#I had a feeling my responses were gonna be pretty straightforward

[mewkwota]

Character meme

How about MMBN protoman

It's him. The cool guy.

Send Me a Character

And I will tell you my:

First impression He looks cool, and before I got more familiar with the Classic series I preferred this Proto Man more. I still like him design-wise, as I do a majority of the Net Navis, so sleek and with lovely color distribution.

I also think the sword arm thing is super-duper cool.

Impression now Nothing significantly changed, I still think he's pretty cool looking. My interest in him is truthfully superficial.

Favorite moment My brother and I will joke about his voice in Double Team DS, so every so often we'll just say "Here it comes Hikari" all weird-like.

Idea for a story Protoman isn't a character I focus too heavily on. So I can't say I have anything very big in mind. The only thing I can think of was a possible exchange between him and Proto Man. Their ideals seem very different despite sharing a name, one prefers to do his own thing, while the other is strictly there for his operator.

But honestly, this concept feels like another I have in mind elsewhere, so I'll likely not doing anything with it.

Unpopular opinion What is unpopular about him?

Favorite relationship I don't have preferences with this guy, platonic or otherwise.

Favorite headcanon Not sure I have anything specific.

[xxoxobree]

Mean Sometimes

Miles G x Black!Fem!Reader

Summary: Miles can be mean sometimes, even if he doesn’t mean harm.

WARNINGS: Cuss words cause 🤷🏽‍♀️

A/n: This is for my black girlies 🤣 y’all are definitely gonna relate to this , Also that is a real picture of Miles G that I took we in E42 chillin 🫢.

Miles was famous all over school for his blunt and straightforward attitude. He had a rep for never beating around the bush and always blurting out whatever came to mind, no matter how crazy it sounded.

His lack of filter had landed him in hot water a few times, but he remained himself , because he “can handle it if anyone got a problem”. Despite his bluntness, when it came to you, his "princesa," he would soften his edges.

Picture day was tomorrow ,and then came the most soul-crushing message from your hairstylist.

"Hey there, hun," she began, delivering the blow. She was canceling. Your heart sank as you absorbed the words on the screen.

"Please, please don't cancel," you silently pleaded, desperately typing out your response. But deep down, you knew it was pointless . And just as you feared, the it happened.

"I'm truly sorry, but we have to cancel and find another time to reschedule," her message read.

"No no no!" You said out loud, throwing your head back in frustration. You rested your phone down, afraid that your anger might make you throw it across the room.

"Oh my fucking gosh!" Tears welled up in your eyes, blurring your vision. You got up and made your way to sit in front of your vanity.

You released your hair from the ponytail it was in, grabbed your comb, blowdryer, and a flat iron, and got to work. You had to make something work.

As you sat in front of the mirror, you began the process. 15 minutes went by, but it was not going well. You burned yourself several times with the flat iron, causing more frustration and anxiety to bubble within you, but you refused to give up.

Your hair was frizzy and unruly, but in your eyes, it was looking pretty good.

Miles, had decided to stop by after realizing you hadn't been responding to any of his messages or calls. Concern etched across his face, he knocked on your bedroom door before stepping inside.

"Miles? Why are you here?" you asked, your voice laced with annoyance as you continued to fix your hair, leaning against the vanity. The frustration in your eyes was hard to miss, and he knew all too well what it meant. Your attitude had been activated.

With a small sigh, Miles approached you,leaning on the vanity. "I was worried about you," he said. matching your attitude "You weren't answering any of my messages or calls. I just wanted to make sure you're okay."

Rolling your eyes, you paused your hair-fixing efforts and looked at him, your frown deepening. "Miles, I'm trying to fix my hair.” you snapped.

"He gave your hair a look, furrowing his eyebrows. “Yo shit look like you got electrocuted.”

His words stung, and you couldn't hide the disappointment in your eyes. "Why'd you say it like that?" you whined, feeling a lump forming in your throat.

"I'm just saying, mama," he responded casually, not fully understanding the impact of his words.

"Well, does it look bad?" you asked, your voice trembling with uncertainty.

"It does... yeah," Miles admitted, unaware that you were at your wits end.

"Oh, my fucking gadddddd..." The words slipped out as you threw your brush across the room in frustration. Tears welled up in your eyes, and your face flushed with anger and hurt. "You're so fucking mean sometimes, Miles," you shouted, flopping onto your bed and curling up, facing away from him.

Miles could hear your sniffles from across the room, guilt shot through his body. He took a deep breath and pushed himself off the vanity, his feet carrying him towards the bed where you sat, shoulders slumped.

"Ma!" he called out, hoping for a response but you stayed silent. "Baby, I'm sorry, okay?" he pleaded.

"You can take your sorry and get the fuck out," you whispered , your voice dripping with hurt and frustration.

Miles sighed again "Baby, I didn't mean that. You know how I am,"

"How you are is rude as fuck," you shot back, the pain still in your tone.

Miles climbed into the bed beside you, his body pressing against yours. He buried his face in the crook of your neck, his voice muffled by the closeness. "I'm sorry, princessa," he murmured, the warmth of his breath causing a shiver to run down your spine. "How about I help you fix your hair?…….you smell sooo good.”

"Shut up, stupid," you whispered, a smile spreading at the corners of your lips. "And move so you can help me."

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[goldfades]

. "you're an idiot." / "but i'm your idiot." W jack hughes ;)

𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐚 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐬 | jh⁸⁶

♡ ─ word count | 412

♡ ─ warnings | lots of shit talking (LMAO), mention of nose jobs and jack being mean (not to reader), nothing else

♡ ─ ev's notes | i love shit talking w boys cus they make it so entertaining HAHAH

"And then she said that if I had a problem with her, I should just say it to her face. And when I did, she started crying." You scoffed as you explained your friend-group drama to your boyfriend, Jack.

You were both on your bed as Jack laid there, you were sitting up explaining it. He looked very intrigued as he listened intently, nodding occasionally to show he was following along.

Jack raised an eyebrow, his expression amused. "Wait, so you told her what was bothering you, and she started crying? What a bitch." He rolled his eyes as you let out a laugh.

You chuckled at Jack's blunt response, appreciating his straightforwardness. "Yeah, it was pretty unexpected. I mean, I thought she wanted honesty, but I guess she couldn't handle it."

"Wait, isn't she the one with the fucked up nose from the nose job?" Jack's eyebrows knitted as he thought for a moment.

You couldn't help but burst into laughter at Jack's unexpected comment, nodding in agreement. "Yeah, that's her. The one with the botched nose job. I swear, it's like she can't handle criticism on any level."

Jack smirked, clearly finding the irony amusing. "Well, maybe she should've spent more time picking a good surgeon instead of judging other people. And what did you even say? Nothing as bad as I would've said, you're actually nice." Jack scoffed.

You let out another laugh as you shook your head. "Oh my gosh, you're such an idiot." You said playfully, giving Jack a playful shove.

"Sure, but I'm your idiot," Jack teased, dodging your shove with a grin. "I call it as I see it. If she's gonna dish out judgment left and right, she should be able to take a little in return, right?"

You rolled your eyes playfully, "Yeah, well, next time I need a reality check, I'll be sure to come to you. But seriously, I didn't even say it that harshly. I just mentioned how her constant judgmental attitude was getting on my nerves."

Jack nodded in agreement, "Some people thrive on that stuff. Drama queens, I tell ya."

"Exactly," you agreed, feeling grateful to have Jack to share these moments with. "Anyway, enough about her and her botched nose job. Let's focus on something else."

Jack nodded. "Agreed. How about we order some pizza and watch that new series we've been talking about?"

You smiled, feeling a sense of happiness wash over you. "That sounds perfect."

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[djljpanda]

Um, hi. I have a request for Wednesday x fem or gender neutral reader.

Wednesday has a crush on the reader and is a bit more apprehensive with them, leading to snarky remarks. And the reader just has zero filter so they always have a comeback whether they mean it to be harsh or not.

Reader also has a crush on Wednesday, maybe a confession? Idk. Just the thought of Wednesday thrown off guard by quick response word vomit is funny to me

Wednesday Addams X Fem Reader

Now you may be surprised on why the Wednesday Addams has a crush but don’t worry she is surprised too and not in a good way…maybe? Now ever since coming to Nevermore you and grew close during her first time here and after coming back from break she started to see you more definitely now.

