#I LOVE LORE

[mediumgayitalian]

The infirmary door creaks slightly as Nico pushes it open, wood swollen in the summer heat. He freezes, listening for the sound of angry curfew harpies, but luckily there don’t seem to be any around (they tend to camp around the Hermes cabin, understandably).

The infirmary is much darker than it usually is, letting the three or four people in it overnight rest. Some softer lights are on at the nurse’s station, making the blonde head under them glow. Nico pads forward, steps a practiced silence on the clay tiles. He can’t see if Will has his hearing aids on under his hair; he probably does, because Nico can’t imagine him on duty without them. Either way, he makes sure to approach the medic from in front, tapping the counter when he’s close enough. Will doesn’t startle, only glances up, flashing a smile — he heard.

“Hey, darlin’,” he greets.

Nico rolls his eyes, firmly holding back the smile that tries to force its way on his face. “Hey.”

“Nightmares?”

Surprisingly, no, although maybe that’s just because Nico couldn’t fall asleep at all. After the third hour of trying — which was, frankly, remarkable, he should get an award for staying in his bed the entire time like the Mature Person He Is — he gave up, figuring he might as well put all his annoyance to good use. And Will, for some reason, is endlessly amused by Nico’s complaining, so it’s his personal mission to make the stubborn boy crack. One day, gods help him, Nico will turn that usually sunny grin into a scowl, just so he can make an irritating Apollo-related comment about it.

(He’s hoping for the same eye twitch he gets when he attempts any ‘Underworld-y stuff’).

“Something like that.”

Will hums, but doesn’t press. After a minute he gestures to the spinny chair behind the nurse’s station. Nico takes the hint, ducking through the half-door and sitting on the old leather.

He likes the infirmary at night. Maybe it’s a strange place for him to find so much peace — ghosts often linger here, many of them pained, and it always smells of rubbing alcohol and eucalyptus — but he likes it anyway. It’s less visually sterile than a hospital, more akin to an apothecary, and the whole place always feels warm. Will’s off-tune humming echoes quietly as he works, mixing with the soft snores of the few patients and the repetitive grinding sound of whatever poultice he’s currently preparing. If Nico wasn’t so randomly wired, the sounds would lull him to sleep. They have before.

“Prepping for tomorrow,” Will explains when he catches Nico looking. Some of the softness on his face fades as he tightens his jaw. “I’m sure we’ll need it.”

Nico uncurls slightly from the armchair, peering curiously forward. He’s not sure what’s more intriguing — whatever healing magic Will is prepping, or the uncharacteristic bitterness in Will’s voice.

“…Need what?”

“Everything.”

“Oh, well, thank you, that clears things up nicely.”

Will snorts. His grip on the mortar loosens.

“C’mere, then, I’ll show you.”

When Nico is close enough, he sets down the pestle, revealing very fine, almost bleach-white powder.

“Shells,” he reveals, pointing to several still-whole ones. He smiles slightly. “It’s the kids’ job to gather ingredients, and this is probably their favourite. They’ll play with the naiads for hours to get enough, Gracie’s always tuckered right out after.”

Nico matches his small smile. Gracie, Will’s youngest sibling, is a cute kid, obsessed with mermaids. He imagines collecting seashells from the Greek version of mermaids is practically a dream come true.

“What’re the shells for?”

“They’re pure calcium carbonate, basically. Good for dyspepsia, which won’t help for capture the flag, but also good for caustic burns, which will.”

Nico nods. He has, for some reason, spent enough time around the apothecary to pick up more than a few medical terms – largely because Will talks like he swallowed a pre-med textbook, which isn’t that far off from reality.

“Why use shells, though?” He gestures to the powder Will is still crushing, even though Nico can’t imagine it getting any finer. “Why not just have Chiron order the stuff? It’d probably be easier.”

“Yeah, but it wouldn’t work as well.” Apparently finally satisfied with the crushed shells, Will tips the powder out into a much bigger bowl, then sets it aside. He carefully selects six of the whole shells and begins to crush them – Nico winces, because the first few cracks are much louder than he was expected in such a quiet room. “Whatever Chiron ordered would be crushed by machines, in a factory, probably made from chalk or limestone. It would still function as an antacid, sure, but –” Will pauses for a minute, facing Nico fully. His voice is softer, and he has to lean in to catch it. “Seashells held living beings. For years, they were homes. Maybe for an entire lifetime. And they were gifted, willingly, by spirits of the sea, and then crushed by human hands. At least three exchanges. There’s magic in that, and that makes them more powerful.”

As Will crushes the new shells, Nico steps up beside him, reaching into the larger bowl and digging into the powdered carbonate. The granules are finer than sand, fine as sugar – he buries his hands in them and concentrates, and in seconds he can feel the tiny remnants of spirits in them. Not souls – there is no human death lingering here – but thousands and thousands of fractured pieces of something that was once living. His arms tingle, goosebumps raising all over his flesh.

