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Practice: Chameleon outfit designs
#dmitri smerdyakov#the chameleon#my art#I finished this at five in the morning#so much needs improvement on#but I desperately wanted to get some Dmitri content out there#also forgive my ATROCIOUS handwriting
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SOMEONE GET THIS MAN A PONY AND SOME ICE CREAM CAKE STAT!!!!!!!!
okay so i missed @dana-chan-the-control-brain's funny fnaf 3 anniversary stream but they tagged me in a clip that made me laugh so i made an animatic of it
ig this could b seen as my serious Happy Birthday FNAF 3 and Springtrap post. very very late tho. several weeks. late. anyway. enjoy!
#i SHOULD have been able ta finish this in like 2 days but#lmao procrastination#my goal was ta get it done over spring break tho so yeehaw#did it!#fnaf#five nights at freddy's#fnaf 3#springtrap fnaf#fnaf springtrap#springtrap#phantom chica#chica the chicken#hey.....i forgot how fun drawing chica is...#babygirl i missed you............#since im posting this at the ass crack of the morn im rbing it tom in the morning and afternoon#LOOK AT THIS THING IT TOOK ME A LONG TIME#video#animatic
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game time
#rgg#ryu ga gotoku#ryu ga gotoku 7#yakuza series#yakuza like a dragon#yakuza 7#masato arakawa#ichiban kasuga#snap sketches#//sitcom applause// ICHIS HERE#thought about dumping this but then i got to drawing the panel of ichi holdin the poppo bag and i knew i had to finish this#for HIS sake..... i had to release him into the world#anyway. theyre playing dragon quest v#do i have anything else to say NAW.#naw thats all...#im lying of course. i just think itd be cute if masato got to be a gamer for Five (5) seconds....#strategy games would be up his alley like cmon now..... use your brain for somethin less evil... like for rpgs...#i aint checkin for typos if theres typos ill be pissed bout it in the morning#ok bye
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soriku week day three-Datascape
(More drawings under cut)
Data soriku day which means i get to pretend theyre my ocs again
(Img 2 dialogue was not included in the 1.5+2.5 movie which sucks tbh)
#kingdom hearts#kh#my art#Soriku#data soriku#data riku#Data sora#sorikuweek2023#Sora#riku#Optimal posting times dont exist its five in the morning!!!!#Frick dude I need to finish re:boot frickkkk#First one is based on the ILOVEYOU virus. Btw.#Undescribed
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with every beat of my heart
also on ao3 cw: grief, death of a parent, past child abuse, panic attack
Steve isn't in bed when Eddie wakes up.
That's what wakes him up in the first place. The lack of Steve's warmth, the way the mattress isn't dipping under his weight and dragging Eddie closer to him the way it usually does. It's still dark when Eddie blinks his eyes open, and he slides a hand out over the mattress, feeling the blankets that have been tossed back and set over Eddie's body. It's cold. Eddie pushes himself up, listening closely for the creaky floorboards in the hallway of their apartment, for any indication that Steve just went to the bathroom, went for some water or painkillers, but the apartment is silent.
Eddie sits up, squeezing his eyes shut for a moment. His whole body aches the way it always does when he wakes up, but he pushes himself to his feet anyway, untangling from the blankets in the dark and tossing them back to the bed.
He creeps down the hall, squinting in the dark until he looks around the corner to see the kitchen light shining under the crooked door.
"Stevie?" he says weakly, his voice rough as he pushes the door open.
Steve is sitting at the dining table, his arms crossed on it in front of him. He's staring at the tablecloth like it's speaking to him, and he doesn't look up until Eddie says his name again. He blinks, his eyes raising up to look at Eddie blankly.
"Hey," he says, like it's perfectly normal for him to be here at two in the morning.
"What's going on?" Eddie asks, blinking his eyes in the bright light of the kitchen. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah," Steve breathes. "Fine."
"Steve." He goes to stand next to Steve so Steve is looking up at him, and he pushes a hand through Steve's tangled hair. It's longer now, unkempt and beautiful. Steve blinks up at him, exhaling. "What happened? You have a nightmare?"
"No," Steve says softly. "My mom called."
Eddie blinks, fully awake. She's not supposed to have their number. Steve went zero contact with his parents when they moved out of Hawkins.
"How did she..."
"Joyce gave it to her."
Eddie blinks again. Joyce knows all about Steve's parents. She wouldn't do that without a good fucking reason.
"What did she have to say?" Eddie asks softly, pulling a chair over and sitting down in front of Steve. The chairs are mismatched. All of them are. From garage sales and second-hand stores.
Steve stares at him for another few moments, his eyes almost empty. Absent. A pit grows in Eddie's stomach. Steve isn't even moving. He's usually fidgeting with something, tapping his fingers, bouncing his knee, rubbing the fabric of his shirt, rocking back and forth. Especially when Eddie made it very clear when they moved in together that it was all fine. None of it is annoying, or childish, or weird. Eddie waits while Steve stares at him, wanting to reach out and touch him, to hold his hand or his cheek, but the pit in Eddie's stomach says that's not what Steve needs right now.
"My dad's dead," Steve says finally, blinking. His eyes clear up a little bit, finally looking at Eddie instead of through him.
