all sides, so the Japanese worship the ocean. In the sea, the whale is the most powerful animal, and whale meat is also an aphrodisiac food, so the man with the title of ‘Whale’ should be said to be the most powerful of men." 

“Here, get dressed.” Caesar had produced yet another outfit.

This Cheongsam was different, black. The chest was still covered, but your skin shined through lace roses on your chest. The skirt only barely covered the front and the back. The slits in both sides of the skirt rose all the way to the curve of your butt.

Mingfei peeked through his fingers. “Boss…”

“No time to worry about anything. You have to nail this.” Caesar said.

“Yes.” You held out your leg so he could help you into your fish nets, his fingers gently sliding up your calves and thighs.. “What do I have to do?”

“The Whale interview isn’t difficult, but it’s pass or fail. You have to open your heart to him and be as honest as you can. You can’t hold back or lie, because he’ll see through it. If he likes what he sees, he’ll let you stay.”

He stands behind you and removes the comb from your bun. The hair falls over your shoulder and he starts running a brush through it, pulling through the tangles roughly in his hurry.

“What is he going to ask?” You’re not minding his yanking. In fact, it felt nice to have your hair pulled like this. It gave you a tingly feeling in your scalp.

“I don’t know. If you do your best though, I think, you’ll be fine. But you’re very closed up. You can’t be that way in front of him. So just prepare yourself to be open.”

“Okay…” 

He turns you around. “Lu, get me the make up case.”

“Yes, boss.” 

He’s crouched in front of you, eyes sharp. His eyes search your face. “Your skin is good at least.”

You smile, but you feel nervous. He was right. Being open wasn’t your strong suit.

Lu Mingfei returns with the make up case and Caesar paints your eyes, sweeps a brush through your eyelashes and paints your lips. “I think simple is best in this situation.”

“Little sister… if you don’t feel comfortable. I understand…” Mingfei mumbled.

“I cannot do anything else, right now. If we’re thrown out, it’s over! So please just believe in me.” 

You glance up at him. Mingfei’s cheeks turn a little red. “I… Okay.”

As the four of you rise through the elevator, Caesar continues to explain to you. “The first floor is a stage and dance floor, a place for grand performances and female guests to drink and dance; the second floor is a spa and beauty salon; the third floor is a kaiseki restaurant called "Barnacles" and a tea house. The retired performers have their own suites on the third floor. We can only live in the basement as interns.  Well, it’s more accurate to say that we live in that bathroom.”

“No wonder you’re always bathing.” Your heart is leaping in your chest, but you stay calm on the outside, ever humorous.

“The fourth floor is off limits. Only those invited by the store manager can set foot here. They call it The Sea.”

You step out of the elevator. Fourth Floor.

Doors painted with blue acacia flowers opened one after another and, by each door stood tall, sturdy, black-clad bodyguards. You clasp your hands in front of you, just like you did for the man in the striped suit. Just like the high school student in the manga, you keep your eyelashes low, and your back straight. Only now there was no breeze to lift your skirt or hair.

Of course, the giant whale should live in The Sea, so this whole floor is the residence of the store manager. The main color of the whole floor is sea blue -- sea blue walls, sea blue carpets, sea blue curtains, even the table porcelain are sea blue. The bodyguards have turtles, starfish, and sea crabs tattooed on their bald heads.

In front of the last aquamarine door, a man, tall with a body overflowing with mounds of fat, stood. If this was the sea, and you were going to meet a whale, this man was truly like a male seal. The Baikal Seals live in Russia, in the great lake. They could reach five feet and length and weigh 290 pounds. But this man was far bigger than even the biggest seal you’d ever seen. You look up at him, jaw dropping. This man would probably rule the beaches of Baikal as a seal!

He looked down at you. “The only way to impress the store manager is to show your true self.” He rumbled. “I have never seen a woman do this before. So who knows what might happen? But it will be a clash of heart upon heart. If your woman’s heart can reach him then…”

The Seal Man trailed off into silence and stepped to one side.

The last door slowly swung in. The fresh scent of seaweed comes to your nose, and your ears are full of the sound of water, as if you were facing the undulating sea. 

Behind the door was a rotunda, with a huge ring-shaped transparent fish tank as the wall. Clusters of soft coral grew on the rocks. Sea grass swayed in the artificial waves. Sea turtles slowly floated up, to just touch their noses to the surface. The two-meter long tiger shark has swam around the hall. 

The ocean… again. You think bitterly. The Arctic Sea, then the Deep Sea of Japan, and now this? Most people were overwhelmed by the sight of such a magnificent office. After all, the amount of money to maintain something like this had to exceed the yearly salary of an ordinary person every month! But your eyes grow cold and your frown with annoyance. You’re sick of the ocean.

The hall was very open, with two rows of bookshelves behind an oversized desk. In the light sat a stout man that reminded you of a giant bear. His whole body bathed in aquamarine - from his aquamarine satin suit to his aquamarine leather shoes, with a huge aquamarine ring on his ring finger and a red coral brooch on his chest. He sat on an aquamarine velvet sofa, smoking a thick Churchill cigar, gently stroking a famous breed of Himalayan cat, and shaking a cup of golden alcohol on the rocks, which reflected a splendid light. 

True to his name, the store manager Whale is even more dominant when he appears in private marine settings. He wore huge sunglasses. The top of his head shined like bright tile. Were it not for the blue whale tattooed on the side of his head, you would have thought that he too was part of the yakuza. But seeing it took away from the seriousness of it all.

He looks at you and quirks a single eyebrow. He eyes you up and down once and then nods, looking over to Caesar, Zihang, and Mingfei. “It looks like you weren’t kidding me about her.”

What did Caesar say? You wonder and glance over your shoulder, but the three men were already moving to the aquamarine sofas near the glass walls.

This was it. You take a deep breath. Whatever the question, you would answer with your truth. No matter how difficult, no matter how dark, no matter how cold. If he didn’t like it? Tough. Such rich and privileged men could rarely handle a truth, especially a woman’s truth. Such was reality. You doubted this sort of tactic would let you win, but you had to trust Caesar.

And yourself.

The Whale picked up a brush and dipped it in ink. Instead of writing he froze, looking up at you once again. His eyes behind the tint met your cold challenging ones. He slowly lifted the brush, looked down at a small parchment.

He wrote in quick elegant calligraphy, two characters which he held up for all to see. “Lost Love.”

“Ms. MC. The question I am asking you is about lost love.”