But it didn’t dawn on her that she liked you when she started wring a love interest for her character in her new novel, what was worse the character was just like you. Wednesday knows things but she doesn’t know if you like her back, what if you hate her? What if you don’t like girls? Those questions kept popping up in her head and with that it did things to yours twos relationship.

Now on your side you like Wednesday she was smart, talented, pretty, and many more. But you don’t know how but you and her started making snarky remarks about each other. You don’t know if it’s something that you did to her, you really hope not. But some remarks almost get a bit out of hand but you and her know each others boundaries.

But it all changed when you were hanging out with Enid but she remembered she left some of her stuff with Yoko so she left the room. As Enid left Wednesday came in and you both just locked eyes.

It was silent and both of were just confused till you spoke up, “Be honest with me Wednesday, Do you hate me?”, now Wednesday was token back by your straightforward question but without hesitation she answered “No”.

“Then why does it sound like we hate each other at times”, you walked over to Wednesday really wanting answers. “If I had hurt your feelings I would stop if you like” “No I’m not hurt just confused” “How are you confused”. “You’re probably gonna hate me after this but I got to get it out, Wednesday Addams I love you and I want to know that you atleast care about me”, you never fail to surprise Wednesday maybe that’s one of the main things she loves about you. “I…I like you too Y/n”, in that moment you both locked eyes like before and just in a quick motion you were both were already kissing but pulled away when you heard Enid coming over.

After hanging out with Enid and Wednesday you were ready to walk out till Wednesday asked to walk you back to your dorm. The walk was silent but it wasn’t awkward as you spoke up, “So should I call you my honey bunny or-“ “I would make sure you die and just to keep your heart as a memory of you” “okay but atleast in private can I call you my dove” “Later we will talk later”.

You smiled but got an idea as you both saw your room, “You could go back to your dorm but you know me I have no dorm mate and I really want to know more about you Wednesday” “Are you trying to beg me to stay Y/n” “It’s the weekend go get your stuff and I’ll get everything ready”. Wednesday nodded and was about to walk back for some of her stuff till you whispered called out “Bye my dove”.

What did Wednesday get herself into with you.

[mellotronmkll]

My confession. I'm just thinking how I always like for years interpreted the lyrics of I've got a match in a specific way that I honestly pretty recently realized was most likely not 'correct' in the sense of what the intended meaning/tone most likely is of that song although we obviously can't know that but just in a way that just doesn't resonate with me anymore and I think I was maybe overthinking it but it's because I essentially just projected my feelings about the relationship I was in at the time really hard onto it and that colored how I heard it forever lol

but the weird thing is and I don't know why I always assumed this but I always imagined that the opening lines were being spoken not by the narrator of the song but by the other person in the song To the narrator

Like that those things were being said to the narrator and then "I'm gonna die if you touch me one more time" is their response to it. I have no idea why I thought that because there's nothing to indicate that would be the case and it seems pretty obvious to me from the rest of the song that these are the narrators words and they're expressing this clear disdain they have for the other person .. BUT if you imagine some of the lines in the songs are things that have been said to them by the other person that they're recalling or something it changes the feeling of the song substantially so that's what I guess I automatically did in my mind

I feel like hmmm now because the chorus of the song and basically all the rest of the lyrics make it pretty clearly feel to me now that it's about being in a relationship with someone who's still in love with you and has good intentions but you feel nothing but resentment towards them for whatever reason and don't know how to end the relationship so you're just kind of exhausted and resigned at least thats how it seems to me now. Maybe it's also cos when I was first obsessed with that song I had never experienced that situation but I was in a shitty relationship but just of a very different kind so that completely shaped how I heard the song

i guess I always imagined "your embrace and my collapse" as like being smothered by a controlling partner or something or you know the thing of flinching when someone comes near you because they've hurt you in the past but when I read the lyrics now I don't get that sense 😭 Maybe the "beat up the cat" line threw me off or maybe it was just full projection. Anyway either way it's clearly a sad song about a shitty relationship and it's the classic linnellian unreliable narrator thing so the situation isn't clear but I do think my original impression of it was off and I kind of don't know how I misread it for literal years lol and I'm like that's crazy cos this is kind of one of their more straightforward songs but here we are. Or maybe my first interpretation was actually secretly right who knows

[snakebites-and-ink]

Positions - Part 1

Chapter 8 - Chapter 10

I was gonna add more leadup at the beginning of the scene, but…I got a little stuck. So I’m just gonna drop you right into it. You’ll figure out what’s going on, it’s pretty straightforward if you have any familiarity with the BBU.

CW: BBU, pet whump, bullying

“Position 12.”

The command was all too familiar, even though it was coming from someone who had no right to give it. Asher’s training was so ingrained into him that he started to move into position automatically. His knees bent and he started to slightly lower himself towards the ground before he caught himself and straightened.

“Well? I’m waiting.”

Asher shot him an angry frown. “You’re not my owner.”

“Maybe not, but I’m not a pet and you are.” The man smirked.

“You don’t have the authority to give me orders like that without my master’s permission,” Asher asserted.

“Then why did you start getting into position?”

“That was out of habit, not obedience.”

“‘Not obedience?’ Sounds like someone isn’t a very good pet.” The man stepped closer and placed a threatening hand on Asher’s shoulder, then shoved him down. “Position 8.”

Asher’s knees hit the floor as the shove sent him towards the ground faster than he could react, but before he actually assumed the position, he twisted and stood back up. He glared at the other man.

“You really should do as you’re told, Asher.” He stepped closer and flicked the metal tag dangling from Asher’s collar.

Asher took a step back but resisted the ever-present automatic urge to placate. That was often the best strategy, but in this case it would just encourage this kind of behavior, which had already gone on long enough. “You really should mind your own business. I already told you, you don’t have the authority for this.”

“Come on, pet, don’t you want to be good?”

That was unfair. Asher scowled at him. “I am good. Just not for anyone like you.”

Asher tried to walk away, only to have his path blocked. He stopped, wary of being pushed towards the floor again, or possibly even risking worse violence.

“Let me go. Please.” The please just slipped out automatically, but it drew an almost vindicated smirk from the other man.

That didn’t last long, though. The drama had drawn the attention of a few other people, a couple of whom were properly within earshot by now. One of them stepped closer and grabbed onto the guy’s arm before he could make another move. “Just let him go, seriously. You’re being a jerk.”

Asher watched quietly, with a hint of nervousness. His attacker looked angry but didn’t seem to have a retort. Probably because his “justification” for what he was doing would just make him sound like the jerk he was accused of being.

“Come on, aren’t you both supposed to be working?” Another chimed in.

“Yeah. You should get back to work,” the jerk said, looking at Asher, perhaps in an attempt to take back control of the situation. Asher didn’t say anything back; he would be more than happy to do so, but he worried that agreement would make the guy feel like he’d won Asher’s obedience. Let him feel like he had the last word, but not vindicate his perceived entitlement to Asher’s submission. That was probably the safest way to deescalate this.

The man was turned and gently led away before he could get worked up over the lack of response. Asher watched them leave, giving a small, thankful smile to his rescuers when one glanced back.

Once he was alone again, Asher let out a long, shuddering breath. Trying to breathe out the tension and fear still buzzing within him. He ran a hand over his collar. He was a good pet. He was okay.

[swampertisbest]

@heropartnerweek Day 6 - Farewell

A few days ago, I found this prompt I wrote starting my PMD OCs, which has my take on that ever-so-sad ending of the Explorers games, so I thought I’d clean it up a bit and make it a submission, because the timing happened to be just right. Also, please note that while the story events these guys go through are a close match to those in Explorers, several of them are changed heavily or even removed, so mentions of past events that don’t quite match up to what happened in the game, simply chalk up to those changes I made. Anyway, hope you enjoy!

Companionship Concluded

After completing their chaotic bout with the master of time himself, and a long and exhausting climb down Temporal Tower, DJ and Storm had finally reached the more straightforward path leading to the Rainbow Stoneship, and by extension, their home.

Both had been relatively quiet on the climb down, not finding much necessary to say after pretty much everything had already been said for them, but finding the silence boring, Storm decided to speak up.