Eddie blinks, straightening.
"Oh."
He doesn't know what to say.
He doesn't know what there is he could say.
"He had a heart attack last night," Steve continues, possibly picking up on Eddie's speechlessness. "He didn't make it." He cracks an odd smile, tilting his head, but it fades just as quickly as it appeared. "Guess all that anger finally caught up with him."
Eddie feels sick. Like he has a fever. Too hot, almost shivering.
"How do you feel?" he asks softly.
"Mom's having a hard time," Steve says, like he's ignoring the question, but Eddie knows it just didn't register. He's not really hearing Eddie right now. "She was crying on the phone, I-- I didn't really know what to say? I said he's in a better place, but that feels so shallow, I mean--"
"Baby," Eddie interrupts. Steve shuts up, looking at him with wide eyes like he's in trouble, so Eddie finally reaches a hand out, holding it open and waiting. Steve looks at his hand like it's foreign for a moment before he slides his hand into it. He's shaking. "How do you feel?" Eddie asks again, slower.
"I..." Steve takes a deep breath, blinking at their hands, at the bands around their ring fingers they bought the day they left Hawkins. Not legal wedding rings, but neither of them has ever really cared about the law. "I don't know."
"Do you wanna go through it or around it?" Eddie asks gently. It's the same question they ask each other whenever they have nightmares or flashbacks or just generally hard days. Always a quicker way to other questions.Do you wanna tell me about it or go back to sleep? Do you wanna describe what happened or watch a movie? Do you wanna talk about it or have sex? Do you wanna cry for a while or go for a drive? But they always go through it eventually, even if they go around it first.
"I don't know," Steve breathes, his eyes suddenly glistening as he stares through the floor. "I don't know, I don't-- I don't know."
"You want me to decide?"
Steve looks into his eyes, looking scared and small and desperate. He nods. Eddie squeezes his hand and takes a deep breath.
"Let's go through it," he says softly, listening to the way Steve's voice stutters in his throat. Eddie nods encouragingly, squeezing again. "'S okay, I'm right here," he murmurs. "We'll go through it together, okay?"
"Okay," Steve says.
"Tell me what you're feeling."
Steve takes another breath.
"...Confused."
"Why?"
Steve licks his lips, looking at their hands, and his face hardens after a moment as he bites his lip, and his lip quivers, and Eddie can tell that he's aching to go around it instead. But Steve looks up into Eddie's eyes, and Eddie gives him a nod. You got it. Whatever it is you're feeling, it's okay. And Steve goes through it.
"That man," he says slowly. "Was a piece... of fucking shit."
Eddie almost smiles. He nods.
"He..." Steve takes a deep breath. Eddie squeezes his hand. "He made me fucking miserable. Every fucking day." His voice is firm, unwavering. "He made my life a living hell. And I don't..." He shakes his head like he's speechless, like he's in disbelief, and then his eyebrows furrow as his eyes fill with tears, but he squeezes them shut so the tears all fall down his cheeks, and he steadies himself. "I used to--" His voice breaks, and he chokes on it, pausing to swallow. "I used to lay in bed at night," he says, his voice softer. "And... And wish he'd fucking die. I would wish he'd have a heart attack, or-- or get in a car accident, or be at the wrong place at the wrong time, and it's so fucking shitty, but I--" He cuts off with a scoff, his expression lightening. "Every birthday wish, every eleven-eleven, every goddamn ladybug that landed on me in the summertime. I wished he'd die. I wished he'd be one of those shitty dads that just up and left his family for no good reason."
Eddie listens intently, his eyes burning, holding Steve's hand tightly.
"The only time I ever prayed," Steve says quietly, "to a god I never even believed in, it was to ask God to make my dad fuck off the face of the earth." He laughs again, dryly, weakly, shaking his head. "And now..." He swallows again. "Now, fucking what?" He looks up again, at Eddie, but he's looking through him again. Eddie nods anyway, listening. "Now I turn twenty-four, and I'm long fucking gone and he just... Now he dies." His lip is quivering, his eyes gleaming with tears. "That's not fair," he whispers.
Eddie shakes his head in agreement, because it's not fucking fair. It's not fucking fair that Steve lived in that goddamn house in fear for his whole life, his whole childhood, surviving instead of living, and only now, when he has a home, is it safe to go back.
"And that's--" Steve chokes. "That's cruel, and shitty of me to say, but I-- I don't care."
"'S not shitty, Steve," Eddie says, squeezing his hand.
"It is," Steve argues weakly. "But I don't care. He... He hurt me. For years," he says, and he's crying now, tears falling down his face that Eddie wipes away with every ounce of care he can. "And now he's dead, and I never got to tell him to his face how much he hurt me. Or how much he scared me, and I never got to tell him that I'm not scared of him anymore. Because he--" He swallows, blinking tears out of his eyes, emphasizing with a movement of the hand that Eddie isn't holding, like he doesn't want to let go of Eddie's. "Because he was nothing," Steve chokes, "but a fucking coward that put his hands on a child, and that really wasn't fair."