You inhale sharply through your nose and your eyes widen. You’d opened your heart and now, it was like he had taken a long sword and run you through with it! Your ears tingle. Your eyes burn. Your hands, still clasped in front of you, jerk tighter to dig your nails in, a reflex to stem the emotional pain.

“In this line of work, we deal with many women who have no love or have never experienced it. Caesar says you have never experienced the love of a man. So tell me. What can you say about Lost Love?”

Your mouth opens but nothing comes out. The memories spiral up from your heart and through your mind like a long sleeping geyser that had finally erupted, flooding your body and rendering you speechless.

The darkness of the winter solstice comes again, but it’s midday in the arctic. So the pale blush of the reminder of sun was just starting to appear on the low horizon. The sky is full of stars. The green aurora dances over head like a parade. The lighthouse in the distance peals its church-like bell, slowly rotating its sword of light though the thick night air. A flock of white snow geese pass by, in V formation, calling encouragement to each other on the journey.

Renata is sitting alone on stones swept free from the fallen dry snow. Her blond hair is tucked up in her fur lined hood and her body is covered head to toe in the thick coat that was patched over and over in many colors. 

Your breath fogs in front of your face as you sigh and make your way up.

A whale always passed by here this time of day on Christmas. It was a secret you shared only with her and you came up here every year to see it. As you go to sit down next to her, the whale appears, a black shadow moving under the ice.

“Make a wish.” She whispers.

Normally, people wished on stars. But the stars were frozen and inert in the sky, stuck here, just like you. The whale, however, was free to roam as it liked. It had the power to make dreams come true.

After a moment, Renata looked up at you, her pale blue eyes sparkling. Her skin was good, her lips bright and her cheeks flushed against the winter frost. “What did you wish for?”

“The same thing I wish for every year.” You reply warmly.  “I want to be just like the whale. To be free and live in the ocean."

Renata grins and giggles. "If that day ever comes, I hope that I'll be standing right next to you. I'm very happy to have you... by my side.”

Your breath suddenly flies from your lungs and your eyes rise again to the sea of blue around you. The fish, the shark, the coral and the tortoises. It is just like you were once again miles under the sea. 

Your hand goes over your mouth.

You’re speaking with a whale.

“Renata…” Your voice squeaks and your knees shake.

Whale doesn’t understand your words and his confused look brings you back to earth. But you can’t school your expression. You feel like you’re bleeding out and you can’t stop it. Your mind is in a daze of joy and pain. Even though your eyes are swimming with tears, the joy stretches your face into a rapturous smile!

You were swimming free, like the whale in the ocean. You’ve been to the big city. And even though you could no longer hear her voice, you can feel her with you, like a shadow that held the warmth of her hand in yours. Never had it been so strong as now.

“Lost Love?” You look him with this blaze of emotions pouring from your cold dark eyes. “Oh, Whale… there’s no such thing!”

The Whale’s jaw drops. His hand goes limp. The ink brush drops from his hand and falls to the carpet, spraying the ink on his aquamarine shoes.

For a moment, there is silence. And then a wail, like a roar of an injured beast!

The fat man who had greeted you is weeping openly, one arm over his eyes. He’s moaning out something in Japanese that you don’t understand.

Lu Mingfei quietly translates. “That guy's name is Fujiwara Kanousuke. Before he went to The Sea to become a male performer he was a Daiguan-level sumo wrestling star, just shy of rising to the top 'Yokozuna'. His previous girlfriends were all Japanese drama stars, and he was considered a hot and beautiful man in Japan. But then a female fan heard the news that he was getting engaged and desperately jumped to her death. This is the first time he understands how she felt." 

His eyes lower and he falls into silence while the man sobs.

Chu Zihang stands up and wanders away from the group, raising his eyes to watch the sea turtles swimming by.

Whale slammed his fist on the desk and everyone jumped. The cat hisses and flies off his lap in a blur to hide behind the bookcases. “This… this…” He croaked, shaking. Beads of sweat were rolling down his bald head. They moistened his nose and his glasses slipped down his face. “This power… I thought I’d never see it.”

Power…? Your emotions are almost calm but the effort of control has left crescent moon bruises in your aching hands.

“The power to move a man’s heart to action, to reach out and to embrace another woman’s heart, uncontrollably! Yes! YES!”

He leans on the desk, glaring at Caesar, “BasaraKing… I want to keep her here but I cannot accept your offer to make her do something as crass as bidding up fish. I want her to be a challenge to my precious performers! To pour out their love on her to the superlative degree!”

Your eyes widen and you freeze in place. What did that mean?!

Lu Mingfei was equally appalled but as soon as he opened his mouth, Caesar’s hand slapped over it to silence him. “Yes, sir. I’m glad her answer pleased you.”

“I cannot give you an Ikemen persona… you are not Ikemen… no… the opposite. You…”

He pointed a shaking ringed finger at you. “You! Are!”

He swept out his hands and raised his eyes to the ceiling, shouting like an evangelical preacher. “YOU ARE THE MAIN CHARACTER!”

[dian-morey]

Lazarus || Dian & Simba

@simba-bonfamille-lyons

TLDR; Dian wakes up in the basement of Town Hall and snacks on the first person available, Simba! Then Simba fights back and locks the newly turned vampire in the basement.

(trigger warnings before each reply!)

Dian Morey

(TW: DEATH, DYING.)

What's this?

The light surrounding Dian was fading. The warmth ebbing away. A monotone ringing filled the cavern of his mind until it all stopped. All sound and feeling and light sucked out of the space.

Back in the darkness.

And then all at once the aurora of lights came back, rapid fire blinking all across his being. It was overwhelming unlike the last time he saw them. It had been beautiful and mesmerizing last time. Now it was just blinding. If he could, he'd wince in the face of its intensity. Now the only way he could escape the flashing...

was to open his eyes.

Simba Bonfamille-Lyons

(tw talk of death/dead bodies/basements lol)

The basement was off limits to everyone except a select few. Board members, mostly. And loved ones of the deceased who wanted to visit. It was cool enough down there that they'd be fine for a few days at least. It was also where the supplies were and was locked from the outside so that people couldn't steal things. The supplies had been stocked after their last emergency: food and blankets and clean water. 

Simba had done that with Arthur. 