“Phew, that was some fight, huh DJ? My leg’s absolutely dying!”

“Yeah, mine too!” DJ hastily responded, eager to keep a conversation going.

Storm gave DJ a judgmental stare in response to that comment, the latter not fully realizing his insensitive reply.

“Oh, sorry! Not like that!” DJ added quickly upon realization, to which Storm responded with a simple smile, letting him know that they were still cool.

As much as he had been just trying to say something though, DJ’s legs really did hurt. Like a lot, way more than usual. His thoughts started racing.

“…This… doesn’t feel like normal leg pain, this feels… oddly strange, kinda like they… Wait… could this be…”

His thought process was cut short by one last earthquake, which robbed both him and Storm of their balance and toppled them over. Storm yelped in pain and stayed on the ground for a good 30 seconds or so, before wobbling his way up, the fall having done even more damage to his already broken leg.

“You OK, DJ?” Storm yelled out as he limped his way toward him, his next thought being to see how his friend had fared against the tremor. He was pinned to the ground by his belly, similar to the Shinx, but something looked a little… different. There were multiple yellow lights flying out of his body, which now appeared slightly more transparent than usual, and the expression displayed on the Mudkip’s face was one of somber defeat.

“Hey, What’s wrong? W-why are you glowing like that, I thought that was something only I could do!” Storm sputtered, wanting to interject humor to distract from how concerned he was.

DJ knew there was no more delaying the matter, and he had to explain at this very moment.

“I…guess it’s time I tell you.” He forced out, with the least broken face he could make.

Storm was understandably confused. “Tell me what?” he questioned, before realization hit him like a boulder.

“Well…this is…it’s…I have to go.” DJ muttered, his voice already breaking.

“Oh… I… I completely forgot this was still happening.” Storm’s voice was starting to project at a lower and more sad pitch than before.

DJ was surprised by that comment, however. “Forgot? You knew I was gonna disappear? I… I didn’t think you—.“

He was cut off swiftly by Storm. “I… heard the whole thing. When the words left Timber’s mouth, I was just as shocked as you were. But… just like you, I eventually accepted that there wasn’t any way around this without paralyzing the planet, so I pressed on with you, fully aware this was gonna happen. Well, until the fight, at least, determination and excitement completely took over my thoughts during that.”

“But… If you knew, why didn’t you just tell me?” DJ questioned, curious as to why Storm had kept his knowledge of these events secret this whole time.

“I saw how hard Timber’s sacrifice hit you, I really didn’t want to bring up a question so… grim. You just weren’t acting yourself at all, so I kept my energetic and positive personality through the whole rest of the journey to raise your spirits, and help us both keep going. You needed to achieve this goal, and I was willing to make sure you would do just that. I think I did a pretty good job watching your back this whole time, you?” the Shinx responded, with a slightly proud undertone in his voice.

Those words. “Watching your back”. DJ recalled on everything Timber had told him before jumping into that portal with Dusknoir, as tears began to flow freely from his eyes.

“…That’s…You did that… for me?” DJ croaked, the sadness in his voice now incredibly evident.

“I… just wanted to make sure you were feeling OK…” Storm’s eyes were welling up with tears as well.

“It’s…I…don’t…I don’t know what to say… It’s just… thank you…” the Mudkip mumbled in a whispery voice, giving all he had to keep his composure.

“You know what though?” DJ’s voice suddenly gained certainty, “I’m… personally glad I’m not going in vain. Because that would suck extremely hard.” He laughed briefly, “But, the fact that the last thing I did was save the world, especially with you there by my side, just… makes me happy, knowing… everyone’s gonna be OK now… including you.” he finished, a heartwarming, but still tearful grin written on his face.

“Yeah. Yeah, I guess you’re right.” Storm replied, a soft smile also present.

As the seconds passed by, the lights surrounding DJ became increasingly brighter, and the amount increasingly higher, almost to the point that Storm couldn’t look at him anymore.

“Wow, those lights are getting bright, I don’t think you have that much time left.” the Shinx noted, as if it wasn’t already painfully obvious.

DJ silently nodded, before speaking once again, “There’s something important I need to tell you before I disappear completely. Once I’m gone, I want you to go home, tell everyone at the guild everything that’s happened, so nobody who has rocks for an IQ redoes these things, and most important of all…continue our legacy. Mal’s still waiting at home. I know, she’s like… absolutely not the ideal choice at all, especially if you’re not careful, but she’s literally the only other teammate that’s left, the fate of Team P.E.A.C.E. is literally in both your paws right now. Make the guild impressed by ranking up or something. Please make me proud. You promise you’ll do all that for me?”

“I promise I’ll do that. Team P.E.A.C.E. is in good paws.” Storm agreed, with a burst of determination. All DJ could think to do was smile back at him.

“There’s… something I want to say to you too.”tears were returning to the Shinx’s eyes, “Please excuse me if it’s a little…mushy.”

“I’m literally on the brink of extinction, I’ll listen to anything now, regardless of the mush” DJ remarked, attempting to lighten the mood a bit.

“I just wanted to say… I know we… we didn’t really… get along that well, but… I can’t thank you enough for being one of the best friends I could have ever had. Before you showed up, I was the lazy homeless loser nobody wanted to be good friends with, sure, people were nice to me, but nobody’s been there for me on the same level you have. Like, it’s probably not comprehendible to anybody how much you really mean to me.” Storm confessed, sounding like he could burst into tears at any moment.

A bittersweet feeling enveloped the Mudkip. “Even after how rocky our friendship’s been, he still cares this much about me?” He thought, now feeling triply bad about leaving him behind.

“Well, uh, thank you for saying that.” DJ began. “If we’re being completely honest, the only reason I ever went with you is because given the situation I was in, and the gravity of yours, I literally had no other choice but to stick with you. But… looking back, it was definitely the best decision I’ve ever made in my life as a Mudkip. And if I had to go back and do it all again, I wouldn’t do it any other way, or choose anybody else to stick with. Sure, maybe the way we met was… strange, but you’re a true friend regardless of what way I put it, and even after I’m gone, I won’t forget about you. Ever.”

Storm began to cry softly. “I… I really appreciate that… T-t-thank you…” he murmured through his weeping. Not long after, the Shinx enveloped his friend into a tight embrace. DJ cringed a bit out of surprise, but eventually got comfortable, and hugged him back. The two smiled, and continued their hug for another minute or so, before DJ was reduced to nothing but the remaining lights floating up into the sky above.

Storm, having fallen flat on his face due to having nothing else to grip onto, looked around a bit to see if the moment he’d been dreading had finally happened. There was no question about it, his friend was gone.

“Well, that’s… that’s it then…“ he sighed depressively, “bye… DJ…”

Storm laid there for a few minutes, pondering the conversation he and DJ had just shared, before thinking back on that promise he made to him.

“DJ… I promise… and I mean, promise, your requests… every single one of them… I will fulfill…” the Shinx vowed, another sudden burst of determination flowing through.

Storm struggled back up onto his feet and began limping towards the Rainbow Stoneship, ready to accept a new life without his best friend… or at least give his best shot at that.

[baileypie-writes]

~Not Human~

Kurumi Mimino/Milky Rose x GN!Reader

Part 2 here!

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Fandoms: Otona Precure, Yes! Precure 5 GoGo!

Fanfic Type: Oneshot

Reader: Gender neutral

Relationship: Platonic to Romantic

Genre: Fluff?

Word Count: 980

Synopsis: You finally confessed to your crush Kurumi. But then, she tells you about being a Pretty Cure, and how she’s not exactly human.

Warnings: Drinking(Reader stays sober)

~Masterlists~

~Yes! Precure 5 GoGo! Masterlist~

A/N ~ This fic became longer than expected, so there’s gonna be a part 2.

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It was your weekly hangout with your friends, something you looked forward to every week. Every Friday night, you’d meet with them at Cafe and Bar Time, and have a few drinks. Well, a few drinks usually turns into half of you being completely drunk.

But this time, you were determined to keep one of them sober. To be specific, your best friend, Kurumi Mimino. She’s the prime minister of some faraway kingdom, apparently, though you don’t know much about it. What you do know, is that you’ve had a crush on her for a while. She’s so confident and straightforward, and she doesn’t have any trouble saying what’s on her mind. You wanted to keep her and yourself sober, because you planned on confessing to her that night.