Eddie nods, pride glowing in his chest because Steve is getting it. He's getting everything that Eddie's tried to tell him for years, every time he's woken up from nightmares about coming home late to find his father waiting to interrogate him, about breaking a glass dish as a child because the counters were too high.
"But he-- I'm so angry," Steve says, the last word breaking on its way out, too breathy and soft. "Because why now?" A tear falls from Eddie's eye, and even in his anger and confusion, Steve wipes it away gently, almost mindlessly. "I'm twenty fucking four, and he-- he dies now. Why not-- Why not when I was eight? Or-- Or twelve? Or fifteen? Why not when I needed it to happen? Why not when I prayed for it to happen? It's not fucking fair."
"No," Eddie chokes. "'S not fair, Stevie."
"I'm so angry," Steve says, crying, gasping for breath, his hand trembling as it grips Eddie's. "I'm so angry, Eddie, I don't-- It's like there's no space in me for anything else."
Eddie lifts his hand and kisses it softly, because he can't find any words right now.
"Is this grief?" Steve wonders out loud, his eyes wandering to the floor, tracing the tiles desperately like they'll lead to an answer. "Do you have to love someone to grieve them?"
Eddie's chest aches. He wants to go around it. He doesn't want to go through it anymore.
"Because I have never loved him," Steve says almost thoughtfully, passionately. "But I..." He's still looking at the floor, and a part of Eddie wonders if Steve remembers that he's even here. If he's even still speaking to Eddie, or if he's just thinking out loud. "But if something happened to you," Steve says, answering Eddie's silent question, "or-- or Robbie, or Dustin, or..." He shakes his head, shrugging weakly. "I would be... on the floor. Screaming-- I-- I don't think I could handle it, I would be so... so angry." He looks up into Eddie's eyes. "At the fucking universe, at God, at everything that could possibly be responsible for it, but with him," Steve says. His head tilts forward, and his eyes widen. "I'm angry at him. It's like he died out of fucking spite. Like he knew, like he fucking waited. And that's not fair."
He's quiet for a moment before,
"Is it my fault?"
Eddie blinks a tear out of his eye, squeezing his hand tightly.
"Did he die because I left?" Steve asks. "Was it too much for him? Did he..."
"Steve," Eddie says firmly, prompting Steve to look into his eyes, and Eddie leans forward, speaking slowly, deliberately, firmly, leaving no room for argument. "This is not your fault. Nothing he ever did to you was your fault. You understand me?"
Steve's lip quivers, and tears spill from his eyes.
"I'm so angry, Eddie," he whispers brokenly, and Eddie nods.
"I know, honey," he says, and he stands, pulling at Steve's shoulders until Steve wraps his arms around Eddie's hips tightly, burying his face in Eddie's belly. Eddie pushes his fingers into his hair, tugging it firmly the way he likes, and he looks up at the cracked paint on the ceiling when Steve's shoulders shake as he cries. "You haven't done anything wrong," he says gently, his voice wavering. "There's nothing wrong with you."
"I'm so angry," Steve sobs into his shirt, and Eddie can barely understand him. He nods even though Steve can't see him, pulling his hair again, sliding a hand down to his upper back firmly. "I'm so angry."
"You can be angry," Eddie says softly.
The sun is rising by the time Steve stops crying. Eddie is tired from standing, but he'd stay here for days for him. Steve leaves his face buried in Eddie's belly for a little while as he catches his breath, and Eddie combs through his hair softly, holding him, loving him. When Steve finally pulls away, his eyes are wide.
"My heart," he says breathlessly. Eddie's stomach falls, and he lowers himself to kneel on the floor in front of Steve. "'S beating too-- 'S beating too fast."
"You're okay," Eddie says softly, taking Steve's hand. It's shaking almost violently, and Eddie holds it tightly. "You're okay."
"Heart attack," Steve says, his chest rising and falling quickly, his eyes flicking back and forth between Eddie's. "I'm--"
"You're not having a heart attack," Eddie says calmly, leaning close to look into his eyes, squeezing his hand before he holds it to his own chest. "You're having a panic attack. You're okay."
"Eddie, I'm-- I'm gonna die," Steve chokes, his voice slurred with panic, his words muddled together. Eddie blinks tears back, staying calm for him, and he shakes his head.
"You're not dying, my love," he says slowly. He reaches a hand up and pushes his fingers into Steve's hair, pulling it gently. "Take a deep breath for me."
Steve tries, but he's hyperventilating, his eyes wide and crying, looking desperately at Eddie, who nods, taking a deep breath himself, exaggerating the rise and fall of his chest, holding Steve's hand to it.
"You're okay," Eddie says. "Your heart is okay."
"'M angry," Steve says weakly, breathlessly.
"You can be angry," Eddie says calmly. "Your heart is okay, even if you're angry." He takes another breath, and Steve follows along, even though his breath catches and stutters and he gasps as Eddie is still exhaling. "You're not your father, Steve," Eddie says softly. "You're nothing like him."
"Eddie," Steve whimpers, squeezing his eyes shut, pressing his hand against Eddie's chest harder, his other hand gripping Eddie's forearm. "Please."
"I'm right here, baby," Eddie murmurs. "Take a deep breath for me."
Steve tries again.
