#I have ideas I can’t get them all out AUGHH

[sqwdkllr]

Pikmin AU where everything is the exact same except the ships can change into mechas

None of them are equipped to fight and are used for very niche tasks but end up being used for survival on pnf404

I think it would be funny to see a sorta scrappy mech made for delivery and loading up heavier boxes be used to take down a empress bulblax idk

[mysterycitrus]

the way you write the relationships the batfam have with each other is so delicious to me like AUGHH YOUR BRAIN!!! it’s so good. if you were willing, i'd love to hear more of your thoughts on the relationship cass and jason have / steph and jason (staring at you with my big wet eyes)

i havent read much from any of the characters and have seen large parts of fandom say that they would all get along/they’d be so close/besties, so the ideas i’ve read in your works (wolf king and persephone) are very interesting!!

to put it bluntly — i think they’d fucking hate him.

part of that is, weirdly, people tend to devalue tim’s relationships with steph and cass. like, steph and tim have never been normal about each other. cass and tim spent most of the nineties and early aughts jumping back and forth to each other’s comics. in what world would either of them be chill with the guy who hurt him (and damian) like that?

it also flattens cass’s ideology and steph’s history with bruce’s mission. cass has struggled with engaging with murderers because she’s sees them as herself, and their actions as her own actions. she is reflected in each of them, but she ultimately values life above all else which is why her personal connection to the bat is so interesting. she would not have sympathy or time for jason todd, someone who uses bruce’s mission to hurt others, to take lives, and attack the people she loves. like…. please be serious. she would not be hanging out w the person who was happy when bludhaven got nuked.

same deal with steph— something that really annoys me is when people act as though the “bad robin club” would be a bonding moment between steph and jason. not just because steph has a more developed comic run than jason has, with legitimate obstacles to her getting recognised as a hero, but also because again, this guy is doing the same shit as her dad. why would she like him after he went after tim multiple times? whenever someone draws this comparison i think of this page —

the fact that steph values bruce’s mission, his views on taking a life, despite being at such a profound low point is really important. i can’t believe she’d look at jason and think him admirable.

however!!!! that doesn’t mean their interactions (when reasonably in character imo) can’t be interesting!! having cass and jason interact in persephone was a lot of fun, because making him interact with someone other than bruce or dick puts him off balance. peoples fear of complex relationships with legitimate stakes makes me sad. neither cass or steph have that history with him before death, or that same image of him as a memorial, and it’s a fun thing to explore. specifically this passage from wolf-king —

like yeah!! neither of them would fuck with him!!! let him be the unpopular brother!!

[lilis-doodle-dome]

I have so many questions about every dynamic you can think of for this au im so interested in hearing more about the tenma siblings (toya included) and nene + emu's relationship with tsukasa

im also interested to hear how the dynamic between ena and mafuyu, emu and mafuyu, + rui and mizuki changes.

There is not enough space in these charts for any real information aughh, sorry for the weird text sizing. Also I didn’t put that much effort into editing Kasa/Mafu in these images haha

But relationship charts between the group! Sorry it doesn’t answer every question, but hopefully it’s enough? Feel free to ask more if anything needs clarification!

Here’s a transcript:

Tsukasa- Emu: Always tries to make me smile, but should she really waste her energy on me?…Sometimes she reminds me of Saki when she was younger

Tsukasa-Nene: Stronger than she seems. The least chaotic of the others, when we’re together she doesn’t expect anything. It’s…nice, although it might not be good.

Tsukasa-Rui: Always has something new to try, but I think it’s more for his own curiosity than for my self discovery. He knows a lot, could be more helpful if he ever shared it.

Emu-Tsukasa: Someone important to me that I’ll help find the smile of, no matter what! You’re no oohm doom villain Tsukasa-kun!

Emu-Nene: The most wonderhoy singer! Thank you for helping me see what it means to be a leader, I promise to never lose sight of my troupe again.

Emu-Rui: He always has the best, most fun ideas! I really appreciate his support, we always do best with his directing!

Nene-Tsukasa: He can seem pretty intimidating, but he’s actually rather clueless. I hope he can figure himself out, just not at the expense of others.

Nene-Emu: You’ve grown into a person deserving of the title of leader and I’m grateful you brought us together. I know you’re determined about your goal, but don’t forget we’re here too.

Nene-Rui: I’ll get stronger, I won’t turn a blind eye to you ever again.

Rui-Tsukasa: He tests anything I ask of him without complaint, I wish I could say that was a good thing. Let’s keep using each other until we’ve found what we’re really looking for, okay?

Rui-Nene: I’m glad she’s standing up for herself more, but I hope she knows there’s nothing she needs to make up for. It’s just nice to perform with her again.

Rui-Emu: A truly admirable person, she’s dedicated herself wholeheartedly to other’s smiles. Your smile is something precious as well though, don’t forget that.

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Mafuyu-Kanade: A musical genius to match my lyrical! Her soft mannerisms belie her unmatched stubbornness, she’ll ever so gently, tell me I’m doing too much, all while she neglects herself! How confounding!

Mafuyu-Ena: She reminds me of those small dogs that get a poor reputation for being aggressive, despite it being people ignoring their fear signals that cause those reactions. That being said, it’s rather entertaining how differently she responds to Kanade versus Mizuki.

Mafuyu-Mizuki: They’ve introduced me to many new styles I’ve never experienced before. It’s amazing how they can make the most intimidating outings seem approachable. I enjoy any and all time spent with them!

Kanade-Mafuyu: She can’t see how she’s hurting herself for the sake of others. I need to help her, someone who can actually save others- shouldn’t have to suffer for it.

Kanade-Ena: Her art is still filled with hurt, but I’m glad she’s found some peace in our group. If only I could do more for her…

Kanade-Mizuki: They always have the frankest opinions of everyone else and seem to speak their mind freely, yet rarely say anything about themself. Their perspective is always appreciated though.

Ena-Mafuyu: Aren’t the big headed types supposed to not actually be good at everything? How is that fair at all, and she’s even got the nerve to be a nice person! I’ll show her-

Ena-Kanade: She’s wonderful. The soft, patient voice-of-reason needed to reign in the group, listening to her music is like a miracle cure for bad days.

Ena-Mizuki: They’re an insistent pest, that won’t leave me in peace. I guess I don’t hate the company though and they are good at putting together outfits for photos.

Mizuki-Mafuyu: A willing dress-up doll, she’s pretty enough to be one too! Kinda reminds me of an old friend with how many questions she asks about everything, guess geniuses have that in common.

Mizuki-Kanade: Always makes sure everyone feels comfortable and safe. It’s really nice to have a space I won’t be judged…

Mizuki-Ena: She’s way too funny not to tease, but she’s just as capable as the rest of the group. It’s kinda scary how easy she is to talk to, wouldn’t want to say anything I regret.

[gwagwagwagoogoo]

@bim-bastic : thank you so much for ur question!!

PROSPERA IS 100% STILL COMMITTING WAR CRIMES I PROMISE YOU THAT!!

so like I have two different approaches I’ll leave a poll at this end of this to see which idea y’all like more!!

So Prospera, originally Elnora Samaya, had been developing new technology to help suppress beast instincts. Or a generic solution to completely remove them (and also just medical advancements in general). Delling, apart of the rivaling company against the one Elnora was apart of, thought this was a horrible idea because he believes an animal is only an animal with its instincts. And removing that no longer made them beasts, that it is better to co exist with these instincts as it shows beasts can fight them instead of removing the natural obstacle.

Its a lot different from other suppressants because it completely removes the desire, rather than temperating it or lessening it and the user keeps their same strength and everything (herbivores no longer fear their carnivore counterparts, and carnivores have no desire to eat herbivores)

So Delling’s group/company decided to just wipe Elnora’s off the face of the earth, along with the animals working under it. Destroying most but not all of the tech produced.

Now here’s where my conflicting ideas come in!

Idea 1:

Eri And Suletta are twins in this au rather than Suletta being a clone of Eri, Eri was with Nadim and Elnora at the time while Suletta was off in a hospital getting treated for sickness. Elnora was the only one to make it out alive and quickly got her only living daughter and ran, saving a piece of the technology so that she use it on Suletta. The tech is some form of instinct suppressant meaning Suletta just can’t feel any of the carnivore desires and stuff she is immune to it but only with this tech in her (which has been banned bc WAAH INSTINCITS MAKE YOU A TRUE ANIMAL!!! RAAAH)

Idea 2:

Suletta is the genetic test tube baby, same premise expect prospera actually succeeded at the genetic testing thing (thanks notrette ur notes on modifying the tomato has led to genetic child birth) and made suletta ACTUALLY built different. Instincts can be installed into her body but it’d be a crazy hard process (kinda mimicking the whole permet thing) regardless suletta would be considered ILLEGAL!! BC YOU CANT BE A TEST TUBE BABY AUGHH UR NOT A REAL ANIMAL GRRRR

Also yeah prospera sampled shit from her daughter’s dead body hurray

BUT YEAH let me know y’all’s thoughts!! And suggest some other ideas that could work too if you’d like ^_^ I’ll reblog this post announcing which shit is decided

I’d love suggestions on how to include aerial kinds or eri more into this au bc I’m stumped so she might be removed completely but who knows maybe I’m not thinking hard enough 😭😭

ALSO FEEL FREE TO DROP MORE SUGGESTIONS/QUESTIONS!! My ask box is always open!!!

[becauseplot]

ok so i couldn't watch ordem paranormal quarentena live yesterday but im rotating it in my head at supersonic speeds. here have the reactions and notes i was taking while watching the VODs. i figured i'd just make it all one post since i'm super late to the party and i didn't rly feel like "lag"-blogging. (i am. so tired rn lmao)

Quackity will find a way to play the “asshole” character in every universe.

Luis: “My name is Luis Miguel….Kennedy :))” Cellbit, breaking character, pinching the bridge of his nose: “��Did you put ‘Kennedy’ in your name and you didn’t tell me?” (Honestly one of my favorite parts of the whole session HIS FACE)

Lucie IMMEDIATELY starting beef with the ten year old (good for her)

Wait did that doctor try to do a Schrödinger's cat demonstration with the cardboard box and poisoned tuna??? Aw that would've been so cool. I mean not for the cat but for me, personally. I would've found it cool. Man :(

Jeffery pulling a second box of pizza out of the aether to put over the smoke grenade. Loony toons ass motherfuckers.

Jeffery panic throwing the keys at Luis (Honestly same dude)

WALLACE!!

Holy FUCK the reveal of the blood covered corridor?? THE WAY CELLBIT INTRODUCED THE MONSTER?? Genuinely had me tensing up hooooo it was so good!! (Cellbit: “You can’t explain why…but you don’t want to look at what’s coming around the corner.” Me, with a hand over the screen: “Oh bestie you have no idea 😀”)

THE CHASE SEQUENCE RASHASHSHSRAAHAHHH <-me shaking it around in my mouth like a chew toy

Also all the sounds Cellbit makes? The acting of showing how the infecteds' bodies move?? He's so into it AUGHH he's such a good storyteller I'm going nuts.

Luis: “OMA CULERO BOOOOM!” *fucking decks the monster* (THIS PART HAD ME ROLLING OH MY GOD ROIER)

Baghera’s playstyle!! She always tries to go for the non obvious answer or a third option instead of whatever Cellbit throws at them. (Checking the metal pannel with the wires, trying to put out the boiler fire, going to check Luis’ wounds.) I bet it has something to do with the fact that she’s played rpg before, and MAN I love it.

Cellbit: “You reach behind you and you realize you don’t have your backpack.” Diego: “No, no, mi vida!!… Ohhh we’re all gonna die 0(-(“

Cellbit: “So Jeffery what’re you doing?” Jeffery: “Houghhhggh I’m throwin up, man.”

Benito isn’t an actual doctor?? The fuck lmao???

Benito: *cuts off Michael’s arm* “Ohhhhh you fucking dumbass I’m gonna keep this as a memory.” BENITO???????

Jeffery constantly throwing things at the wall when he’s upset fhdjkdkd 

Lucie climbing the FUCKING walls. YEAHH!! GET ON TOP OF THAT COMPUTER GO GO GO!!

Ohhhhhhh the killing the animal who's suffering question. Luis with the gun. And the suffering doctor.. And he said he'd end the animal's suffering. Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Update: Benito also has beef with the same ten year old

They are playing hot potato with an infected fetus. They threw it at the little girl. Loony toons ass motherfuckers. (Again.)

These dumbasses are SO awful with kids lmao

Lucie the MVP LETSGO she's so smart I love her (a fucking twenty NINE dude holy SHIT she is carrying she is the moment she has the only functioning braincell in this entire facility)

RAHFDHGGAGHSARHGAH CHASE SEQUENCE PART TWO!!!

Character development ! Benito is willing to throw his phone :D (he doesn't though)

Luis I love you but I think you killed Lucie. A for effort though.

NEVERMIND Diego is the best he's helping Lucie I love him smmm

JEFFERY NOOOO YOU CANT DIE NOOOOOOOO

YEAHHHHH DIEGO LETSGOOOO

MICHAEL????????? MICHAEL WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU SAYING RIGHT NOW?????????????

WHAT THE FUCK THEYRE GOIGN RTO BRAZILTHEYRHGOIENG TO BRASIXIZNGL WHATHHTHAHHHHTAWHAT

Wait what the fuck happened to Amy is she just like. Still sitting there. In the energy room. Crying. Oh my god they're so bad with kids.