His heart clenched as he unlocked the door to the basement. He hated going down here, but he'd rather do it than anyone else. Especially because he'd asked to bring the Blackwells too. (Some people were pissed at him for that.) Anyway--

He was coming to get blankets, having to move around the haunting white sheets where the bodies lay. His path stirred one of the sheets, the breeze making it sway. Bloody unnerving. Simba turned to the shelves, reaching up to grab a few of the blankets stocked there. 

Dian Morey

(TW: NECK STUFF I H8 IT (is in italics feel free to skip), DEATH STUFF, DEAD BODIES)

There was an uncomfortable knot on his neck when he awoke So as Dian sat up in the unfamiliar setting, covered in a sheet, he tilted his head and popped it back into place letting out a gnarly crunch. 

He could tell it was dark... but he could see perfectly as he pulled the thin fabric from his face. And he could smell even better. He could smell the bodies, rancid and rotting around him. The only thing keeping him from gagging was the sweetest scent he'd ever smelled. Simba.

In the moment, Dian didn't care who it was that smelled like that. Friend, brother, perfect stranger... he had to have a taste.

Silently, he stalked over behind him, only letting out a hiss when he was just close enough to go in for a bite.

Simba Bonfamille-Lyons

(tw dead body/death mention)

Simba didn't hear anything. This was partially because he'd started whistling, just to keep himself from getting the heebie jeebies scared out of him. He was a grown adult man. Dead bodies and basements shouldn't freak him out, haha! 

He also hadn't slept in two days. 

He was whistling and grabbing blankets and didn't hear anything at all. So, when he turned around and there was a bloody (literally) (dead?) person standing in front of him, he did whatever any grown adult man would do--

He screamed.

Dian Morey

(tw: BLOOD AND VAMPIRE BITING!!)

Whether it was lucky for Dian or not, his prey, no, Simba, was close enough to his height to put his throat in perfect range. 

The melodic pulsing quickened at the sight of him, Dian didn't care. Not right now. He ignored the screaming, the fear from his friend. Someone he'd known practically his whole life. Grabbing him by the shoulder and pushing his face away, Dian took a bite. The pair stumbled against a shelf of emergency supplies, blood slowly dripping onto blankets.

It felt wrong in his heart. But the hunger was louder than the meek conscience nagging him. It was too loud. The blood was too good. It felt like it was his first meal in years when the liquid filled his mouth. Even with Simba putting up a small fight, Dian couldn't be bothered to stop.

Simba Bonfamille-Lyons

(tw vampire bite/blood)

Simba didn't have a moment to put together what was happen. One second, he was screaming in surprise. The next, Dian had bit him. Bloody bit him! And had him in a firm grip. Simba considered himself a rather strong lad. But he was no match, without even struggling.

At first, he didn't struggle, couldn't struggle. The shock and fear made him cold on the inside. Was this really how he went out after everything? A fucking vampire? 

Ber was going to be pissed. 

Ber.

Simba's body jerked and his fingers went behind him, dropping the towels as a spike of adrenaline shot through him. He really only had one chance of this. He'd been awake for forty eight hours and was now losing blood at a rapid pace. One of the shelves they knocked into happened to be the canned foods shelf and he grabbed one of them, smashing it as hard as he could against the side of Dian's head. Exploding tomato soup all over the both of them.

Dian Morey

(TW: BLOOD MENTION, general thoughts of murder and destruction LOL)

Dian was caught up in his own bloodlust, he didn't pay attention to Simba grasping out for a weapon. 

It didn't matter. Nothing mattered other than consuming all of the blood his prey had to offer. And then he'd follow the scent upstairs. And he'd be a wolf among sheep. A whole flock just above his head, he could hear them. Waiting to be eaten. 

In his fervor to move onto the next meal, he bit down harder. Then as Simba brought down the can, his grip loosened completely and Dian slumped over, losing consciousness right after he had regained it.

Simba Bonfamille-Lyons

(tw blood/wound/injury)

Dian dropped like a bag of potatoes.

Shit. Shit. Shit. 

Simba's legs felt like jelly. He didn't think he'd ever been so scared in all of his life, but he tripped over Dian's body trying to jump over him. He clamped his hand down on his neck and started stumbling towards the stairs. 

What the fuck was he supposed to do?

Just as he got his hand on the doorknob, he realized: if he opened this door, the vampire(?!) behind him would be able to do whatever he wanted to any of the innocent people above. 

Fuck. Simba's hand trembled, but he squeezed his eyes tight and then he curled his hand in a fist and turned to walk back down the stairs, holding fiercely to the railing. 

"D-Dian?" His voice was scratchy, his wound pulling as he spoke. Fuck, that hurt.

Dian Morey

The vampire wasn't down for long. He roused to 'life' once again as his friend cautiously walked back down to him.

No, Simba, run away. Run away from me please, the smallest voice begged from within him. Dian rolled over onto his back, not so comfortably on top of some cans that fell in their scuffle. 

He wanted to call back to Simba now that he had a spark of sanity come back after, well, that... but no words could be spoken. All he could do was sing, 

"And you thought the lions were bad, well they tried to kill my brothers." 

The lions, being Simba in this case, as he couldn't fucking say his name. God, this was humiliating, first you become and unruly beast and in your fleeting moments of sanity you have to sing to communicate?? Dian was having a long night.

Simba Bonfamille-Lyons

Simba knew that he didn't have much time. His mind was going a thousand miles a minute. ADHD Marzel had called it, but all he could think was that he couldn't decide if it was helpful in this moment or bloody useless.

He needed to make a plan. He needed to do...something.

What was the weakness of vampires?

Fire? Fire. 

Simba pat at his pocket and pulled out the lighter he had there. Stashed just in case, y'know, the fucking power went out. He ripped off a piece of his sling and lit it up. Just as Dian started singing.

The fuck was that about? He was cursed to sing as well?

"What? None of your brothers are--they're f-fine," Simba stuttered, tripping on a stair, the burning cloth almost swinging back in his face. 

Dian Morey

Dian ran his hands through his hair in frustration, but the action served the dual purpose of getting tomato soup out of his hair. He couldn't help but growl. Huffily, he wiped at his beard still dripping with blood. He shamefully licked his stained hand as he got up from the ground.

It only stung a little that Simba felt the need to arm himself. Dian supposed he couldn't blame him, after having just been attacked. As much as Dian wanted to prove that he wasn't a danger any longer, his newly formed fangs were still elongated and it was getting harder to remember that Simba was his friend. 

"We're nocturnal creatures, drawn to the flame," he sang in reference to the flame Simba now sported. And, well, the fact that Dian was definitely a creature of the night now and that in itself scared the shit out of him. 