"There you go," Eddie whispers. "You're okay."
"'M okay," Steve mumbles weakly.
"That's right, Stevie, you're okay. Deep breath, all the way in, all the way out."
Steve tries again.
And again.
And again.
Steve falls against Eddie when he finally gets a clear breath, like the exhale deflates him, and Eddie wraps his arms around him tightly. He's trembling, like he's freezing.
"I love you so much," Eddie murmurs in his ear. "You did so good, baby."
Steve whimpers. He's crying again. Eddie combs through his hair and keeps murmuring to him softly.
When he stops crying, Eddie carefully shifts to hold his head between his hands, and he presses kisses across his face, even though his skin is covered with tears, and his nose is running. He kisses over his forehead, and the bridge of his nose, and his cheeks, and his eyelids, and his lips, and his chin, and across his jaw and down his neck, all the while whispering to him.
I love you so much, Stevie. You did such a good job. You're okay, sweetheart.
When Steve opens his eyes, there's a soft sort of absence in them that only gets there after particularly bad nightmares. (The ones where Eddie doesn't make it.) Eddie lowers back to the floor, looking up into his eyes, and he runs his thumbs over his cheeks softly. Steve squeezes his wrist weakly, exhausted.
Eddie gets him a glass of water and stands next to him as he sips it slowly, running his hands through his hair, closing his eyes when Steve leans against him. It takes a while for Steve to finish it, but Eddie waits patiently, knowing the glass is heavy in his hand, knowing Steve wants to disappear right now. When he finishes the water, Eddie sits back in the chair in front of him, holding both his hands tightly. Steve is slouching over, looking at their hands. Eddie squeezes.
"Stevie," he whispers.
"Yeah," Steve breathes.
"Look at me for a minute."
Steve's eyes raise to his. They're glassy, shining brightly, and Eddie's chest hurts.
"It's okay to be angry," he says softly, intentionally and carefully. "And it's okay to cry. And there's nothing wrong with anything you're feeling. You understand me?"
"I don't wanna be angry," Steve says weakly, his voice small. "'M tired of being angry. I don't wanna turn into him."
"Steve," Eddie whispers. "You are nothing like him." He reaches a hand to Steve's chest and holds it there. "You have... the purest heart out of anyone I know," he says gently. "You would never do any of the things he did to you."
"I know," Steve breathes, but he doesn't seem to believe him.
"Do you trust me?" Eddie asks. Steve nods without hesitation. "Will you believe what I tell you?"
Steve stares into his eyes, now clutching Eddie's hand in both of his.
"...Okay."
"You have a beautiful soul," Eddie whispers. "And I trust you," he adds, raising his eyebrows, watching Steve's lips curve into the smallest smile Eddie's ever seen. The morning sunlight is shining on him now. He looks like an angel, his messy hair glowing in a golden halo. "You are a good, good man," Eddie says softly. "And I will remind you as many times as you need, I will remind you with every fucking beat of my heart, that you are a good man."
Steve's lip quivers again, and he closes his eyes like he's absorbing the words. A tear slides down his cheek. Eddie wipes it away tenderly.
"I love you so fucking much, Stevie."
"I love you too," Steve gasps, taking a hiccuping breath, but he exhales smoothly, blowing the air out so it blows Eddie's hair.
"Let's go to bed," Eddie murmurs.
"Okay."
Eddie leads him down the creaky hallway, holding his hand, after pouring him more water to drink. Steve gets in bed while Eddie pulls the curtains together more to block the sunlight, and then he crawls into bed too, already holding his arms out for Steve to lie in. He closes his eyes, pressing his face into Steve's hair, running his fingers through it when he feels him crying again.
He doesn't drift off until he knows Steve is asleep, when Steve is heavy against him, relaxed and breathing evenly, slowly.
Instead of going to the funeral, which his mother calls about the next week, Steve stays home with Eddie and watches a movie. Steve starts to cry halfway through it, wracked by guilt and fear and anger, and Eddie just wraps an arm around him silently, pulling him close and pressing a kiss to his cheek. Steve smiles the next day, light on his feet and bright in a way Eddie's never seen, and through all the years Eddie's known Steve, he's known about his father, but he realises after the funeral is done with that he never really knew the extent of it. Because after the funeral is done, Steve never has to worry about anything to do with his father again. And his eyes shine brightly, and Eddie thinks there might be a whole galaxy behind him that Eddie still hasn't explored.
Steve still gets angry sometimes, but that's okay. Because his father's face is fading from his memory, and his mother never calls him again. And Eddie reminds him as often as he can that he loves him, that he trusts him, that he's pure and beautiful and has a heart of gold. That he's okay, that he's good.
After his father dies, Steve never dreams about him again.
#me: i can finish part 14 of love me softly tonight it shouldn't take too long#my brain: no youre going to write a grief fic that'll make you cry at five in the morning#okay i am going to go to bed and hope i can maybe be productive in a few hours bc its almost six am#or at least that ill be so tired and out of it i can finish my tasks without think ing#i have so much laundry to do#wish me luck#steddie#steddie fanfic#steddie oneshot#steddie ficlet#steve harrington#steve harrington fanfic#eddie munson#eddie munson fanfic#stranger things#stranger things fanfic
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âSo whatâre you doinâ for your birthday, Coach?â
The questionâs so unexpected, asked so abruptly, that it almost sends Roy sprawling out of the rhythmic jog heâs fallen into at Jamieâs side and straight to the gravel below.