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The cafe was filled with the sound of laughter and the smell of alcohol. As expected, Rin was already drunk as a skunk, and Nozomi had to practically hold her to keep her from falling face first on the table. Kurumi had already had a few drinks, and was getting a bit tipsy. You decided that it was a good place to stop her from drinking any more.

“Hey, Kenta!” Kurumi shouted over to the man behind the counter. “Refill please!”

“Ah, hey, I don’t think you should drink anymore.” You nervously stopped her.

“Eh, why not?” She asked, a bit annoyed.

“Um..” You tried to quickly come up with an excuse. “You still have work tomorrow, don’t you? You don’t wanna have to deal with a really bad hangover.”

Kurumi sighed, and folded her arms. “Guess you’re right…”

You let out a sigh of relief, and turned your attention to Rin, who was crying over nothing.

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The hangout was over, and you and your friends all said your goodbyes. Karen headed back to the hospital for work, and everyone else began going home. Nozomi was taking Rin home first, as she was on the brink of passing out from being so drunk.

Before Kurumi could part ways with you though, you called out to her. “Wait!”

“What? What is it?” Kurumi asked, turning around to face you.

You took a deep breath. “Can you come with me for a minute? I want to talk to you.”

“Oh. Okay.” She said, and walked over to you. She playfully linked arms with you, making you laugh.

You led her to a bridge overlooking a road. There weren’t too many cars out, as it was pretty late.

“So what is it? Don’t keep me waiting!” Kurumi said.

You sighed, preparing yourself. “I like you. I have for a while. I understand if you don’t feel the same, but I just needed to get this off my chest.” You looked at her, awaiting her response.

After a moment, Kurumi laughed a little. “Yeah, I know.”

“What? Really?” You asked, surprised.

“Yeah. The whole group knows, actually. I mean, it was kind of obvious.”

“Oh.” You turned away, embarrassed. It was really that easy to tell?

Kurumi smirked, and placed your hand on yours. “Aww, don’t be so flustered. It’s cute that you’re that into me.” She teased. “And just so you know, I feel the same.”

You quickly turned your head to look at her. She was looking at you with full confidence, but a slight blush was on her cheeks. Or was that just from the alcohol? You couldn’t tell.

You smiled at her. But after a moment, Kurumi’s faded, and she turned away.

“What’s wrong?” You asked her.

“There’s something I’ve been needing to tell you too. I should’ve told you this a long time ago.” She said.

“Oh. What is it?” You asked.

Kurumi sighed, and looked up to the night sky. Thousands of stars were visible, and the clock tower was also in sight. It was the perfect view.

“So you know the whole Pretty Cure thing?” She asked.

“Yes, of course. How could I forget? The town was almost destroyed.” You laughed. She did a little as well.

To be fair, you didn’t know a whole bunch about the event. You just knew that these young girl superheros saved the town from shadow monsters.

“Well… I was one of them. In fact, all of our friends were too.”

You were silent in shock. That was the last thing you expected her to say. Also, the fact that you’ve been friends with superheros and had no idea was something you needed time to think about. But you didn’t exactly have that time. You needed answers.

“What? How? Everyone? But those girls were so young! And how did you even-?” Kurumi stopped your rambling with a hand to your shoulder.

“I’ll explain everything to you.”

And she did. You learned of the first time they transformed when they were all in middle school. You learned of Bell and the shadow monsters. You learned about the Palmier Kingdom, where Kurumi’s from. And the Time Flowers, and how they gave her and the others the ability to transform back into Pretty Cure.

But the end of it, you had no words. It was just so much.

“You gonna say anything? Or are you just going to stand there?” Kurumi asked, a bit annoyed at your lack of response.

“Yeah I just… wow. I’ve been friends with the Pretty Cure the whole time and had no idea. Not to mention, you’re from a kingdom that’s not even on Earth.” You said, still blown away.

Kurumi laughed. “Yeah. But there’s still one more thing.”

You turned to her. “What? There’s more?” You were a bit scared. What now?

She led you into an alleyway. After checking to see if the coast was clear, a puff of smoke enveloped her. When it cleared, she was no longer there. Until you looked down. Where Kurumi was standing, was a small, pink bunny-like creature.

“What?”

(To be Continued…)

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~~baileypie-writes

[mmoxie]

so i finished kotor 2 for the first time (this is a long post but it's fun) good game 10/10 everyone was right about it

my exile is a woman named kleio kel who may've once been a jedi but stuck pretty strongly to the "they fired me" mindset and never let anyone call her that again

she wields a short-bladed white lightsaber, which symbolizes a kind of Stacker Pentecost "i bring nothing into the drift" mentality- wielding her lightsaber indicates nothing about her, it is a tool- and with its short blade is a tool largely for turning away other weapons

her two best friends are visas marr and hk-47- she's gonna give visas everything and hk makes her laugh

there were no good decisions on onderon, but she ended the monarchy with the hopes that the military would coup itself down to uselessness in time- unfortunately her old boss was pals with the queen, so they had to duke it out

dantooine was a little more straightforward- these people are trying, help 'em try

the greedy cunts that wanted to take over local government just because they can were lethally pranked into walking directly into a battery of laser turrets

she danced for a hutt which was more than a little embarrassing but a small price to pay to get some fuel to the nice space station where they jail you in a free apartment

but the whole time she was asking "wait i bought a dancing girl's billet back at that station to get her away from her neglectful idiot boyfriend and her terrible boss, why can't she come here and dance"

alas, that girl's afraid of spaceships i think, she ain't going nowhere

after every gang in nar shadaa tried to pick a fight with her, she packed up her bags and headed to korriban to do a little light archaeology

she got attacked by a bunch of ghosts but came out of it smelling like roses with a bunch of fresh lightsaber parts for her trouble, which she used to upgrade her unassuming little shoto into a mean little disarming stick- with its thin blade and easy handling, she could simply aim for the emitter on an opponent's lightsaber and cut right through

and listen.

she tried really hard not to kill her old bosses. there were no hard feelings, REALLY

she refused to kill atris, and on dantooine offered not to fight the old boys in brown, but they swung on her, so... y'know,

listen this whole campaign was self defense.

eventually she squared off with darth nihlus and was extremely motivated to defend her new girlfriend, which resulted in his death as well as visas getting to breathe easy and come to terms with some of her traumas she experienced at his hands

and then it was time for kreia.

c'mon kreia i was so nice to you.

we both hate the force, but it's like being an american and hating gasoline alright

hating it won't make it suck any less

you're making yourself sick obsessing over it when you could be like, i dunno, teaching responsible minimization practices

instead you're questioning its motives and it's like

girl

that's the force

it "wants" balance like an apple "wants" to fall from a tree

that's not a will being imposed by god that's just events playing out toward equilibrium, the apple would keep falling at the rate of gravity if it didn't have someone's head to hit

the fact that the galaxy appears to balance is just the organic reaction- you cause a wound, it scabs over, alright

like kreia come on you're SO smart how can you not see this are you just too fucking mad

i tried to talk her down all the way to the very end, but she sicced a cloud of floating lightsabers on me so i had to clean up shop for the safety of everyone involved

even in her last moments i was doing my utmost to be kind because she was just so so so miserable and had some pretty bad brain poisoning

she succumbed to her injuries from the fight and carth i mean atton walked me out of there

so i could go catch up with atton i mean carth at the space station and listen to him talk about

whoever revan is

she didnt factor into my day to day on this adventure very much she's out there doing whatever but these people are OBSESSED

afterward i bought visas a sexy party dress and retired to the pazaak dens to live out my days partying after a job well done

[cerealmonster15]

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🧃 ⇢ share some personal lore you never posted about before

HMM. tbh i feel like i say a lot about my personal self here LOL for people that read my tag rambles what i can i say that u dont already know... i feel like the only stuff i omit is like, to keep my identity a SECRET lol ummm.

ok i literally couldnt think of anything JSDKLFJDSKLFJSDKLJ. ask me a question if u want maybe ill share LOL