But he had said his brothers were fine. That was a relief... and then the intrusive thoughts flooded in. I bet they'd make a good meal. Hungry, so hungry. Dian used his inhumane speed for the first time since he had it. (Human Dian would have tripped over the flat ground if he tried to run like this) The flame was the only barrier between the creature and Simba. The Dian who didn't want to be a monster was glad for it. "How am I gonna get myself back home? How, how, how?" He sang with whatever humanity he could grasp at.

Simba Bonfamille-Lyons

Think, think--what the fuck. 

Dian had this crazy look in his eye that was making Simba extremely nervous, but he had to figure something out. After all, Dian was a vampire. Which made him a danger to literally everyone here. Simba had come a long way on his opinions about vampires but--

Dian had just tried to eat him! 

The lyrics he sang were--weird. Simba knew that song, though he couldn't pinpoint it. 

"Uhhh--right, just--stay back! Stay...back." Simba held out his hands. The fire was eating up the fabric quick. "I gotta--figure out what to do."

Dian Morey

Dian flinched backwards when Simba pushed it closer to him. The flame reflected in his darkened eyes. But it was dying. Simba's seconds to think were dwindling. 

"You might have to excuse me

I've lost control of all my senses" Meaning, I can't fucking stop myself, I'm so sorry.

That tiny thing keeping the beast Dian couldn't control at bay. For seconds. Think faster, Simba. The minority in Dian's head begged. But the majority, the bloodthirsty part, bided its time. 

3

2

1

Time's up. 

The flame burned itself out, and Dian lunged.

Simba Bonfamille-Lyons

(tw elective fasting/cutting w a sword)

This was why Simba hated vampires.

No matter what he tried to think of, he couldn't win. He wasn't strong enough or fast enough. Especially in his sleep deprived state. Especially as hungry as he was. (He'd done his best to fast, so he wouldn't take more supplies than he needed.) He couldn't fight Dian off. There was nothing he could do. 

And Dian couldn't control himself. He didn't blame Dian. But he did blame what he was.

The flame got too close to his hand and he yelped as it went out and he felt, more than heard as Dian lunged, crashing into him again and sending him back against the stairs. Simba, at least this time, landed in a way that he could grab his sword, which he did. Though, the angle was awkward in the close quarters, he managed to slash it across Dian's back several times, as many as it took.

Dian Morey

When the pair stumbled back onto the stairs, Dian leaned in against Simba's protestations.

Teeth bared and fangs nearly grazing his already bloodied throat... then the vampire felt the sting ripping through his back muscles. 

HISSS

Dian reared back and yelled out in pain.

Simba Bonfamille-Lyons

(tw attack)

The pressure of Dian's body on top of his released and Simba didn't even think. His brain was white with panic. He just knew that he had to escape. There were people he needed to protect. A life that he still needed to live. His heart pounded against his chest, reminding him of this. 

Simba's long legs, honed by ears of running and sports, came up and kicked Dian as hard as he could in the gut. The vampire stumbled, missed a step on the stairs, and toppled down the stairs. 

He didn't wait. Simba lurched to his feet and scrambled for the door, grabbing the door handle and then opening it. He slipped through and closed it behind him. Locking it. 

Fuck. 

What was he supposed to do now. His growleth yipped happily at his feet, wagging its bushy white tail. Simba gave him a mock glare. "Some help you were. Come on, I gotta find a scarf or something before someone sees this. And--and figure out who to tell about the vampire in the basement..." 

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[alleycat97]

A Night Out Pt. 3

Description: Kamilah is taken out on the town to blow some steam off with an unlikely source, Priya. Kamilah didn’t care for an all mortal nightclub but Priya promised her it would be worth it, saying she would finally get laid in over a century.

Pairing: Kamilah x MC (Aurora)

Notes: Part 3. PB characters. Slightly altered from chapter 1 of BB. General to mature audiences. Gets really good, please enjoy!

...

Kamilah sighed as she woke up in her penthouse early the following morning. Her mind was still racing and a plague of guilt was building up from the events that happened. It was too late to crawl back but she assured herself that what she did was right and Aurora was a big girl and she would understand.

So with the past night’s events behind her, Kamilah made her way to her office, greeting her employees as she did every morning and got her itinerary from her assistant. Her cellphone was ringing constantly by the time she reached her office and oddly enough it was Priya.

“Hello?” Kamilah greeted trying to boot her computer up while juggling her coffee and phone.

“Kamilah! Darling! How was it? Was she delicious as I suspected? What did you guys do? Tell me everything! Did you cuddle after? Leave nothing out! I want details!”

Kamilah should have known this is what she wanted. Should she lie about leaving or just not mention it? The guilt began to eat at her again as she tried to answer in detail all of Priya’s questions.

“In short, we did go back to her place and yes we had sex. She is incredible but I think I taught her a few things.” Kamilah spoke easily.

“You old dog! Mhm, you gotta love these baby mortals. I love letting them have the lead then putting them in their place.” Priya cooed. And she was right, Kamilah thought as she recalled taking over on Aurora. It was just vampire instinct.

“It was quite enjoyable.” Kamilah responded.

“Sooooo. When are you going to see her again?” Priya finally asked the one question Kamilah wanted to avoid.

“What makes you think I’ll see her again? It was just a fling.” Kamilah replied causally which was easier than she thought.

“Because you haven’t got any ass in over a century! I saw the way you looked at her. Now spill, when are you seeing her next?” Priya asked again.

“I’m not. I may or may not have left when she passed out.”

“YOU DID WHAT!” Priya said choking on her morning drink. “Please tell me you didn’t pull a hit and run on her. That’s low even for me!”

“Hey! All it was, was a casual hookup, nothing more.” Kamilah lied to herself. “We are both adults and besides, it’s not like I’m going to see her anytime soon.”

“The great Kamilah Sayeed, pulled a one night stand on a sweet innocent mortal, my god I’ve created a monster!” Priya laughed hysterically.

“Yeah, yeah. I’ve got work to do.” Kamilah sighed, trying to get past the guilt trip Priya was pushing on her.

“Ok darling. Try and save some for the rest of us.” Priya cried out mock laughter as Kamilah hung up and slowly massaged her temples looking over her schedule, highlighting the meeting with Adrian and Lester that evening.

...

Aurora frantically rushed into the Lobby of the Raines Corporation, surprisingly on time. The building was beautiful and It was filled with well dressed people walking back and forth on a mission. She saw the sign that was labeled ‘interviews’ and went to sign in. It was then she regretted not having dressing up more official, but it was all because of her...Kamilah.