As it is, he skids to a quick stop and faces his star player, arms held stiffly at his sides. Waits for Jamie to notice heâs gone and hurriedly circle back to stand in front of him before replying. Quick feet and a quicker smile; the professional-menace doesnât seem to care that heâs brought Roy to a dead-stop with just his words.
âThe fuck did you just say?â
In which Roy experiences the mortifying ordeal of being loved and Jamie bakes a cake.
AKA: Happy Birthday Roy! Get celebrated you silly man!
#(ïŸâăźâ)ïŸ*:ïŸâ§#gather round gather round and witness em vaguely remembering how sentences work#i wrote a thing#a SAPPY SILLY THING#fic: because he had no say in it (no say in it at all)#ted lasso#ted lasso fanfic#jamie tartt#roy kent#ao3#the ironic thing here is that i wrote 1.5k of this in a day#it then took me TWO MONTHS to finish#and when i woke up this morning i was genuinely struggling to string five words together#ANYWAY#*runs away*#(runs to bed lol)#writing tag
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Hi!! :D I'm thinking of making some double sided dndads characters charms BUT I first gotta know roughly how many people would even wanna buy them before I make em! I would appreciate it a lot if you could lmk your thoughts <33
close ups are under the cut :]
#dndads#dungeons and daddies#dndads s2#dungeons and daddies season 2#normal oak#scary marlowe#lincoln li wilson#taylor swift dndads#hermie unworthy#cal draws#THE CHARM DESIGNS ARE DONEEEE VICTORYYYYYYYY âŒïžâŒïžâŒïžđ„đ„đ„ LMAOOOO#let me kmow which design is ur favorite!!! :D#shoutout to babs trav cookies and all the other server members for helping me out đ„ș#I STRUGGLED SO HARD ON NORMAL. I DONT KNOW WHY#I DRAW MY BOY ALL THE TIME BUT FOR SOME REASON. FOR SOME REASON. HE WAS SO DIFFICULT EIEHWIAJDJF#i swear to god i edited him like five times after i finished the lineart bc i was just never happy. sigh#im scheduling this for the morning when more ppl are up im knocking the fuck OUT now
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A vague likeness of Lio because promare colors are just insanely gorgeous and I wanted to try using em
#lio fotia#promare#digital painting#digital art#fanart#painting practice#it's four in the morning but I couldn't sleep till I finished this#I restarted from the sketch like five times
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What Is and What Could Be
Down in the bayou itâs never silent. The air is filled with the shrill calls of a million marsh birds, underscored by the harmonies of cicadas, crickets, and whining mosquitos. With a tempo set by croaking bullfrogs and sluggishly churning water, urged along by hooting owls and supported by the bass tones of bellowing gators. The song of the swamp is a busy tune, not unlike the brassy jazz played by those that live there. And if you know how to listen just right, it can tell you no shortage of things.Â
In a warm and humid tavern a group of adventurers sits around a table, glancing furtively this way and that, squirming slightly under the judgemental stare of the more naturalized citizens. Things donât often change in the bayou, itâs a wild place, untamed. Civilization has tried to reach within before and without fail itâs been pushed back with prejudice, those that do live here are proud of it and somewhat by design they tend to be a rather insular folk. By and large this means they donât take kindly to most strangers. Particularly strangers that show up asking questions .
And this crew had been asking plenty, beyond the glaring offense of very clearly not being from around this neck of the woods.Â
They rolled into town a few days ago, talking like Galticans or similar enough to them, and by the look in their eyes: running from who knows what. They found rooms at one of the nicer inns, kept to themselves and tipped decent enough(it takes more than that to ingratiate yourselves to the folk of AgwĂ©) before they started asking things. Innocuous at first. They wanted to know about the circus going on just out of town, who the mayor was(useless question) and who was really in charge(that one earned them some begrudging respect). Then they dug deeper, asked about other people. Powerful people. People who are none too fond of having their business nosed about.Â
However, if thereâs one thing the people of AgwĂ© like more than being stalwartly unhelpful to those they dislike, itâs watching someone else be stalwartly unhelpful and commentating on it over Sunday brunch and mimosas.Â
âIâll tell you what, you go on over to that carnival a ways outta town and I reckon youâll find who youâre looking for.â A greasy tabaxi offers between wiping tables, battered tail flicking back and forth with a hard to determine emotion. âI wouldnât dawdle if I were you, it wonât be in town much longer.â The Tabaxi returns to his business with a glinting smile and a few gold pieces that were well worth the trouble. If city slickers wanna go poking beehives itâs not his business to stop them, especially if heâs compensated for handing them the stick.Â
The carnival itself is in full swing when they arrive, flashing lights and smells both sweet and savory assaulting their senses from the get go. The operation is staffed by a motley crew of goblinoids, bullywugs, humans, kobolds, and anything else one could reasonably imagine; in the corner of her vision, the half elven leader of the group of adventurers even catches sight of what look to be a few pixies working the crowd though the tide of patrons sways and theyâre obscured before she can be fully certain.Â
Games line the thoroughfare all of which, from the looks of a surreptitious investigation, appear to be thoroughly if subtly rigged. Arching above the sea of people is an impressive ferris wheel, bedazzled with twinkling magical lights as it turns and turns. Near it, a calliope booms a cheery tune over the sounds of hawking carnival workers, screaming children, and laughing patrons. A map near the entrance advertises a hall of mirrors, a freak show, and hourly performances in the red and white striped big top including a magic show, fire dancing, beast taming, and a spectacle led by the carnival owner at noon and midnight. Perusing through the carnival, wandering and wondering just how theyâre meant to find anyone here let alone the one man they seek, the party save one(a dragonborn with a hand harp strapped to his side) seems oblivious to an odd quirk of this particular carnival. There doesnât seem to be any clowns.
