#I gotta figure out if I’m gonna change their stories at all or keep them

[aquatic-batt]

uhmmm WIP of Jackie and Cheedo :]

[p1utofairy]

★ your next glow up?

note — i wasn't gonna post this now but i figured fuck it why not?! enjoy, my loves! this is for entertainment purposes only <3 take what resonates and leave what doesn’t. p.s. come in my ask box and tell me what you think!

PILE ONE.

pile mf ONE, you are really stepping into a new era! when i tell you this new you is gonna turn HEADS. tuh, you’re gonna be looking like new money. nicki minaj’s ‘new body’ verse is coming to mind lol “you ain’t fuck me, you fucked the old body. you ain’t fuck nicki, you fucked nicole body! ain’t no miles on this here new body, off with they heads these bitches is nobody’s.” OH YEAH OKAYYY, PILE 1. maybe you’ll be hitting the gym more, switching up your diet or possibly getting some cosmetic work done?

whatever you’re doing differently, it’s gonna be noticeable. people are gonna feel like something changed with you overnight like “um when did pile 1 get so bad?�� and this isn’t to say you aren’t already attractive…there’s just something about your energy and confidence that just amplified x1000 and people are really gonna feel and see this change in you. you might start experimenting with your outfits a little more, giving off a more seductive vibe. it’s like you're breaking out of your comfort zone especially if you usually opt for baggier clothes or a more conservative look. wait cause why am i thinking of ‘pretty little liars’ when emily is talking to aria about hanna and she’s like “haven’t you heard? she’s the it girl now.” PERIOD, PILE ONE. giving serena page vibes from love island.

there will be a lot of talk about you and even if you don’t hear it directly, trust me, people are gonna try to keep tabs on you. i’m seeing people re-watch your instagram stories tryna figure out who took you that place and who you’re doing it with — oh these people are spiralingggg. this could very well be potential suitors tryna scope out the scenery, but they’re not sure if you’ll be interested in them. they might fear rejection because you just look so damn good and it looks like you’re in such a better space in life and got your shit together; whereas they feel like they lack the resources/finances to be with you. these potential love interests see you as high value, pile 1. they’re intimidated by your beauty and aura. you’ll be more so focused on attracting a partner that can actually make shit happen.

you don’t have time for the cat and mouse games. you want the real deal and i do see you getting the person that you want. you manifested this person into your life and i sense them feeling like they won the lottery with you! i’m hearing that you are sooo mesmerizing on the outside and your heart & personality makes you so much more beautiful. there’s layers to you and i think this next glow up will allow you to really shine and be yourself unapologetically – you’re leaning into the different aspects of yourself that makes you unique. if there’s anything you’ve got your mind set on or something specific you want to do, go for it! whatever you do, you’ll stand out effortlessly and be successful. say yes by floetry is coming to mind. “see, i’ve been watching you for awhile…your smile and style. wanna know if i can be with you for the night, alright.” i meannnnn need i say more?!

how to tap into this energy?

listen closely to your intuition! work on your third eye because i’m hearing that you’re a powerful manifester and you don’t even truly know it. even if you do know this, you start doubting yourself and limiting your own thoughts. always think big and bigger because it’s in your reach. don’t get so caught up in the “how?” because your manifestations can appear in many different ways, not just one. you have a clear vision into the future – you just gotta adjust your lens and focus on what it is that YOU want. who cares if it doesn’t make sense to anyone else, as along as you see the vision then it’s a go! listen to ‘i want it all’ by sharpay evans lol you need to embody that song and its energy.

PILE TWO.

hey, pile 2! i’m hearing you’ve been putting up with the bullshit for wayyyy too long and this next glow up is gonna be a proper FUCK YOU to all your haters! i feel like people take your kindness for weakness and you feel like you don’t get the respect you deserve. you can deal with a lot of passive aggression in your relationships or friendships and people expect for you to suck it up and be okay with it. what i’m mainly picking up is that you like to keep the peace. you don’t want to ruffle anyone’s feather, but it just makes it worse for you because you’re not truly expressing yourself and your emotions. this keeps you up at night like “ugh! i should’ve said this or I should’ve stuck up for myself and finally cussed so and so tf out.” but you don’t because you know why, pile 2? you’re better than them, simple as that.

you wouldn’t treat anybody how some people treat you, and the reality is that it’s so much harder to be nice than it is to be mean. anybody can be mean and say hurtful shit if they really wanted to, but to always be graceful and kind in the face of adversity and ignorance? rare af. +10000 aura points! don’t let anybody make you feel less than or like you can’t speak up for yourself. this next glow up you’re going to use your voice and really make it known that you are not to be fucked with, okay?! you will be standing your ground and really popping your shit in the most calm and collected way possible & people are gonna be like “wait…did [y/n] really just clock me like that?!” and you’re gonna be standing 10 toes down on it as you should. they’ll have no choice but to respect you lol. you will start to realize what is worth your time & energy and what isn’t.

you might start cutting off people that don’t mean you any good and really start to focus on yourself and your energy. no more walking on egg shells and sparing peoples feelings, this is YOUR life and you have a voice just as much as they do – so use it! i think you’ll also be meeting new friends & a potential love interest during this next glow up. i’m hearing ‘how stella got her groove back’ lol so yeah some of you might be playing the field a little bit.

some of you might just want something casual and nothing more because you just want to focus on your own healing journey. you’ll start to understand why things had to happen the way that they did & why certain relationships didn’t work out the way that you thought they would. you’ll be able to decipher what you are and aren’t willing to put up with and honestly i just see you bossing tf up and advocating for yourself no matter who doesn’t like it. that tiktok “nobody loves you baby! you should only love yourself – ON MY SOUL!” just randomly came to me lmfaooo this is your ‘i’m focusing on what really matters aka me’ era and i think it’s exactly what you need pile 2.

how to tap into this energy?

i think you need to transmute the negative energy that people try to project on you into something positive. 12:12 on the clock, yeah. like look at this way, if people doubt you, don’t respect you or don’t feel like your capable of achieving great things then use that to your advantage. let them underestimate you all they want, and then BAM boss up on them and show them who tf you are. what they don’t know only makes you stronger. you have the power to make some powerful ass connections and make a name for yourself so be calculated & strategic with your moves. people will be eating their words when it comes to you, pile 2.

PILE THREE.

pile 3 your next glow up is gonna be a bit of an emotional rollercoaster ngl, but very rewarding nonetheless. i’m hearing that one tiktok sound “you gotta take the good with the bad, smile with the sad. love what you got and remember what you had.” so yeah i think you’re really gonna be figuring out how to transmute your energy and create something from it – whether that be a job opportunity, a love offer, a trip, etc. there’s something that you really want and you’re doing the work to make it happen. you have the plan, you just need the platform lol.

for some of you, i see a major relationship coming to an end. this could be a lover or a best friend, but this person will be exposed because they’re not who you thought they were. this person has very sneaky/deceptive energy and you’ve been in the dark about this for way too long. this person/connection means a lot to you, so you will feel like this is a tough situation to completely walk away from; but my sweet pile 3’s you will be more than okay! you will be spectacular! 10:10 was just on the clock.

allow yourself to sort through your emotions and learn from the situation, don’t let it weigh you down. sometimes we get too caught up in how long we’ve been with somebody and all of the good memories we made with them, that makes us hesitant to move on. sometimes things just run its course and you’re no longer in alignment with that person. you can’t force anything or anyone in your life that doesn’t align with your highest self and that can be very hard to process when emotions are involved but i’m happy to let you know there’s light at the end of the tunnel.

i see some of you traveling to a place you’ve always wanted to go and possibly meeting a potential love interest. in this next glow up, you’ll be doing things that you’ve always wanted to do cause there’s no one holding you back. you’re stepping out of your comfort zone and just taking a leap of faith – high risk, high reward. you’re gonna be making time for yourself and also prioritizing your hobbies/interests. this is beautiful, pile 3. i see you really getting in touch with who you are at the core. be kind and gentle with yourself, because you are a precious gem that a lot of people value and care about.

how to tap into this energy?

stop giving your power away. work on your throat chakra, my loves. your voice is your power and it’s one of the major keys to your success. a closed mouth doesn’t get fed, so you need to speak up and communicate what it is that YOU want and not just say what people want to hear. this next glow up will really have you standing in your power. release is needed especially verbally cause you know that tight feeling you get in your throat when you’re tryna stop yourself from crying? yeah no more of that. no more walking on egg shells, pile 3. say what you feel and stand on it & watch how the tides turn in your favor. mwah!

PILE FOUR.

alright, pile 4! for this next glow up i see you moving. some of you might actually be moving into a new home or apartment and it’s gonna grant you so much peace and comfort. for others of you, this could be you moving on emotionally from a toxic relationship and/or familial bond and finally getting the clarity and peace you need to cut all ties and move onto something better. whatever the situation may be, it was weighing heavy on you and making you feel very down.

you’re gonna feel so free when you leave this situation behind, it’s not even funny. i’m hearing that you were a gilded bird in a cage. some of you could’ve been moving from place to place, not feeling quite settled or financially stable. if you feel lost right now and like you don’t know what to do with your life/where it’s taking you, i just wanna say keep going – W.A.Y.S. by jhené aiko is coming to mind. “if there's one thing that i learned while in those county lines, is that everything takes time. you have gotta lose your pride, you have gotta lose your mind just to find your peace of mind.” awww yeah that’s your theme song for this next glow up. things might not make sense right now, but please trust me when i say that everything is going to work out in your favor & things will be better than you could ever imagine.

you will be blessed with the tools you need to get to this next phase of your life. you are the source, pile 4. whatever you put your mind to, you can surely achieve! don’t let 3D circumstances throw you off, you are so abundant and prosperous you will see in this next glow up just how much of a powerful manifester you really are. you’re still trying to find yourself and figure out where you fit in in the world, but you don’t have to put yourself in a box, pile 4. pave your own way and once you do others will want to follow suit. no one can see your future the way that you do, so keep doing your thing because i’m seeing that you will come across people/friends that share similar interests and niches as you. awww pile 4 you’re going to find your soul tribe.

you have this flighty energy about you (air sign energy/esp gemini) like you’re from one thing to the next and you can’t figure out what you truly want to do. some of you might be in college or almost about to graduate and when people ask you “do you know what you want to do?” you’re like uhhhh….]>|>]^>.]€]€]£ like you truly don’t know but like that’s okay cause actually you do know! on a soul level, you know. what’s understood doesn’t have to be explained pile 4 lol people might not get it now but when you pop out living the life you’ve always dreamed of, TUH. they’ll understand then.

how to tap into this energy?

get out of your head so much and just vibe, pile 4. you can plan plan plan all you want but the reality is: shit happens! it might annoy you or make you feel incredibly frustrated when another problem or inconvenience pops up in your life, but there’s nothing you can’t overcome. it’s life. you will be greatful for these experiences in the long run because it will be another bridge that you’ve already crossed and dealt with, so you won’t fold under pressure – you’ll just already know what to do. you got this, pile 4. shit is about to get really good for you.