[landscaping-my-life]

9/8/23 - Edited this one with the idea high schoolers will read it for the SAT

Dear Father,

You ever afraid of being happy? Because that’s how I am right now. 

I am afraid of doing something, or meditating, or even talking to you and getting myself fully into it. I just downloaded a new mood tracking app and it feels like I am going to get a “grade” right after for my thus happiness… determining if that was really happiness, or just something I am doing for performance. The mood app will reveal an incisive look into that…  it seems.

I am scared, Father. I don’t want to lose my relationship with you. I don’t want to find out that those moments of worship with you were performative… and that I never noticed I was actually really depressed (or at least emotionless) while writing it. 

But hey, questions cannot hurt something that is true, right? 

Say I take my mood at all these scattered intervals, and my life, in fact, was truly the deep, spiritual, and intellectual life I thought it was. Then, these little temperature readings will not hurt me, will they? 

I guess some people may think I am being performative here, trying so hard to argue that I “have it all together”. 

But the truth is, I don’t have it all together. And it will not hurt me to admit I don’t. Because words will not hurt something that is true. 

But I would hate to miss out on the beauty of what is already there, and to fail to realize the greatness that is already there. The greatness that I have built with you, and through my own efforts. Always staying true to what I value, no matter the pain. And seeking, seeking, seeking.

I guess THIS is what this fear of the mood app boils down to! 

My fear that the greatness was all in my head!

Once again, I will have been deceived. 

Just like my relationship with Wil, my relationship with life was purely imaginary. I thought there was something great - whatever the word “great” even means now - that I couldn’t put into words. 

But the real reason I couldn’t put it into words is because it didn’t exist.

There is something so crushing about that. 

It is like Dana will look into my app, and have pity on me for feeling bad, hereby erasing my belief that I have this deep relationship with this “something great”. I don’t think I like that very much. 

At this point, I am wanting to put my emotions secondary to my spiritual and intellectual development, and I am wanting them to stay there. There is something that makes me feel… angry… at the idea that feeling good can usurp what I value at every second. Aughh! I am so.. Indignant! I am not a pig for God’s sake! I say to myself.

I can’t… fucking believe… Dana would try to do me in by taking away my right to choose my own values! Every second I would have a value that is higher pleasure, would I not? Is that not what makes me human???

Sincerely, 

Confused Stephanie

[strongfemaleprotagonistfan]

Do you know how long I’ve waited to have someone else to talk to about SFP?? Aughh the comic is so near and dear to my heart— I have more coherent thoughts in me somewhere and specific idea/theories but as a whole can I just say… I’m not sure if any piece of superhero media that I’ve ever consumed has understood and deconstructed the genre so well. I lie awake at night thinking about it. I feel bad for being so hung up on a niche piece of media from two creators who have long moved on… but I can’t help it. (Also, frankly, I don’t mind that it’ll never be finished. I honestly feel like the Patrick arc is a wonderful ending— but I just wish there was more fan content to tide me over)

YES YES YES EVERYTHING YOU SAY IS YES!!!!! All the characters are just so well fleshed out!!! Each time I reread it just gets better and better!!!! And I agree that the Patrick arc was an amazing arc to end on if it’s never completed. It’s 5000% my favourite issue even though all the other issues are also top tier!!! I ALSO lie awake thinking about it,,,

^^^^ THIS IS ME TOWARDS SFP

But seriously. I feel like my whole world view has expanded since reading SFP, like some part of me has SHIFTED. I honestly did not think about pursuing philosophy at ALL in university as an elective but now I’m considering it o - o!!! Issue 6 is definitely my second favourite issue with the whole guwara conversation! On my first read- I honestly could not comprehend any of it, so I kind of skimmed passed it, but it is SUCH A WELL WRITTEN CONVERSATION! It really captures how atleast, I, talk to myself in my head when trying to reason about things. Like my brain was UNLOCKED when I was reading that- it was so interesting and presented a lot of arguments where both sides could be said to have good reasonings!!!

Man I got a bit off topic. I’m just always super stoked to see another fan and It’s just. So good. I would love to hear ANYTHING of yours about SFP if you ever have the time, opinions? Theories? Headcanons???? Im all down for it!!! My DMS are also open if you do wanna go into further depth about something :)!!! God I wish the comment section was still open on the website because I could say a whole paragraphs worths of things on every one of them. I just love this comic so much and I’m so glad you do too (๑´▽｀๑ )

[heretherebedork]

And the Battle de gay royale continues! "Uke Edition"

Now who among here excretes the most uke energy? A gaybie? A soft uke? Ukes who are totally babies that need protection and love of course. And the contestants aree:

King vs. Pun

Mon vs. Meen

Pi vs. Duen

Tine vs. Chon

Jin vs. Arthit

Kao (DBK) vs. Third

Knock vs. Bunn

Pao vs. Ake

Sun vs. Puth

Mes vs. Adachi

Boss vs. Mark (En of Love)

Bar vs. Pra-Ram (En of Love)

Wad vs. Day (SOTUS S)

Wayo (2moons) vs. Wayu (Gen Y)

Kit (2moons) vs. Beam

Kit (Gen Y) vs. Ray (Close Friend)

Zon vs. Mekhin (Close Friend)

Typhoon (Close Friend) vs. Pharm

Team vs. In

Gene vs. Tian

Muren vs. ShuYi

ShiGu vs. XingSi

Fiat vs. Moo Joom

Two vs. Chon

Type (2gether) vs. Ni

KiWan (Ryu's Wedding) vs. SangHa (Mr. Heart)

Yeon Woo (Color Rush) vs. Tae Joo (Eyes Linger)

Karl (GSP) vs. Cairo (Gameboys)

Sky (My Day) vs. Phai (Gen Y)

Blue vs. Tutor

Pete (LBC) vs. Can

Hin (Chance to Love) vs. Book (MIT)

Sheng Zhe (Right or Wrong) vs. Zhi Gang (MODC)

Chol vs. Tri

Shao Fei vs. Zhao Zi

Yu Hao (HIStory CTL) vs. Zhen Wen (CTL)

Yi Chen (Obsessed) vs. Zhen Xuan (WBL)

Goodluck!

King vs. Pun

I am going with King because... because King. Because he's soft and nosy and adorable and he's got just the right balance of uke energy and extrovert energy and I love him for it.

Mon vs. Meen

Did you see Mon's teddy bear? Mon is the ultimate uke. He has medals to being an uke. Like, Meen is adorable and all but Mon? Mon has taken first prize by miles.

Pi vs. Duen

Uh. Uhhhhh. Do I have to chose? Going with Duen because, frankly, Pi doesn't have a lot of uke energy for me. Not a negative, fyi. He's just kind of... middle roads for me. Yeah, he's supposed to be a tsundere uke. But I feel like he could go either way with his tsundereness.

Tine vs. Chon

Dude, Chon had to win this. He's out! He knows what he wants! And he wants to be an uke, 100%. No questions.

Jin vs. Arthit

Whyyyyy. They exude such similar energy and I love them both and I don't know how to choooooose. I think I have to go with Arthit because Arthit feels more... gentle and soft than Jin does. Might that change? Yes. But I think Jin is more playboy than Arthit's awkward shyness.

Kao (DBK) vs. Third

Third is like Mon. He's got medals in ukeness. Every tear is an award. Kao's got a bit going for him but nothing compared to Third. Third is ultimate.

Knock vs. Bunn

They're both vers. No one wins because neither one is an uke. They're both characters that could go either way with their partners and we're very proud of them for that.

Pao vs. Ake

I'm going to go Pao for for a strong reason but because he's just a little softer and a little gentler, especially as Pae with his glasses? Yeah. Yeah, he gets a tiny leg up.

Sun vs. Puth

Sun is the seme so Puth wins this one. Although I would definitely lean towards Puth being a bit more vers than straight (lol) up uke he's closer than Sun imo.

Mes vs. Adachi

Adachi always wiiiins. Like, I'm sorry, he always wins. But in this case he's also much shyer and softer than Mes and definitely gets taken care of more, which I consider to be part of the uke characterization. Being taken of is very important.

Boss vs. Mark (En of Love)

Gotta go Boss because... he's so soft. And little. And adorable and clingy. Mark is also pretty uke, no denials, but he's just not quite... what Boss is. The little bit of uke energy that Boss has, Mark lacks a little bit.

Bar vs. Pra-Ram (En of Love)

Yeah, Bar wins this. Not least because Tossara is basically my favorite show ever and the scene where Bar leans over Gun in bed and whispers about missing him sings in my heart at all times. But also because Bar sits in Gun's lap SO happily and Pra-Ram strikes me as less... soft, clingy uke and more brat uke? And I like the soft-clingy more.

Wad vs. Day (SOTUS S)

Despite Wad's unfinished story (sadness) I am going to give this to him over Day. Now that's partially because when I watched SOTUS S I only half-watched the Day storyline and I should probably give him another chance... but for now, I give it to Wad because he was tsundere and he deserved an actual storyline and I miss him.

Wayo (2moons) vs. Wayu (Gen Y)

Yu wins out of sheer desperation. Like, at least Yo functioned as a person. Yu just absolutely fell apart and basically didn't exist as a person any longer after Pha broke up with him. And that's the most uke thing anyone can do!

Kit (2moons) vs. Beam

I'm gonna give this to Beam because it's Kit from 2moons and NOT 2moons2. Kit from 2moons2 would win this over Beam but Beam wins over Kit from 2moons. Beam is the headstrong uke and he's a very good example of one, honestly.

Kit (Gen Y) vs. Ray (Close Friend)

As much as I adore Kit in Gen Y, I think Ray has more uke energy than him. They're both definitely ukes, no denials. But Ray just has that desperate, slightly needy, slightly clingy energy to him that I associate with ukes that Kit doesn't really have.

Zon vs. Mekhin (Close Friend)

I gotta give this to Zon. Zon is so puppy-uke it almost hurts sometimes. He's adorable and tiny and so, so bouncy but also so, so needy and I just... he's up there with Third and Mon in terms of ultimate uke.

Typhoon (Close Friend) vs. Pharm

Pharm wins. I feel worse for Typhoon because I kind of hated that his feelings were entirely disregarded but... Pharm is still just an absolute uke at heart and soul. He just wants to be take care of and loved and held and he might be strong but he needs space to be weak as well and he's just the best.

Team vs. In

Love Team, seriously do! But In is the ultimate cheeky uke and he's adorable about it and I love him so much. In wins just about everything, he's another one of my favorite characters.

Gene vs. Tian

This was an immensely painful choice. But I had to go with Gene. I feel like Tian and Phupha had such a strong and non stereotypical relationship that I just want to give it to Gene, who's definitely got more uke energy than Tian did. Yes, Tian needed more care... but Gene had more of the needy energy to him. It's hard to define but that's the best I can do.

Muren vs. ShuYi

AUGHH. What an impossible choice! They're both the good kind of uke that I adore and I just... look, I haven't done this before but this is a tied win. They both win. There are no losers. They're both fantastic ukes for their semes.

ShiGu vs. XingSi

Cheeky uke for the win! XingSi rules from the bottom and he gets this award 100%. YongJie had no idea what he was getting into with this boy and he learned fast.

Fiat vs. Moo Joom

I cannot pick Moo Joom because he is literally a cat. Fiat is also just a great needy, clingy, desperate little uke no denials so I do adore him. But also... cat.

Two vs. Chon

I'm going with Chon. Two doesn't lack uke energy but Chon has it in abundance.

Type (2gether) vs. Ni

I'm going with Type just because I feel like AiNi is a totally equal relationship with give/take and not really an ukeseme dynamic where Man and Type definitely had more of that energy. Especially with Type and Man wanting to take care of him and Type obviously wanting to be taken care of.

KiWan (Ryu's Wedding) vs. SangHa (Mr. Heart)

Sangha, yo. Cheeky, needy uke energy all wrapped up in a bright eyed puppy? Yes please.

Yeon Woo (Color Rush) vs. Tae Joo (Eyes Linger)

Yeon Woo just so perfectly into that. Tae Joo is close, no denials, but Color Rush feels much more old-school yaoi than WYEL ever did so I gotta give it to them. Yeon Woo just has that need to be cared for and that absolutely all-encompassing need to be with Yoo Han that pushes him into the win.

Karl (GSP) vs. Cairo (Gameboys)

HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO CHOSE? Ughhh. I'm going Cairo because I have to. I have to. I can't choose Karl because I love him but he's just not the uke energy all over the way Cairo has. Love them both, though, so much.

Sky (My Day) vs. Phai (Gen Y)

The belt around the wrists wins this for Sky, no hesitation. That make out scene wins EVERYTHING. Also, he's just got that right uke energy without it being overwhelming the way it is with Mon and Pharm and such. It's a bit lighter but still very much there.

Blue vs. Tutor

Tutor is a vers. Tutor is not an uke. So Blue gets this regardless. But he's also an uke and adorable and I with they'd do a side story show with his plot that got ruined by COVID because I wanna know how it ended.

Pete (LBC) vs. Can

Pete is another gold medal uke. Like, just look at the boy! Gold medals all around. He's up in the winner's circle, beloved by all. Can can't come close. Sorry, Can, love you.

Hin (Chance to Love) vs. Book (MIR)

This was another closer one. But I really think Book is slightly more uke than Hin was. Now, very minorly. They've both got that needy energy and that softness and everything. But Book just nudges it over the edge a biiit more than Hin does.