🍦 ⇢ name three good things about a character you hate

H. HEY. HEY. i dont wanna LOL JKFLDJKFLDS truth be told i dont actually HATE hate many characters. it's usually only ones that are like. token creep characters or REALLY super nasty and i dont WANNA talk about those so im gonna CHEAT and just do what i suspect im baited into doing and talk about a character i. hmm. Used To Strongly Dislike. i was a hater but i dont know that i ever really FULLY hated him. but i def disliked him for a while at first lol

and in terms of twst there are at least four characters this could be describing but i have to do leona bc ive had the most character development with my feelings about him kljsdklfjdsklfjklsdj

he really is so smart and perceptive. it's super interesting when i go back and reread stories and how he's shown to either directly or maybe heavily implied to know/suspect something that's going on far before most of the other characters do. he doesnt always. say anything about it to people 🧍 JKFLSDJFKLDS but it IS cool how you can see he's like, paying attention. he's got experience!

it's kinda sweet when he actually does, sometimes, show his care for the younger students. like in rook's lab coat story when epel accidentally bumps into him, and the npc talking to rook is like OH GOD!!! but rooks like nono, it's okay, leona knows not to just pick a fight with a random student for no reason. <- me calling it sweet when leona doesnt bitch at someone i guess LOL but!!! jfkdsjflds it is. and then in book 6 at the start when everyones getting ROBOT KIDNAPPED, this goes hand in hand with my first point - leona recognized the charon soldiers, clocked that they were dangerous, fighting was futile and risky, and just surrendered himself and told ruggie to not start a fight and to just look after the dorm while he was gone, if he ever came back. i was sooooo grumpy at that scene for so long bc of how COOL he was and i did not like admitting leona was being cool ever LOL JFKLSJDFKLDSJLJ but he was 😔 ive come to terms with it. AND in the jpn server's halloween event playful land, [mild beginning of event spoilers to anyone reading this i guess lol] the fact that he showed up late at night to bring everyone back so they wouldnt get in themselves trouble.... like he SAID it's bc he just didnt wanna get blamed for it later, but like, iirc he aimed his lecture at the ENTIRE GROUP, not just jack who he's dorm responsible for. he showed up early morning/middle of the night to do it too, when hes the king of I Love Sleeping. he probably coulda sent ruggie to do it but it was his turn to be in the event so he came and did it himself;;; dskfjdlsjfk listen i think leona is pretty straightforward and a bitch but i do think he still has some sense of care for people even though he'd rather die than admit it KFJSDKLFJSELJ

this might be cheating but i listed like three separate examples in the prev point so whatever. he's funny when he fights with vil and malleus JKLFJDSKLFJDSLFJ and i like when characters bitch at each other for comedic purposes. that is a positive point in my book i like LAUGHING at my SCREEN

i love when im asked a simple question and use ten thousand words to answer lol

🌸 ⇢ do you have any pets? if you do, post some pictures of them

DOES THAT MEAN THREE IMAGES

[WAHOO!!]

[malamiteltd]

Day 2 – Heather Arrives

Sketch had fallen asleep on the couch. Whether it was the tiring dimensional travel or the mental stress, he ended up sleeping until midday. But it was a rapid knocking sound that woke him up. He opened his eyes and looked around, uncertain he really heard knocking. But it happened a second time…it was coming from outside the door. Confused, Sketch got up and put his shirt on, and he answered the door.

“Hey, Sketch!”

It was his wife, Heather Britannia. Sketch’s eyes widened, and he suddenly threw the door open and ran to her, hugging her tightly.

“Heather!” he shouted excitedly, wagging his tail. “It’s—it’s really you!”

Heather hugged Sketch, patting him on the pack with reassurance. She chuckled. “Heh…I had a feeling you were gonna feel lonesome in this place, but I didn’t know you’d end up this bad off!”

Sketch clung to her tighter. “I was convinced I was never gonna see any of my family and friends again! I lost my Portal Charm somehow. But now that you found me, we can finally leave this place!”

Heather slowly pulled Sketch away. “Yeah…about that…”

Sketch was a little confused. He looked at Heather and suddenly noticed her tired expression. “Wait…what do you mean by that?”

Heather smiled gently. “Can I come in? It’s…quite a story I need to tell you.”

Sketch paused, but eventually led her inside. They sat together on the couch, and Sketch looked at her with concern.

“Is everything alright?” he asked. “You look kinda tired.”

Heather nodded in response. “It was quite a trip getting here. I think I passed out on the way. But Eddy warned me that was gonna happen.”

“Eddy?” Sketch scratched his head. “So wait…what exactly happened? Does he know what went on?”

“He does. He told me about the situation.”

“…the situation?”

Heather shook herself a little to look a little more alert. “Okay…so, we both know how the portals usually work. One entrance and one exit, and a straight path in between. Could be a long path or a very short one. Either way, it’s pretty straightforward.”

Sketch nodded. “Right…”

“Well…apparently something happened that made a third portal.”

Sketch was a little puzzled. “A third?”

“Yeah, it kinda popped up and made an additional path. Eddy called it ‘divergent portals,’ where the entrance portal would actually lead to TWO exit portals.”

Sketch thought about it for a second. “Hmm…so I’m guessing when it did, the force I felt was that new path pulling me away from the exit portal I was supposed to go on?”

Heather shrugged. “Well…you’d be half-right.”

Sketch looked even more confused. “What do you mean?”

She looked away for a second. “From what I understand, you exited through BOTH portals.”

Now Sketch was completely baffled. “Both?!”

Heather nodded. “That force you felt during the trip? That was the diverging path practically duplicating you. So one Sketch did arrive in Utopia, but the other ended up here. And…well, that Sketch is you.”

Sketch was stunned. “I’m a clone?”

“Well…yeah, kinda. You’re still pretty much the same you I always knew, just pulled apart. That’s why you became exhausted when you were traveling…the portals split your energy between your two selves.”

Sketch looked at himself for a moment. He was trying to process this bizarre news.

Heather continued, “I was there in Utopia when the other you arrived. You flopped over unconscious when you got through, and that kinda surprised me. I was scared something happened, and I was trying to wake you up. When you finally did I asked what happened and you just said, ‘I don’t know.’ I mean, you assumed it was all the Dark Energy hunting we did finally catching up to you, but I was fighting with you all that time and I felt no different when I arrived in Utopia. I knew something was wrong.”

“So the other me didn’t see the other portal?”

“He didn’t mention anything about it. But we decided after we got in touch with our Utopian friends to visit Eddy and Ora and tell ‘em about what happened. Eddy seemed concerned. He told Ora to look back in time and see what might’ve happened, and she told us about the portal split. Eddy quickly looked through his library for answers and that’s how he came up with the divergent portal explanation.”

“Okay…but does he know how something like that can happen?”

Heather looked uncertain. “He said there are theories. The most likely one has to do with this universe being relatively new. It’s trying to fit into the multiverse and it’s creating a few disruptions before it’s finally settled, and I guess those disruptions can pop into transdimensional tunnels.”

Sketch scratched his head. “I mean…I guess that makes sense…”

Heather shrugged. “I know…it’s kinda weird. But the whole multiverse thing is already weird, and we already know that.”

Sketch nodded. He paused for a moment, recalling their reunion. “So…earlier, when I mentioned you were able to bring us back home…” He looked into Heather’s tired eyes. “…you can’t, can you?”

Heather sighed and slowly shook her head. “It’s pretty much impossible.”

Sketch looked worried. “Why?”

“Well…when Ora took a look at this dimension, she noticed it was kind of…unstable.”

“Unstable?”

“It could partly be because it’s still new, but it could also be that it’s been made unnaturally. The dimensions of this world, small as it is, is a perfect square. That doesn’t typically happen.”

Sketch began to think about the world he was in. He already thought it was bizarre that no one was living in this little neighborhood, but didn’t consider that some otherworldly power may have made it all come to be.

“In any case,” Heather continued, “because of this world’s instability, it seems to alter the bodies of anything that enters it somehow.”

Sketch looked at himself. “I don’t feel any different…”

“Well, Eddy said it may not be immediately obvious, or it may not be noticeable at all. But he says there’s definitely a change…something that can just rip new portals open is bound to cause that to happen.”

“I guess.”

“But the most notable thing he said about it…” Heather paused, readying herself. “…if a portal opened that could lead us out of this world, and we jumped through…we wouldn’t survive the trip.”