[sunrizef1]

Try Again Pt.2

Pairing: Lewis Hamilton x reader

Warnings: None

A/N: wrote this while sick so it took a while sorry

Pt.1

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user1 she’s so pretty

user2 WHERES LEWIS

user3 where is she???

user4 she tagged England on her ig story a few days ago but there’s some pap photos that say Monaco

user5 she’s so hot dude

landonorris six glasses for u n who???

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landonorris don’t just like my comment you bitch

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user6 I miss dad

user7 beautiful

user8 would it be enough if I could never give you peace… 😭😭😭

user9 the way these lyrics have nothing to do with the post 😒

user8 I just miss Lewis girl 🙄

user10 maybe we just leave them alone… just an idea

charlesleclerc 🇲🇨🤩

yourusername thought this was a compliment for me but then realized ur just in love with Monaco

charlesleclerc you can’t change me 🤷‍♂️

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user11 LEWIS

user12 TARGET ACQUIRED 🎯

user13 FOUND HIM

user14 Lewis i know that’s you

user15 you don’t have to hide his face girl… we won’t hurt him

user16 his apology better have been pretty fucking grand

user17 why???

user18 vibes say he fucked up

user19 not to mention the shit he pulled with that ig model after the breakup

landonorris I’m gonna find you

yourusername ???

landonorris lock your doors

f1gossip 🤭

user20 I’m not sure about this one…

user22 bad vibes bad vibes

user23 I’m so glad they’re back together

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user24 girl what happened with you and Lewis???

user25 r u okay girl???

user26 I feel so bad for her

user27 what’d he doooooo

landonorris answer ur phone nerd

user28 puppy 😍

user29 is she from England???

user30 no but she’s lived there for a rly long time, it’s how she met Lewis and Lando

charles_leclerc my love ❤️

yourusername again, I’d be flattered if you didn’t mean the dog

charles_leclerc I ❤️ your dog

user31 if you wanna keep me, you gotta gotta gotta gotta gotta love me harder 😭

user32 all my homies hate Lewis Hamilton

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user33 THEYRE BACK

user34 this better stay this time

user35 love me harder caption???

user36 SO WHAT DO I DO IF I CANT FIGURE IT OUT

user35 YOUVE GOT TO TRY TRY TRY AGAIN

user37 SO WHAT DO I DO IF I CANT FIGURE IT OUT

user38 IM GONNA LEAVE LEAVE LEAVE AGAIN

lewishamilton 🖤

yourusername 🖤

user39 awwww (I think)

user40 where’s Lando

landonorris CALL ME NOW PLEASE

yourusername can’t, with my bf

landonorris since bf stands for best friend your a liar because im nowhere near you

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landonorris 😠

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user41 the lyrics in the caption, ok thoughtful

user42 we love a man with the ability to remember the lyrics to a song he was on

user43 SLAYINGGGGGG

landonorris boo 🍅🍅🍅

lewishamilton ???

landonorris what r ur intentions with my daughter

yourusername I'm older than you

landonorris boo 🍅🍅🍅

user44 I missed them

user45 they're so adorable

user46 🥳🥳🥳

user47 love them

user48 I know Lewis did something to cause that breakup and the re-breakup but she seems so much happier with him

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lewishamilton love you too 🖤

user49 PARENTSSSS

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[geodraws04]

New AU Alert - Fallen Detectives AU

okay Chat I can’t contain myself anymore I GOTTA SHARE THE DESIGNS WITH THE WORLD.

So! Me and a few moots @elina-sakura and @draconicsparkle are working together on making an official fic for an AU called “Fallen Detectives!”

(SPOILERS DOWN BELOW!)

This AU takes place around the events of Chapter 4.

It essentially boils down to - “What if Yomi had kidnapped and essentially brainwashed the NDA into becoming peacekeepers?” And after their disappearance, it’s up to Kurumi to figure out what happened to them and eventually uncover the secrets behind Kanai Ward, the people in the city, and saving the NDA from Yomi’s grasp.

There are gonna be HUGE changes that will explain certain aspects of why you may see some characters designed here, but for the sake of keeping it a surprise, I won’t share them. :)

But one that I CAN share is this: Martina Electro will still be around!

While I do love the redemption arc we briefly saw at the end of Chapter 4, I just wished she wasn’t “killed offscreen in chapter 2 only PLOT TWIST SHES BACK!”

And idk. We love to see women’s wrongs here. So! She is still going to be present for this AU after chapter 2!

While we can all agree that Yomi is a sadistic evil shit, I really wished we had seen him and Martina be a lovey-evil couple and not have the “he backstabs her” thing because I feel like we rarely see evil power couples nowadays. Now Yomi is still an absolute asshole - of course - but, idk. I just wish we could’ve had a power couple thats absolutely evil and horrible together, yknow?

But that’ll be explored more in the AU once we get further into it.

I’m so pumped for this to be explored and share it with you guys.

AND HERES SOME MORE OF THE DESIGNS! Obv. Spoilers for the end of the game!

Also! If anyone ever does wanna make fanart for this AU when the story comes out use the tag #FallenDetectivesAU so I can see it!

also yes makoto has painted nails because I said so.

[sen-ya]

Life After Info Post

[Click here to access the Life After Digital Comic Book]

Summary: Two years ago, a viral outbreak rose the dead. Considering how his life had gone up to this point, surgeon Trafalgar Law figured this might as well happen too. When a supply run into the nearby city gets intercepted by a seemingly reckless and impulsive former patient, the dependable routine Law had settled into in this new life shatters. He finds himself exposed — his body out in the infected landscape, his conscious clawing to define what he believes is right, his heart begrudgingly deciding to find a new home on his sleeve. Maybe there’s more than a virus roaming the new world that can bring a dead man back to life.

Content Warnings: Canon typical violence, zombies/body horror (but lbr I am not good at making scary things look scary)

Relationships: Luffy x Law

Update Schedule: New page every Monday/Wednesday/Friday

Page Count: [37 posted | 55 drawn]

Latest Update: [7/21/24] WOWEE did I get myself carried away this morning. I just spent 5 hours organizing my comics and creating the digital comic book pages. I could have spent that time drawing or idk not doing what I do for my job, but I cannot be stopped. Anyway I blocked out 30 pages of this comic last week and they include the most intense action sequence I've ever done in my gotdang life. Wish me luck because I am nervous about tying down all my drawings lmao.

OLD UPDATES:

[6/29/24] HULLO! I'm doing so bad at keeping my masterposts updated lately I am sorry. All pages of life after are tagged life after if you're ever looking between masterpost updates! Also exciting update, I finally have figured out all the different plot points i'm gonna be hitting (yay!). I got hung up on something for awhile that made me not wanna work on this project, but I'm back at it. I think we'll end up with 6-7 parts! I have probably another 80-100 pages to draw lol. Also i got the app Magic Poser and it's AWESOME and I immediately used it to block out sets cuz MAN I hate backgrounds.

[6/10/24] HELLO. I'm sorry I've been shit at updating my masterposts lately. It's easiest to do from my computer, which I rarely use, and life has been happening. I also can't believe I bungled the queue and posted pg19 before pg18 i am very sorry 🤦 Eventually I'll have to turn this into an airtable base I'm sure, but until that day comes where I have like 100 pages of this comic we're stickin to the regular post lmao

[5/26/23] I got real caught up in doing summer of lawlu comics this week and this is the first week since the first week of April I haven't drawn new Life After pages and it feels weird 🙊

[5/19/24] More Luffy backstory comin' this week! :^)

[5/12/24] Updating now so get myself on schedule to update on Sundays like I had been with my other comic master post!

[5/8/24] Thank you to everyone who's liked/reblogged/comment on the first few pages!! It means the world to me that anyone's reading my silly little comics.

[4/28/24] HULLO. It’s happeninnng. I’ve spent the last few weeks working on this comic, and I gotta make this post so I can start queuing pages & link this in them! This is the most like….legit? Comic endeavor I’ve undertaken perhaps….ever. I’m very nervous about committing to how long it will need to be lol. This story is dear to my heart — zombie content is kind of my very favorite. I’ve always found it to be a great backdrop for exploring themes like grief, coping with change, community, and learning to live again. It’ll be a long haul but I hope you’ll ride it out with me!! Tomorrow I’ll be posting the first two pages. After that a page will post every Monday/Wednesday/Friday. As of this post I’ve completed over 20 pages so that I have a good lead on what’s posting and continuing to write, so I’m hopeful that’s a cadence I’ll be able to maintain. I’ll update this post weekly to include the most recent pages the way I do with my main comics master post. All pages will be tagged 'Life After' and I'll tag any pages with zombies in them with 'zombie' for blacklisting etc.

[lovingdabeessss]

What do you think the relationship between Blake's parents and Yang would be like?

I’m gonna start this off I think maybe they would’ve been wary of Yang at first

If they met her they’d love her but they didn’t really get that chance after all of team Rwby fully DIED

If they started to piece together that the reason Blake came home so devastated and that she left her team at all had something to do with Yang it’d probably cause lots of concern

Cause when people talk about them in beacon they’d probably talk about how inseparable they were, how they were always hanging out, how they were the best partner team, completely in sync, they loved each other, they were in their own little world

Then after beacon fell it’s like there’s this time skip of stories that tend to start like: “when they started getting along again” “after they made up”

So something happened

And the other major relationship that Blake had that was that kind of closeness and had that great of an effect on her was Ad*m

So they were probably a little worried

Especially because Blake clearly loved her team based on the way she joined them and they probably saw at least a bit of their volume 5 reunion which was telling of something who knows what but definitely something with Their staring at each other exclusively and the tensions when yang came back up with the relic

There’s a possibility of something really serious happening between them!! could’ve been a big mutual fight, Yang could’ve been weird and evil, or just kind of manipulative, or she could’ve been fine but their was a incident, Blake could’ve even done something (unlikely she’s their angel but she was very distraught so they wouldn’t hold it against her gotta love loving parents)

They were definitely curious when Blake came back to them they were definitely more curious when Blake left but they just got her back so they didn’t want to push her to much

But then Blake fucking DIED and so did the rest of her team and now they have nothing

Their daughter is gone, she had been gone for years but she was alive it was awful they were miserable they missed her but she was alive that’s what mattered that’s all the mattered they could keep going knowing that even without knowing anything else like if she was safe or happy and then they got her back and everything was right in the world and she brought her weird friend with her (I love sun) and she was suffering but she got better and she worked through so much and she changed the white fang for the better and it was amazing

But now she’s dead and she’s never coming back and all they have is other people’s stories about her

And other peoples stories include Yang so so heavily

And so they barely got to know their daughter

And they definitely don’t know this random girl

But they’re going to figure them out because that’s all that’s all that they can do anymore