She took her seat trying to set aside the atrocious ending to what was a perfect night so that she could nail this interview and finally get a good job. She needed this job to prove to herself and everyone back home that she could make it in New York.

A door opened and a rather tall but beautiful woman by the name of Nicole stepped out and called for Aurora to join her. It surprised Aurora that she was being interviewed by someone so high up in the company, but as Nicole stated, the position she applied for meant that the perfect person needed to be chosen to help assist Adrian, the CEO. Speaking of the man, he stepped in and took over the interview. Aurora didn’t want to admit that she was extremely nervous now, but she tried her best to impress him and judging by his reactions to her answers, she was hitting it out of the park.

“Well it seems you are certainly qualified for this position and I like your attitude and ambition. Does working into the night bother you? We tend to get busy.” Adrian asked putting an emphasis on his last question.

“Oh that’s no problem! I’ve always been a night owl.”

“You’re hired.” Was the next words from Adrian’s mouth and the shock overwhelmed not only Aurora, but Nicole aswell.

“But sir! We have 15 other candidates, you can’t just choose the 1st...” Nicole protested.

“There is no need. I have my assistant here. Cancel the rest of the interviews Nicole.”

“I..but..yes sir.” Nicole said ducking out of the conference room.

“Wow. Thank you for picking me! I swear I won’t let you down Mr. Raines! I needed this job!” Aurora cheered, the shock wearing off.

“Please, just call me Adrian.”

“So when can I start?” Aurora asked.

“Right now.” Adrian stood and ushered Aurora to the elevator. Filling the young girl in on the do’s and dont’s. He explained that her job was to help him function smoothly and make sure everything he needed to do was laid out and organized. He showed her everything she needed to get started and who to ask if she had questions. He showed her the desk she would use, it sat in front of Adrian’s personal office and across from the conference room. Aurora was eager to finally get started but it was getting late. The day had flown by but Adrian had one last job.

“Aurora before you go, I would like for you to head down to the basement and retrieve some items I picked out for my guest this evening. There is 3 total. One is for me and 2 are for my guest. Now run along my meeting starts in...”

“30 minutes!” Aurora interjected impressing Adrian that she knew.

As Aurora entered the basement she was met by a old man that was haggling her about the proper procedure to check things out.

“Listen you old hag, this is my first day ok. I’ll try and remember but if I don’t get these item’s now, you are endangering my job and I know you don’t want me to go get Adrian. Just give me my stuff.”

The old man sighed and grumbled towards the back of the basement returning with a box. In the box was a silver dagger from the 14th century, intended for Mr. Castellanos. An Egyptian scarab that was 2100 years old, intended for Ms. Sayeed and a vial of red mandrake extract for Adrian.

Aurora made it back just in time and knocked on the conference room door, greeted by Adrian who let her in. She noticed the older burly man first, then she noticed the second person. She tripped and fell over a chair by the shear shock of being in the same room with the woman again.

Kamilah didn’t even glance at the door when Adrian’s assistant walked in. She was focused on this meeting, that was until the girl had a nasty fall over a chair, rolling her ankle on the way down. Kamilah pushed her chair back and tried to assist the girl up until she came face to face with the person she was avoiding, Aurora.

Aurora was staring at Kamilah, the woman who ran out on her a little over 12 hours ago. She didn’t know how to feel. Angry? Hurt? Embarrassed? They all filled her mind as she shook Kamilah’s hands away and stood up on her own, ankle throbbing in pain and her pride severely damaged.

“Aurora are you ok?” Adrian asked.

“I’m fine.” Aurora claimed as she shot daggers directly at Kamilah who sat back down trying to figure out how the hell to escape this nightmare.

“Well ok. I think we should start by giving my guests here their gifts. Aurora? Would you do the honors?”

Aurora passed out the Scarab first. Noting that it was a symbol of rebirth. Kamilah sighed, of course the girl was intelligent. The world just seemed to be punishing her for flaking on her.

Then Aurora handed the dagger to Lester, or “daddy” as he insisted, touching Aurora inappropriately. Making the girl squirm, looking around for help. The look she saw on Aurora’s face sent Kamilah flashing back to the club the evening before when she first laid eyes on the mortal. Rage, jealousy and the urge to protect Aurora came flooding back. So Kamilah, moving impossibly fast, jerked Lester away from Aurora, and slammed him down into his chair.

“Ow Kamilah! You broke my hand!” He winced.

“If you so much as look at her wrong from now on, I’ll kill you myself. Are we clear?” She threatened.

Aurora didn’t know what to do. She was so confused emotionally. The room began to grow smaller and smaller and everyone’s gaze was on her. She panicked, and ran out the door leaving the three vampires to their meeting.

“What the hell was that about?” Adrian asked Kamilah at her sudden outburst.

“It’s...It’s complicated.”

[decorous-biohazart]

I Get To Know Me

RULES: answer these questions in a new post and tag 10 blogs

I was tagged by @fashionablelabcoats​

A- Age: 21

B- Birthplace: Aurora, Colorado

C- Current Time: 8:48 PM

D- Drink you last had: Blood orange Sanpellegrinos

E- Easiest person to talk to: I got a ton of those

F- Favorite songs: Man that’s a long post but right now I’m really digging ‘One in a Million’ by Midnight To Monaco

G- Grossest memory: One of the handful of times our basement flooded in our old house and snapped open the sewage line.

H - Horror, yes or no: I’m down for a good spook, but better not be shock factor or jumpscares I want me some real unsettling business.

I - In love: With the coco

J - Jealous of people: Nah, never gets me anywhere.

L - Love at first sight or should I walk by again: Takes more than a pretty face.

M - Middle name: Lawrence

N - Number of siblings: One younger brother.

O - One wish: I like goals better.

P - Person you called last: My brother, who I lost in a store.

Q - Questions you’re always asked: “Who’s Trona?”

S - Song you last sang: Nope.

T - Time you wake up: That is up to the cosmos.

U - Underwear colour: Currently tan.

V - Vacation destination: Rocky Mountains

W - Worst habit: I have the need to explain myself too much.

Y - Your favourite food: More of a drinks guy, but I’ve been really digging sour mix cocktails.

Z - Zodiac sign: Aries

Tag 10 People: I don’t tend to tag on these to avoid putting obligation on people but I’m always down for someone to do it and say I tagged ‘em if this sounds like something they wanna do.