Their hotheaded gnome companion is easily egged into a game of strength(taunted all the while by a colorful lizardfolk wearing the symbol of the carnival), black eyes glitter with excitement as their minotaur begs to go to the big top to see the beasts in the next show as the small pseudodragon on his shoulder makes similar pleading motions, a disinterested rabbitfolk quickly snatches her hands away from a passing purse under the stern reprimand of an androgynous human with subtly glowing eyes. They come to the conclusion that they should split, agreeing that they will meet at the big top in an hour for the Spectacular, all concluding that should be their best chance to get an audience with who they seek.Â
As they go their separate ways(one pair to the big top, one pair to the freak show, one making her way down the alley of carnival games and the last picking his way towards the concessions) the party is pulled into the atmosphere of merriment and none of them perceive the very distinct feeling of predatory eyes locked on their every move.
The party never gets a chance to reconvene at the big top.Â
Instead, throughout the hour each one meets a disparate misfortune. The half elven woman drops to her knees at the edge of the thoroughfare, clutching her head in pain as the hand reaching for a holy symbol falls limp.
Behind her, the human spins about in panic, muttering a few infernal words before a hand is clamped over their mouth and ether slowly calms their struggling limbs.Â
At a dart game, the dragonborn reaches to claim his prize and suddenly finds himself somewhere else entirely with only a moment to scream before his mind is enveloped in darkness and he falls to the ground fast asleep.Â
In the large circus tent, the harengon thief is escorted away from her thoroughly distracted friend by a mysterious tabaxi claiming to be security, receiving a sharp blow to the temple as they walk towards a âholding cellâ.Â
Within the hall of mirrors, a black and orange hand reaches forth and yanks the furs worn by the gnome; sending her careening through the glass-turned-portal.Â
Last to go is the minotaur. Enamored by the performance, he couldnât pass up a chance to speak with the beastmaster of the carnival: an old goblin with an easy smile and a worn wooden ocarina. The only moment of warning he had was a deep hoot behind him before the world went dark.
Some indeterminate time later the human is wrenched from unconsciousness by a familiar, if perpetually jarring, voice shouting within their mind. In swift order they endeavor to wake the others, attempting to take stock of the situation. Their surroundings are dark, what little light is present struggles to illuminate anything through heavy curtains drawn over wide windows. Beneath them is an opulent rug, the color of which is hard to discern in the low light, and under that are tight wooden floorboards that match the walls of this space. What they can see of the walls anyway; most of the space is taken by lavish hangings and shelves of kick knacks, the one closest to them holds a beat up silver cigarette case, a small wooden figure of a two headed vulture, a clockwork dragonfly, a crocheted doily, a hip flask, and a vial that looks to house a small lily pad floating in water amongst a few other things. The air is thick with the scent of quality tobacco and warm food and the ambience it creates might even be homey and welcoming in the right circumstances. Though now, tied securely to chairs with no idea how they got there, it seems rather daunting.Â
Spatially, the room is quite large. Wide enough for six chairs with displeased adventurers to be lined up side by side with a foot or so of walking room on one side. Itâs longer than it is wide, maybe twice over though itâs hard to tell; the windows are positioned opposite each other in the very center of each wall, what light that escapes the curtains quickly stifles in almost absolute darkness before it reveals any sign of a far wall, at least to disadvantaged human eyes. What does catch their gaze and take their breath away are a pair of glowing dull magenta dots in the darkness. No, thatâs not quite right. Not dots. Eyes .Â
From the gasps coming from their left and right, some of the humanâs more visually attuned party members have also perceived the eyes, and most likely the creature attached to them, whatever horrific beast it may be.Â
Soon after they discover their predicament, the air is filled with the muffled noises of the carnivalĂ© outside and underneath the muted cacophony the occasional grunt over a chorus of heavy breathing(the Thing on the other end of the room doesnât move a single muscle, doesnât even seem to breathe), a sliver of light falls upon the interior of the wagon.Â
Creaaaaaaak.Â
A door on the far side of the wagon opens.Â
It takes a moment for the adventurers to get their bearing in the new light, when they do they first notice the creature connected to those dully shining eyes.Â
A large bugbear stands against the far wall. He stands tall, the tips of his bat-like ears almost brushing the ceiling, limbs corded with lithe muscle, and a severe bearing that hints at confidence and ferocity. Running over his arms and up under his sleeves are large spots devoid of any of the dense brown fur that covers the rest of him, a closer look reveals thick rings of angry scar tissue, long healed but clearly agonizing once.