They’d probably ask sun about her, someone who they assume would know and also would be their least insensitive option as he was more Blake’s friend even if it doesn’t feel great as their essentially trying to dig up dirt on this DEAD young girl who died SAVING PEOPLE

And sun clearing it up talking about “no, Yang loved Blake she adored her she did anything for her she was the only one who could get her to rest she cared for her so much”

But the thing is as far as I’m aware Yang and Blake haven’t talked about what happened with Adam with anyone. obviously everyone knows Yang lost an arm and lots of people saw them bleeding in the middle of a crumbling beacon but that doesn’t give context. They don’t know Adam cut yangs arm off or stabbed Blake. They don’t know what happened In their dorm right before the fall when Blake doubted Yang at her lowest moment (it was VALID for Blake just bad timing!!)they don’t know about them killing Adam. they don’t know how Yang convinced Blake to rest

There’s a lot of really specific reasons for why their relationship happened as it did that no one alive knows the true full context of

A really fun idea to me is that maybe ilia knows about the arm chopping thing because I think it’s possible Adam possibly bragged about butchering Blake’s new favorite person

Maybe they bond with qrow who they probably thought was Yang and rubys main guardian/ parent because he was the one who was with them and maybe he sheds a small amount of light on Yang and who she is but they know he’s biased

Overall I think they figured out a lot of really great things about her, that she was always there for Blake during beacon getting her food and keeping her stable, that she’s a devoted older sister and friend, that the reason she wasn’t with her team when they were broadcasting was because she was in a giant whale grim fighting Salem directly

But they’re parents and they worry

But once they all come back from the dead and they actually meet Yang I think they’ll LOVE her

Especially because if they bring up these concerns Blake will definitely go to hell and back to explain how great Yang is and how much she loves her

Once they get through all possible concerns they’re SUPPERRR welcoming into the family kinda vibe

Very kind very happy yangs very confused

I think Yang would be really casual in the beginning of meeting them still very polite because they’re Blake’s parents and also kind of royalty but not your traditional meet the parents sort of thing become I don’t think she would’ve thought about the fact Blake might want that

Like I’ve said it before but I don’t think yangs going to go out of her way to actively tell people especially her parents that she’s dating Blake honestly she probably believes “team partner” is a sufficient enough title and people can just pick up that it’s also a romantic partnership totally normal for team partners

(Team strq probably still refer to each other as a team instead of family despite having actual children together so that’s yangs perspective )

I really doubt it would’ve occurred to her that Blake would want her parents to meet her romantic partner so that they can get along and with the intention of gaining approval for said romantic partner (not something Blake needs but definitely something she’d like)

Not that Yang needs to put up any particular acts or be super nervous so it’s great

The person the most nervous about meeting Blake’s parents is for sure Weiss

I think that in the end Blake’s parents would try to make Yang feel more like part of the family and they’d just end up with a really really nice and positive relationship

[writingtraumaforever]

Uncontrolled Chaos: Chapter 18

Notes: More Rouge than anything in this one. But a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do!

Summary: Rouge gathers intel while Sonic and Shadow... "meditate".

I also wrote two mini-prequels about the AU Sonadow couple in this series if you want to check those out:

•Something I’m Made For

•The 30th (New!)

Chapter Select!

Link to my AO3!

Start:

Rouge walks through GUN’s halls on full alert. While she may work for the organization, she doesn’t trust them. Honestly, working for them has only made her learn to not trust them even more over the years. They do good work, yes. But she’s well aware that they’ll go to whatever lengths possible to make sure said work is done.

Especially when it comes to Shadow..

Hell. They’ve gone to tumultuous lengths from the very beginning of Shadow’s story. Most would call building a top secret space station to create an ultimate power for eternal life and then gunning down innocent people when the project took a dark turn not exactly.. humane. 

But GUN has come a long ways since that, of course. And Rouge knows that’s a lot thanks to Shadow’s own work in the organization.. he became the change he wanted to see in it, and GUN has never been more in debt to him because of it.

But she’s also aware that if they got the chance to have a second Ultimate Lifeform all to themselves to use or potentially experiment on??

They’d take it. In a heartbeat.

They can’t know about this new Shadow.

Walking down the corridor towards the elevator, Rouge doesn’t sense any eyes on her more than usual. This doesn’t make her let her guard down, though. She knows better. 

They likely are keeping this hush hush until they know more, having enough evidence to have suspicions based on what they heard in Shadow’s bugged medical room. 

Riding the elevator to the medical wing, Rouge keeps her composure and doesn’t seem off or guilty. She’s a professional spy, after all. And a thief. Both of which’s specialties she’ll be using currently.

The elevator dings, and she walks onto the floor. There’s doctors aiding injured agents, a few scientists here and there running blood samples down to the labs. She can always spot Shadow’s from afar. It’s colored differently than human or Mobian blood.. more violet than red much like that of Black Doom..

Rounding the corner, Rouge finds the front desk of the medical wing and approaches the nurse sitting there with a smirk, “Heya doc. Got a minute?”

The nurse’s gaze lifts to the bat, an immediate nod of respect to one of their finer and more well-known agents— the first Mobian one among them, “Agent Rouge. Of course. What can I help you with??”

“I’m gonna need the medical files on Shadow from his injuries on his last op. He’s still feeling kinda down, and I figure knowing all I can will help get him feeling better.”

“Well, if Agent Shadow is feeling ill still, he should come back here immediately to be checked over.”

Well that won’t do.

“That’s what I told him,” Rouge shrugs as if it just can’t be helped, “But you know him. He’s stubborn. I’d say he has mule in him if not for the fact I’ve seen his DNA results for myself.”

The nurse chuckles at this, nodding in agreement, “He is certainly not the easiest patient to care for.”

“Tell me about it. I’ll be happy when he’s at his full strength again, and I don’t have to worry about his sorry ass,” she smirks with a wink, leaning against the desk with her cheek on her hand and elbow on the surface, “So help a girl out and get me those files, huh?? Should be accessible with me being his emergency contact and all.”

“Alright then,” the nurse nods with a smile, typing into the computer only for a beeping sound to occur and the smile fade into a frown.

“..That’s odd.”

Typing again. Another beep.

“It says his files are under lockdown.”

Rouge frowns at this, brows furrowing with her arms crossing over her chest now.

Well that can’t be good.

“Lockdown?? What on earth for??”

“Not sure,” the nurse shrugs, looking to Rouge with an apologetic frown, “It’s probably just protocol. They may be working on the records system or something. It’ll probably be available again tomorrow or so. I can email it to you when it opens back up??” 

“That’ll be just peachy, hun, thanks,” Rouge smiles with another wink, blowing the nurse a kiss before waltzing right on down the hall towards the elevator again.

If his records are on lockdown, they’re more than certainly onto Shadow not being Shadow.

Turning the corner, she finds herself having to halt her steps and take a quick step back in order not to run into someone.

“Hey, watch it—“ 

She pauses upon seeing who it is.

Commander Tower.

“Agent Rouge,” her superior addresses with a nod to her, “You seem to be in a hurry.”

“Yeah well I’m a busy girl, Commander,” she shrugs nonchalantly, offering him an unbothered smirk with a hand resting on her hip, “Got an extra grumpy hedgehog waiting for me back home.”

“Ah yes. Agent Shadow. How is he doing since he was discharged this morning??”

“Just fine, really. Still moody. Still needy. As all men are,” she rolls her eyes with a chuckle, “Sent me here looking for his files. You know how he likes to have copies for himself. The little OCD rat..”

“Yes, he is quite organized with his personal records and operation history.”

“I like to think of it as sentimental,” Rouge replies casually, “But come to find out, his records are under lock and key right now.” She eyes him at that, quirking a brow to read any signs of reaction to her words, “Any reason why??”

Commander Tower frowns down at her a long moment, face trained and emotionless as they have a stare-down as if trying to wait for the other to crack.

Neither do.

“System reboot. All records are under lock for now while the system is being worked on,” he informs, though Rouge isn’t convinced in the slightest, “It should be up again by tomorrow.”

“Hm,” the bat hums, eyes skeptical still as she mutters, “Good to know..”

“Yes,” the Commander agrees, “Though, if Agent Shadow isn’t feeling like.. himself.”

There it is.

“…Perhaps he should talk to one of our doctors here..?”

“He’s feeling a lot better,” Rouge replies, her eyes narrowing at the commander, “Just needs rest.”

“Right. We’ll give him our best wishes from here at GUN,” the commander offers, his smile not reaching his eyes in the slightest, “And remind him we’re here if he needs the aid..”

“Will do,” she replies with a sarcastic sort of salute before he walks around him, “Later, Commander.”

She feels his eyes watching the back of her head as she steps into the elevator to leave.

She leaves the building, making sure security cameras see her fly away…

Only to head to her place for a bit of gear and a better plan.

Said plan being to break into Commander Tower’s office and get the files for herself.

Using her knowledge of the building’s security layout to her advantage, she knows what vent lead where and which ones aren’t monitored by cameras— but she’s sure to bring her gadget that blocks the signal to the cameras and freezes them for a small amount of time. About 5 minutes. That’s all she’ll need anyway.

With expert stealth, she makes her way through the vents into the Commander’s Office, making sure he’s gone on his lunch break before carefully crawling through the wall and immediately moving to his desk.

Taking her lipstick out, she reapplies some with a little smirk before pulling the secret cap off of it to reveal a USB of sorts. Plugging it into the computer, the passcode is immediately entered in on its own and unlocked. 

“Too easy..,” she preens proudly, going to work to find what she needs.

It takes her no time since Commander Tower already had all of Shadow’s files pulled up, seemingly having been looking over them himself.

She purses her lips at this, eyes narrowing as she transports the files onto her USB along with the details of the operation her own Shadow had been on when the chaos incident happened.

She hears footsteps, eyes widening as she watches the bar slowly slide along the screen.

97%..

“Come on, come on..”

The knob turns..

99%..

Commander Tower enters the his office, looking extremely perturbed, “What the hell is this???”

Rouge’s eyes are wide, staring at the commander through the vent grate.

“I specifically said no ketchup on my burger!”

Rouge breathes a small sigh of relief, looking at the usb in her hands with a smirk before making her way back out.

•••

Shadow sits quietly on the floor of Tails’ living room, his legs criss-crossed and palms resting on his knees with his eyes shut. Meditating. Gathering himself.

He was the cause of this, supposedly. His abuse of chaos control had gotten him sent to an entirely different dimension. Even after all this time, he still was learning new things about himself and what lengths his power could reach.

He tried not to blame himself for this, though.. He knows damn well his boyfriend would’ve wanted him to do what he had. To fight to stay alive, even if it meant resorting to using a fake chaos emerald to escape.

Sonic once used a fake chaos emerald as a means of escape, and he didn’t blow a hole in the fabric of time and space. So what made this time so different??