Sketch was shocked, his eyes widening. “Wait, what?!”

Heather looked to Sketch with concern. “Eddy explained that the alterations in our bodies would become greatly disrupted, and as soon as we tried to leave this unstable world, we’d pretty much explode into dust!”

Sketch was speechless.

Heather sighed. “So…yeah. If we want to stay alive, we’re pretty much just stuck here.”

Sketch looked to Heather with concern as she looked to the floor, a worried expression on her face. “And…you came here to stay with me.”

Heather chuckled a little. “Well, one of me did.”

“One of… Oh. Right.” Sketch understood what she meant. 

“Eddy and Ora shared a glimpse of this world with me and the other Sketch. We actually found you inside this house, and…well, you looked absolutely miserable. I felt really bad for you, so I asked Ora if she could replicate the divergent path.”

“And you went through so I’d have a Heather of my own to keep me company.” Sketch shook his head. “I gotta admit, you’re certainly committed.”

Heather moved a little closer to Sketch, smiling. “I wouldn’t be much of a wifey if I wasn’t.”

Sketch laughed, putting his arm around Heather. They shared a quiet moment together, before Sketch finally broke the silence. “I guess you don’t have Portal Charm either?” he asked.

Heather shook her head. “Nope. Turns out some possessions just don’t travel through the unstable portal. Not that the Charms would do up much good considering…” Heather suddenly yawned. “…considering our circumstances…”

Sketch nodded. “I guess that’s true.” He rubbed Heather’s shoulder. “You sound like you need to take a nap.”

Heather laughed. “I sure could use one. Is there a bed in this place?”

Sketch helped her get up. “There’s quite a bit in here. Tell you what…I’ll give you a quick tour of this place while we’re headed for the bedroom.”

“Sounds good,” she answered wearily. “May as well get acquainted with this house if it’s gonna end up as our new home…”

[couldbebetterforsure]

Still haven’t been able to start chapter 10 of Engage yet 😔 Life just doesn’t want me playing this game. Well, screw you too life!

Anyways until I get the time to continue I can at least give you my thoughts from the chapters I did play!

The opening is so entertaining! It plays like a Saturday morning cartoon opening and that is NOT a complaint! While I have said many times male Alear is the one I’m more fond of I chose female Alear because whenever I do first runs/main runs of games that allow gender choice for the player I always go with the female option. I also named Alear after my real life name, which I typically only do once I do my main/true run of a game. But this time around I decided I’m gonna have my true run Alear stay named Alear. But my true run won’t be until all the DLC is released. Right now we’re talking about my first run!

Prologue: What is this music so unsettling for????? Seriously, the song that plays on this map is so creepy! The little cutscenes within the chapter itself were pretty, I especially liked the first engage moment with Marth! Straightforward map against creepy purple dragon guy.

Chapter 1: Clanne, Framme, and Vander: “Oh noble and wonderful Divine One, we’re so glad you’re awake!” Alear, dragon who just woke up: ???????? Alear has the appropriate response to sudden zombies, we run from those suckers! But no worry folks, I’ve got years of zombie ass kicking experience from a land called Ylisse, this won’t be any sweat! But then I learned it would be some sweat because Engage has a somewhat different way of handling battle stuff. It was a bit hard to get it started but it’s fun! And Vander was here to do his job and keep my low level self alive. And we get officially introduced to my man Mar Mar! The chapter ends with us meeting Lumera (MOM!!!!!!!!)

Chapter 2: What better way to get used to all the new mechanics than by fighting our dragon mom? When she engaged with Sigurd she hit like a TRUCK! Vander was hanging on by a thread after blocking attacks for me. Framme, sweetie, you’re adorable but you hit like a marshmallow! Clanne, my little dude, meanwhile was out here getting a dozen crits. It really is adorable how much Lumera wants to be with Alear again. I can’t imagine how it must feel like, waiting for 1000 years for your beloved child to wake up so you can talk and eat and spend time together again. I’m so weak to family stuff….

Chapter 3: We start the chapter with interest dream/flashback(?) of red Alear. Ooooh creepy grin there. MOTHER NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! It’s too soon!!!!! I know I know people will say we’ve only had her for one chapter but like I said I’m super weak to family stuff. I also was plenty attached to Mikoto back in Fates too. Also it was Alear’s voice acting that really sold it. Like WOW that was some incredible work to sell me on Alear’s grief. I actually looked up male Alear’s version of this scene and that destroyed me! Getting a bit ahead of myself, first off battle! And we got three new friends in Etie, Boucheron, and ALFRED 😍😍😍😍 As I said in another post, I really did think Diamant would be my man but Alfred showed up and said “remember how much you love the earnest sweethearts”? Boucheron is sweet and was a decent tank, I really like the whole backup mechanic. Etie is out here testing my notorious luck with archer units but she’s cool so I’ll try my best with her! And Alfred my main man!!! I actually didn’t get to use him that much this map 😂 But I already fell in love with the bits of his personality he showcased. Anyways, hello there mysterious murderous hooded girl!

Chapter 4: The Somniel is a gorgeous place! I love that it’s so pretty and bright to look at but also not as annoyingly big to explore like the monastery was in 3H. Firene’s battle map music is so pretty I love just taking my time through this map as I listen to it. We get more pals in this newest chapter in the form of Celine, Chloe, and Louis. Celine is so good and she was terrifying when I engaged her with Celica. I love Pegasus units and Chloe was a great addition to that group, especially with her dodging. And Louis was SUCH a good tank, I love that armored units have the special gimmick of being immune to break! Also the Alfred-Sigurd combo was amazing, my man is just galloping across the map! We end the chapter getting our item and weapon shops, AND we our time rewind mechanic! Heck yeah! And we meet the mysterious little Veyle who saved our ass! I really love her swan look it’s cute!

Chapter 5: Gasp! A wild living Fire Emblem mother! With a name and face too!!! And we meet mystery evil lady Zephia! I really appreciate the change up to the way chests/locked doors work in this game. Anyone can open a chest without needing a key or ability and similarly if you can just break down locked doors. As someone who hated using keys because I consider them a waste of inventory slot, I love the change! And while I love the units with special lock picking abilities I’m glad this game made it so that you’re not forced to make/use one. We got ourselves a clothing shop and blacksmith to join us on the Somniel! A shame the outfits are only for the Somniel. Speaking of the Somniel I got to play around with the features in the ring chamber and the polishing mechanic is funny. The bond ring gacha is a fun little thing and I am glad it strictly only uses in game currency. Plus, SOMMIE!!!!!!!! Tiny adorable puppy looking baby!!!! That I can feed and pet and dress up!!!!! I named it Benji for this run but when I get to my main run I’ll stick with Sommie as the name.

Paralogue 1: FUCK YEAH!!! New villager unit!!! Listen I know villager units tend to be a pain in the ass to level up and use but I adore them to death! And not a single one of them has failed me yet! Jean is so adorable, a tiny little doctor in training who is ready to punch! I like that they make him ready and able to heal from the start so it’s not as bad to train him as it would typically be with his unit type. And bless, when I saw this map was a “keep the villagers safe” one I was already getting ready for the headache. But Jean and his dad did a good job keeping the villagers healed on my behalf, leaving me free to kick ass and take names. Also why did Firene abandon all the British people on this one island? 😂

Chapter 6: Yunaka is so funny! I love her energy, her voice mimicking thing, the way she’s blatantly hiding being a killer, her silly quotes and puns. And she’s a thief unit too! I really like the whole “thieves’ daggers have poison” thing. Pain in the ass to get hit by but really nice when dishing it out myself! Also we get Micaiah this time and holy shit does she provide a healing boon! Our very first fog of war map of the game and I didn’t make too many dumb mistakes! Heck yeah! Nothing much to say for this chapter, a straightforward map and funny story content. Ooh and we meet again Veyle! Why are you randomly here? Oh and after the map went back to the Somniel and got the Three Houses bracelet! Dimitri my gentle hearted baby boy, so good to see you, I missed you!!!!!🥹🥹🥹🥹 And Claude, hi there!!!😄 Oh and I guess you’re here too Edel 😒

Paralogue 2: Ahh here’s our latest Anna! And unlike the last game she actually gets to take part in supports! Interesting that they made her a little kiddo this time around. Also I looked up her growths, why the heck is she an axe user if her magic growth is that good???? Welp I mean she’s been doing pretty okay with her axe regardless for me since she’s actually been coming through on getting strength for level ups. But I had to restart this map a couple times because I couldn’t keep this girl alive. She takes hits like tissue paper…But I like how spunky she is!