“Huh.”

Will grins. “Yep.”

Nico watches him out of the corner of his eye as he works. He is totally focused on his work, face slacking again as he sinks into the motions of it: twist, twist, scrape, check grain size; over and over, again and again. His arms must ache. It’s something like three in the morning, he’s been on duty since ten. Nico knows him too well to assume he’s been sitting idly for any of that time.

“Why don’t you ever play capture the flag?” he asks, surprising himself. He’s not usually one to break silences. Will tenses slightly beside him, and the rest of the words come tumbling out of his mouth, although he was unaware he’d been holding them in so tightly. “I mean, you’re always on shift. I know you’re in here a lot, but you like training, usually. Especially stuff where you get to run around. I would’ve guessed that –”

“I know that capture the flag is important,” Will interrupts. His hands have gone still. Nico snaps his mouth shut immediately. “Obviously. Everyone needs to keep their skills sharp.” His presses his lips together. A particularly loud snore from one of the patients makes them both look over, and it’s a long time before he speaks again.

“But I don’t like when we play war against each other,” he says. He turns to Nico and smiles humourlessly. “I know it’s dumb. But it just feels…I dunno. I’ve treated the injuries after the fact for years – too many of them aren’t accidents. Besides, I’m more help here, anyway. Chiron’s a field medic, anything more serious will need the infirmary.”

He abruptly turns back to crushing the shells, clearly ending the conversation. He has also begun humming again – aggressively and upbeat. The tension is gone from his shoulders, but his knuckles are white against the grip of the pestle.

He is not telling the full truth, Nico thinks. Will is a bad liar. All Apollo kids are, but Will especially – he squirms.

But Will is his friend. And Nico can take a hint – or maybe a silent begging to drop it.

“What time does your shift end?” Nico asks. “Six?”

Will slumps in relief, shooting him a genuine smile. “Yeah. Austin’s taking over for the morning while I sleep, then I’m back again at 2, just before the game starts.”

“I’ll stay up with you, then.”

“Absolutely not, doctor’s orders, Nico, you need to sleep –”

Nico places his hands over Will’s shaking ones, fleeting. His stomach erupts in a way he’s learned to ignore. The tremor in the medic’s hands finally stills, grip loosening.

“I’ll stay up with you.”

“Yeah,” Will says finally, starting the pestle up again. “I guess that’s fine.”

———

part two

[izelthewashbear]

Hey I just noticed something in Life series

Why do 3/5 winners team up with Jimmy in the season after they win?

Grian teams up with him in Southlanders in Last life

Martyn teams up with him in Big Dogs in Secret Life

Now Scar teamed up with him in their new team in Wild life???

I know Scott and Pearl don't fit into this theory that well but they also weren't exactly his enemies in Double and Limited life respectively right?

I have some ideas but I'll wait with revealing some of them :>>

[scooburst]

WOW TODAY IS THE DAY! NOW YOULL ALL GET TO SEE WHAT IVE BEEN BUILDING UP TO FOR SO LONG!

ITLL BE SO FUN TO DROP THIS ON YOU AT 4PM TODAY.

[floralcavern]

Magical Girl world lore

Teen girls gifted with Charms that give them super powers have to defend the world from an alien invasion while also fighting off a rogue magical girl.

The Uzbuis

The Uzbuis are a race of aliens from a relativity small planet several light years away. They are from a solar system with 10 planets, 4 of which are inhabited with life (their’s being one of them, of course). 

The Uzbuis wanted to travel the world and galaxies, especially since one of their neighbors, the powerful and dangerous Gevays, seemed to be rather… war hungry. 

So, the Uzbuis surf through the galaxies, the closest one that is inhabited with life being the rather early with human life, Earth. 

Two aliens, human names being Flake and Raineth, are leaders of this missions. They help humanity develop, helping build the pyramids and whatnot (wow, Ancient Aliens was right all along!)

But the two of them begin to realize that humanity is… dangerous. They come from a rather peaceful planet from a naturally mellow race, so seeing humans constantly fuck things up for themselves intimidates them. Especially since they tried exploring the galaxies because of their already violent neighbors. 

So, the rest of the research group decides to leave, thinking it’s just not worth it. However, Flake and Raineth decide to stay. 

The two use the most powerful substance they have, stardust, to forge what they believe shall help humanity. 

The Charms

These charms are to turn humans, specifically women, into super powered beings who can protect humanity. Now, they did only make 4 because they didn’t really comprehend that Earth is way bigger than their planet. And, why only women? It was actually Raineth’s idea! They saw how human women were treated by these societies and they were horrified. So, they decided to make it to where only women have the ability to use the Charms. 