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Friday, August 19, 2022 Canadian TV Listings (Times Eastern)

WHERE CAN I FIND THOSE PREMIERES?: SPIN ME ROUND (AMC +) BAD SISTERS (Apple TV+) SURFSIDE GIRLS (Apple TV+) GOOD SEX (discovery +) ORPHAN: FIRST KILL (Paramout +) WHAT IS NOT PREMIERING IN CANADA TONIGHT THE SECRET LIFE OF COLLEGE ESCORTS (TBD - Lifetime Canada)

NEW TO AMAZON PRIME CANADA/CBC GEM/CRAVE TV/DISNEY + STAR/NETFLIX CANADA:

AMAZON PRIME CANADA THE ISLAND THE ITALIAN JOB     MAKING THE CUT (Season 3) TODO POR LUCY

CBC GEM MI’KMA’KI (Episodes 1-3) PARAÍSO

CRAVE TV CATFISH (Season 8F) CATFISH UK (Season 2) THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE JOURNEY 2: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND MEAN STREETS PAN’S LABYRINTH PITCH PERFECT THE TRIP TO GREECE THE WOLF AND THE LION

DISNEY + STAR BABY SHARKS BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (1991) (Sing-Along Version) BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (2017) (Sing-Along Version) CAMO SHARKS COUNTING JAWS JAWS VS. BOATS MAUI SHARK MYSTERY NATURE BOY [STAR] SHARK QUEENS SHARK SIDE OF THE MOON SHARKS THAT EAT EVERYTHING TANGLED (Sing-Along Version) WORLD’S BIGGEST HAMMERHEAD?

NETFLIX CANADA THE CUPHEAD SHOW! (Part 2) ECHOES THE GIRL IN THE MIRROR (Alma) GLOW UP (Season 4) KLEO THE NEXT 365 DAYS

IIHF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP (TSN4/TSN5) 4:00pm: Semifinal (TSN4/TSN5) 8:00pm: Semifinal

MLB BASEBALL (SN Now) 7:00pm: Astros vs. Atlanta (SN) 7:00pm: Red Sox vs. Orioles (SN1) 7:00pm: Royals vs. Rays (SN1) 10:00pm: Marlins vs. Dodgers

CFL FOOTBALL (TSN/TSN5) 7:30pm: Elks vs. Redblacks (TSN) 10:00pm: Lions vs. Roughriders

THE JOURNEY AHEAD (W Network)  8:00pm:  A famous Hollywood actress and a young wilderness expert drive from Los Angeles to New York. Along the way, both women learn they can't run from their past to create the future they want.

CRUISE SHIP KILLERS (Super Channel Fuse) 8:00pm (SERIES PREMIERE):  A honeymoon cruise goes awry when the bride is allegedly blown off a balcony in the middle of the night. But when the weather report comes in for the evening showing no wind, a murder investigation begins.

CBC WINNIPEG COMEDY FESTIVAL (CBC) 9:00pm: Love Languages: Hosts: Aurora Browne and Kris Siddiqi; with Carol Zoccoli, Jeremy Furlong, Allie Pearse, Todd Ness, Dena Jackson and Ted Morris.

HOLMES FAMILY RESCUE (CTV) 9:00pm: Mike, Michael and Sherry answer a woman's distress call after a shady contractor butchered the repairs in her flooded basement; the Holmes family make sure the only pool of water around a couple's country home is the hot tub in their backyard oasis.

THE TRIP TO GREECE (Crave) 9:00pm:  Funnymen Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon travel to restaurants, hotels and ancient landmarks in Greece.

[halfblackwolfdemon]

Fuck, it wouldn't leave my brain:

---damnit---

The "seals" flare brightly as the 7-11 cup of expresso coffee disintegrates before their eyes, quickly followed by the shoddyily-made lego toy model rocket and the specificly-made Subway sandwich. The sigils and runes the half-assed magician had scrawled on the concrete flooring of the warehouse (how fucking cliché can you get) lit with a toxic, flickering green that spread from each summoning item before it devoured the sacrifices in a flame of bright, blinding blue.

Cold swept through the room and Constantine barely contained his shiver. He hated this part of the summoning and quickly covered his ears, scrunched his face up in anticipation.

Horrific screams filled the warehouse. The sounds bounced and jumped from the catwalks above, to the basement below to the hidden parts of the over-sized storage unit, coalescing into a glowing green mist that flooded the ground around their feet. The agonized sounds frenzied form but a moment before deafening silence filled the room.

"Magician..." The main Cultist asshole hissed as the smoke coiled around their ankles in a teasing sense, though Constantine could tell he was the only one able to feel the emotions behind the theatrics.

"I warned you, mate." Was all he said before he lit one of his heavier cigarettes, breathing deep of the tobacco as the sudden terrified screams surrounded him as the mist condensed into a green glowing shield that surrounded him.

When the warehouse was once again quiet a towering man stepped into Constantine's eyeline. He was easily over 6 and a half feet tall with a swirling, spiral galaxy crown above his head, six inch spears of black ice flickering into existence amongst the flowing gradient of color. A spiked black ice mantle rested upon his broad shoulders that flowed into a fluxuating aurora borealis that tapered off near his ankles. He was wrapped in black traditional European knight armor that glimmered and glowed like the night sky, constellations bursting into existence at the slight turn or movement of his gargantuan form. His toxic green eyes gazed lazily at Constantine before a grin, sharp and dangerous, spread across his face. "Hey, starshine." The High King of the Infinite Realms said, his voice a sirens call to those not immune to his unearthly charms.

"Hey Danny. Hope you've been doin' well." Constantine said, raising his right hand to rub the phantom pain on his left bicep of Danny's overprotective sisters ecto-gun's burns.

"Mmm, not really, since you cheated on me with King Shark." Danny's face contorted, the spiral galaxy above his head spreading as his visage broke beyond human comprehension. His eyes widened horrifically, his mouth stretching in a facsimile of a terrifying smile that did not breed reassurance. Danny's body contorted as the shadows latched onto his form from the flickering candles in his summoning circle. Said circled crackled with the Ghost Kings power, arcs of emerald flickering into existence along the perimeter.

"That was... a massive mistake, to be honest. " He said, a grimace touching his face at the admittance. "I didn't think you were that invested in our relationship, to be honest, Danny."