Chapter 7: We hop on over into Brodia and Alear nearly gets shot in the head along the way. And we get to meet Alcryst! The way his whole apology is so completely at odds with the pretty cool way he’s introduced was hilarious! Also his retainers are so pretty!!! Alcryst is another bow user but he’s also a crit machine for me. Alcryst: “I’m sorry I am such a pathetic failure 😞 *massacres a dozen enemies* Why am I so useless?” Lapis is really good at dodging and pretty speedy too! Citrinne is so pretty looking and magic wise she’s fine but my Clanne is honestly more solid, but my gosh she can NOT take a hit! I mean yeah she’s a mage but even by mage standards my girl can’t be hit. Looks like we get to meet the circus crew for this battle! Hortensia seems interesting so far, kinda bratty from the looks of it. Goldmary’s personality was not what I expected like she seems soft spoken but she’s also sounding kinda rude too? Everything about Rosado is great from his pretty hair to his adorable wyvern to his utter confidence in his cuteness. And ooh Hortensia has an evil version of an Emblem? I wonder what-*sees that it’s Lucina* FREE MY DAUGHTER YOU CIRCUS FREAKS!!!!!! Luci, baby, don’t you worry mama’s gonna save you!!!!! Taking a peek at Lucina’s abilities and geez that shit’s terrifying. I was so careful with how my units were advancing because I did NOT wanna get hit by everybody and their mother with Lucina’s special ability. We didn’t get to free my baby girl in the end 😡😡😡😡 I’ll save you Lucina I swear!!!!!!

Chapter 8: Oh so Veyle is looking for a missing sibling huh? Okay I already can tell where that little plot point is going! We get to meet Diamant, a handsome lad for sure! Sorry Diamant I really was gonna make you my main beau but Alfred has stolen my heart! But since I’m saving Alfred for my main run I’ll still S support you for this run! You know assuming none of the other fellas catch my eye more. We also get to meet Diamant and Alcryst’s dad, Morion, who was definitely NOT what I was expecting. I do like that despite Alcryst being so self deprecating and all that it doesn’t look like it comes from a lack of love/parental favoritism. We also obtain our boy Roy along the way! And he’s got some nice goodies for us as an Emblem! I love how hard they’re leaning into the fire stuff. And geez this is the chapter of introductions huh, now we’re meeting Ivy and her squad. Ivy looks super pretty and super spiky too! I like how she rides her wyvern side saddle. And she’s got a red version of my son Leif, so you know I’m gonna kick her ass to save him! Kagetsu looks adorably out of place compared to how goth Ivy and Zelkov look but I love how cheerful he seems! Speaking of what an *interesting* gimmick Zelkov has going on. And shit here we go with another intro from Amber, one of Diamant’s retainers! What a….goof. Seriously he’s such a weird little goof from the introduction onwards. Diamant himself hits hard, and I do love me some swords. Gotta say of the three Kagetsu was the scariest. A promoted unit and that stupid crit level of his!!! But we managed to get my boy Leif back and I am sooo eager to use him I love Leif so much! And from the sneak peek I saw of his abilities he looks like fun! I really like how the ending scene shows Diamant is just as nervous as Alcryst but in a different way. But yeah, Morion is TOTALLY getting his ass killed. Also yeah, why can’t I become a dragon Intsys?!?!?!?!??!?!!!!!?!?!?!

Chapter 9: Yup what did I say about Morion? Well he might not be DEAD dead just yet but I have little hope for him. Also wow was NOT expecting Hyacinth to be a punchy dude. And WOW dick move making Ivy have to get herself killed to buy you time to escape…We get Diamant’s other retainer in this chapter in the form of Jade, and she looks and sounds super cool! And she also was stealing a bunch of experience from my squad until I could reach her and recruit her 😞 Kagetsu was once again the scariest fucker of this map but my boy Alfred crit his ass to oblivion! That’s my sweet flower prince!!! Nice of Alear to let Ivy and her squad escape with their lives. Just as it was nice of Ivy to tell us where to go!

And so that’s where I am, waiting for the chance to continue with chapter 10 onward. Haven’t been able to set aside the time to play, which I am so annoyed about because I am really having fun playing Engage and want to continue. All I’ve been able to do since finishing chapter 9 was getting the update and just working on some supports, leveling up, bond ranks…That stuff.

Anyways that’s all I have for now! Hopefully will get to update with my thoughts for the next chapters soon!

[weirdohippiefreaky]

(dictating so it’s going to be all over the place ) OK, I had finally gotten a match on bumble. It’s a woman named Barbara from the country of Georgia. She actually swiped right on me because the first American man she dated was also a deadhead. And she seems to have liked the whole scene. It really seemed like she was interested… But, turns out she’s still hung up on this guy. Pretty annoying considering I met her on a freaking dating website and win you get as few matches or responses as I do and you have as much anxiety as I do it makes it even more annoying because now again, I’m not talking to anybody.

i’ve been having a lot of anxiety ridden dreams at night. Last night I dreamt that Bridget and I were taking a trip somewhere together. We randomly ran into Spencer flowers. Spencer looked like a teenager, though, because I haven’t actually seen him in 30 years. I don’t think we saw him very long, but shortly after that, Bridget began hanging out with these two random men and at one point, she comes back to me and says something about she doesn’t wanna hang around me anymore and she’s gonna go be friends with these guys instead and then just kind of walks away, leaving me alone in the room wherever we were. I tried to tagalong, but I was stopped at the door being told that I didn’t have an appointment and they did. I have a feeling that the main source of my anxiety about people ditching me really came from when I was in Farham. Specifically, the first year I was there. now, I have always had anxiety that people didn’t like. And that’s probably because a lot of the time they didn’t. I like to believe it was only because of my anxiety which made things awkward and weird sometimes. But, I think it did the most number on my head. (at least it’s left me with the greatest impression) the way, my so-called friends at Farm literally never included me with almost anything. no one ever thought to invite me when they left for dinner at the café. no one ever knocked at my door to see how I was doing, or just hang out in my room. Sara, of course was the absolute worst with this. I really had a tough time excepting that she really was indifferent to me and it’s yet again another example of how my life would’ve been so much better if I had a drivers license. I was just thinking today as I was driving back from Walmart about how I could possibly have less anxiety if I had gotten a drivers license as a teenager instead of in my early 20s. I was just remembering all of the really awkward situations that I had to put myself in in order to get a ride places specifically with my mother or Sara. And it’s really weird that this random woman I haven’t seen in like well over two decades could have such an effect on my anxiety. but it was of course, that time when she said she would give me a ride from her parents house back to Fareham and this is after she had already reneged on driving me to her parents house I end up getting a ride with my buddy Jack, and then taking a train from Richmond to Philadelphia. but she said she would give me a ride back. So on the day before I was supposed to go over. It was a Saturday night. I called her to make sure everything was still going as planned. She told me on the phone in a very nonchalant way. Oh yeah I’m leaving tomorrow morning. This is always bothered me. I guess because it is the most straightforward example of indifference that I had always feared people had toward me. I guess Sara was just the type of person who didn’t know how to NOT make it totally obvious that she just did not care at all. like it’s seriously didn’t occur to her to apologize at all.