Sheng Zhe (Right or Wrong) vs. Zhi Gang (MODC)

MY BABY BOY. Yeah, Sheng Zhe has to win this on the basis of him being MY BABY and one of my favorite characters. But also his softness, his caring, his cooking, his love of children... he's just so cute and so sweet.

Chol vs. Tri

Hey! Tri is a seme for the twins! So Chol wins instantly. Also, Chol's entire character is tsundere uke turned puppy uke and there is nothing else to him so... he wins?

Shao Fei vs. Zhao Zi

Ugh, another hard one. But, yes, I'm going with ZZ on this because we're specifically looking at uke energy and ZZ just radiates that. He's soft and small and the sad hugging scenes are SO GOOD.

Yu Hao (HIStory CTL) vs. Zhen Wen (CTL)

Gotta go with Yu Hao on this one. The way he looks over the volleyball when they're studying? He wins. That single look beats out almost anything.

Yi Chen (Obsessed) vs. Zhen Xuan (WBL)

Have y'all looked at Yi Chen? He's ultimate uke. He tries to avoid love at all costs and still instantly just turns into this tiny caretaking uke when he's given a chance. Plus, when he had glasses in his first life? TINIEST BOY EVER.

[faithylilac]

The Party Party Part 6

So... there was a bit of a situation... a very bad situation. Not a terrible situation, Faithy and Echo are doing quite lovely.

“Well we wouldn’t have been in this mess if I was the party leader!” Dax shouted at the shorter god. She simply huffed and started tapping her foot.

“Well I didn’t see you throwing any ideas around!” She looked around the dark cave they were in, double checking for a way out. “You twat” she said off handedly.

Dax’s eyes widen, sure what he said was rude... but not to deserve that.

What happened between the two residential celestial beings?

There they were, five papers spread across the floor, each with a different task. Cj explained that they decided to pick up side jobs to do on the way to wedding. Ash and Jo had realized they would be a week early if they went straight there, so this was a perfect idea.

Faithy just shrugged her shoulders. She wasn’t party leader anymore so if anything happened, it wasn’t her fault.

“Wait which one is first on the list?” Dax finally decided to pipe in, as he knew he was free of compasses.

Carter held up their’s proudly, “we’re going after this thing called the uh....” he quickly flipped the paper around to read, “Mortem Spera... I don’t know if I said that right.”

“What is it exactly?” Ash asked. Carter read some more and shrugged. Apparently no information on it... weird.

Carter on the other hand, was having a tougher time that the two gods. Both of Ash’s and Jo’s cloaks were ripped to shreds. So their ears were out and the open, reminding Carter plenty of what they truly were.... Nyah Nyah kawaii anime cat people.

Jo had on a large hat, thank Gjhar feiiled, but her tail was sticking out. Ash on the other hand was a free cat boy, disgusting...

Carter was scurrying to look for a blind fold, make it out of anything... But there was hinderance to that plan.

“So Carter... Do you like oranges?”

Carter pulled all of his mental strength to not freak out that this cat girl was speaking to him. He took a deep breath and shut his eyes tight. “Why?” Jo just blinked at him. “I don’t want to answer that” carter continued. “I swear it’s not a deez nuts joke.” Jo replied. Carter kinda just roll his eyes but not, being that they are closed. “Kinda... but that’s so random— I’m confused.”

Jo giggle, “I just wanted to know if you liked oranges.” She replied. “I don’t hate oranges.”

“Anyway, I guess you can ask questions about me, or I can ask more about you— whatever you are more comfortable with.”

Carter shrugged, walking past her to pick up something he spotted once he opened his eyes. It was a clothe that was sticking out of rubble. “Uhhhh...” The nymph examined the clothe, it was embroidered with strange writing and lots of stars.

“Ash, you’ve studied a few ancient languages right?” Jo looked over him to find him staring at a large tapestry on the other part of the cave.

“No, where did you get that idea?” He asked. Jo just shrugged, “I didn’t know if you did, was just trying my luck.”

Carter brought over his clothe to compare the writing. It seemed to be the same letters, but slightly different... maybe it was handwriting? Ash looked over at Carter’s finding but they jumped away from him, trying to keep some distance.

“Oh shoot I forgot.” Ash said, flattening the ears on his head. Carter frowned and took a deep breath and inched back toward the bard. “Take this hurry up!” Carter shoves it at him and scurries farther away.

“Ok I guess.” Ash went back to the tapestry, trying to figure out the reoccurring letters.

Jo scooted closer to carter and smiled widely. “So... what happened with cats that caused you to be terrified so much?” She asked sweetly. Carter pauses. “Uhhhh....”

Earlier....

“Ok, everyone stick together. The shop keeper says there’s major stress at the entrance of the cave.” Cj explained as she examined the map that they bought from a gift shop. It was a old mine that housed crystals, but now it’s a tourist attraction.

The whole surrounding town was super old and and had a temple for just about every religion in the land. Even Gjhar feiiled.... Faithy kept her cloak on put away any loose jewelry. The main temple was up north, so as they traveled that way, more and more of them were more common.

But I’ll stop there. The shop keeper said someone covered in dragon scales came through the shop with a large box and went straight into the caves. He seemed like he was running for someone, so whatever was in the box seemed important.

As they ventured in the unconsciously huddled into three separate groups, Faithy and Echo on the left, Carter, Jo, and Ash on the right, and Dax and Cj in the middle.

Definitely unrelated though, Echo was tracing a wall painting with it’s finger and the mountain started shaking. “WHO DECIDED TOUCHING SOMETHING WAS A GOOD IDEA?!?” Ash screamed. “IT WAS CJ” Dax yelled back.

Like it was an action movie or something, rubble came tumbling down and separated the party.

“Ok whatever. Can you use your plants to get us out of here?” Dax asked he traced the walls of the cave.

Cj’s face read “oh duh” but as she went to feel the walls for roots or anything else she frowned. “No good. If I call them I have no idea what it’ll do to integrity of the cave.”

Dax huffed, frail mortals had to be so... frail. Sure the two of them would survive, but his favorite humanoids definitely wouldn’t.

A whistling noise echoed through the tunnel and they taking a fighting stance. Dax signaled her was going further in and Cj followed. They walk around a corner to see a green light emerging from further in.

“You got a few more millennias to live, I’ll go ahead.” Dax said dramaticly. Cj rolls her eyes and crosses her arms. “Like someone would be able to kill, much less defeat a Chaos god.”

Dax slapped a hand on either side of his face and acted surprised.

“To think you’d have so much faith in me!”

Cj just punched his arm, “that would be Faithy, not you.”

“Can I help you two?” A voice from behind them caused them to scream and Dax jumped into the smaller God’s arms.

Even though she was a goddess, she didn’t have supernatural strength of any nature. So her small frame was having trouble keeping him up.

It was a very very very very very very very old person. Now, Cj and Dax had no room to talk, but they had a better skincare routine.

Dax jumped out of Cj’s arms suddenly and her arms flung upwards in a very fast motion, knocking her down in the process. Dax helped her up and they readjust themselves.

“Are you the reason I heard some rumbling?” He asked as he shown his blue lantern around.

A sweat ran down CJ’s back.

“Actually, it was a lizard thing.” Dax spoke up. Cj looked at him with audacity. He had just blamed her for touching the thing she shouldn’t have, causing the mountain to come down on them. So he knew....

The old person simply nodded, “ah well, it’ll take them some time to dig that out. It earns the nearby too much money from tourist to let it stay caved in.” He explained. “Now, why don’t we talk for a bit? I’ll pour some tea.”

They reluctantly follow him into his little cave house. Well it was a small cave room, what’s the term for that? Google isn’t very helpful because all it’s wanting to do is give me tips for a man cave layout.

“So what brings you into an empty crystal cave? You seem more like adventurers than tourist.”

Back to Carter and the cats.

“Oh yeah... cats.” Carter looked away, trying to avoid the question.

Jo sighed and took a step back. “Ok it’s ok, you don’t have to answer that.”

Carter sighed in relief and turned straight around. “But how did you learn to be so swag?”

Carter paused and slowly turned back to them and was about to answer when Ash interrupted.

“OK GUYS! The thing we’re are after is a weapon!” He then broke his instrument and tore off a part of his cape to make a proper torch. Now you might be wondering how they could see without a torch. Ash and Jo could see enough not to bump into anything and Carter could tell where the general area of something is. That piece of clothe was just pure luck.

“Jo can you light this?” He asked her. She nodded and snapped her fingers to start a flame and lit it like a birthday candle.

“How did you do that? I don’t think archers can do that.” Carter said in confusion. She laughed and pointed at her hat. “I can change my class depending on my hat. Not that I have any control of it... if kinda just happens and I can’t ever remember what hat goes with what, we kinda just got lucky.”

Carter blinked slowly. The hat made no sense and there was so no sense of making sense of the thing.

“Guys look!” Ash held up the torch near the tapestry to show the words formed a picture of a weapon. There were also stars scattered around it.

“How do you even know that’s the thing we’re looking for? It could just be something relating to something else?” Jo asked.

“Carter give me the flier.” Ash asked sticking his hand out. Carter scrambled around to remember where he stuffed it, “it’s on your belt of daggers.” Ash said. He grabs it and hands it to the cat boy.

Ash holds it up and looks for any similarity between the flier and the tapestry. “Well thats only convenient.” He said. Jo and Carter look over his shoulder and the weird drawing on the flier almost matches the tapestry.

“It’s missing the words that make up the weapon.” Jo pointed out. Now that was very apparent to Carter and Ash but ummm.... Jo is nice and is explaining what’s going on for you sweet Reader-Chan!

(Aughh that took thirty years off my life. I feel like I’m writing on Wattpad again)

But every single star was present. “Wow I feel smart for figuring this out.” Ash said proudly.

“Do they make a pattern?” Carter asked. Ash shoved the flier at him and started kicking random rocks until one fell apart. He picked it up and grabbed the flier back from carter and plopped down.

He used the fragile rock as chalk and connected each start. “Oooh smart.” Jo added.

There were five large stars and a few smaller stars scattered as well. When Ash connected them all together it looked like a deformed turkey.

“Surely that’s not right.” Ash quickly dusted off the flier and connected only the large stars. “Ok tell me if I’m wrong, but does this look like a straying path?” He pointed out.

It started at one point, split into three, then back to another. “Oh yeah I can see that.” Jo replied.

“Maybe we were going to split up anyway and the rubble just sped it up.” Ash purposed.

“I still don’t see how this has anything to with the Mortem Spera“ Carter replied. Ash thought on his question for a minute but shrugged. “Most of these stupid quest have no reason to link up together the way they do.” The cat boy replied.

“Wait, that means we should be able to meet back up with the others then.” Jo replied. Ash quickly rips the tapestry off the wall and rolls it up. “I don’t know if this will be helpful, but it’s worth a shot.” They then head off the find the others.

“So these star forgers are immortal?” Cj asked before taking another sip of tea. The elder nodded.

“The only thing known to strike down one of these beings is something called the Mortem Spera.” He replied, drinking some of his own tea.

The two gods looked at each other, remembering that was thing they were hired to receive.

“But hear my warning. No mortal has managed to get their hands on it, and if they did they would surely meet their end.” He added.

“So who wielded it?” Dax spoke up. Dax did not have tea, he was drinking black coffee. Not that the old man had coffee, he made it himself— French press and everything.

The old man fell silent and put down his cup. “I don’t know the answer to that question. My theory was a dying god.” Interesting, interesting cool story bro.

“But I don’t actually know that. But I don’t think too much about the subject.”

“Well thank you for your time, but we need to find our friends.” Cj announced and pulled Dax up with her.

“Thank you for humoring me, you young folk have fun.” He said as he was went back to drinking tea.

Cj and Dax scurried out and proceeded further into the cave. “I’m sorry I don’t think he knows what’s he’s talking about.” Dax said.

“How so?” Cj replied. The older god sighed. “As long as I’ve lived, I would have at least heard about a dying god THAT desperate to live. Sure some seek out the fountain of youth, but trying to kill something like a star forger.”

Cj thought on it and nodded, “he did seem like he belonged in a loony bin.”

They then turned another corner to find... Faithy and Echo having a tea party?

She had on a fake crown and Echo had on a fake mustache and top hat. But this wasn’t your average tea party, it was the real thing. With delicate dishes, a tower of Pastries, and Gjhar feiiled forbid... a white lace table clothe.

“Is this what you’ve been doing this whole time?” Cj asked, not that she was one to ask.

“We ran into this lovely dwarf who owns a restaurant in here and we’ve been waiting on the rest of you.” Faithy explained before drinking out of her cup with her pinkie at ninety degrees.

Dax and Cj looked at them confused, “how did you know we were coming this way?” Cj asked.

“Ahh... so the shop owner was telling us that the cave coming down on itself was just a illusion.” Echo replied.

Cj flops down onto the ground and leaves an indention around herself.

“Yeah the whole thing is tourist trap role playing adventure. At the end they trick you into trading a sack of gold for a wooden spear.” Faith added.

“That does explain why it didn’t get any darker when the rocks blocked the entrance.” Dax replied.

Cj shot up from her Cj shaped hole in the floor and started screaming incoherently. She then stop and narrowed her eyes at Dax. “You’re a Chaos god and you couldn’t sense an illusion?”

Dax just shrugged. “I’m a chaos god, everything I do is legit. I have no use for mortal’s artificial magic.” He said with disgust. “That and I wasn’t thinking about it.”