The spiral galaxy coalesced into an explosion of blinding, incomprehensible colors that momentarily blinded the Hellraiser. "You hurt me." Was Danny's quiet, broken voice and as the spots cleared from Constantine's eyes, he saw the human form of his ex.

Still, he was taller than a normal human, but with black as night hair and icy, inhuman eyes in the face of an achingly human face. His shoulders hunched to his ears in a show of human fear and Constantine felt a stab of Ghost Ice pierce his heart at the broken look on his better half(a)s face.

Swallowing thickly, Constantine stepped forward and grabbed at Danny's freezing hand, threading their fingers together. "I thought... Well, I guess it doesn't rearly doesn't matter what I think, now does it?" He pauses and slowing swings their connected hands together slowly. "We're in Gotham. Do you want to try some Batburger? It's not as good as Nasty Burger, but the Jokerized fries are bangin'."

Danny's inhuman blue eyes blaze before settling into a more human color, "Okay." His voice is hopeful and Constantine feels his heart flutter at the acceptance.

---

I... OK, so... Now I have a new ship to sail. Thanks, ass.

Short DPXDC Prompts #271

Constantine gets forced to summon the Ghost King by a bunch of cultists.

[julieeanderson01]

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Tango on the Campania (Ishikawa run) Review

This is a fan review of the Ishikawa run of Musical Kuroshitsuji: Tango on the Campania (TotC), for both 3rd February (setsubun special) and 4th February shows. I also had a glorious close-up view of Ciel and Sebastian when they appeared behind my seat. SO READ ON TO FIND OUT MORE! 

ABOUT ME

 I have been watching Kuromyu ever since the first musical. I am glad to be able to finally watch it live in person after all these years. I am also a huge musical nerd, and am musically and dance trained. I also live in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, right now. 

I attended the opening show on Saturday and the closing show on Sunday! Super happy to be part of the special setsubun celebration during the curtain call, and I’ll share more later in this review. My seats were on row 10 (Saturday) and row 18 (sunday), so I am pretty close to the stage!

This review will not contain huge spoilers or a full summary of the entire plot, so you can go ahead and continue reading without dying from spoilers.

OVERALL THOUGHTS

IT. WAS. AMAZING! I was pretty bummed about the circus version last year because the music was just...bad. Pretty sure their entire budget went into the costumes and acrobatics department instead of music 

For TotC, It is pretty fast paced but it has the key stuff from the Campania arc! The set is beautiful, the Bizarre Dolls were great, dance choreography marvellous as usual. Kudos to the supporting cast! There was no bad singing at all (unlike in Noah’s Ark Circus).  You’ll tear up at the sad parts and you’ll get chills at the scary parts and great singing! It’s THAT good!

There are some slight changes in the Saturday and Sunday ad-libbed parts, in consideration to fans who attended both days. Bless them! <3

MUSIC & SONGS

The music in TotC was so good! But of course, it cannot beat the masterpiece of Lycoris featuring our vocal prowess Akane Liv. Yuta Furukawa (Sebastian) was so good, and his songs really show off his vocal talent. 

My favourite song is ‘私は執事、あなたは伯爵’ (I am a butler and you are an Earl), especially Part 2 reprise of this song when Sebastian sings about Ciel’s soul after realising his little Master isn’t content with just being an Earl and wants revenge. The lyrics then changed to ‘I am a demon butler and you are a fake Earl’. So so SO GOOD!! 

The other side characters had very nice songs too, especially the 2nd comic-relief song ‘Ey yo, Ey yo!’ sung by Viscount Druitt. It was hilarious! Druitt is a GREAT singer and in his first song, he did this flamboyant pose and crooned ‘PHOENIIIIiiiIIIX~!’ at his entrance. Yes, lucky dude got to sing two solos! I know some of you may be thinking oh man, a comic-relief song when zombies are killing everyone? Don’t worry! Because the whole second half of the story was super intense, the comic relief song by Druitt was refreshing and helps steer us out of this depressive wave. This song ended with Ciel, Sebastian, Grell, Ronald doing the fabulous mass Phoenix pose that is exactly like in the manga! The dancers encouraged us in the audience to clap along too! 

The actress for Lizzie sang really well in her solo song too! Her voice was very cute and she kept up the moe-vibe. But her song was really sad and some people cried when she sang about ditching everything to be cute for Ciel. 

BIZARRE DOLLS

The Bizarre Dolls (supporting cast) was marvellous! Their zombie-walk was great and their dance choreography was to die for (pun not intended). Remember the basement scene where Ciel, Lizzie and Snake discover thousands of coffins with Bizzare Dolls rising from the dead? The show used a projection screen to project the rattling coffins and it looks really good and realistic! Then suddenly, this screen was raised to reveal a hoard of Bizarre Dolls lunging forward for them. Accompanied by the music, I literally got chills running all over my skin. 

To make up for the lack of BIzarre Dolls, extra zombie mannequin dolls were used and tossed around to fill up the zombie numbers on stage. 

FLOODING & SINKING SHIPS

Screen projections were used to create many of the effects on the ship. They used a transparent projection screen to project the rising flood-waters as well as water raining down from the ceiling. It was pretty realistic considering they cannot have real knee-length water flooding the stage.

Projections were also used to show the Campania breaking in half and when the ship started tilting as it sank! 

KEY/ FAVOURITE MOMENTS

1. The playback of the pre-show announcements featured Reo’s super cute voice. I could see some fans of him squealing when they heard his voice.

2. Characters (AbberHank duo, Midford family, Ciel, Sebastian and Snake, Ronald) entered the stage from the audience exits and not from stage left/right. I am not sure if it is done at other shows or just for Ishikawa. In previous musicals, they did not have character entrances from the audience except for Hank/Abberline. 

In the Saturday show, Ciel, Sebastian and Snake appeared and stood behind my seat (to my shock and delight). I could see their gloriousness up close! Reo/Ciel was just scowling and man, Reo is so skinny up close! His black tights made his legs look like chicken legs! Yuta/Sebastian looked utterly (and perfectly) demonic! I swear my heart stopped beating right there and then. Unfortunately, my Sunday show seats were further back but the trio did not stop behind my Saturday seat but instead continued walking towards the stage.

3. The opening for TotC is also different from previous musicals. We usually start the musicals with the contract scene but this time around, we had a Campania song with the characters boarding the ship.

4. The amount of Campania wordplay jokes..god! They were so funny!

(While boarding the ship)

Abberline: I heard they are selling merchandise on the ship.

Hank: What? What kind?