There’s the Heart Charm. This grants the user laser vision and the ability to control people’s heart rates. This Charm’s failsafe is granting the holder wings to escape from dangerous situations when the user is weak. 

There’s the Diamond Charm. This grants the user light reflection and shields. This Charm’s failsafe is earthquakes to drive enemies away when the user is weak. 

There’s the Lightning Charm. This grants the user electricity and the ability to create deafening sounds. This Charm’s failsafe is attracting anything magnetic to the user to serve as shields when the user is weak.

There’s the Star Charm. This grants the user flight and explosions. This Charm’s failsafe is granting the user invisibility when the user is weak. 

And finally, there’s the Rain Charm. This grants the user water and ice manipulation. This Charm’s failsafe is shutting down any nearby enemies’ heartbeats by controlling their bloodstreams when the user is weak. 

Once the Charms are bonded to a human, it sticks with them, the Charm unable to be used by anyone else until that human is dead. 

Now, Raineth and Flake’s plan was to only offer these Charms to those who are worthy. But once humans learn about the power they hold, they try to do everything in their power to take them for themselves. At one point, the Star Charm had been taken by humans, using it to cause mass destruction and even nearly successfully taking over that side of the world. 

Once they successfully stop them and get the Charm back, Flake and Raineth realize how dangerous these charms are and that maybe humans just.. really aren’t worth it. But Raineth wants to persist, much to Flake’s dismay. 

Raineth decided to protect the Charms for the rest of their life, waiting until they finds the perfect potential users. But once humans learn that Raineth has them, they kill them to get to the charms. 

Flake, seeing them dead, slaughters this entire race. He decides ”fuck this” and goes to destroy the Charms. Now, these are made of literal stardust. So, he needed a lot of great power to do that. He stumbles across a volcano and realizes that it’s perfect!

So, he drops the Star Charm into there. And before he could destroy the others, the volcano suddenly starts becoming very active and very dangerous. He realized that if he were to drop any of the Charms in there, it would destroy the whole Earth. And, he’s tempted to do it, but knows it’s not what Raineth would want. (Yes, Flake is responsible for Yellowstone) So he decides to go into hiding, using his shapeshifting ability to hide amongst humans and live a quiet life. Since he’s from a world literal light years away, he ages much slower. And he can’t go back because his rocket rides on stardust, which he has none of. 

By the time it’s the 21st century, it’s only been a few months back on Flake’s home planet. 

Flake hacked into NASA documents to keep track of anything suspicious and when there’s signs of what is most likely Gevays coming to Earth, Flake sadly has to bring the Charms out, much to his dismay. 

Except, well… Flake is still kind of living in the past, not realizing that humanity has changed way more than he can ever realize. So, he gives the Charms to very young girls. Like, 2 in highschool and 1 in middle school. He wasn’t really used to the idea that humans live longer than their 20s.

So the Diamond Charm goes to famous model with a heart of gold, Ellery ‘Ellie’ Collins. The Lightning Charm goes to delinquent with a soft center, Kiazzu Dekker. And the Rain Charm goes to lonely and anxiety ridden River Oliveira. 

The Heart Charm? Well, it accidentally got into the hands of the wrong person, who’s using it to spread mayhem and destruction under the name Heartstopper. 

Later, an alien named Kavinnth from Flake’s planet shows up to warn him about the invasion. But, her ship was destroyed along the way, so now she’s stuck here too. 

Uzbui Race

The Uzbui race doesn’t have ‘sex’. They have no genitals and they reproduce asexually. Pronouns mean nothing to them. Flake goes by he/him because he disguised as a male centuries ago because his overall demeanor fell more into that category of stereotypes and it’s just kind of stuck now. 

But there are 3 what could be considered ‘genders’ for the Uzbui race. 

Coararams

These are the scavengers. They have retractable claws and very strong tails that they can use to hang from trees. They can also imitate noises to damn near perfection. Their roles are to gather supplies and make sure the environment is safe. They also have the ability to shapeshift. 

They tend to have scales in this color

Flake and Kavinnth are both Coararams. 

Savavs 

These are protectors. They have horns and back spikes, incredible strength and extremely strong jaws and sharp teeth. Their roles are to fight off any potential predators and threats to keep their families safe. 

They tend to have scales in this color

Evedens

These are the caregivers. They have antennae that can soothe the mind of whomever they are touching. They also are the ones who have the ability to produce food for babies. Their roles are to keep the family and home safe, taking care of children. 

They tend to have scales in this color

Raineth was an Eveden.

Now, it is very common for Uzbui’s to be polyamorous. Specifically by threes. It is part of their actual biology to be naturally inclined to mate this way. 