‘Because it was me that did it,’ is the thought that immediately comes to mind. Sonic is the pure and untouched Ultimate Lifeform, the natural answer to the universe’s problems.

Shadow?? Shadow was a rip-off version built by a mad scientist and demonic alien in space. He was destructive and unpredictable. Nothing ever worked out for him. Ever.

He sighs to himself at his pessimism, practically feeling his Sonic thump him in the back of the head with a ‘don’t be such a downer, dude!’ He can’t help but smile lightly at the thought..

He misses him.. So much. “Whatcha doin’??” 

Speakin’ of the blue devil.. Here comes his alternate.

“Meditating.”

“Sounds boring,” Sonic shrugs, closing the front door behind him. He had gone out for a late night run. He didn’t go too far, though, staying within earshot of the house in case something happened with Shadow.

“It calms me,” Shadow breathes, his ear twitching slightly at the sound of the front door shutting, sensing Sonic’s footsteps entering the living room.

“You stressed or somethin’??” Sonic asks dumbly, moving to the couch to grab the remote for the television.

Shadow huffs a bit annoyed when the tv’s commentary adds to the distractions of his meditating, “Why would I be stressed?? It’s not as though I could’ve possibly caused the instant destruction of this world and my own as we know it.”

“Drama queen,” Sonic smirks, rolling his eyes at Shadow as he rests his elbow on the armrest of the couch and his cheek in his palm, beginning to flip through the channels.

Shadow’s eyes open and narrow at the hedgehog, “Maybe you should be taking this more seriously.” Sonic snorts, “Can’t really do anything until we have more intel and our friends here. And I don’t do well with the ‘sitting around and waiting in distress’ thing. I like distractions.” Shadow’s own eyes roll at this. He knows this about Sonic. He doesn’t deal with his emotions, he runs from them until he has no choice but to face them. Some things never change, he supposes.

“Of course. How silly of me to think you could actually sit still long enough to meditate, let alone shut your mouth long enough,” Shadow remarks with no real malice, a playful glint in his eye. Challenging.

His intentions prove successful when Sonic’s left ear turns his direction and he eyes Shadow out of the corner of his eye..

Then the tv is switched off.

“Alright. I’ll bite. I bet I can out-meditate you.” “That’s not–” Shadow sighs and shakes his head in submission, “Whatever. Sure. Com’ere.”

Sonic nods and hops back up from the couch, tossing the remote on the cushion before moving to stand in front of Shadow.

“Sit.”

Sonic sits on the floor obediently, mirroring Shadow’s own posture and position.There’s a shit-eating grin on his face that Shadow knows all too well. One that’s cocky and full of trouble.

“Okay, now what?” “Close your eyes,” Shadow instructs, watching this new Sonic do as he’s told and shut his eyes before Shadow shuts his own as well.

“Breathe in…,” Shadow takes a deep, audible breath so Sonic can hear and follow his lead, “Then out..,” he breathes it out. Sonic does the same.

“Repeat.”

In. Out.

In. Out.

In–

“I feel dizzy,” Sonic giggles, Shadow opening his eyes to see the hero swaying a bit where he sits with his eyes still shut.

Shadow can’t help the small chuckle that escapes him at this, shaking his head at the hedgehog, “Don’t breathe so heavy that you make yourself pass out, idiot.” “I was just doin’ what you said! Is this like– a way to get high without drugs or somethin’??” “No,” Shadow groans, “Just– you’re suppose to shut your mouth, remember??”

“Oh, right! Sorry,” he clamps his lips together, Shadow quirking a brow as he watches him.

“Mm mm mmm?” Sonic hums through closed lips, Shadow’s smile only growing as he holds back another amused giggle at the poor fool’s attempt to speak with his mouth still shut. “What??” “I said ‘is this right?’”” “Let’s just do something else,” Shadow gives in, already moving to push himself to stand up.

“Fine by me! Though- gotta say. You’re not very good at this whole meditation thing, Shads. You didn’t last very long at staying still at all.”

Shadow just glowers at Sonic’s annoying little grin, offering him a hand regardless to help him stand back up.

“You’re such a little–”

The door opens suddenly, both heads turning to see Rouge waltzing in and holding a tube of lipstick proudly in the air, “Got it!”

They both stare at the tube of lipstick, Shadow skeptical and Sonic confused. “...Oh, this is gonna be one of those slumber parties,” Sonic nods with wide eyes, shifting a hand to his own hip to sassily say, “Thanks Rouge, but that’s not really my color.”

Shadow and Rouge just roll their eyes with a groan.

[jamsmemes]

(     *     DOOM: ANNIHILATION PROMPTS   !    

feel free to change pronouns / details as needed  !

❛ you’ve gotta be kidding me. ❜

❛ don’t be jealous. ❜

❛ you got a lucky pair of undies? what makes them lucky? ❜

❛ wouldn’t you love to find out? ❜

❛ you look good. ❜

❛ this is sort of a promotion for me. ❜

❛ we are violating the laws of physics. ❜

❛ is all this information gonna be on the test? ❜

❛ so, what’s the danger? ❜

❛ you fucked up. ❜

❛ do i make myself clear? ❜

❛ come on, move your ass. ❜

❛ in order to fight the enemy, you gotta stop fighting yourself. ❜

❛ i’m the one who should be nervous, not you. ❜

❛ i wanna be with you, i wanna come home. ❜

❛ it’s good to see you. ❜

❛ what’s the problem? ❜

❛ we have an urgent developing situation. ❜

❛ i thought you’ve never been here before. ❜

❛ what the fuck is that? ❜

❛ ugh. not this again. ❜

❛ they are gonna rue the day they fuck with me. ❜

❛ you got your toy, i got mine. ❜

❛ something’s wrong? ❜

❛ it’s like a tomb. ❜

❛ who the fuck designed this place? ❜

❛ if you’re about to say what i think you’re gonna say, i’m gonna shoot you in the face. ❜

❛ where are we going? ❜

❛ where the fuck is everybody? ❜

❛ found a body. he’s one of ours. ❜

❛ how can i help you? ❜

❛ through wrath will come justice. ❜

❛ no escape this time. ❜

❛ this doesn’t make any sense. ❜

❛ we’ve got to be close. let’s keep looking. ❜

❛ i thought i saw something. ❜

❛ identify yourself. ❜

❛ show me your hands! ❜

❛ what the fuck is that? ❜

❛ we’re safe now. you’re gonna be just fine. ❜

❛ what’s going on? ❜

❛ are you fucking crazy? ❜

❛ that’s what i’m trying to tell you. ❜

❛ we have a situation. ❜

❛ we need to get out of here! ❜

�� we need to find the others. ❜

❛ fuck this, i’m too young to die! ❜

❛ get back here! ❜

❛ let’s go. come on. i got you. ❜

❛ are they gone? ❜

❛ i’m not playing anymore! ❜

❛ nice shooting. ❜

❛ i deserved that. ❜

❛ there’s something you’re not telling us. ❜

❛ i fucking knew it! ❜

❛ you’re alive! thank god! you’re here. ❜

❛ will you please try again? ❜

❛ well, i can’t just sit here. ❜

❛ i’m sorry, but i can’t let you leave. ❜

❛ what do you mean, you can’t let me leave? ❜

❛ no one’s allowed to leave. ❜

❛ you will reveal whatever i damn well ask you to reveal. ❜

❛ if the human race wants to live on, it has to find a new home. ❜

❛ it doesn’t take a fucking genius to figure it out. ❜

❛ don’t be ridiculous. ❜

❛ this was just a setback. ❜

❛ did you just call what happened today a setback? ❜

❛ this is not your decision. ❜

❛ i will not allow it! ❜

❛ faith costs nothing. ❜

❛ any chance i can get something to drink? ❜

❛ can you open the door? ❜

❛ what are you looking for? maybe i can be of assistance. ❜

❛ get out of the way! ❜

❛ stay with me. ❜

❛ you said you couldn’t remember. ❜

❛ we’re stuck here. ❜

❛ i didn’t ask for your life story. ❜

❛ thanks, but no thanks. ❜

❛ when we don’t report back, they’ll send a rescue party. ❜

❛ if we’re gonna die, i would rather go down fighting. ❜

❛ i might not be a scientist, but i’m not an idiot. ❜

❛ that’s not exactly how it happened. ❜

❛ i’m sure you’ve got your side of the story. ❜

❛ we all make mistakes. i certainly do. ❜

❛ i never said that. ❜

❛ i remember everything. ❜

❛ you have your orders. i have mine. ❜

❛ this place is enormous. ❜

❛ let’s go get this son of a bitch. ❜

❛ what are they gonna do, sue me? ❜

❛ i ignored the order, thinking i knew best, thinking i could be a hero. ❜

❛ you’ve overcome so much in your life, you can overcome this. ❜

❛ i’ve never heard you curse before. ❜

❛ someone found a shiny new toy. ❜

❛ what i thought was punishment turned out to be my salvation. ❜

❛ you can’t kill what’s already dead. ❜

❛ humans. is there anything more pathetic? ❜

❛ have faith that in your darkest moment you won’t be alone. ❜

❛ where am i? ❜

❛ i just wanna check your condition. ❜

❛ i’m fine. i could use a drink. ❜

❛ how, may i ask, did you end up here? ❜

❛ you need to shut this down. ❜

❛ did you hear what i fucking said? ❜

❛ what are you doing? ❜

❛ we are gonna look after you. ❜

[witchygagirlwrites]

Greg "Mouse" Gerwitz x Reader x Jay Halstead/Gerstead x Reader

The story of how you got the name Fireball/ the day they realized they were already in love with you

“Mother fucker” you grunted, falling back down next to Mouse. You, him and Jay were stuck next to an overturned humvee, separated from the rest of your unit as all of you dodged fire from two different directions. He cut her eyes at you “Yeah, in full agreement there sweetheart”  you had one survivor next to you, his leg was splinted and so far his vitals were holding steady but if this firefight didn’t break soon you were afraid that may change.

There were two survivors when your unit responded here but his femoral artery was shredded. At base with a full team and surgical equipment? Maybe. Out here? There was no saving him. “We gotta get back to our ride” you muttered, leaning to peek out from behind the cover and narrowly dodged a bullet. “Fuck” you cursed and ducked back as Mouse snatched you almost in his lap “For the love of christ woman” 

You grinned at him “Sorry about that” Jay returned fire then ducked down and looked across Mouse at you “Try to keep your head intact, please” you shrugged “If we don’t get to our people soon we’re all fucked” he nodded, eyes flickering down to the soldier at your feet “How’s he doing?”

You nodded “Holding good. If I get him back to base soon, he’ll be fine” he gave you a pained smile “Don’t sugarcoat shit doc” you laughed lightly  “Fine soldier. Your vitals are holding steady but you’re just as fucked as we are if this doesn’t break and very soon”

Jay checked his ammo and met Mouse’s eyes than yours. He was running low. You had to figure out a damn way out of this, to get them out of this, to get the wounded man at your feet out of this. 