Then. A loud thundering noise echoed through the cave, causing everyone to get up and put up their guard. But here comes ash carrying a stupidly large tapestry and Jo carrying Carter like a baby. How were they making so much noise????

“Ok good, we all found each other and someone isn’t trying to get through rocks like an idiot.” Ash said in relief.

“How did you know about the illusion?” Cj asked. Ash raised his eyebrow, “what illusion? The freaking flier made a map. It’s stupid simple but it works I guess.” He replied.

So... this was so freaking long.

And color coding is a pain

Never again

Ever

I hate everything

Masterlist

Figure out who everyone is, I dare you

[skittlewaffle]

👭 or ♨️ for any self-ship :D

I didn’t know what to do with 👭, so I did ♨️!!

Brace yourself, this one’s longer than I expected, and I’m on my phone in bed and can’t go to my computer to add a cut cause I’m too lazy :))

Here we go!!!

♨️- Imagine your f/o trying and failing to make a perfect surprise night for you, and maybe you found out by accident or something else went wrong, but in the end you tell them how much you appreciated all of their effort and then the kissy thing happens

☆*:.｡.��.｡.:*☆

From one of the dorms in Little Homeworld, the clashing of pots and pans, miscellaneous cat noises, and squeaking could be overheard. Spinel was inside, trying to do something sweet for her love. She vividly remembered the excitement she felt within her gem as her best friend Steven had described to her the meaning of this special day humans celebrated every year: Valentines Day. And when he said that it was coming very soon, she was totally filled with butterflies. There was no way the pink gem would pass up this opportunity to show Ametrine her affection.

A few months ago, Spinel sat in on a baking class in Little Homeschool. While gems didn’t need this kind of education for themselves, cooking and baking was a great way to connect with human culture and to help those beings who need food to survive, or just to enjoy. Spinel was immediately hooked; she loved sweets of all kinds. And now, here she is in the kitchen, clad in a chef’s hat and apron, doing her best to bake her girlfriend a nice Valentines cake. The place was a mess of batter, flour, and sugar. Measuring cups, cookie cutters, whisks, and silverware were scattered across the counter and on the floor, indicating that the gem clearly had no idea what to use in this process. Maybe it would’ve been a good idea to grab a cookbook first...

Her ringed magenta eyes shifted around the room. Of course she noticed the mess. Powder, syrup, and frosting were all over her hair; the apron she wore seemed to do little to protect her clothes. She was rushed, panicking because Ametrine was gonna be home soon! Not even the batter was ready; the measurements were wrong and it wasn’t mixed all the way, for she neglected to use the proper tools. Indeed, she had just learned the hard way that using her hand like a propeller on cake mix was not the way to go.

Letting out a frustrated whine at the clock, she quickly dumped the mess of ingredients into a tray and popped it in the oven, not even setting the timer, but winging it. Meanwhile, she stretched three limbs at once to scoop up the utensils on the floor and throw them into the sink. Then one hand grabbed a broom, the other grabbed a rag, and her pointed foot turned the faucet water on to soak the rag.

She was a cleaning machine, but a malfunctioning one. The sweeping of the broom caused clouds of powder to rise up and attach to the walls and fridge, the damp rag beneath her squeaky foot caused slipping hazards, and her other hand abandoned its role of gathering the finishing ingredients just to tug on one of her pigtails. It was as if the image of this kitchen was an outward projection of her mind in this moment — a mess.

But all this chaos wasn’t for nothing. The task at hand must be completed for the sake of her special girl! Dropping the cleaning tools, she turned the temperature up and rushed for the bag of frosting along with other toppings.

Switching her gaze from the clock to the cake inside the oven, she nervously tapped her feet and crossed her arms. Growing impatient, the pink gem clenched her teeth and yanked the tray from the oven, dropping it onto the counter and turning the oven off. After taking a moment to breathe and relax as best she could, she looked down at that ugly cake and took the bag of frosting in both hands. Hopefully it’ll look better if she just covered it up a bit with sugary flavor!

She couldn’t have been more wrong. It looked awful. Still, she proceeded to grab the container of purple sprinkles.

Just then, footsteps could be heard at the door, freezing Spinel. A familiar singsongy voice called, “I’m home!~”

In pure shock of the reality that time was up, Spinel accidentally squeezed the container, causing its top to fall off. Down the sprinkles poured, forming a tiny mountain on the cake. She could just barely suppress her panicked shriek into a small peep as she tried to even out the purple particles.

The apartment door opened to reveal Ametrine, smiling and waving. “Hi, sweetie! I just...” She opened her eyes and lowered her hand a bit.

Spinel stood in front of her, quickly turning around with the cake, if it should even be called one. The pink gem chuckled nervously, sweat drops clearly visible as she hesitantly raised the cake to her.

Ametrine blinked once, then twice; she was in total shock right now. Her focus went from her nervous girlfriend to the messy kitchen. The silence obviously being uncomfortable to the pink gem, the other approached her as gently as she could. “S-Spinzie, what happened here?”

Spinel hunched over with a sigh, her arms quivering and falling limply to the floor, the tray holding the failed attempt of a cake clattering softly against the floor. Stressed tears started tracing their way down her black markings. “Aughh.. I’m so sorry Trines. I tried to do somethin’ special for you, but I... I messed up again!”

Ametrine leaned to the side to view the kitchen. “No kidding.” At that, a sniffle could be heard from the poor toon, making the musician quickly reach her hands out to her. “I-I didn’t mean it like that..!” Hesitating only a moment, Ametrine gently placed her fingers beneath Spinel’s chin to make her look up, teary-eyed. Smiling, she lovingly brushed her thumb against her cheek to wipe the tears away.

“Sweetie...~ It was very thoughtful of you to do all this for me. Thank you.”

Spinel’s irises, marked with a melancholy twinkle, quivered, as she didn’t know what to think of this. “B-But.. Sugah... I didn’t even get to make you a propeh cake.” Most of her arms still coiled in a pile on the floor, she stretched them more to present the pile of unmixed batter and frosting to her girlfriend once more, an embarrassed chuckle in her voice as she averted her gaze. “I mean, wouldja really call this a cake? Heh...”

Ametrine tilted her head, scooping a piece onto her finger. Spinel, knowing she’d try it and hate it, shied away and shut her eyes tightly, not wanting to see her reaction. But instead, she felt a smear on her face, making her eyes open wide. Immediately afterwards, she was surprised by a kiss on her cheek, same where the sample of cake was. Her face darkening with a blush, she looked up at Ametrine, who licked her lips. “I think it’s pretty sweet~”

If Spinel’s eyes could form hearts right now, they would. Her shocked look turned into a playful smirk. “Gonna play it that way, huh?~” Her arms retracting to their normal length, she scooped up a handful of undercooked cake. Ametrine giggled before running behind the counter, commencing a game of cake tag. “Oh, you can’t run from me, Dollface!~”

Before they knew it, the cake was out of the tray and all over them. They both lay there on the kitchen tile (due to the slipping hazards), exhausted from their little game, full of baking jokes, flirts, “snowball fights,” and kisses. It turned out Spinel’s baking disaster wasn’t all for the worse; in fact, it drew her closer to Ametrine than she had imagined it with a perfect cake and spotless kitchen. Still, she’d make it a goal to attend the baking classes from here on out. But right now, she was just happy to be close to her boo.

“Love you, Slinky.”

“Love ya too, Canary.”

[stop-breaking-my-heart-telltale]

Were you ever annoyed at Tenn for breaking cover so many times? There was the time when Lily convinced him he would see Sophie at the school, then when he snuck on the ship, and lastly on the bridge when Minnie followed us. I see why people would be upset with him, but i mean Minnie is his only biological sibling left, and he hadn’t seen her in a year. He’s literally the sweetest, best boy and he deserved better :(

I don’t think annoyed is the right word. 

I don’t know what you’d call it.

Because I like Tenn as a character [yes, even now piss off ya haters] and I wasn’t ever mad at him for doing what he did because I perceived him as a naive, hopeful kid who doesn’t think things through. 

It’s like what AJ says. It’s obvious that breaking cover was stupid because that’s what Lilly was trying to do and Tenn just so easily fell for it. I understand that he wants to know what happened to his sisters, but kid, walking up to a bunch of raiders who want to kidnap you and turn you into a soldier is not the smartest way to go about it. 

And, ultimately, yeah, if he hadn’t broken cover, Mitch probably wouldn’t have gone after Lilly like that and my son would be alive. Tenn even apologizes for trusting Lilly. 

Then him sneaking onto the boat or getting caught and brought on just kind of made me go “Yeah, okay, this might as well happen, sure.”

But then we get to the bridge scene. 

He can see that Minerva’s bit and she’s dying and she’s lost her goddamn mind. She’s literally like, “Hey, I’m going to kill you so that you can go see Sophie and Mom and Dad, okay?” and he just… 

Okay? Minnie I’ll go with you?? Even as she’s being devoured in front of him and Louis/Violet’s holding him back he’s STILL trying to go to her??

Hence why AJ has to “make the right call” or not depending on if you trust him.

Which either kills Tenn or it kills Louis/Violet.

That pisses me off. 

As I’ve said, I actually restarted the episode after realizing that Louis was going to die because I didn’t want AJ to make any more calls. 

I think what almost made it “easier” for me to let Tenn go and be killed in order to save Louis is the conversation we had with Tenn in ep1 when he’s drawing. He tells us that he isn’t afraid of death because it isn’t scary, and he gets to go to the place where everyone gets to be a person again, like what Minnie was trying to persuade him with. 

I’m not happy that he died or that AJ had to shoot him like that, but at the same time, I get it? If Tenn wants to desperately to go to Minerva as she’s being devoured by walkers then I’m not going to let Louis die because of it. 

And I almost hate saying this because I feel like I sound like Jane and her whole “let them die, ya can’t save ‘em, and if ya try, more people will die” thing.

Because you know what this whole thing with Tenn reminds me of?

Sarah. 

Tenn is like Sarah in a lot of ways but the conflicting idea of saving them at the risk of another’s life is done much better with him. 

Because Sarah only kind of gets one person killed and that’s Reggie [but c’mon it’s Reggie I mean-] when she doesn’t do her work or when Clem doesn’t because she’s busy helping her. 

And I guess you could say she’s a little responsible for Nick’s death, but we all know that’s the writers fault 100% so I barely count it. 

Other than that, Sarah isn’t directly or indirectly responsible for any major character’s death. 

It’d be different if in her first optional death that if you slapped and saved her, you lost Luke or Jane because of it but no. Luke and Jane make it out regardless if you leave her to be devoured or slap her.  

Unlike Tenn, who you can argue is indirectly responsible for Mitch’s death [an important character damn it!] and directly the cause of Louis/Violet’s [VERY IMPORTANT CHARACTERS AUGHH] death.

And shit, if you REALLY want to spit some harder accusations at him, you could even go as far as to argue that if he hadn’t left cover, Louis/Violet, Aasim and Omar might not have been kidnapped and none of this would’ve happened.

[I personally believe it would still happen because game and story guys c’mon]

The reason I say they wrote this kind of conflict better for Tenn’s story and ultimate fate than they did Sarah’s is because Tenn’s has different outcomes. 

You either save him, or you save your lover/best friend. 

Are you willing to sacrifice Louis or Violet for a kid who’s literally trying to walk into a death trap with no thought for the one holding him back?

I understand that he’s all fucked up from seeing Minerva like that and his ideas of “going somewhere better” are causing him to do this, but I personally would rather let him go than to sacrifice Louis/Violet.

And that really fucks me up. 

He did deserve better, anon. I have watched or played any of the endings where he survives instead, and I honestly don’t plan to. It sounds wierd but I’d rather have Louis and Violet alive and safe and I wierdly find him dying, coming back as a walker for AJ to find a fitting end for him. Not totally deserved because I want all of them to live, but that’s just how it goes. 

I don’t know if these thoughts make much since but it’s 3 in the morning where I am so I don’t know how clear I’m being or if my point comes across as strange or whatever. 

All in all, I don’t hate him, I hope he’s somewhere better now, and I’ll bring him back to life for my fics. 

[mani-mari]

MISFITS SEASON 3 HERE WE GO FELLAS

WOW WHAT THE HECK

I’m not sure where to start!

Spoilers? past this point? yeah

I like Rudy! He’s a little weird but he’s great! I do see him as a replacement for Nathan which makes me a little sad but... Ah well.

So apart from watching Episode 1, I also watched Vegas Baby! and.......... so Nathan is in jaaaail..... and the baby’s name is Nathan Juniorrrrr... that’s so cuuUUUTEE.. <3 alright alright sO

SIMON!!! AND !! ALISHA!! ARE STILL MY FAVORITE COUPLE!!! HHH H HHH AHHHHHHHHH  IL OVE THEM,, I LOVE THEM,.!

poor Curtis btw he’s single again - almost forgot that. But it looks like Alisha and Rudy had a uh.. a little past ! ;^)

OKAY ALSO THE WHOLE GANG IS BACK IN COMMUNITY SERVICE and I still love the probation worker. We love a lazy jerk. now I will watch episode 2 , and breaks in watching to react will be separated by lines beginning with --.