As the bugbear moves away from the opening door he reveals these new variables to their unfortunate situation.Â
Stepping into the room with twin, thudding, clanks , a large fire genasi drags a pair of thick chains across the floor attached to weathered manacles that cover his forearms. The genasi is broad, with muscles that speak of hard labor and sheer physical power. His face is creased with deep laugh lines though the only smile on his lips at the moment is a malicious smirk as he reaches behind him to hold the door open.Â
Lastly, a lizardfolk gentleman strolls through the door. He moves with the assured ease of a man who holds all the cards. Wearing a sharp purple suit, hand gripping the amethyst skull atop an ornate cane, the lizardfolk takes his time setting his top hat on a stand in the corner, breezing under the watchful eyes of the bugbear without a care for the sharp claws hovering near his snout. When he finally seats himself in a commanding armchair set front and center of the room, he casually fishes in his suit coat before withdrawing a sleek black cigarette holder and a cigarette from a mother of pearl case. Itâs hardly in his hand for more than a second before the genasi at his shoulder provides a light at the tip of his finger before leaning with crossed arms on the back of the chair. As his back makes contact with the leather, a spidery hand covered in fur proffers a crystal tumbler of dark alcohol.Â
After a long, weighted silence and a luxurious draw from the cigarette, he speaks.Â
âWhat a do friends âŠâ
#man in five years when they finish the module i'm so stoked for EVERYTHING to be HAPPY and OKAY#could you imagine these chucklefucks in a serious campaign? really think about it they already commit war crimes#and that's WITH the generally lighthearted fey tomfoolery jfc#also we don't talk about Gideon and Torbek as character foils enough#i can and will write a dissertation on this#p.s. Twig is there too she's just busy with the Inn#once upon a witchlight#legends of avantris#kremy lecroux#morning frost#gideon coal#gricko grimgrin#hootsie grimgrin#torbek#OC mentions but really only as a framing device
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bangerest tunes are about catholic repression (too ra loo rye ayyy)
#the cupola report#80s DANCE-POP SATURDAY MORNING PART 2#'how did you finish watering all the plants in five minutes' the bellbottoms make me move faster#[cantilevers my own weight off a fencepost to do a high kick] dancey dancey dance morningggg I have no monk in my brain
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#TEARING my hair out this morning#mr sp ended up in a&e yesterday with an ankle injury which is looking like a completely severed tendon#which - in his line of work - is a career ending injury#i am just at my WITS END with this year. it has been unendingly shitty#my sister's post natal depression has worsened and is showing no signs of letting up. our house got sold out from underneath us.#every single immediate family member besides my parents has had a major crisis this year. my best friend lost her twins & now can't conceiv#and i spent all of yesterday at work being asked how's the business going? well great. except that it's no more set up than it was in jan#because i'm busy cleaning up the chaos and now i potentially am going to have my husband medically signed off#which fcks us in so many ways imaginable because he is so close to finishing his current job he has FIVE MONTHS LEFT and then we're free#and i can't believe he is this close to the end and now. can't walk. literally can't do anything. probably is going to need surgeries#UGH i know there's worse stuff going on in the world but 2024 has just been a steaming pile of shit and I am so exhausted by it all
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I feel like denying my body sleep to tonight. Anyone want to tell me how their day/night was or ask me some questions? :D
Feel free to tell me really anything honestly!
#Duck rambles#idk#i took like a five hour nap#Iâm not tired at all so I need to be entertained until I have to âwake upâ in the morning for camp-#But feel free to tell me how your day was!#Or if you have any asks for me :3#I might just play some games or start a WIP that Iâll never finish#Iâd be happy to answer any and all questions! :D#Please Iâm so bored-#love you guys â€ïž
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Tagged by @saxifrage-wreath (three weeks ago, but better late than never!) Thank you!
Last Song: Whatever the last song was at church this morning. Maybe "With One Voice"?
Favourite Colour: Purple
Last Movie/TV Show: I watched some classic Looney Tunes shorts
Sweet/spicy/savoury: Sweet, but lately I have had increasing cravings for salty snacks.
Relationship status: Fine on all fronts
Last internet search: How to spell the first name of William H. Seward's campaign manager/ruthless political boss Thurlow Weed.
Current obsession: After experiencing a lot of museums this week, my history obsession--specifically Lincoln/Civil War history and WWI history--is coming back strong. I've also got a major craving to develop an extremely derivative cozy fantasy universe involving a bunch of different races and characters with cultural/personality clashes.