An idea occurred to you and you nodded to Mouse “Keep an eye on my patient” he raised an eyebrow “Where are you going?” you turned to slip into the broken window of the humvee. You could hear them both calling your name but you had an idea and needed to run with it because if it worked awesome, if not fuck it.

You checked the side of the flipped vehicle and grinned when you spotted the bottles. God bless soldiers all having the same taste. Four glass bottles in total. You had to aim carefully but if it worked it would make an impact. 

When you shimmied back out of the broken window, both sets of blue eyes that you loved turned towards you “What the hell are you doing?” Jay asked and you shrugged “Give me a second”

You got out on the dirt and pulled your med kit to you. You dug around and pulled out the rubbing alcohol and gel sanitizer along with some gauze. You sat the bottles up and filled them each halfway then stuck the gauze in, leaving it hanging out of the side. You cut your eyes at the soldier at your feet “Wouldn’t happen to smoke would ya there private?”

His eyes flickered to the bottles then a small smile worked its way onto his face “Lighter is in left thigh pocket ma’am” you slid over to him and slipped your hand into his pocket, pulling out a silver zippo. “If this works, I’ll give it back”

Jay and Mouse were both watching you like you’d lost your mind. You got low and moved around the corner of the humvee to get a clearer view. There were two trucks that were being used as a cover for the insurgents to protect themselves from fire. If you could take them out, it would turn the tide.

You moved back around and looked at Jay “I’ve got an idea, you’re gonna hate it but you have to trust me” he shook his head “You’re the medic. It’s our job to protect you” you shook your head “I don’t give a damn, I’m not sitting here and watch anything happen to you and Mouse because you were protecting me” 

He stepped closer to you and lowered his voice “Like we can sit here and lose you?” you shoved the ammo for your own rifle into his hand “Then do your job and keep an eye on me” he held your eyes then nodded slowly “You better come back to us” you smiled and leaned up to press a kiss to his cheek then crouched where Mouse was keeping an eye on the private’s vitals and pressed a kiss to his cheek “Don’t let anything happen to my patient” “Sweetheart…” he started but you shook your head, leaving your heavier gear down next to him. 

“Let’s hope Marco, Athena and Collins realise it’s me” you joked but from the look on their faces neither found it funny. You winked at Jay “Watch your aim Halstead” 

_______________________

Jay took a position near the side of the overturned humvee and nodded to you. He’d keep them off of you. “What the fuck is she doing?” Mouse asked from where he was next to the injured private “I don’t think you want to know” Jay replied. 

Jay kept his sights on you then followed the out, hitting a man that had climbed on top of the truck and aimed at you, watching as the man fell over. “God damn princess” he swore and watched as you lit one of the bottles and threw it at the first truck, quickly followed by a second. When they both hit, the truck exploded causing the men around it to either be caught in the blast or become disoriented from the chaos.

“Was that her?” Mouse asked, his voice showing his worry but Jay kept his eyes on you “Her handy work, she’s ok” he took out three men in tandem as you moved for the second truck doing the same thing. Once that one went up you headed back for the humvee, him guarding over you the entire way. He just had to keep his hands steady and you would be ok, that's what he kept telling himself. That was the only thing keeping him from losing his damn mind.

_________________________

You damn near baseball slid behind the humvee, narrowly missing Mouse and your patient. “Where’s our ride Jay?” you asked and he looked through the scope to see that Athena had managed to get your unit’s humvee back in moving shape and was headed your way “Headed to us, Mouse help her get the private ready. I’m gonna keep it clear for you two to load him” you cut your eyes at Mouse who was watching you with wide eyes “What’s wrong?” he shook his head “You’re fucking insane” you shrugged “Could’ve told ya that”

Your unit skidded to a stop next to the four of you, Marco hopping out to help cover all of you as Collins helped to load the private. Mouse all but shoved you into the front seat next to Athena before the men jumped in “GO” Jay yelled and Athena wasted no time.

__________________________

You were halfway back to base when you turned around in the seat “Marco, trade with me so I can get to my patient” Collins grinned “Better listen to Fireball man” you raised an eyebrow “Fireball huh? I guess I’ve got a nickname now”

Marco laughed as he switched places with you “Gotta admit, after that little show it fits” you climbed into the back of the humvee where your patient was laying and he smiled up at you “I agree Fireball damn sure suits you Doc” you laughed lightly “Tell you what, you make it through this soldier and that’ll stick. We got a deal?” he nodded “Yes ma’am”

You could feel Mouse and Jay’s eyes on you but ignored them in favor of restabilizing your patient’s leg then catching your breath.

A few days passed, the entire time you did your best to avoid Jay and Mouse until they found you one night sitting outside the med tent. You weren’t currently on duty. You’d heard back from the hospital in Germany, your private would make a full recovery and even keep his leg.

“Guess Fireball is sticking to you like Mouse stuck to me?” Mouse asked, sitting down on your left. You cut your eyes at him and shrugged “Could be worse, besides I match you with the weird nickname now” he grinned as Jay sat down on your right “Why the hell did you risk something that damn stupid?”

You turned to fully face Jay “I know Jay reckless Halstead isn’t here to lecture me on doing something stupid” he glared at you and you rolled your eyes “My unit was in trouble. It’s my job to keep you all intact” he nodded “So that would’ve happened even if me and him weren’t there?” you held his eyes and raised an eyebrow “What are you asking Jay”

“Did you risk your life to get us out?” Mouse asked quietly and you dropped your gaze to your boots. “In my defense I would’ve died too” “Answer the question, please” Jay whispered and you felt one of Mouse’s hands brush against your left hand while one of Jay’s brushed your right. 

“Yes, ok? I couldn’t sit there and let you two risk your lives to get me out without doing something. I saw an opening, so I took it. It worked and I got a cool nickname out of the deal. It’s not a big deal”  You spoke softly and felt their hands slowly slip into yours and when you didn’t pull away they each laced their fingers with yours.

“It is to us” Mouse whispered and Jay added “You risked your life for us Princess. I think you may like us just a little bit” you shook your head “You know you never mess with a medic when it comes to her soldiers. I care about the whole unit but you two? I don’t think I could see anything happen to either of you”

“So I’ve got a Mouse and a Fireball” Jay laughed, causing you and Mouse both to cut your eyes at him “Why? Are you regretting it already?” you asked and he shook his head “No,but I’ve got to say both of you are absolutely batshit” Mouse grinned “and yet you made sure to claim us” Jay nodded “That I did”

@desimarie12

[i-like-turkey]

I saw your Bluesky account was no longer active. I had also noticed you hadn’t posted since thanksgiving. I hope you’re ok and Pupperoni is also doing ok. Holidays can be brutal. Please know you are valued. And you are important.

Thanks for checking in on me!

Short answer: My pup is doing great. I’m not. But I’m alive and fully intend to stay that way.

Long answer: 2024 is officially in the running for the worst year of my life. It started with two massive losses in February and then another one in early May. I dealt with my dog grief by going out and getting a puppy. She is the only reason I got through those early days cause instead of not sleeping cause I’m bawling my eyes out, I was not sleeping cause I was getting up multiple times to take her potty. And then during the day I was too busy chasing her around to feel much of anything.

But then May hit and her behavior started changing. Instead of my biggest worries being a noise complaint cause she’d bark herself to sleep in her crate, it was can I get her out of my apartment without her biting my arms down to the bone and ripping my clothes to shreds and accidentally strangling me with the strap to her treat bag?

So this last summer was fucking hell. I tweeted a bit about it, but y’all don’t know half the story. Imagine being ten minutes from your car and your dog is so scared that she’s lost her fucking mind and the only thing she can do at that moment is attack YOU. She doesn’t care about sticks or treats or sniffing grass or anything else. All she wants is to bite YOU. And now you've gotta figure out how to get her back to your car without losing a finger or having someone call animal services on you.

I was bleeding daily and sleeping maybe 3-4 hours a night even though my pup was finally sleeping through the night cause I was stressed and cause was on a mission for answers. I was constantly Googling dog training and behavior and getting tips and seeing horror stories about dogs that had to get put down because they were acting like my pup. And that thought was killing me cause I couldn’t fathom losing another dog so soon after I said goodbye to my first baby.

So I wasn’t myself this summer. I was quick to anger and couldn’t think rationally and more stressed out than I’d ever been at any point in my life, law school included. Those days are now just a blur of horribleness and I’m glad that we got my pup’s medication figured out and that we're through them.

But getting through them has brought clarity and time and the mental state to actually deal with my grief and process all of the other things that I’ve lost throughout the year. I used the analogy for grief last chapter of a semi-truck of elephants strapped to Kate’s back. That’s appropriate for me here especially in December, but Kate’s swiss cheese analogy actually fits my situation better. I’m full of holes. I’ve lost big, massive chunks of my life and they aren’t coming back and there's no replacement for them. I’m empty and I’m lonely and I need to get my shit together because I can’t keep going on like this.

And that means I need to leave fandom. I’ve tried to put on a brave face and pretend that everything is ok, but I can’t do that anymore. Opening social media is just a reminder of the past and what’s gone and what’s not coming back and how sad and lonely I am. So it’s time to go. I deactivated bluesky. I haven’t opened IG in ages. Idk what I’m gonna do about it yet. I’ll figure it out. I might delete or I just might let it be a zombie account. My twitter accounts can live on as zombies. I will keep tumblr because it predated my participation in the Kacy fandom, but I don’t think I will be around much. I need to focus my scant free hours on cultivating real life connections.

[orangeleftyart]

I gotta start posting some OC art/lore

So I have like two separate stories I’ve been wanting to write and make art of and I might post them here if anyone’s interested

I’ll explain some basic lore for now:

So the first story is a rewrite of an old story I wrote when I was like 12/13. (I had wanted to make my own magical girl story but I had never watched any magical girl shows/anime besides Star vs. TFoE so it just ended up being generic as heck) but the main premise now is this girl named Maggie who discovers she has nature-magical powers and she has to use her powers as “Miss Magnolia” (is what im calling her for now unless stuff changes lol) to defeat the “Time Miser” (again, names may change later) who is trying to “play God” and, in its efforts to do this, is literally destroying space and time itself. Miss Magnolia works with some other friends who also have magical powers (I’ll explain the magic system later on when it’s more developed) to defeat the Time Miser and fix the universe. Just kind of a magical girl-fantasy-friendship-is-magic type story, though I do want to make something unique with this kind of trope, and maybe add some horror aspects >:3 it’s still in the brainstorming process so we’ll see how it goes XD

The other story is one that I was working on last year about a cowboy who goes by Sheriff Cactusthumb and he’s travelling on a dirt road to his deceased sister, Callie Ashbury,’s house… he’s trying to figure out who may have murdered her… or if she even *was* murdered… (some even believe that Cactusthumb murdered his sister)…

So that story will be more of a mystery, where Sheriff Cactusthumb and his new friend Charlotte Merriwether find clues as to what may have happened to his sister, though there will also be some fanatasy aspects cuz it may or may not involve some magic and alternate universe… heheh…

By the way I’m gonna start using the tag #orangelefty’s oc stuff

That way I can keep track of all of my oc posts and stuff lol

Bye now! <3

[vialism]

Oh my god, ok, I'm such a big fan! You're one of my favorite twenty one pilots writers at the moment. I feel like I get to interview my favorite author! So! I gotta know!