IM SQUEALING LOOK AT HOW HE’S LOOKING AT HER

THIS IS A NEW COUPLE THAT I AM HERE FOR.

you know what though, when he turns into “MuhhhLISSA” he is leading a double life and honestly mood but also no thanks because that’s a lot of lies to keep and carry

THE PROBATION WORKER WAS EYEING HI- HER-- what pronouns-- ok, I will refer to *him* as Curtis and *her* as Melissa but that’s still confusing but ok that’s it

so the probation worker was definitely eyeing her and also she told poor Barry Simon to move like a JERK I hate her even though that’s definitely Curtis talking LOL

-- “YOU’VE ALREADY UNDERMINED MY MASCULINITY” OHFHG

IS THIS ALSO ANOTHER COUPLE!!?

please don’t turn out like Bruno, I loved Bruno, shame what his .. condition was, but AUGHH A NEW COUPLE?? YES???? P L E A SE ?? KELLY DESERVES ALL THE LOVE

but so did Bruno I LOVE YOU BRUNO

-- looks like Curtis can never find love!

i was rooting for them but she literally just gave him sympathy sex. I couldn’t tbh. mostly because I don’t want to have sex with anyone, much less sex out of sympathy. I can’t imagine that...

I don’t really like her, she’s a bit rude, but then again she invites Melissa out to have fun somewhere so I guess that’s girl power-whatever-stuff? yay...

-- I ALMOST MADE A SOUND THAT WOKE UP MY FDAMIY ok

S- no - WE- SHE IS NOT HETEROSEXUAL. SHE IS NOT HETEROSEXUAL.

i mean ok we love representation but I think Curtis should stop all this stuff, I know he wants to run but he obviously is making things harder on himself. yikes

I have some issues I want to address.... they’re kissing. even though he knows that she had sympathy sex with him. he is still SMITTEN WITH HER. Curtis my boy you gotta think with your head not your dick- or your vag- well i dunno, your gametes. just realized how nasty that word is. anyway THINK Curtis. smh

...... THAT HAPPENED

“I don’t think there’s an official term for this shit” yeah that’s fair

-- the coach creeps me out... yikes. I mean he’s weirrrdd with Melissa. she also just gets stares by a lot of guys. now I guess Curtis knows how it feels. :|

-- I LOVE RUDY HE’S SO FUNNY FKFKSF OMGg

heccck this season is driving me crazy

-- i- i-- wh ----- hwh waht the fuck

did he change back? i skipped the scene because there’s no way I’m watching a fucking rape scene.

I went back a few seconds and saw something?? under the dress and I saw Curtis’s face and he PUNCHED the coach and crawled out of the car and I’m kinda scared.

-- alright a bunch of stuff happened at once but I just wanna appreciate Curtis’s (Melissa’s) line “You have no idea what it’s like to be a woman” and then Simon’s face. alright moving on

ope, and there’s the period.

-- BOY!! the way he just ran omg yes go get Emma !!! Curtissss RUNN.

I hate the coach. I despise him

-- OK OK they’re cute again but that’s only cause he admitted the truth

ahhhhh that’s adorable

also what’s going on with Kelly and her new man?? serious lack of that as well as Simon & Alisha this episode I am SAD

-- oh no I watched the up next segment and I’m scared SIMON IS GONNA LEAVE!!! Y’ALL I CAN’T WITH THIS SHOW

[unproduciblesmackdown]

posting to say im vanishing for some unknown amount of time rofl

making this post to say i won’t have internet access for an indefinite amount of time going forward. like, it could be a week or you know, any other amount of time. which you know, sucks, because it seems annoying to complain about like oh damn i can’t reblog memes but for me the internet is a way to be connected to like, anyone else in the world, and have a place to voice my thoughts where people might listen, and have the chance to talk to people and feel like there’s ppl who are aware of my existence who might value me for one reason or another. and if you’ve been following me anytime for the past like, eight years or so, you mightve noticed i’m not doing so hot. and i’m not really thriving right now and you know. ugh

like hey if i off myself you know i’ll probably try to queue up a post saying something about it. but maybe i won’t. you just never know. either way you can’t really worry about me w this indefinite online absence because there’s no way to get in touch with me otherwise. part of why being stuck offline sucks. again, maybe it’ll be brief. maybe i’ll be able to you know scuttle into a starbucks and post quick updates saying i havent fucking died yet. i have no idea, people.

also you mightve noticed that despite wanting to die and having nothing good, i still at least sometimes like to draw useless gay shit and post it. jk my contents great and a blessing, i’m not gonna be the one to deny that. anyways its what i like to do and what i’m best at and its a way for me to put myself out there in ways i can’t otherwise do and also its why practically all of you follow me obv and like i said its just fun......but i can’t really post if offline. more a tragedy for me than anyone else, but thats true of this whole thing. at least i can still write coz ive still got a ways to go on that before even intending to post it. and read and shit. sigh

idk anyways like i said maybe i’ll pop up five seconds after going Offline and be like hey im back gosh i was worried about nothing! but probably not. i hope soon because i have barely anything going for me and the net is my main way of getting. any social interaction/connection at all and its important to me, however much anyone else wants to judge that. how will i ever learn that selfies aren’t the most important thing in life, right?

anyways. this is why i’m vanishing, i’ll try to refrain from burying this under other reblogs. i hope to god nothing important happens when i’m gone, watch me miss something vital ugh. i also get my news from twitter dammit. sigh!!!!!!!!!

if i had an art sideblog i could sort out those notes easier, so i hope there’s not like...some super great comments on my shit that gets buried in the mobile apps horrible activity display and i never get to see it. aughh

this sucks but anyways. just an informative post. about the lack of information there may be going forward. it’ll at least start out b/c im going somewhere currently w/o net access and am broke as a bloke and my phone isnt very useful w/o wifi. ah well, right. c’est la vie. que sera, sera. what happens happens. shit’s like that sometimes. shrug. lmao.

i’m gonna go jump around some love, simon clips to further burn them into my memory. don’t get me wrong, i’m fucking. doing terribly and wanna kms. but this film’s a blessing and i love it and i’m happy i’ve got to see it and just like my lack of internet access, it can be my fave going forward indefinitely

[theartificialdane]

Galactica, part 230

In this Sutan tries to escape, Alaska goes out, Bianca seeks forgiveness, Pearl wonders, Nina is on the war path, and Violet can’t breath.

Thank you @veronicasanders @toriibelledarling and @samrull <3

“Does this taste weird to you?” Violet held out her cup of tea, not really looking at Sutan as her boyfriend took the cup from her. “Did your housekeeper do something to the kettle?”

“Violet, I’m sure it’s fine.”

“Just taste it, please.” Violet picked up the kettle, checking it over, even though she had no idea what she was looking for. “Do you think I should leave her a note, I’d really hate to tell her how to do her job, but my tea is almost undrinkable and I really want to pick Frida up before work...”

“I’d rather not.”

“Sutan, what are you talking about?” Violet turned her head, looking at her boyfriend, a confused expression in her eyes.

“I’m sure the tea is fine. I haven’t been to the dentist yet, so I’d really rather not.”

“What do you mean you haven’t been to the dentist yet?” Violet couldn’t believe what had boyfriend had just told her. It had been about weeks since their lunch date and Violet had assumed Sutan had gotten it fixed, the man one of the most responsible people she knew.

“It’s not a big deal. I don’t have to go to the dentist.” “You just refused to drink a cup of tea. That does seem like a big deal.. Or a potential one..” Violet took the cup from Sutan, the sour taste of it forgotten. Violet didn’t like telling Sutan what to do, didn’t like this conversation one bit, but her cheek was still stinging slightly from last night, the intimacy they had shared during the night giving her the courage to stand up to him. “So I’m scared of the dentist, everyone is scared of something.” Sutan shrugged, not really meeting Violet’s eyes as he went to the fridge to grab some juice, Violet watching his broad back.

“Sutan, you should really go… What if it’s because there’s something seriously wrong? You’d never know if you don’t go…”

Sutan turned around, juice in hand, watching Violet. “Does it really matter that much to you?”

“It does..” Violet bit her lip, the pain centering her as she stood her ground.

“Fine.”

“Really?” Violet’s eyes lit up, not expecting her boyfriends easy defiance, or the smile on his lips.

“Yes, but only if you go with me.”

“I’d love to.”

***

“Do you think it’s bad?” Courtney asked, wriggling out of the clothes she’d traveled in and pulling on a pair of cotton shorts and a t-shirt.

Ben lay on her bed, scrolling through her text messages with Bianca. “I’m going back so I get the full context.”

“Okay, but don’t scroll up too far, because you’ll see--”

“AUGHH!! JESUS CHRIST, COURTNEY!!”

Courtney laughed. “I told you not to scroll too far.”

“You haven’t learned your lesson with the nudes?”

Courtney rolled her eyes. “The lesson boosted my album sales.”

“Fair enough. Okay, so...damn…” Ben started reading their text messages. “You’re stone cold, sis!”

Courtney sighed, sliding onto the bed beside him, taking Kylie into her arms. “On a scale of 1 to 10, how much of a bitch was I?”

Ben read some of the messages aloud. “Bianca: Bunny, what time is your flight landing? You: 4:30. Bianca: Okay, I’m gonna try to get home early. I can’t wait to see you. Heart Eyes. You: No Answer. Her, an hour later: Day moving so slow. Her: This is torture. Xoxo. Two hours later: Did you land safely? Love you baby. You: Yup.” Ben looked up. “Cold as ICE.”

“Did you see Fame when she was here?” Courtney asked.

“Not really. I saw her briefly in the morning, when I got home.”

Courtney made a face. “What was she wearing?”

“Pasties and a thong. I dunno. Probably a dress. Who cares? Why are you so freaked out about their friendship?”

“Because! They used to be more than friends, and--and…”

“Didn’t Bianca fuck like, everyone in town? So what?”

Courtney’s shoulders sagged. “It’s not that. Fame runs to her every time she has an issue with her husband. And it’s like...their relationship is so…”

“...I’m listening...”

Turning on her side and cuddling Kylie against her chest, Courtney looked into Ben’s eyes, tears spilling down her cheeks as the turmoil she felt inside came bursting out. “Ben, everyone in Bianca’s life thinks I’m not good enough for her. Sometimes, /I/ don’t think I’m good enough for her. But Fame? You know what a dream couple they’d be? They’d be fashion royalty and I’d have nothing, and the thought of it just makes me sick, and I can’t even look at her. Do you know that she was trying to sleep with Bianca in SEPTEMBER? And sure, Bianca said no, that time, but Bianca is human and Fame is a gorgeous woman who happens to have a personal tragedy every time we’re apart for a few nights, and I can’t...how am I supposed to compete with her!”

“I love you, sis, but you sound like a paranoid psycho right now.”

Courtney wiped her eyes. “Yeah, well. Maybe because I am. So what?”

Ben laughed and reached over to give her a hug. “Touché. By the way, have you actually talked to Bianca about any of this?”

“I’ve tried. She’s not interested.”

“Try harder.”

Courtney leaned her head back against the pillows. “Yes, sir.”

***

Alaska held open the door for Kim and ushered her inside. Kim looked at her, delighted.

“Is this a barbeque joint?”

“Yeah, girl. The greasiest, grimiest, most delicious smokehouse in all of Waikiki.”

“Oh. My God. I fucking LOVE you!” Kim threw her arms around Alaska and squeezed her tightly. “I thought for sure you were taking me to some juice place.”

“No way. I mean, I eat healthy at work because everyone is so judgey there. And with the girls because both Jinkx and Adore would literally drink butter if I didn’t cook vegetables for them. But trust me, this place is worth every calorie. I used to come here like 8 times a week during college.”

Kim followed her to a booth, pulling out a stack of sketches and storyboards. “I really want to show you the updated concept art in a dignified way, but I’m way too distracted by the crispy onion rings on that guy’s steak over there.”

“That’s called the Heart Attack. It’s also got pork, 3 kinds of cheese, and 2 sauces. It was featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.”

“I LOVE TRIPLE D!”

Thirty minutes later, with the art spread all over the table, Alaska’s notes scrawled in a notebook, and barbecue sauce all over Kim’s face, Alaska leaned back. “Okay. I think we’re good. We’ll meet the director tonight, help the team finish prep work tomorrow, and then shoot on Wednesday.”

“Mmmph,” Kim agreed.

“You’re stunning, by the way. The picture of glamour.”

Kim raised her middle finger, stuffing another ginormous bite into her mouth.

***

“Baby!” Bianca’s voice rang out.

Courtney looked at Ben, taking a deep breath. “Here we go,” she said softly, and then called back, “In the bedroom!”

The door banged open and Bianca tossed her coat and briefcase onto a chair, slightly out of breath from running, kicking off her shoes. Her eyes smoldered at Courtney. “Hey.”

“Hi.”

“So...do you still hate me?”

Courtney’s eyes softened slightly. “Of course I don’t hate you.”

Still gazing directly at her girlfriend, Bianca said, “Ben, get out.”

“Nice to see you too, B.”

“Fine, stay,” Bianca said, jumping onto the bed and pressing Courtney into the mattress, kissing her deeply, hands sliding under her shorts.

“Gross,” Ben said, moving away from them. “Come on, Kylie. Let’s let these lesbians do...whatever it is they do. Ugh.”

“Shut the door!” Bianca yelled after him, then turned back to Courtney, kissing her neck, sucking lightly along her jaw.

“B…” Courtney said, shifting, “We really need to talk...”

Bianca lifted her head, moving her hands up to cup Courtney’s breasts, rolling her hips. “You want me to stop?” She ran her thumbs over Courtney’s nipples.