Abberline: Cam-badge (Campania + can badge)

Audience: LOL

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(At the banquet)

Ronald, Abberline, Hank: Kampai-nia! (kampai (cheers) + Campania)

5. Yuta/Sebastian & Reo/Ciel doing the Phoenix pose was hilarious! Reo/Ciel was wearing heels so he was wobbling on one leg. The rich man from the Aurora Society circled Reo/Ciel to make sure he is keeping his Phoenix pose and the audience laughed. 

In the Sunday show, poor Reo actually lost his footing but thankfully Yuta quickly caught his hand to stabilise him! It looks so authentic and in-character, and it delighted the audience! I am so sad that this probably won’t be in the DVD release... 

6. Ryan Stoker also interviewed the front row audience about what is the most crucial thing aside from life, and the poor lady (on both days) kept giggling uncontrollably.

7. In the scene where Yuta/Sebastian fights the hoard of Bizarre Dolls in the ship’s basement, a giant red silk cloth was run over the audience’s heads towards the stage to signify a bloodbath/ wave of blood. This scene then led to the belated contract scene song!

8. YES. THERE IS AN ICE-BERG IN THE MUSICAL! It is huge, it is fabulous and it had Grell standing on top of it as it neared and crashed into the ship! What a fabulous entrance!

9. Yes, the fan-favourite scene of Sebastian calling Grell a hentai (pervert) is in the musical and it is super hilarious.

Grell: Ehhhh. So mean! I even bought some bromides (of myself) as presents.

Audience: LOL

10. Lizzie’s badass reveal was perfectly executed! She even did the same fighting choreography in the anime movie! She also the same poses in the manga! It was so good and I think Momoko really delivered and a perfect casting choice. 

11. Undertaker’s shinigami reveal was really nice too! HIS DEATH SCYTHE IS GLORIOUS!!!!

12. In the stabbing scene, both Reo and Yuta were lifted by the supporting cast so it looks like they are ‘falling’ off from the top floor. The projection screen behind then projected the blood splatter as Undertaker’s scythe stabbed through Sebastian’s torso. 

13. My favourite part in the whole musical is when Sebastian narrated his initial life as a butler to Ciel. As we all know our!Ciel is not the real Ciel! Reo actually portrayed our!Ciel very well. He hesitated before calling himself with his dead twin brother’s name. Sebby says 「 かしこまりました/ I understand.」 in the most super lazy, sarcastic and reluctant way, it was super funny. In the Sunday show, Yuta/Sebastian sat on the Earl’s bed after serving him milk & honey, which led to Reo/Ciel shoving him off. Yuta/Sebastian also made a ‘tsk’ sound when Reo/Ciel reprimanded him about cooking everything from scratch like a real human butler should. And as he walked away, he spat out 「クソガキ」(stupid brat) before launching into my favourite song  ‘私は執事、あなたは伯爵’ (I am a butler and you are an Earl

14. The final Bizzare Doll fight scene in the middle of the ocean was beautifully executed. You can refer to the official trailer on the website to see how it was done! 

15. Grell was more worried about his false eyelashes after Ronald and Grell found a boat. It was super funny!

16. The musical ended with a reprise of ‘私は執事、あなたは伯爵‘  and the Campania theme song. 

SETSUBUN SPECIAL CURTAIN CALL 

So setsubun was on Saturday and the cast prepared a special curtain call for us! Abberline and Hank did their ad-libbed comedy routine, and here are some of my favourite parts:

Hank:「鬼はoutside！福はinside！」(starts rapping)...あ、でも、鬼がいないので‥ （‘Oni outside, luck inside, ahh, but there aren’t any oni inside here...)

Hank: Oh, look so many oni! (gestures to audience)

Abberline: Oi, don’t be rude! (smacks his head)

Hank: ...you’re right, there is only one oni...(gestures to one poor audience member in the first row)

Audience & Cast: LOL

Abberline:じゃ、「鬼はなし！福は内！」にしてた！(Well, let’s do `There is no Oni, Luck is inside’ then!)

The supporting cast then entered the hall and spread out, they tossed packets of 福豆 at us. I did not manage to catch a packet but the lady beside me did. Lucky girl.... 

The main cast also threw the packets of beans and Reo/Ciel got too excited and tried to fling the packet further out, and his Phantomhive ring flew out from his finger. He had to leap off the stage to recover it from the first row. The AbberHank emcees teased him about it 

How can Earl Ciel do that? 

That’s not something Ciel will do? (LOL)l

SATURDAY & SUNDAY CHANGES

As mentioned earlier, the cast made an effort to make every show unique so it doesn’t matter if you attend just one show or many shows. Each show has special changes in the actions and ad-libbed dialogue. Here are some of my favourites:

1.  Opening Entrance: On Saturday, Abberhanks appeared together in the audience. On Sunday, only Hanks appeared alone and was super happy. But he met Abberline as he was walking to the ship who pretended not to recognise him. 

Hank: Aren’t you Fred Abberline?

Abberline: No, I am Fured Abburraineee...(exaggerated accent)

Hank: No-th-that, besides the accent. The name is the same isn’t it? Fred Abberline! 

Abberline: It’s Fured Abburraineee...

2.  Banquet scene: Ronald taught Abberline how to pick up ladies, but Abberline was being socially awkward when flirting with them in the Sunday show. The trio only kept drinking in the Saturday show.

3. Ronald & Grell on a boat scene: In the Sunday show, Grell ad-libbed something random. Not sure if he forgot his lines but it was really funny...

Grell: (pauses before gesturing to the sky)  Look so many birds, I want to be a bird too...

Ronald: (bursts out laughing)

4. Curtain call: We did not have long thank you speeches on Saturday due to the Setsubun special. But we had it on Sunday for the closing show. 

Abberline: TADAIMAAAAA ~!  Audience: OKAERIIIIIIIII~!

Congratulations, you made it all the way to the end of my super long review! 

I will attend the live-viewing of their final performance at the cinema again on the 12th  (just so I can see the set/costumes and all that in super high-definition on the big screen). Also I kinda wanna see the cast start crying when they make their final thank you speeches! Also because they mentioned we will be watching exclusive back-stage clips and I really wanna watch it! 

Please, please PLEASE order a copy of the DVD/BLU-RAY. Please support the cast and giving them a well-deserved income from these sales.  

The DVD/BLU-RAY will be released in Japan in June 27. You can order it off CDJapan, Amazon Japan or Animate International.   I will be buying a copy myself as well!