2. Which of your fics is your pride and joy? (I'm genuinely curious, because you have so many great ones!)

5. What's something you learned while researching for a fic? (I always love hearing people's stories about this :))

17. What is something you recently felt proud of in your writing? (Sometimes we authors can forget to celebrate our victories!)

23. What's a story you'd love to write but haven't even started yet? (Tbh, I'm gonna be a bit sad when Center of Gravity ends. I've absolutely loved that fic, it's the quintessential pilotcule fic to me! But, I can't wait to see whatever comes next :)))

24. Which scenes/themes were the inspirations for Dreamers at Best, Young Blood, Glass Houses, and Center of Gravity? (They each have such a specific vibe!)

31. Which fic meant the most to you to write?

35. Who is your favorite non-pilotcule tøp character write, and why? (One of the things that I really like about your writing is how often you include people like Paul and Micheal! It's something that not many people do :))

i love this, thank you for all the kind praise!!! :,)

2. Which of your fics is your pride and joy?

i’m so proud of so many of them, and maybe it’s the obvious answer but i guess i gotta say Dreamers at Best. the fact that a whole new generation of fans are reading it and loving it is wild to me, and i’m proud that it’s stood the test of time. it really changed the course of my life. i’m proud to be the person who wrote that.

5. What's something you learned while researching for a fic?

i learned SO MUCH about the competitive elite diving world while researching for Young Blood. i knew some of the general things already, but i became very familiar with how to read a super detailed FINA table to figure out different dives and their degrees of difficulty. i rewatched several men’s platform events from the olympics to figure out a realistic program of dives for them, which dive would go where, which ones would be hardest and how and why. i wanted it to feel super realistic and in think it did, based on feedback!

17. What is something you recently felt proud of in your writing?

i’m trying to not just keep bringing up Young Blood, so I’m going to force myself to say nice things about Center of Gravity. I think I’m proud of how i characterized Tyler in this fic. he can sometimes veer a little too… idk… “precious,” in fics (including mine for sure) if that makes sense? like he’s a dude. he definitely has some toxic masculinity he struggles with. it would definitely be hard for him to come to terms with his sexuality if he weren’t straight, and would have to actively try not to be withholding with his feelings. i think i’ve written that well.

23. What's a story you'd love to write but haven't even started yet?

first of all, thank you for being so kind about Center of Gravity :,) i have loved writing it and I’m so happy i stuck with it, but i’m also ready to finish it and move on soon. i have an obnoxiously long note of half-formed fic ideas (and in going back to look at it, i found my original couple-sentence idea for my diving fic, omg…). one of the ones i would like to someday write but haven’t started is a canon-compliant fic that takes place in 2014, after the jebby breakup. i talk in gravity about how i think josh would have spent a lot of this time leaning on tyler and jenna for support, and i think it could be a natural lead-in to joshler/jenshler occuring. i also think there aren’t that many fics exploring that time shortly before blurryface, (although there are some great ones, just not enough) so as always it’s a case of wanting to write what i wish i could read. MORE VESSEL ERA FICS IN 2025!!!!

24. Which scenes/themes were the inspirations for Dreamers at Best, Young Blood, Glass Houses, and Center of Gravity?

LOVE THIS QUESTION!!!!

Dreamers at Best: 100% singularly inspired by this video. like that’s literally all. i was like haha what if this was Josh’s perspective? snd a 96k word fic was born. as I went though, I just drew on all the content we have from that time for inspiration (especially the RAB web series) and tried to fill in a realistic possibility around that - i.e., i wanted it to seem like this all really could have happened and we wouldn’t know.

Young Blood: watching the men’s synchro springboard olympic trials for paris. there was one pairing where they were like “this pair has only been diving together for 4 weeks!” and i was like “haha….. joshler……. what if…..”

Glass Houses: i love that you asked about this one since it’s a little bit of a less well known one (?) that i love so much :,) it was really inspired by the idea of tyler feeling guilty and having to confess infidelity, even a tiny act that turned out fine. i had the image of tyler coming home after kissing josh and getting on his knees and crying into jenna’s lap, and it all grew from there. i’d written a few fics with easy peasy consensual polyamory, and i wanted to explore the more difficult side of it where it doesn’t all instantly work out.

Center of Gravity: it’s wild, but i’m not even sure how i got this idea, or where it came from??? the only thing i can remember is thinking about how it would realistically go down if they realized their feelings for each other as late as the SAI era, and how that would look. but from there it’s definitely been motivated by the same thing as Dreamers at Best, so trying to make it feel really realistic, like everything (including the flashbacks) could have happened that way and we wouldn’t know.

31. Which fic meant the most to you to write?

Answered!

35: Who is your favorite non-pilotcule tøp character write, and why?

LOVE THIS QUESTION….. you are SO CORRECT because i LOVED writing Paul in Young Blood. the iconic pantaloonwarrior is the blueprint of course with her incredible paul/tyler fic, and i adore paul so it made me want to include him as a character. plus since i needed someone to be tyler’s coach, it was perfect, since he kinda is that in real life! i definitely have plans to write more of Paul.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR WONDERFUL SPECIFIC QUESTIONS!!!! this is a writer’s dream haha!!

[shiny-miltank]

why hello old friends, you’ve found me once again (it wasn’t a secret really lol). to start off myello. sorry for disappearing off the Mewcrew blog. It gets all kinda wordy so it’s under a readmore.

Long story short I suffered from a mental Illinois(tm) spiral of depression, work exhaustion, undiagnosed/untreated adhd and big time imposter syndrome + burnout. Zoom into today I’ve been in therapy for my big time sads with some new perspectives and management, got some adhd meds, my job quit on me (long story) so now I’m slinging it freelance artist style and seeing how it goes, and back with family cause living alone was expensive and very Not Good for my brain it turned out. Still working on new changes and learning about the anxious smorgasbord up in the head.

Now there’s still no guarantee? That Mewcrew stuff is going to come back in full force like it did. Im still trying to like it again cause I do miss them. It took a long time and effort just to draw them for the wips I got going in the bg after like the three years leaving. Tbh the blog became something I didn’t want and instead of casual, low effort, funny not serious Just Roomates on misadventures in a pink void comic it became long hours of planning and plotting and rendering and feeling it wasn’t enough with my nasty soup of brain ick continuing to make me feel bad for not keeping up with a constant pace and comparing my work to the artists around me (again it was my brain funguses making reality hard-no one else. The artists around me back then were legit the nicest peeps around-still are). I’m also still really nervous and anxious around big communities that seemed to have sprung up HELLO ALL OF YOU LOL. I remember when it was just three of us xD And I still have to sit with my imposter syndrome and understanding I have things to offer that people do want to see and to stop anxieties from comparing my work to others.

So for now if I am posting Mewcrew stuff it’s mostly going to be here on my main from now on and not an individual blog (me figuring it’s just a lot of effort to keep up with so many blogs and logins, I think any new project or direction I go is just gonna be slapped on my main from now on. The less effort the better for my energy.). It’ll be sporadic and in a much different direction that was more akin to what I wanted it to be and much more casual comedy (or my flat sense of humor-I’ll laugh at knock knock jokes fr) slice of life with very little, even parody “plot”. And most of it until im comfortable with releasing complete mewcrew/mewtwo content will be on my patreon with again spurts of it here on tumblr and on my other socials. And if any of you come into my inbox saying I’m paywalling my own content AGAIN I will come for your kneecaps no joke you are NOT entitled to my work ESPECIALLY when this is now my main form of income. Anything on my patreon is /extra/ and early works and for peeps who choose to/want to and or capable of supporting me. That was literally the final straw that made me take a step out way back then: there’s still somebody behind the screen please remember that. This is just for my anxieties and getting comfortable with my characters again at a slow pace👍 I do miss everyone I use to interact with and want to be part of the bigger community here that’s sprouted up. Just gotta walk slowly with my social anxiety and other things first.

Thanks for reading and choosing to stick around if you do!

[aikofanfan]

Obey me, Themis!

Part 2 is out!

Summary: Rosa is your childhood friend and you decide to visit her and Luke. But it’s you. Things are never that easy.

Pairings: None. For now. I may fold on that in later parts.

Warnings: There is a small reference to Ep 3 of ToT, if you played it you know if not- drugs and child abuse. Very small tho just letting ya know.

A/n: Obey Me! x Tears of Themis crossover that was supposed to be a small dumb little drabble for shits n giggles became a bigger story with every word I wrote. So expect more parts cuz skdjsndns

“Wait really??!” Rosa jumps up from her desk, phone in hand and a huge grin on her face. “When? Around what time?? So soon?”

Everyone in the room looked at her as she walks around her desk, talking to whoever it maybe.

“No no my shift ends soon! Yes I know but I wish you would’ve called sooner I could’ve gotten food or something ready!” She laughs. “So much has happened since we last spoke!”

She walks and talks some more than noticed people staring. Ah right she is still at the office after all.

“I’ll see you soon!” She says before ending the call. She goes back to her desk and sets her phone down, Hm maybe she can get some take out ready to pick up if she orders now. She can get it on her way home.

“Rosa?” A sudden voice snaps her back to reality and she sees Artem by her desk.

“Oh hi Mr. Wing! Sorry about that.” She says sheepishly.

“It’s okay. Did something happen?” He asks, looking slightly worried.

“Oh no no not at all! That was my old friend MC!” Rosa explains. “I haven’t seen them in a long time and they called to tell me they’re coming here to Stellis!”

Artem recalls a few stories about this MC. Seemed like the polar opposite of Rosa when he thinks about it. MC had visited Stellis with family one year during their childhood in the summer and had gotten to know Rosa, they managed to keep in touch even after all these years as pen pals before exchanging phone numbers.

“They should be waiting for me by the time my shift is over.” Rosa glances at the time.

“Well if it really has been that long, you can leave now.” Artem suggests. Rosa doesn’t even fight it, jumping up and gathering her things and giving Artem a big hug and a quick thank you.

“Oh relax would ya.” You snicker, DDD in hand. “I’m not gonna get dragged into any of her cases. I’m not a lawyer or agent or whatever.”

You were outside of Rosa’s home waiting for her to get back. In the mean time you talked on your DDD with an over protective demon.

“You get dragged into all kinds of trouble without trying.” Lucifer sighed on the other end.

“Mmm true but still.” You snickered. “I’ll be fine.”