Courtney whimpered as sparks raced through her body, arching up against Bianca, grinding against her, fingers digging into her shoulders. “How come you always play dirty?” she asked, panting.

“Because being dirty with you is my favorite thing,” Bianca replied, smirking, rubbing her nipples harder, brushing their lips together.

Courtney moaned and threw her head back, bucking her hips up and wrapping her legs tightly around Bianca’s waist. She could feel the tightness growing in her abdomen, and by the time Bianca’s mouth traveled down her body, warm hands pulling her shorts off, she was trembling, desperate for release. Bianca started to kiss her, lick her lightly. She threaded her hands into her girlfriend’s hair and yanked her head up.

Bianca gasped, both shocked and delighted by the suddenness of the hair pulling.

“No fucking around,” Courtney said, “No torture. Be nice.”

Bianca laughed, kissing her inner thigh teasingly. “Who, me?”

Courtney pulled on her hair again. “I’m serious!” she insisted, digging a heel into Bianca’s lower back.

“Yes, your majesty,” Bianca said, and began to hum against her.

Courtney closed her eyes, finally relaxing, giving herself over to the moment, wrapping both legs around Bianca’s shoulders with a deep sigh.

Bianca licked her, sucked on her, bit softly at her, felt her fall to pieces. When she was on the edge, moaning uncontrollably, Bianca pressed two fingers against her and crawled over her, trailing her lips against her warm, wet skin until she was hovering over her. “Courtney.”

Courtney writhed against her, letting out a petulant whine.

“Courtney...look at me.”

Courtney forced her eyes open, which were liquid with agony.

Bianca kissed her forehead. “Who loves you?”

“You’re a bitch!” Courtney panted.

Bianca laughed. “True...but you knew that already.” She nibbled on her earlobe, rubbed the pads of her fingers against her clit with an excruciatingly soft touch.

Gasping for air, Courtney dug her nails into Bianca’s back, whimpering, near tears. “Please B, please…”

“Do you know how much I love you?” Bianca whispered.

“Yes!” This was how Bianca always won. Because she ignored the point of the whole argument and just bulldozed her way through. Courtney wasn’t upset because she thought Bianca didn’t /love/ her. She was upset because, first of all, she just straight up didn’t like Bianca and Fame having slumber parties when she wasn’t around. But she was more upset because she knew that she didn’t have any right to tell Bianca not to spend time with one of her best friends, especially when she was going through a difficult personal trauma and Bianca was her source of comfort. She was upset with herself, for being insecure, and she was upset with Bianca for not allowing her to talk about it. For never wanting to acknowledge that something in their relationship wasn’t perfect. Courtney could handle feeling upset. What was worse was having her feelings be minimized by someone she loved. But of course none of this would matter, ultimately, because Bianca was doing what Bianca always did. Using sex as a weapon to put her in her place. And of course, it worked. She was putty in Bianca’s hands, as usual. “Yes, yes!”

“Do you love me?”

“Oh, god, yes!”

“Good.” Bianca kissed her firmly on the mouth, sliding a finger inside her, watching her eyes roll back. She slowly worked her way down Courtney’s body again, licking at her nipples, then pushing her thighs apart and sucking hard on her clit.

Courtney moaned and arched, hips thrusting against Bianca’s face, spasms rocking her whole body over and over. Her hands gripped the comforter, knuckles white, sweat dripping down her brow. “Oh, fuck, B, keep going,” she gasped, letting out another moan.

“Mmmm…” Bianca hummed, swirling her tongue, trailing her fingers up and down Courtney’s thighs.

Courtney swallowed hard, heartbeat finally slowing down, chest heaving. She threaded her hands back into Bianca’s hair, cradling her head. “Oh, god.” Her hips continued to roll slightly, riding out the aftershocks.

Bianca sucked on her again, squeezing her ass. “You taste so fucking good. What have you been eating?”

Courtney laughed, falling against the pillows, spent. “I was in LA. So like...mostly those roadside fruit stands...And coconut water...”

“Fuck.” Bianca rubbed her face against Courtney’s abdomen.

“I’m actually starving,” Courtney admitted, still breathing hard. “You wanna order some dinner?”

“No thanks, I just ate,” Bianca said sleepily.

Courtney laughed again and pulled on her hair. “You’re the worst, you know that?”

“Yep,” Bianca grinned up at her, dimples deep in her cheeks. “By the way, I have something for you. Open the top drawer of your nightstand.” Bianca danced her fingers over Courtney’s skin.

Courtney reached over and pulled out box wrapped in shiny pink paper. “Wow, you really felt guilty, huh?”

“Yeah. And so Fame said I should buy you jewelry.”

“Did she,” Courtney asked flatly. She slowed down her unwrapping process, a funny feeling creeping into her stomach at the mention of Fame.

“She also called me a homewrecking slut and said that you not trusting me was my karmic destiny.”

Courtney burst out laughing. “That’s probably the funniest thing she ever said,” she proclaimed, then added, “Sorry.” Inside the box was a rose-gold butterfly necklace covered in rainbow Swarovski crystals. Courtney lifted it out, trying to suppress her smile.

“Do you like it?” Bianca stroked her thighs, gazing up at her.

“It’s a sparkly rainbow butterfly. What’s not to like?”

“Well...believe it or not...there are people in the world who wouldn't necessarily want a sparkly rainbow butterfly.”

Courtney ran her fingers through Bianca’s hair. “That’s really sad. Those people probably kick puppies for fun and hate sunshine.”

“Probably...” Bianca lowered her face and began to kiss her again, watching through her lashes as Courtney bit her lip, squirming.

“B...seriously, we do need to talk…”

“Talk about what, baby? What’s more important than how much we love each other?” Bianca whispered against her, hands smoothly parting her thighs.

Courtney closed her eyes. “Nothing,” she sighed. “Nothing’s more important than that.”

***

“Laila! I can’t find my leather pants!” Pearl was digging through her closet, annoyance itching at the back of her mind, her and Laila's wardrobe smashed together, all of Laila’s thing overflowing the already stuffed closet. Pearl waited for a beat, before she realised that Laila wasn't’ actually home, the other woman visiting the friends that had taken care of Turbo while they were in Europe. Pearl cursed and kicked the closet.

“Fuck!”

Pearl grabbed her foot, her toes aching and she threw herself down on the bed, a desperate meow coming from the bed since she had fallen on Turbo, Turbo speeding off, the cat hating Pearl even more than it already did. Pearl sighed, angry tears of frustration welling up in her eyes. Fame had been horrible since her meeting with Patrick, and the blonde wouldn’t share the details at all, Fame making outrageous demands and expecting a level of perfection and tidiness she /knew/ Pearl couldn’t provide.

Pearl loved her job, she liked writing, and it was okay being a boss, like, most of the time, but sometimes she wish she was just free. Free to go on all night benders, free to do whatever she wanted. Pearl sighed and turned over, Laila’s computer on the bed and Pearl smiled, the stickers she had put on it years ago still there. Pearl had suggested a new one for Laila, had even said she’d paid, but Laila had said no. If only she could didn’t have any obligations, if she could stay home all day and do whatever she wanted. Pearl smiled slightly, imaging to herself what it would be like if she was Laila’s stay at home wife.

***

Nina marched into Bianca’s office and slammed the door behind her. “I cannot believe you!”

“Uh…” Bianca gestured to the phone in her hands, pressing the mute button. “Excuse me...what the fuck?”

Nina crossed her arms. “I’ll wait,” she said snidely, sitting down onto the sofa.

Bianca rolled her eyes. “Suit yourself.” She unmuted the phone. “Yes, yes, that all sounds FABULOUS, darling! We’ll have to get a group together the next time we’re in Italy...well, I’m hoping in the Spring, but if not then maybe next Fall, after fashion week. It’s been so long since I had a real vacation there…” she laughed. “Of course, of course…”

Nina glowered, tapping her foot.

“Well yes, we absolutely adore this new campaign. It’s just outstanding...I might have to steal your models, though…” Bianca laughed again. “No, not like that, you cad, I’m off the market now. Come on...Yes, really...Yeah, even for Luisa...Tell her I’m flattered, though… Right!…Yes...” Bianca looked over at Nina, making a hand gesture indicating that the other party wouldn’t stop talking. “Yes, wonderful...Alright...I’ll have Joslyn set that up...Thank you so much...Okay...Ciao!” She hung up and turned to Nina, who was glaring at her venomously. “I’m sorry, did you want me to tell the Fendi rep to shut the fuck up because you decided to have an unscheduled hissyfit?”

“We talked about this Violet Chachki Galactica spread last week and now Dan tells me you’re moving forward full steam ahead?! Are you KIDDING me?!” Nina exploded.

Bianca took a calm sip of her coffee. “I heard your concerns. I overruled you.”

“I am SICK AND TIRED of all this nepotism!”

“Can you please chill out? She’s a very talented designer. You LIKED the clothes she designed for the last two fashion weeks. So why are you giving yourself an ulcer over it?”

“BECAUSE! There are lot. A fucking LOT of young, talented designers out there! We know this! I meet hundred of talented designers every year. And do they get meetings here? No, they do not. But because some woman you used to fuck wants her little protegée to get a feature, BAM--”

“You are totally out of line, Garcia--”

“Maybe so, but am I wrong?! Look at the number of political hires here! I didn’t even choose my damn assistant!”

“You love Shannel.”

“Yes! I do! But she got that job before she walked in the door, because of who her father is and who her godmother is, and how the hell can you, as a fellow woman of color--”

“Oh, here we go…” Bianca rolled her eyes.

“--continue to let that happen!? DON’T ROLL YOUR EYES, BIANCA! How are young people like you and I going to get a shot if you keep hiring white kid after white kid because of family connections, without even interviewing other candidates?”

“Bitch, you went to boarding school. Your daddy is just as rich as Shannel’s. Don’t try my fucking patience.” Bianca went back the her computer, suddenly bored with the whole conversation.

“Bianca, I suggest you take this seriously. Diversity makes an organization stronger. You’re crippling the creativity of this place by refusing to accept that our homogeneity is a problem.”

“We’re done now. You can go.”

Nina rose from the couch, fuming, and walked to the door, shaking her head.

Bianca picked up the phone. “Joslyn...call Violet, and tell her that I want her to come in tomorrow at 4 with everything she’s finished so far. I’d like to move up the date of the Galactica photoshoot and I need to see what we’re working with.”

“Got it!” Joslyn chirped.

***

Betty hated going into the warehouse, the place giving her the creeps, and even though Shane insisted that it wasn’t haunted, Betty wasn’t sure she agreed. No one made as many lives miserable as Raja and Fame did without causing at least one poor soul to the brink of madness. Betty turned around a corner, the light dim in this part of Galactica’s gigant layer of fabrics, buttons, laces and sewing supplies, when she heard a faint cry. Betty stopped walking. She wasn’t superstitious, not really, but in that moment she swore on her grave that if anything happened to her, she would haunt Shane until the day he died.

“Hello? Is anyone in here?”

The sounds stopped, and as Betty turned the corner, she saw… Violet? sitting on a large pile of cotton-wool.

“... Violet?”

Violet looked up, her face red, her mascara running, her lipstick smudged, her neck filled with red marks, her necklace in her hand and it looked like she had torn it off, her nails cutting into her skin.

“Chacki, are yo- Violet…. Are you okay?” Betty sat down, the other woman making herself even smaller as she pulled her legs closer, Betty not reaching out to touch since she didn’t want to do… She didn’t even really know, but she had never seen Violet like this before.

“I can’t do this.”

“Can’t do what?”

“They want to see the collection. They want to see the collection tomorrow and I’m not ready, I’ve got nothing!” “Hey, hey, Violet, calm down.” Betty grabbed her friend, giving hell to the thoughts she had had only moments before, Violet’s slender shoulders feeling so fragile and breakable in Betty’s hands as she held her. “You have plenty, I’ve seen your stuff, I’ve seen your wor-”

“It’s not done.” “Violet. They don’t expect you to be don-”

“What if I fail?”

Betty furrowed her brows. She had never seen Violet this freaked out before, her friend covered in sweat, and Betty suddenly realised why it all looked so familiar to her. This was what Shane looked like whenever he had a panic attack. What was she suppose to do? Violet was breathing heavily, like she was going into another burst of hyperventilation, and Betty felt herself panic as well. If this had been Shane she would have slapped him, plain and simple, but this wasn’t her boy- husband, this was Violet who was still a mystery to her, so Betty did the only thing she could think of, which was hug Violet tight. Violet held her breath, the woman stiff and Betty was just about to panic and figure out if she could somehow call Sutan without moving, when Violet relaxed against her, her arms going around Betty as she clung to her, Violet’s breath finally returning to normal as the two sat together.

***

“Okay, mum, that’s a great idea, I’ll tell her…” Ben said into his phone, walking into the bedroom, where Courtney was sitting on the bed, earbuds in, Kylie in her lap, working on some lyrics, humming to herself. She didn’t notice him until he was practically in her face and then she jumped about a foot, startled.

“JESUS!”

“Nope. Just me. Mum and I think that this whole ‘I’m not good enough for Bianca del Rio’ emo nonsense is a bunch of bullshit. Right mum?”

Annette, via FaceTime, waved to Courtney. “Hello darling! I didn’t put it exactly like that, but we do think that you need a boost of self esteem and that--”

“You need the self-pity slapped right out of you!” Ben exclaimed, giving his sister a hearty slap on the cheek.