Tagging: Anyone who has had something sweet to eat today
#tag games#anyway i can't yet read the old-fashioned episodic coming-of-age children's fantasy#about a group of pevensie or blythe or nesbit-esque siblings whose parents run an inn that caters to all the various fantasy races#that then interact with each child's individual personality/character arc in different ways#which i just vaguely came up with yesterday/this morning#nor can i read the arranged marriage romantic comedy that i came up with five minutes ago set in the same universe#about a gregarious extroverted academic elf (the kind of guy who loves nothing better than spirited tavern debates with his nerd friends)#and an introverted soulful artistic mermaid who really wishes this guy would shut up and let her paint/finish her novel in peace#all this is to say that i am suffering
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My cousin, a published writer, a well-known poet in my country and a literature professor, for whom I've always been no.1 support ever since her first attempts at writing in high school, told me that I must stop writing as a hobby because that's her thing and since I'm writing fantasy mostly my writing could never have any important artistic value anyways.
#what happened was that i was feeling really down these past few days#like mental health dead in mariana trench#and i went to visit her because she lives like 10 minutes away and has a cat i can play with#but yesterday morning a friend of mine made a fanart (i guess i can call it that) of a fanfic i am writing for the five of them#she sent it to me and said she's also working on an actual painting on a camvas of her fave scene from my original story#and i was so surprised and exicted#that's actually a too mild description#and when i was visitting my cousin i showed her the pic of the drawing on my phone and explained it to her and she just said ....ehh..#and started texting someone#i was sitting there feeling stupid and thinking wow you could have at least praised my friend's art sytle or something#and when i was getting ready to leave she asked me if i was aware my writing has no artistic merit and fantasy is trivial literature#so i should just stop wasting time on that and focus on developing my art style more for her future poetry collections#i do the art for her book covers#and added how we already have an established writer in the family so i should focus on my role - becoming a good pharmacist#and she knows how much i hate that i'm studying pharmacy like it's the no.1 cause of me hating the direction in which my life is going#finished it off by saying she feels like what she's doing in going to be really great and important on a large scale one day#and how she wants me to continue being her shadow that follows and supports her#i left went home and started at a wall for hours#i just feel so dumb for getting excited over a silly drawing of something not more than 5 people will ever read#i genuinely hate the idea of people reading anything i write so most likely writing will just remain a hobby for me#and now i feel like the most stupid person on earth and am this close to deleting all my word documents from both my laptops
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CHAOS THEORY IS OUT DHDHSHHSGS
#i just watched the first five eps this morning#will finish the rest tomorrow đ«Ą#but omg it's so good i can't#i missed all of them#jurassic world: chaos theory#chaos theory#nikola's morning thoughts
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Crimson colored glitter
Sun looked at daycare assistant y/n across the room as they furiously scrub at a specific spot on the large freddy plush. Y/n flashes a glare to sun but only for a second. Its enough to make suns chest ache with an upsetting feeling he cant really identify, but it upsets him. But before sun can even show any form of theatrics or defend his name, y/n is already walking towards him with the wet rag in their tightly clenched fist.
"Sun." They sternly pointed a finger towards the animatronic, til they were toe-to-toe, index burning as it presses into suns chest plate. "No. More. Glitter. Ever." Y/n's voice is tired and angry, but it doesnt stop a snicker that leaves suns voice box.
"You cant do that~" the electric and booming voice made y/n's fury only bubble further up inside. He was always so brave, always willing to stand up against his dear old assistant, he enjoyed how they would writhe under his gaze. "You work for me!" His tone is light and playful, but y/n knew better.
"Well i wont be working for you if keep making messes that are practically impossible to clean up!" Y/n cant help but snap back, earning a frown from the ever smiling animatronic that could easily grab them and break them in half. Easily so.
Those words werent meant to be any deeper than just a quip, a comeback formed by y/n's quick thinking. Something they got better at when they started working in the superstar daycare. But sun, oh poor sun, cant help but analyze every word with ones and zeros. The tall yellow figure stood there examining y/n, that is before he snakes his uncomfortably long metallic fingers under their arms and lifts them into the air.
"Oh, you havent seen impossible messes."
Y/n squeaks, but not from being picked up, but by the tone of the suns voice. What did he mean by that? The way his voice rumbled so deeply in his chest and reverberated in y/n's soul.
"Oh? If you think its so easy? why dont you do it?" Y/n challenged, swallowing the fear in their throat and ignoring how their life lied in suns hands as he held them.
Strangely, y/n could see the edges of suns smile twitch wider; an amused hum coming from him making their brows furrow.
"Alrighty then," the tone the solar animatronic used returned to the cheerful optimism y/n was used to. But why? They could rack their brain for an answer. What messes? Was sun really just being an ass, or was there something they were missing.
As y/n remained distracted in their thoughts, sun took liberty in carrying them towards the staff counter. He placed them down nearby before snatching the rag from y/n's tightly clenched fist.
"How about you take a well needed break. I think working more will just make you keel over and pass out. And we cant have that. You know how much paperwork that is.." sun continued to ramble on as he made his merry way back to the stain that y/n abused with soap and water, saying something about how fragile humans were or something along the lines. Y/n only could only respond with an eyeroll, crossed arms, and a huff as they sat down behind the staff only desk.
#i love writing first thing in the morning#and yet i can't finish any essay tossed my way#id willingly write a book tho#this was just sposed to be a concept but then i kept going#take this as you will#dont acknowledged their beef#theyre secretly in love with eachother#five nights at freddy's#sun x y/n#sun x reader#fnaf dca
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