“MC!!!”

“Oop gotta go!”

You hang up and put your DDD away just in time to catch a smaller figure crash into you in a tight hug.

“Rosa!” You laugh and set her down. “Ah still so tiny.”

“Hey! I’ve grown at least a little bit!” Rosa pouts. “My boss let me out early and I got food!”

She turned around to grab the bag of take out she set down a ways away. Only for you to flicker your wrist and have it hover over and land in your hand.

“I don’t think I’ll ever get used to that.” She says in awe. She was one of the few people outside of your family that knew about your mmm other worldly trips and lessons.

~~~~

From murder cases to crazy trails and tests to mundane things and a bit more still mundane things the two of you share many stories back and forth.

“Sounds like Luke is still Luke you’re still you.” You grin.

“Yeah and it seems you’ve changed the most.” Rosa sighs. You could tell there was far more she wanted to share but clearly had her reasons to keep quiet. You don’t mind, the life of a lawyer must come with its own secrets.

“Change? Nah. Still just as hot headed as when we were kids.” You wink. “Only my eyes glow green when I get mad.”

Rosa sits up straight and blinks at you. You only give her a lope sided smile and she giggled.

“If I wasn’t so aware of your adventures I would’ve questioned that a bit more.” She giggled lightly. “Oh! You should come with me to the office and meet everyone!”

“Will I get to meet this Artem Wing you always mention in your texts?” You ask and wiggle your eyebrows at her.

That got you a pillow to the face.

~~~~~

“MC!” Luke waves to you and Rosa as you walk to a big building. Themis Law Firm if you recall correctly.

“I texted Luke to see if he wanted to stop by and see you.” You hear Rosa say before getting hugged by said man.

“It’s so good to see you! When did you get here???” He pulls away and gives you that blindingly bright smile of his.

“Just last night.” You state. He doesn’t know about you and magic. It’s not that you don’t trust him it’s just…you just don’t think his heart could take it. Seeing as how protective he is with just Rosa. But enough of that.

“Hmmm I dunno Rosa.” You hum, hand on her head and raising it to your own than to Luke’s. “You still look pretty tiny to me.”

Rosa gasps and Luke does his best to hold in his laughter but that only annoys Rosa more.

“I am not that small!!” Rosa swats her hands on your shoulder and Luke finally loses it. It was this moment that made you realized you missed these two knuckleheads more than you thought. You want to share all your adventures with Luke and Rosa but you still remember how Rosa reacted on a video call when you told her why you went missing for a year.

“WHAT?!” She gasps and you nearly dropped your phone.

“Look I know it sounds crazy but-”

“Other realm or not that breaks so many laws! And you aren’t the least bit upset!?” She asks, propping her phone up and flipping through some folders. “Abduction, forcing a person to do something against their will, having no say in the matter, oh my gods!”

“Rosa hey relax!” You laugh. She smacks the folder in her hands down and gives you a bewildered look. “So you believe me?”

“Of course I do! I looked into your missing person case after you were declared dead. Nothing made sense and now you telling me all this, everything makes sense.” She sighed. “No signs of struggle, no one having it out for you, nothing. You just…vanished.”

“You looked into my case?” You smiled. Rosa once again looked at you like you were crazy for asking such a thing.

“MC, we may have known each other over a summer but you quickly became my best friend. Of course I would.” She stated like it was obvious. “You really aren’t upset about this?”

“No it’s…complicated.” You sigh but had a small smile.

“Sounds like you were the force of nature those boys needed huh?”

“YEESSS YOU GET IT!”

Rosa laughed hard at your outburst.

Back to the present, Luke had to run off but made you and Rosa promise that you all had to hang out together at least once before you had to go. Now you were walking into the building and heading to Rosa’s floor.

“Is that phone even sturdy?” You ask, eyeballing the piece of glass in Rosa’s hand that she claimed to be a cell phone.

“It’s a lot tougher than you think.” She says with such confidence she might give Mammon a run for his money.

“Oooh is this the famous MC we’ve heard so much about?” A new voice says as a woman walks over to you two.

“MC this is Celestine.” Rosa introduced and you shake her hand. More and more people come and go to meet you. Did Rosa really talk about you that much?

“You make me out to be some celebrity?” You teased and she just grins at you. You get to her little cubicle and sit by her, watching her work. You get bored within half n hour and start to spin around in the wheelie chair you’re sat in.

“MC don’t do that. You’ll crash into someone.” You hear Rosa warn.

“Oh I’ll be fine- OH SHIT-” You slam your feet down just in time so you don’t smack into whoever was right behind you. You glance up and seen cold blue eyes staring down at you. If you were a normal person you’d be intimidated but being around the likes of Lucifer, you just wave at the guy.

“Well hello there pretty boy.” You grin and hear Rosa choke on her tea behind you.

“And you must be MC.” He says.

“That’s me. And you?” You ask.

“Artem Wing.”

……..

“OH.” You stand up and bow a little. “I am so sorry, Mr. Wing! Rosa has told me so much about you! Ha ha ha!”

“Don’t be so tense.” Artem chuckled. “It’s a pleasure to meet you.”

You shake hands then sink back down into your chair. You glance over to Rosa who was currently coughing into a tissue.

“Well I’d say that’s a new record for me.” You grin then look back to Artem. “So!”

You stand back and give Artem a once over. He must’ve noticed as you see a bit of blush form on his cheeks and he fiddles with his tie.

“Rosa told me a lot about you as I mentioned and her description of you was spot on. Easy on the eyes and has gorgeous eyes too!” You state and hear Rosa make a squeaky noise.

“Well it’s almost my lunch time! Come on MC!” Rosa finally speaks up and grabs your wrist, dragging you away from Artem.

“Rosa also told me you got a nice waist. I can see it! You’re totally her type!”

SMACK

“CUT IT OUT!”

~~~~~

“I can’t believe you.” Rosa pouts and takes a bite of her sandwich. You two were in a park, sat on a bench under a tree.

“Am I wrong though?” You ask with a knowing look. She merely glares but shyly shakes her head.

“Knew it.” You say with a wink. You chat some more until a guy walks over.

“Hey Miss attorney. Who’s this with you?” He says, taking the empty spot on Rosa’s right side.

“Oh! MC this is Marius. Marius this is my friend MC. They’re visiting Stellis for a few days.” Rosa introduced you two to each other.

“Marius, Marius.. ah right.”

“Yep. Marius von Hagen at your service.”

“Oh I was gonna say the blueberry play boy.”

“Huh?!”

Rosa laughs as you snicker at the man’s expression. You remember Rosa mentioning a Marius in your texts and you gave him the title of blueberry play boy because of his hair and eyes.

“We’ve only just met and you’re already being so mean.” He says in a fake hurt tone. Now why does that seem so familiar?

“But truly I’ve met bigger names.” You state. “Not really impressed by titles nowadays.”

“Oh? Who have you met?” He asks, thinking you’re being serious. Meanwhile Rosa looks surprised, are you going to-?

“Nobody you need to know. Rosa has told me all about you so it feels like I’ve already met you and the shock has drifted away.” You joke and Rosa sighed. Just then your DDD rings and you get up. “Excuse me for a moment.

Rosa nods and you walk off to the side before answering. Right away you hear bickering on the other end, Asmo, Levi and Mammon if you’re hearing correctly. Of all the times to call-

“OI!” You snap and silence follows. “I told you guys I’d be busy the next few days. What is it?”

What follows was mingled words of Asmo saying Mammon stole his jewelry, Mammon denying it and Levi whining about-something; you aren’t sure what. You pinch the bridge of your nose, contemplating on whether you should text Lucifer for help or not.

When an evil idea comes to mind. You look over to the bench and no matter how they look you know Rosa and Marius are trying to listen in on the conversation. So you wave your hand and when they notice you, you point at Marius and make a “come here” gesture with your hand.

“Yeah?” He asks, confused. You mute yourself on your end and say:

“Just follow my lead, okay?” You say and he nods. You unmute yourself. “Look you guys, I don’t really have time for this.”

“But MC-!”

“I have a lot of sight seeing to do. You can be good and figure this out for yourselves right?” You ask. “I’m sure Lucifer can help sort this out.”

“Lucifer?” Marius asks and the three boys on the other side grow silent real fast. Got em.

“Who’s that?” Mammon asks.

“Oh this is Marius. He’s a friend of Rosa’s, I just met him.” You explain calmly. “He’s part of the Pax Group. The ceo if I remember right.”

“PAX GROUP?!” The three voices simultaneously shout, making you and Marius jerk back from the volume of it.

“Oi he isn’t tryin to steal ya away is he?” You hear Mammon hiss.

“Oh relax.” You rolled your eyes. “I just had him talk just to tease ya. Call it karma for the headaches you lot give me.”

“You’re so mean!” Asmo whines but you knew they were used to this. You tease but never mean any ill intent.

“Now if all matters are settled, I’m going to hang up now and you aren’t going to call me anymore right?” You state.

“But-”

“Right?” You repeat, eyes flashing green for a second. The three agree and hang up. You put your DDD away with a sigh and glance to the young ceo beside you. “Why are you staring at me like that?”

“Did your eyes glow…green? How did you do that?” He asks.

…oh shit-

“HEY ROSA YOUR LUNCH BREAK IS OVER LETS GO!”

~~~~~

“He noticed? Oh he’s not going to let that go.” Rosa sighed as she typed on her computer.

“I had a feeling he was that kind of prick.” You huff, slumping into your chair.

“He’s not a-prick- he just likes to tease. Like someone else I know.” Rosa comments, side eyeing you with a smirk.

“Are you saying we’re similar??? I’m hurt!” You gasp in fake offend. You two keep talking as she works, your head spinning at all the legal talk. It makes magic and potions look like pre school levels of easy in comparison.

“Using a kid as a test subject for drugs? Hmmm wonder if Diavolo could find that guy in the Devildom.” You mumble to yourself after Rosa explained one of the cases she worked on.

She looks at you, making a face like she wanted to say or ask something but frowns with a small pout.

“Something on your mind?” You ask.

“If you could find him that would really help things but- I don’t think that would be something that could be explained in court.” She pouts. Right. Things are still odd between the realms. You’d bet everything that Diavolo would help in a heartbeat but things aren’t that easy.

“Someday, Rosa. Someday.” You pat her back. To lighten the mood again you spin in your chair- and fall over with a loud thud.

“I’m okay!” You hold a thumbs up and hear Rosa laugh before she’s helping you up.

“You didn’t learn from earlier today did you?” She asks.

“Nope!” You grin.

“I’m assuming this is the MC I’ve heard so much about.”

You glance behind Rosa and see a man with glasses and Hm white? Platinum hair? Meh who really knows.

“Based on the way you dress, you must be V-” Rosa elbowed you. “-Dr. Richter.”

“Correct.” He chuckled as you rub your side, softly glaring at Rosa.