Courtney shrieked, grabbing her cheek. “BEN! MUM DID YOU TELL HIM TO DO THAT?!”

“BENJAMIN LUCAS WHAT IN HEAVEN’S NAME!” Annette cried. “No, I most certainly did NOT!”

“How is you hitting me supposed to improve my self-esteem?” Courtney asked, still holding her face.

“Ummm...I hadn’t thought that far ahead,” Ben said. “But I feel much better. Okay, bye mum, talk to you later!” he made some kissy noises and hung up the phone. “And Courtney...stop being such a whiny little bitch and embrace how awesome you are. I mean shit, you’re related to me, and I’m everything.” Ben sashayed from the room, calling, “Goodnight, don’t wait up!”

Courtney watched him, shaking her head. She looked down at Kylie, scratching him between the ears. “Your uncle is crazy.”

[mysticdragon3md3]

6:04 PM 6/11/2018 Aughh!  My HDMI cable is acting up, right in the middle of this banjo solo!  O~o  ...Fixed it. What the heck?  This isn't the Nokia Theater.  Is it?

"Everyone's staring at you."  "No, they're staring at you."  I don't care if that line is cliche, this is sweet.   Oh no...I recognize this trope...  Love interest girl is going to die, isn't she?  o~o!

6:28 PM 6/11/2018 Ghost Giant, and Beat Saber look fun..though I'm not getting VR.  I really like the idea of Ghost Giant for VR.  

6:30 PM 6/11/2018 Is this Anthem?  No, wait, that's XBOX.  So this is Destiny.  Why are all these figures carrying bodies?  They're carrying bodies, right?  Oooo~  "Destiny 2: Forsaken".  

6:31 PM 6/11/2018 Sony press conference starts!  I like all this live music.  Even if it's all soloists so far, it's pretty cool.  ^-^  

Is this that new From Software game?  Wow, this reminds me why I liked woodwinds so much when I was little.   Is this venue a big tent?  Bethesda did that too, right? "Mongol Invasion, day 9".  Never watched and anime DURING the invasion before.   Otsuna.  I can't remember where that is.  But if it's the Mongol invasion...West coast opposite of Edo?  No, farther south.  Like Kyushu. Hm...I should use Google.   Where's the UI?  What?...  Is it all diagetic UI?   "Hear them coming?  That's our enemy."  Wow.  You really have to pay attention to the environment in this game. "Ghost of Tsushima".  

6:42 PM 6/11/2018 Rock and roll banana?  Is this Dreams?  ^o^  ...Yeah, it's Dreams.  ^o^  

6:43 PM 6/11/2018 Well, this looks creepy.  Is this a psychic landscape?  Or a haunted area?  Or maybe a nexus of broken laws of physics?  What the...?  "Control", huh?  Remedy and 505 Games.  

6:45 PM 6/11/2018 What's this?  Is this guy tiny?  Is this the Spiderman game?  It's one of the 4 games that Sony said they'd discuss in the conference...  Is this Ant Man's perspective?  Mouse perspective...  Racoon City PD?!  O.O!!!!!!!!  This is an interesting narrative perspective.  And people do like Leon.  Claire's wardrobe got updated.  Thank gods.  Don't need to see those cutoff short short jeans over leggings again.  This actually looks like great atmospheric direction!  *o*

6:48 PM 6/11/2018 Dreams again?

6:48 PM 6/11/2018 Squanch Games.  ^.^  I never realized until now how much Rick & Morty relies on overt explaination humor.  Oh no, Bathtub Guy!

[BEGAN WRITING REACTIONS TO FIRST FEW SECONDS OF KINGDOM HEARTS 3 TRAILER, BUT THEN MY LAPTOP DIED.]

6:55 PM 6/11/2018 Just got my PC back on after it died right in the middle of the first few seconds of the KH3 trailer!!!!!!!!!!!!  How did it overheat when I have a cooling pad AND the weather isn't that hot yet for summer?!  xWx!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  UG!  Right in the middle of Kingdom Hearts!  The Kingdom Hearts trailer is what I'm watching the Sony conference for!  

6:58 PM 6/11/2018 And I missed the first part of the Death Stranding presentation.  ~______~!  A litlte janky in the gameplay (or maybe that's my internet connection or old laptop), but I'm am SOOOOOOOOOO intrigued!  *o*  

7:03 PM 6/11/2018 Nioh 2 already?  That was fast.  

7:03 PM 6/11/2018 These inbetween bumpers of Dreams is kind of cute.

7:03 PM 6/11/2018 SPIDEY!  ^u^  Wow.  Spidey didn't jump out of the helicopter with Yuri---No, wait.  Electro's voice sounds familiar...  o.o?  What the heck?  *u*  What was that 360 rotating webbing move?!  *u*! "Scorpion, can you hold on for a minute?  I'm in the middle of a phone call..."  Oh, Spidey...LOL ^__^  Well, combat looks fun.  Wow...Is every level designed like this?  It's so specific and varied!  *o*  Do you think you ever have to aim the webs to ensure there's something high before you swing?  Or is the environment designed to ALWAYS allow you to web swing at all/any time?  This rotating level design reminds me how often Spiderman is always whipping around his own perspective.  He must be used to it after 8 years, but this is difficult for non-spider-people like us players!  ^o^  

7:09 PM 6/11/2018 Laptop stalling again.  But at least it's just buffering, and not shutdown.

7:10 PM 6/11/2018 Wait.  Mr. Negative isn't the main badguy?  He's working for someone too?  Well, Dr. Octopus hasn't shown up yet, soooo....  Did Miles save Spidey?!  *u*!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  

7:11 PM 6/11/2018 Oh, that's the end of the conference?  Is that why they called it a Showcase instead of a Press Conference?  Oh well, Still fun.  Looks like XBOX is the only console press conference keeping the usually expected press conference format.  I hope people don't deduct from Sony's presentation just because the format is unfamiliar for them. I mean, aren't people always saying they just want trailers, one after another, without stage speakers?  

8:39 PM 6/11/2018 Sony, why didn't you help market Persona 5 Dancing Star Night?  Atlus just released their English localization trailer renamed "Dancing in Starlight" this past week online.  They could have still used more promotion, directly to the mainstream hardcore gamers.  Persona 5 just got recognized at last year's Game Awards, as a nomination for Game of the Year.  I thought for sure E3 2018 would help promote P5's spinoff game.  ;~;  

[megamanxfanfics]

S.IV - Ep. 8: Let Sleeping Dogs Die

Written by Metal Man X

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- INT. MAVERICK HUNTER BASE – Common Room - DAY ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Caption: November 17th, 9:30 AM -  NOW

-BOOM-

The Repliforce Marine Base explodes on screen as we zoom out into the room.

REPORTER: (o.s, filtered) …and here we are, witnessing this horrific scene from just moments ago…

The report turns to background noise as we pan out to see teams of Maverick Hunters buzzing about in the Common Room.

FRENZY FOXKIT: Whoooaaa!

FREEZE ALOPEX: Daaaaamn.

RHO: I can’t believe it.

JENNA: (smirking) I can…

The Common Area is a lot more crowded than usual with all of the computer networks down.  It practically seems as if nearly every Maverick Hunter is on break.

The Shinobi Hunters attentively watch the footage as everyone mills around them.

BAHENA: Wow, he really did it…

TAU: Damn right, he did.   And we'd have been there too, if our damn teleporters were working!

BAHENA: Hmph…

VENZO: We gotta get over there!!

DAISKE: (nervous) You guys really wanna go there??  I m-mean..  Zero must've finished the job.  …right?

Tau gives him a stern look.

TAU: And now he's stuck there…

VENZO: There could be others on the way. We have to go grab him.

BAHENA: Hah!  Good luck with that one.  He made his bed..  As far as I'm concerned, he can go sleep in it.

Tau, Venzo and even Daiske give her a surprised look.

[Insert Title Card – Let Sleeping Dogs Die]

   -        Cut To –

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- EXT. OCEAN PORT – Hiding Place – DAY ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Zero eagerly grins as he raises his saber and dashes over to Jet Stingray.

ZERO: Lets GO!!

JET STINGRAY: Chyeeeah!!!

Jet Stingray turbine dashes right into a tackle underwater, causing Zero to sink within the ground sand.

ZERO: Agh!

He swings in protest, catching Jet Stingray at his ankle.  

JET STINGRAY: Ah.

He flies up immediately and hovers above the surface as Zero rises from the sand.

   -        Cut to –

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- INT. MAVERICK HUNTER BASE – Common Room - DAY ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

TAU: What the F-

STONE ROOK: Hey!

BAHENA: Excuse me?

TAU: That’s our Leader out there, and-

BAHENA: (interjecting, overlapping) -and what he's doing is wrong!!

TAU: Blowing up Sydney was wrong!! What he's doing is correcting a mistake!

BAHENA: Well two Wrongs don’t make a Right!!

REN: Heyy!

TAU: -We have to support him!!

BAHENA: No!!

TAU: No matter what!!!

BAHENA: NO!!!  I won’t.

REN: GUYS!!!!

BAHENA & TAU: WHAT!!!???

   -        Cut to -

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- EXT. OCEAN PORT – Gateway – DAY ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

TAKUMA: Gaaaaar/agh! /Hagh!! /Yagh!!! /Auff.

Takuma swings his hammer ///three times at a seemingly endless wave of Poseidon clones that continuously attack him from all sides.  After knocking some down from /ahead, /left and /right a  swarm /knocks him down from the back.

TAKUMA: Oh man…  This is getting tough!

   -        Pan to –

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- EXT. OCEAN PORT – Hiding Place – DAY ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Jet Stingray shoots ground hunters at Zero from above the water.  He slices them all apart easily and waves him over with a taunt.

ZERO: Come on, Stingray.  Is that the best you can do?

   -        Cut to -

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- INT. MAVERICK HUNTER BASE – Common Room – DAY ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Bahena and Tau look at Ren, belligerently.

REN: …I have a plane!  Whoever wants to go, I can just.. Take you there.

VENZO: Thank God.

BAHENA: Nope, not going.

DAISKE: Me neither.

REN: I don’t care.  One of your own is out there and you’re not even willing to help him.  

TAU: (correcting) Two, in fact.

REN: That, to me is just really sad…

BAHENA: Ya know what happened the last time Hunters blindly followed their Leader into a War? They became known as full-on Mavericks. You want to know that Leader's name??  It was Sigma!

They all look stunned at the idea.

BAHENA: So no, I won’t be going…  And you should all consider the bigger picture too…

TAU: Well here’s the current picture.  Zero and Takuma are out there with no coms and presumably no way home.  So yeah… You'd better believe that I'm going out to pick them up.

STONE ROOK: Then what're we waiting for? Lets go get 'em!

   -        Cut to -

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- EXT. OCEAN PORT – Hiding Place – DAY ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

JET STINGRAY: (muttering) Heheheh..  Is that the best I can do…?

Jet Stingray lowers himself to the water and sets a buster into his hand.

ZERO: Hm?

Suddenly, a whirlwind pulls him into Jet Stingray, like a vacuum.

ZERO: Who-oa.

JET STINGRAY: Hahahahha.  /AH!

He /punches Zero hard in the chest.

ZERO: Awgh.. /Hughh. /Nyaah…

He /fires two ground hunters at close range and /kicks Zero across the wounded chest.

JET STINGRAY: Hahahaha! I dunno. You tell me..

   -        Cut to –

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- INT. REPLIFORCE HQ - Colonel's Office - DAY ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Iris walks into Colonel's office and closes the door.

IRIS: You wanted to see me?

COLONEL: Yes. Please, have a seat.

She sits in the chair in front of his desk with a bit of a mug on her face.

COLONEL: So how long has this been going on?

IRIS: …What?

COLONEL: Don’t play DUMB with me, Sister.  YOU AND ZERO!!  How long has it been going on!??

IRIS: ..Nothing's going on.

COLONEL: DON'T LIE TO ME!!  I know how you feel about him!!

She frowns and looks away.

IRIS: N-not.. Long…

COLONEL: Hmph…   …Long enough I think.  Enough for you to Help the Enemy get into our Marine Base and take us from the inside!!!  What the Hell is wrong with you? Did you think I wouldn’t notice!!!?

IRIS: What Stingray did was wrong…

COLONEL: THAT’S not your call to make.  It was bad enough that you were fraternizing with the Enemy. Now you’re helping them!!

IRIS: They’re not the Enemy. They’re our Friends!  You used to know that…

COLONEL: Not any more they’re not! Especially now!  …What am I supposed to tell General, huh??  …I could lose you over this.

They both share a look of fear.

   -        Cut To –

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- EXT. OCEAN PORT – Hiding Place – DAY ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Zero sets his broken buster and unleashes Raijengeki on him.

ZERO: (groaning) Hhagh!

Jet Stingray stands defiantly with his hands at his hips as the attack has no effect on him.  The attack is simply deflected off of his armor with a pathetic series of *pings*.

Zero grimaces and narrows his eyes as he pulls his saber back.  His eyes glow light pink for a second as he tries something different.  He dashes over to Jet Stingray and his saber glows pink, in a move reminiscent to that of Slash Beast.  He instinctively slashes Jet Stingray in the gut mid-dash.

JET STINGRAY: Guuuaaaaaahhhhh.

Highly, effected Jet Stingray spurts out blood from the wounded gash in his stomach.

Zero stands right before him with a dark grin and cuts him with a 3-hit combo that he has become more skilled at.  Down, across and then a much stronger slash down.