Flake and Raineth were the strange ones for being completely closed off for only one another. 

[chaimeanstea]

Athenaeum? Like... Athenaeum worlds??? DESTINY REFERENCE?????

mmmm

Mayhaps

[adaines-furious-feast]

I think Junior Year could have really used maybe five more episodes. I dunno how this work work pacing wise, but there was just so much plot.

Just five more episodes would have been good to explore the Rat Grinders more, get that confrontation with Bobby Dawn re Sandra Lynn, confirm Jace/Arianwen, Gorgug considering his relationship to rage after they found out about Porter, just more interactions with Porter after they found out the truth.

Idk maybe I just want more Fantasy High, but I think five more episodes would have been good.

[habitual-creatures]

Jesus fuck yall have no idea how much I want to just yap about Harpy and Firebrand but I CAN'T because I have other lore to plan and just abbshagahabahahabb-

[erial-c]

the project meridian audio uploading while i was in class is killing me . LET ME IN!!!!

[jardinvrm]

How did Fuyumi react to the Ninja after she got out of prison?

Awful and clearly upset, like she was throwing tantrums and insults at the ninjas the entire time she was being uncuffed and screaming telling them how lonely she felt and how nobody came to visit her... the worst part was that she was being framed for killing her parents which is... not a pleasant situation to be in

Meanwhile the ninjas; they're feel so fucking guilty and dumb on how they thought she was 'acting' the entire time she was being arrested or when she found out the empress and emperor died

This all takes place after the ninjas found out Harumi is the Quiet One and she takes away Lloyd and bla bla bla it's basically how the storyline goes in canon

[shewaslikeasunflower]

story summary of lovebound au atm: Ninten & Giegue are together in Sunshine Forest, surviving and hiding from other people. Tonight, they decide to head out to see what’s around on Nowhere Islands.

Time ticked by as the two explored Tazmily Village, walking through all of the paths they discovered. Before they even realized it, it was already nearly sunrise.

•“Ninten, let us return to the forest before they are awoken from slumber.”

•“No need to talk all fancy...”

Hurriedly, they head back through Forest Grotto, with twigs and bark snapping under them as they sprinted into Sunshine Forest. Dawn was already leaving them by now; they were running out of time.

They kept going until they hear something from behind them.

“What is that thing with you..? W-Who even are you? You're not from Tazmily…”

They turn their heads to see a pretrified young boy, holding a few chopped wood clutched in his hands, looking up at the treacherous creature by Ninten’s side. Without warning, Giegue fully takes over him without second thought, and he tackles the earthling he sees before him - immediately aiming to get rid of the eye witness. They fight, the boy kicking desperately as his claws reach for him. He manages to pin him down, and gets ready to use a PSI move, and..

Pain courses through Ninten’s body from the hard smash from behind his head, yet he can’t feel it, as he quickly falls to the ground. Giegue stays a part of him as his body goes unconscious, forced to stay conscious inside his head for him as he’s passed out to make sure he's okay. He was reckless. And he hurt Ninten again.

A few hours later, Giegue flutters his eyes open. His eyes immediately glare up to the earthlings standing before him in the enclosed space he’s trapped in.

•“Will he be okay..?”

•“Who knows, who cares. Whoever — no, whatever it is — it's foreign to Nowhere Islands.”

•“…”

•“But he looks hurt. I'll just make sure once he's calmed down..and then we can ask him questions later.”

•“That's fine, I guess. We just need to know where he came from..”

Claus and Lucas are now available in my askblog!!

[yankaphobic]

I absolutely hate how this one turned out but oh well

My exam is over btw I'm back with more art and doodles 😎

[daylo9]

FIVE (!!!) HUNDRED FIFTY EIGHT MEN (us) WHO DIED (got trust issues) UNDER YOUR COMMAND (Jorge's, the lying liar)

OMGGGG IT'S GETTING CLOSER AND I'M GETTING CLOSER TO YOUR HOUSE TO GIVE YOU A HUG

[malk-with-tea]

Character card for Clematis!

2021 version under the cut

[vulto-cor-de-rosa]

Something I only noticed in the end of the last episode, the light on Ranboo's mask is on when the fog is in effect, blinks when they start to notice that something is up and is off when he actually see's what's up. SO COOL

[atomicmxses]

[poet-splendorman]

Splendorpoet? Are you alright there?

@poet-slenderman

*She is sitting in the corner of his living room, scrawling on a piece of paper with the quill that usually sits in their hat. She glances up to look at Slenderpoet - his eyes still have the glowing red slit pupils, their fangs still bared, her bells still showing sharp teeth. The bells were no longer actively hissing, at least.*

Hello, little brother. I... apologize, if I caused any problems between you and your fiance.