“Well look at that, I’ve met all three of these new guys.” You announced.

“Friends, MC. My new friends.” Rosa corrected you but you just shoot her a look. You bicker back and forth but feel eyes on you still. Looking up, Dr. Richter hasn’t moved or walked away.

“Something wrong, Doc?” You ask.

“No no it’s just-how do I put it. You seem different from others I’ve met.” He explains. Your eyes narrow, you can tell this man is far more than what he looks to be. Rosa must’ve sensed the growing tension before she wheels her chair in between you and this doctor, holding her hands up.

“MC is just a very interesting person like that. You know?” She laughs kinda nervously, looking up at the man.

“I’m not going to cause any trouble if that’s what you’re trying to imply.” You spoke up after a moment. “I’m just here to visit two childhood friends, is that so wrong of me?”

“No not at all.” Dr. Richter agreed. He gets called away and walks off, but you could still tell he was wary of you.

“He totally knows.” You said once you were sure he was gone.

“No I don’t think it’s that he knows, maybe he can just tell there’s more to you than meets the eye.” Rosa explains. “Either way, just be extra careful around him.”

“And by that you mean don’t knock his lights out.”

“Especially that.”

~~~~~~

“He’s just a Psychiatrist! Why was he sizing me up like some criminal?!” You pace around as you vent to Rosa and Luke. You were in Rosa’s apartment hanging out like Luke basically made you promise to do.

“I mean-are you?” Luke asks and you grab a pillow then chuck it at him. He laughs as he catches it. “He’s just like that. Comes with the job I’m sure.”

Grumbling, you slump back down into a chair. You shouldn’t let this bother you so much but it does. Then again you should be used to this, the students at RAD were the same way once upon a time.

“So how long are you planning to stay?” Rosa asks, effectively changing the topic.

“Not sure yet. Maybe a few days. I know you guys are busy.” You answer.

“Oh come on! Stay longer!” Luke urges. “We have so much catching up to do!”

“He’s right. I don’t have any major cases right now.” Rosa adds. They both give you puppy dog eyes and you groan in defeat.

“Alright alright.” You give in. “I’ll stay longer.”

They celebrate their victory and pull you into a small group hug.

~~~~~~

“You weren’t trying to test MC, were you, Vyn?” Rosa walks into the NXX headquarters with Luke behind her and clearly caught the doctor off guard with her question.

“Of course not.” He says. “I’ve met a lot of people in my line of work and there’s just something different about them.”

“You’d be right about that, Doc. I met them and their eyes glowed green.” Marius pipes up and oh boy.

“Green?” Artem questioned, joining the conversation as he walks over. Luke makes a confused noise and looks down to Rosa.

“You were seeing things.” She tried to shrug it off.

“They’re our friend, if there was something new with them they would’ve told us by now.” Luke spoke up, not liking how the others were acting as if MC was suspicious. Rosa nodded in agreement.

“Not like we have a right since we can’t tell them about this.” Rosa adds, gesturing to the whole headquarters. The topic is changed once Artem starts talking about a new case that came in.

Strange substances going around the city that’s causing strange side effects or worse, death. But no one knows where it came from or what it even is. It was like it came from a different world all together.

“It’s only been recorded to have be here in Stellis only as of right now.” Artem explains.

“And if we don’t find out where it’s coming from, it could spread.” Marius adds. Rosa looks at the sample careful that was in a small baggy. Reddish with bits of black and leafy like.

“May…I make a suggestion.” Rosa spoke up. All four of the men look at her. “I think I know where we can start.”

[borathae]

Sibi I need some helpppp

Do u have any tips for getting rid of writer's block???

Mhm that’s a good question because I haven’t really figured out a 100% success guaranteed way either bshahshs but if I ever struggle with writer's block, I tend to do the things I'll list down below 💜

1. Switch up the WIP you’re working on. Sometimes it’s not because I suddenly can’t write anymore, it’s simply that the current WIP doesn’t do it for me. So I switch it up and a lot of the time, suddenly get inspiration again

2. Speaking of WIPs and it kinda goes hand in hand with the first tip. Don’t force yourself to write stuff and remember that YOU should have fun writing. I tend to go for the WIP I feel in the mood for this day, which means I rarely get writer's block because I’m always working on the one thing which brings me the most joy that day.

3. Remember that you can just step away for a while. We fanfic authors do this for free in our own freetime and we aren’t really bound by contracts which force us to keep producing on a deadline. It’s okay to just step away from writing for a while and focus on other stuff which brings you joy.

4. Speaking of doing other things. I find that if I genuinely just can’t write anything, doing other stuff I enjoy (painting, gaming, other creative stuff etc) really helps my brain to reset and fill up its creative juices again.

5. Consume media. Whether it be a show, a movie, a book, a song, a game, art. Genuinely, sometimes all you need to get inspired again is to consume something new which might inspire you. One of my examples: I finally know what I want to do for Namjoon's queendom story because of The Witcher 4 trailer which recently came out. Before consuming this new media, I had no idea and now my creative juices are flowing for his story.

6. Sometimes you just gotta give your brain some change, break out of your daily routine. If you constantly do the same things, are at the same places, only talk to the same people, you won’t ever get new experiences and therefore your brain won’t really be stimulated enough to get creative. Something as simple as going on a walk somewhere new, going sightseeing, meeting new people, going to a coffeeshop to write there or switching up your writing tools can already be enough for your brain to get enough stimulation to get working again.

7. Get off that damn phone and stop looking at social media (tiktok) 👵🏻 JSKSJS this might just be me but if I brainrot my day away on my phone, my brain is indeed rotted and I can’t write for SHIT. So if you’re like me sometimes, just don’t and do something else which is way more productive (like tip 4 or 6). Social media rot is not gonna inspire you BAHAH

So in conclusion I would say that 99% of writer's block is because the brain simply lacks inspiration, new stimulus or a break. Once you learn what works for your brain to get relaxed and juiced up again, focus on doing these things and you will see that the desire to write will be back in no time 💜

BONUS TIP: which always works for me and which still gives me the same kind of satisfaction than writing new plot does. Making headers for your WIPs, giving your blog a lil makeover or simply bringing your older stories/WIPs on par with your current standards by editing them also counts as writing, so if you can’t produce something new? Just create something which will be used for your writing later. I kid you not, this is a surefire way for me to get inspired again. Like, I'm making a new header and suddenly I have 390201 ideas for this particular story. I edit my WIPs or my older stories and I suddenly have the need to write more for this universe.

Example: Just yesterday, I edited some parts for Family Matters and this shit inspired me so much that I FINALLY figured out the structure and flow as well as the ENDING of the story. Like, miss gurl really had her breakthrough yesterday just because I did some minor editing.

[infinitethree]

It is, to put it bluntly, too goddamned quiet.

Stepping onto the stage was supposed to be a big deal! A crescendo in the production, the climax of the story!

At the very least, things were supposed to be less fucking boring!

But it is, sadly, a ghost town. Even the Showrunner doesn’t have an exact idea of the metrics of the sad little platform their existence is really known on, but they know it’s not great.

Uhg. They really don’t love the idea of jumping the shark already, but…things need to get livened up.

The audience really needs to appreciate the marathon of bitching that will be Show’s reward for the bone they’re gonna throw into the spectral audience.

Quite literally kicking down the door into the library, they shout, “Hey, Scribs, we need to chat! Get your nose out of your fucking books!”

Much like the Showrunner’s stage, the library is the domain of another unusual individual. The infinite rows of bookshelves bear titles in indecipherable scripts, but…that’s the only real feature of the space.

Everything else is a void. A white, empty void, stretching out over Eons and Eras.

Show’s face shifts to a brief animation of an eyeroll. Great, in-jokes that exactly one person can possibly understand. That bodes super well for how this’ll play out.

From amidst the shelves, a figure slowly emerges.

Like the Showrunner, their form is…unusual. What little ‘skin’ is visible is, much like their counterpart’s, rather similar to a jointless mannequin. The color differs, though– a swirling, silver-and-lavender as opposed to the Showrunner’s gold-and-black.

But largely, they are obscured by a cloak.

The cloak covers most of them, bar their many extra arms– and the number of them keeps shifting, as do the sizes of the books they’re writing in– and their ‘face’. It looks almost like a universe is depicted in them.

Or…it is a universe. Because it moves– the stars, the celestial bodies, all of is moving. In just a few moments, several stars wink out, while others suddenly appear. Along the edges of the ‘garment’-- if it really can even be called that– are ever-shifting runes in that same silvery-lavender color that seems unique to them.

Each rune seems to be made up of a shifting mess of overlapping words.

In much the same way, the odd, dark purple, crown-like ring of horns that blends into the cloak are made up of untold words in seemingly eternal flux. Above the center of that crown is a large, cat-like eye made of yet more words– these in bright lavender.

Around the eye are dozens of rings of varying widths and sizes, spinning in seemingly random directions, with yet more eyes embedded into them.

And…that only leaves their face. Or what passes for one.

There’s a geometric, elongated sideways eye-esque shape in the center of an otherwise white mask. The edges of it shift slightly, but only enough that gives the impression that it’s capable of more change.

In an almost bored monotone, the Scribe says, I have made it clear I have no interest in being on your stage. Leave me to my work.

“It’s fucking boring, though! If there’s no audience, there’s no point in writing! Scribs, you gotta–” Showrunner, you have already interrupted me and dragged your audience along with you. Whatever game you seek to play, I will not be partaking.

The Showrunner groans, multiple extra arms appearing to help them emphasize, “The game is that there’s nobody to write for! The seats are empty, the stage is lifeless, and I’m bored outta my mind!”

At this, finally, the Scribe’s own additional arms pause in their writing.

…I already allowed you to use my name to, as you put it, ‘liven things up’. “That wasn’t even me, not really! That was the yahoo at the keyboard needing to make your precious little sociopath play nice!”

The first hint at emotion comes, the Scribe replying, You speak as though you have no favorites of your own. “I never said I was unbiased, but it still fucking helped you, too!”

The pupils of all the eyes thin in unison. I grow weary of your arguments. Leave, you have gotten the hint of mystery that you, ironically, are incapable of cultivating on your own.

A shriek of frustration accompanies a sound like breaking glass. Jagged, teeth-like shards of the Showrunner’s flickering red screen-face mouth along to the distorted echo of, “Holy fucking shit, how are you such a giant bitch!? Stop being such a useless stick in the mud and help me make this fucking work!”

Emotion is once again gone from the Scribe’s voice as they sigh, Still a spoiled child, demanding attention and affirmation. If your stage is so empty, stop waiting for a prompt to populate it. Simply…devise the scenario yourself.

The flickering gets more intense, and the Showrunner seems to become just a little larger. The circle of extra screens around their face spins faster and faster, until they stop looking like anything more than a glowing red ring.

And then it all cuts out. The audience has not yet earned this particular reveal, no matter the desires of the one who usually mans the cameras.