The other part of my dream was, I was going on like a vacation with my family, including my mother. This is one of the few dreams where my mother appears, but it’s not strange that she’s alive. Usually, when she appears in my dreams at night I know that she supposed to be deceased, but for some reason she’s still alive. I theorized that’s because to me she’ll always be in my head. Apparently my sister has the exact same dream. It’s just that mom is somehow just still alive and has just been hiding or just has gone away for a long time but now she’s back and all seems so oddly normal. my sons were there too, but all I remember is that it was in some kind of cabin that was mobile. But it was attached to this lake roller coaster kind of track at some point. The only other thing I really remember is us packing up to go home and my dad who looked a lot younger said he was gonna drive us home but first thing he needed to do was get a six pack of beer… Which alarmed me because, you know, he doesn’t drink. So I said that I would drive instead. The only other thing I remember is gathering up my brothers, my Father’s and my glass bowls. They all appeared to be unused, but I rushed to put them away, so my mother did not see them.

nat call me the other day and he actually just got out of two months of rehab for alcohol addiction. As a result, he’s not coming to the rock lake trip in a couple of weeks. Which I’m totally bummed about. I was looking forward to hanging out with them, he really is a good friend. He was always cool. He was never a dick. Never tried to really make fun of me or put me down anyway. I feel bad that I’ve used to talk trash about him when I was a teenager. That was 30 years ago, but still, I feel bad about it.

 oh yeah, I started talking to Kristan again. She had a kidney infection and it drew me back in. We’ve talked a few times since, but I don’t really feel the need to talk to her as of now. She really fucking hurt me and it still gives me anxiety. I’m still bothered that Carly Jane so coldly said she never wanted to see me again after what I thought was a great date and we had spent like 2-3 weeks chatting daily laughing and getting along great. Oy oh well, what are you gonna do?



[zwei-rhunen]

 context: i am not a tank

i am barely a PUG tbh lmao

So i woke up today and chose violence tanking :)

first we run like two trials that i felt were pretty straightforward, to gimme a taste of dat tank cuisine, and both went well

> i was OT and both MTs were great and like. OT didnt have much other responsibilities outside of being emergency tank tbf, but still, i get confident, and i’m ready for a lil more chaos

me: how complicated is tanking nidhogg? 

@lord-kefka-palazzo​ the healer: not that complicated. just keep adds separate, faced away, etc

me: COOL LETS DO THAT ONE NEXT

the game plan for Nidhogg: i’m gonna off-tank! and then maybe the next fight i will consider being main tank. no promises, tho

> totally not me, entertaining myself with trying to get the perfect lil’ jumpy twirl and not paying attention to the rest of the party that’s already running into battle bc ppl already finished their cutscenes

“OH IT’S STARTED-”

/goes

/goes a lil too hard

/goes so hard, in fact, that i do my rotation. my fingers hit the two buttons to /stance, and i dont notice bc I’ve been treating it as part of my tank rotation, and not like, its own separate rotation

(i’m getting the feeling that its more of an opener, since it seems that tank stance is situational)

/ ???? i have stance on???

/oh fuck, i have stance on

/hurriedly looks for stance buttons b/c i suddenly have no idea where they are b/c its not the beginning of the fight and my brain has already filed that information away into its proper cabinet b/c i dont need to recall it anymore b/c battle already started and i have the monke neural pathway of smth like

“DEF tanking():

IF fight begins THEN tank stance; IF fight in progress THEN take boss, go north, dont die, win fight ELSE panic and pray; ” seared into my skull bc dungeon-brain

the next bit took like 20 seconds to play out even though it seems hella longer, ik:

“wjhu-why is my stance button over here”

/turns stance off

/still MT’ing

what.jpg

>its off, right??

>squints at button in confusion. it’s blue. idk what the color means. i think it means tank off (no it meant i had it “on”, and pushing it again would turn it off.) i flip it a few times, like the way your annoying sibling does when they flicker the light switch in your bedroom.

>??????? why is it on a cooldown??? stance has cooldowns??????

> mouse-over, look at description- oh wait i’m pressing the wrong set of button combos lmao

> take stance off

/still have aggro

/looks at party list

/MT has also toggled stance off, since i’ve done the animal-kingdom strut that means “i want to tank” (i actually do not, silently hoping to please take him back :’) )

/ MT is being very chill and a team player and letting me have at it

/boss begins targeting other people

/flips stance back on

exhibit A: me, panicking :)

Exhibit B: trying to assume my MT role and also trying to signal that “THIS WAS NOT MY INTENTION and also uhhhh MT is NOT taking it BACK, WHAT DO I DO” -

except i dont have time to type all that

so instead, i put everything into one heartfelt line and hope it gets the same message across:

> and at the same time, hydaelyn appears before my mind’s eye with a very important message for me - she says,

 “congrats, you are the Main Tank now :) “

>okokok FUCK it, i’m MT now, lets go nidhogg

> ....

>it was not fine (the stars aligned and a chain of other unfortunate events also happened lool)

>we get to the dragon phase! but end up wiping and try again

> i am determined to not stance this time. i will not touch stance. we are going to run in and DPS and let the other tank be MT and i will SIT HERE, happily doing DPS and tanking during adds.

> lol so THAT lasted like 10 seconds.

but its okay we passed the second time wahoo

Me:

thank you, kind PUG, but i definitely did not deserve that LMFAOOOOO

post-fight:

oh hey, i forgot about these nine other buttons, what do they do-

-flashback to when it was me, the other tank, and the healer remaining for a good, 30 looooong seconds-

and also sitting next to it:

Finisher move:

/checks journal

(listen PLD was so boringggg i dragged myself to 50, stopped and haven’t looked back LMFAO (don’t kill me tho i’ll get to them!! at some point ) )

Bonus: The Limitless Blue (Hard)

me trying to be good and dodging splash AOEs

and then i remember wait a MINUTE i’m A

!!!! SO CAN I? CAN I???? I CAN

THEM RIGHT?? probably???? idk probably yeah

/chills out and stops spinning things b/c im not dodging the splashing AOEs anymore

“i am INVINCIBLE-”

-proceeds to get my ass thrown into the air, b/c twisters believe in humbling everyone equally-

[le-trash-prince]

So the other day, my mom told me she found out one of her half-sisters has misophonia, which they found out together after my mom was listening to her sister vent and then said it sounded like what I experience. Which my aunt had no idea it was something other ppl experience, so I’m glad she knows now and she’s gonna try out earplugs and headphones at work.

Anyways it led to my mom telling me that she felt like she and my dad had been really neglectful in not realizing the pain I’d been dealing with. I’m grateful that she didn’t say this in an emotional breakdown sort of way, it was an acknowledgment of harm without making me feel obligated to immediately forgive her. And that allowed me to acknowledge the harm as well, since it did cause a lot of emotional damage. I was able to let her know that I hadn’t felt believed as a child, and I was often treated as being dramatic or making things up.

(I did not tell her that this led to me viewing myself as the liar that my family treated me as, especially since people were more likely to believe me if I was telling a scripted lie, rather than telling the truth, which involved me thinking very carefully about my words, avoiding eye contact, and stuttering.)

(It also caused a lot of harm because asking for help when I was in pain (or simply doing what I could to avoid a painful situation) usually resulted in me being scolded or lectured, so I internalized this as “don’t ask for help” and “you’re just supposed to endure this.” I also did not tell my mom this because I don’t want her to feel responsible for my interpretation of my parents’ reaction to a situation they weren’t equipped to understand. But I have previously told her that my autism has made it difficult for me to ask for help for a variety of reasons, so she at least knows that it’s not just pride keeping me from asking for help.)

Anyways I was just really grateful that we were able to talk about this so calmly and in a pretty straightforward manner. I’m grateful for my mom being so open to learning about my autism and accepting my experience.

[into-the-voyd]

Karen was pretty sure they knew how Roz was gonna answer. It was gonna be-- boring!! And lo, lookee there, Roz confirmed by saying the most boring, average, completely predictable response of all time.

And look, Karen thought it was splendid that people like Roz and Bob still existed. They were a bit like museum relics to Karen, granted-- an example of times passed, a way of living that was more and more out of vogue these days. Oh, sure, there were still plenty of cisgender heteronormative couples who wanted nothing more than a large house and a couple of sports cars-- who only aspired to making enough money to join the local country club!

But those people didn't exist in Karen's circles. They still marveled they'd come from two people like that. Sure, there was no reason to believe they were adopted but...

Seriously, how??

So. Cool. Roz's answer so boring there was nothing for Karen to say (and Karen thought it was extra disappointing that Roz hadn't had anything to say about their answer either), so time to move on.

"Er-- oh this is a juicy one! What is your greatest fear?" Karen said, putting on a big grin. "I feel like mine's real obvious, I mean, it's-- y'know, losing my loved ones before their time, that kinda thing. Straightforward. What about you?"

@agentroz

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