JET STINGRAY: (hurt) Aughh..ught.

Zero grins.

ZERO: Finally…

   -        Cut to –

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- INT. REPLIFORCE HQ - Colonel's Office – DAY ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Iris looks around the room as she mulls over some ideas.

IRIS: Tell him…  Tell him.. He made me.  That I had no other choice…!

Colonel's eyes become wide.

COLONEL: Now you’re lying?  You are Astounding, Sister!  You’re in so deep that you have no idea what to do.

IRIS: No, I don’t…  I just want this all to end…  Please help, brother.

COLONEL: I won’t.

IRIS: Please!  I Love him.

COLONEL: Don’t say that!!

I do! I do!! Please don’t let this go on any more.  Don’t let any one else get hurt because he's Not going to stop and you know that.

She starts to become misty eyed.

COLONEL: Well neither will I…

IRIS: Pleeeease…

She sniffles and lets out some pure tears as she mopes with a pitiable frown.

Colonel's heart melts at the sight of her.

COLONEL: (Softer) Do you know why we're not giving up, Sister?  …Its because in our hearts, we know this is the right thing to do.

IRIS: (annoyed) What is!?

COLONEL: Gaining our own Independence.  To disassociate ourselves with those Murderous Maverick Hunters, and the word 'Maverick' altogether.  For we are the Repliforce.  We have to prove that we're better!

Iris' eyes widen, astonished as she comes to a light epiphany

IRIS: Then lets be, better…!

COLONEL: I want to help build us a Utopia.  Where only Reploids can exist in peace and harmony.

IRIS: We can all work towards this together.  Just meet with him, pleeease.  Just talk…  And then we can figure all this out.

COLONEL: Hmph…  There’s nothing I can do to stop you, is there..? You’re still going to hang around Zero.

IRIS: (stubborn, laughing) Ah-ha.. Yep.

She wipes away a tear as she lightly smiles.

COLONEL: You’re my sister. I won’t condemn you…  But the Repliforce won’t stand for treason either…  So here’s what we're going to do.

Her face brightens.

COLONEL: Get him on your com-link and we can have a conference call with him right now.

IRIS: Well that’s the thing. I kinda can't...

He cricks his neck, annoyed.

COLONEL: I know you feel strongly about this mission, but now is Not The Time to PROTECT H-

IRIS: Damn it, Cal! That isn’t it.

He widens his eyes, stunned by her anger.

   -        Cut To –

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- EXT. OCEAN PORT – Gateway - DAY ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Takuma deals with the swarm of Poseidons outside, but they keep coming.  Panting and sweating, he continues to swing his hammer.

TAKUMA: AAAAAAGH! Haaaah!!  Come Onnn.

He bashes another wave of Poseidon Clones as he looks out at the clearing of the sea at the end of the rigging.

A group of Hornet Riders have just arrived.

HORNET 1: Heheheh..  Well, well boys.  Looks like it's pay back time.

HORNET(S): Yeah, yeah!

TAKUMA: Ohh nno…

He grips his T-Breaker tightly and holds the long handle of his hammer up to his face.

IRIS: (o.s, v.o) Their teleporters aren't working right now...  They can't even com-link to each other!  

-pan to-

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- EXT. OCEAN PORT – Hiding Place – DAY ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Beyond the gate, Zero and Jet Stingray remain engaged in their struggle.

COLONEL: (o.s, v.o) Hmph!  So that’s why you’re here…  You really did bring them in…

Jet Stingray grows irate as he launches himself out of the water again in a fury.

JET STINGRAY: Chyeeeaah!!!

Zero dashes back and carefully watches his opponent's movements.

Jet Stingray dives after Zero, who narrowly dodges with a dash and cuts him at the left leg.

JET STINGRAY: Aughh.

He rises above the water from the other side, favoring his bloody leg.

IRIS: (o.s, v.o) I'm sorry brother…  I just want to end this. And Stingray needs to pay for his crimes.

Jet Stingray shoots out more blue and red ground hunters from his buster.  The blue ones crawl down to the surface and travel to his feet, while the red ones attack from directly above his head.

COLONEL: (o.s, v.o) AGAIN!  That was NOT the way to do it, and it was NOT your call!!!

Zero slices all of them and protects himself.

While he is distracted, Jet Stingray dives right into him and bashes him against the wall.

JET STINGRAY: Aaaagh!

ZERO: Kaaugh.  AAAAAGH!!!!

He tilts his saber upside down, and stabs him in the back from both hands.

JET STINGRAY: (bleeding) KRRAAAAAGH!!!!

   -        Cut to –

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- INT. REPLIFORCE HQ - Colonel's Office - DAY ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

COLONEL: Aaaargh! I am so Aggravated by you, right now.

IRIS: (cowering, scared) I'm sorry, Brother!!

He takes a moment to collect himself as he continues to look at her with a gruff face.

COLONEL: …You are going to head back to Maverick Hunter Headquarters and deliver a message for me when he arrives.  Is that clear?

IRIS: …If he arrives you mean…

She frowns.

He smiles.

COLONEL: You put yourself in this position, Sister. Not me.

IRIS: I wouldn’t have to, if you would just cooperate!

COLONEL: I AM Cooperating.  But I can’t call off Stingray or tell any of his troops to cease their defense.  YOU initiated this Attack, Sister.  The Hunters will simply have to retreat and regroup.  Then we can attempt a proper negotiation later.

IRIS: (annoyed) Mhm…  And how am I supposed to get back to their Headquarters?

COLONEL: Well...  If their communication satellites are indeed down until further notice, like you said they were… I suppose you are just going to have to wait until they’re back up.

He falsely smiles at her.

IRIS: …You won’t have the Air Force escort me?

COLONEL: (Bellowing) HAAHAHAHAHAH!  Get out of my Office, Sis.  I'll send you Zero’s message later.

IRIS: Hmph!!

She angrily looks at her brother, disappointed as she abruptly gets up.  She walks out of the room and slams the door behind her.

   -        Cut to -

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- EXT. OCEAN PORT – Hiding Place - DAY ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Hunched over in pain, Jet Stingray glares at Zero, dead in the face as he turns around and faces his enemy.

ZERO: That's it. You're finished, dude...

They narrow their eyes.

JET STINGRAY: …Not yet…

He punches Zero right in the /gut, winding him.

ZERO: /Poouuugh. /Yaaaaagh!!!

He cups his hands around the back of his neck and /knees him in the head.

Jet Stingray punches Zero, but he catches it.  Zero retaliates with a /slash to the gut and /another to the arm.

JET STINGRAY: /Eeyagh!  /Ooohh..

Jet Stingray turns around and swiftly walks away, bleeding out underneath the water, making small crimson clouds from his open wounds.

Zero runs after him and capitalizes, while Stingray is turned around.  He slashes him across the back twice in an X formation.

Then he dashes and performs his new move, as his Saber glows into a powerfully vibrant pink slash that cuts into Jet Stingray’s back.

JET STINGRAY: Grrraaaawwwwwuuughghhhh…

Jet Stingray's circuits overload as his armor cracks.  Finally, his core combusts underwater into a fantastic, contained explosion.

The fire from within the water, immediately cools and turns to bubbles.

When the fried, shattered pieces of Jet Stingray float before Zero, he spots a weapon chip labeled, ‘Ground Hunter’ and grabs it.  Then he hears his partner screaming from outside.

TAKUMA: (o.s) AAAAAAAAGH!!!!

Instinctively, Zero's eyes flash light blue as he remembers how to perform an Air-dash.  This was a skill formerly acquired by an Erasure, but now Zero feels confident that his own body has actually learned how to properly execute this skill.

Zero lets out a light laugh, as he air-dashes over to the gate.

ZERO: Hh-yeeeeah!!  

He kick- jumps up the rigging toward the gate.

ZERO: Now I see why Stingray said that so much.  Flying this fast is fun!!!

He jumps back through the gate.

-pan to-

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- EXT. OCEAN PORTS – Gang Fight – DAY ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Takuma has fallen to the ground as a gang of Poseidon Clones and Hornet Riders continue to pummel him.

ZERO: Nnnoooo!

He air-dashes over to his jonin and carves his way into the swarm.

ZERO: HURRICANE FANG!!!

He names his new move, learned from Slash Beast as his pink wave of the saber disintegrates six of the enemies.  He stands by Takuma, fearlessly ready to protect his fellow Warrior.

ZERO: /C'mon, /c,mon!

He slashes and slices away at the oncoming reploids.

TAKUMA: (pained) ggh..  Sensei…  You’re here!

Zero kicks a Posiedon away and slashes a Hornet Rider across the face. Then he puts out a hand.

ZERO: Get up Takuma.  We're not done yet.

   -        Cut to –

----------------------------------------------------------------------------

EXT.  MAVERICK HUNTER JET – DAY

----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Caption: 10:00 AM

Ren's jet flies across the Ocean at mach speeds, carrying Tau and Venzo.  Stone Rook, Rayven and Burn Bishop are not far behind them, nor are they as fast.

REN: (filtered) Just about there guys.  We're due in about a half hour, now.

TAU: (filtered) Alriight.

VENZO: (filtered) Oh man! Talk about cutting it close.

   -        Cut to –

----------------------------------------------------------------------------

EXT. MAVERICK HUNTER BASE – Heliport Rooftop Landing – DAY

----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Caption: 23 minutes later

The Legion Jet gently lands on the rooftop Helipad.  The cockpit opens up as a ladder, rail juts out from the side, by the wing.

ZARRICK: We made great time.  Lets go, gang!

He hops out of the cockpit, ignoring the ladder completely.  Skid and Gear-Rig take the ladder down carefully, while X takes it down swiftly with urgency on his mind.

He sets up his X-Buster, just in case with concern on his face.

X: Be careful guys..  I don’t know what’s waiting for us in there.

ZARRICK: Lets find out. I've got your back.

They carefully walk into Central Command from the Rooftop entrance with their guard up.

-pan to-

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INT. MAVERICK HUNTER BASE – Central Command Hallways – DAY -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Dispatchers and Office workers are running around working twice as hard it seems.  One of them stops and nearly trips upon the sight of X.

OFFICE WORKER 1: (gasping) Ohh thank Goodness you’re here!!! Captain's been looking everywhere for you.

X: What’s going on??

They continue to stroll through the halls.

OFFICE WORKER 1: Nothing is working!

OFFICE WORKER 2: We've been hacked!!

He drops his guard and retracts his Buster into his hand.

X: Damn it! I was afraid something like this would happen while I was out.  Has anybody been monitoring the Mother Computer??

OFFICE WORKER 1: All of our techs have been looking at it non-stop.  They can’t figure it out!

X: Damn…  There’s no time. I have to get in there.

WORKER 2: Hm??

X: Don’t worry about it. Just tell Captain that I'm back, and I'm on it!!

WORKER 2: Right!

X runs out of the corridor towards an elevator.  Zarrick, Skid and Gear-Rig follow him.

-pan to-

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INT. MAVERICK HUNTER BASE – Corridors - DAY -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The elevator doors open on the main floor as the whole group run over to Dr. Cain's old lab.

ZARRICK: Man..  Never thought I'd roam these halls with you again.

X: (focused) Yeah.  Its good to see you again.

ZARRICK: Sorry we weren’t around for Doppler's Attack after all…

X: Its okay.  You went through a lot.  We all did…

They reach the lab as X forgives him.

-pan to-

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INT. MAVERICK HUNTER BASE – R & D Lab - DAY -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The moment X enters the room with Team Legion, Lucas and David stir at the sight of him.

LUCAS: Huh?

DAVID: Hey! It's X!!

The Hunter Techs all stop working and take a breath of relief.  

The Elite Hunters turn around, surprised and excited to see their Leader.

ALECTO: Yes!!

XANTHE: Finally!

CASTOR: I knew he’d make it!!!

Double and the rest of the Elite Hunters run over to him.  

DOUBLE: My Liege! My liege!! You’re back.

AESON: What happened, sir??

X slightly laughs.

X: I… Heheh.. Got stuck in traffic.. Zarrick had to give me a lift home.

Zarrick nods silently with a slight smirk on his face.

POLLUX: Where were you?

X: On Fiji taking care of a pesky Maverick, and now it looks like I have to take care of another one.

Double runs over to him and grovels on his knees.

DOUBLE: I'm so sorry, sir.  One minute you and I were joking and laughing on the coms and the next- I don't know what happened!!

X: (annoyed, ready) Cyber Peacock happened. That's what.  And now I've gotta go get him.

Double gasps.

From further towards the Mother Computer, Lucas /claps his hands once.

LUCAS: /Okay!  That, I know how to do.  David, help me set up X's Pod.

DAVID: Oh wow.  This is just like Anomaly Day.

LUCAS: Exactly like Anomaly Day.

The two prepare X's Host Pod with the appropriate wires and connectors.

LUCAS: Or as X would call it… his Cyber Mission.

DAVID: Aw man..  Now I miss Middy…

They continue to set up his Host Pod in an attempt to connect it to Cyber Space.

LUCAS: Geez.  That guy was a Super Genius.  We could've used someone like that to monitor X, so we don’t lose him in Cyber Space.

From the back of the room Gear-Rig clears his throat.  He slowly walks towards them.

GEAR-RIG: Ahem..  Uh, Hi Gentlemen.  I know it’s been a while..  But if you need an advanced processing Navigator for this mission, I think I'm your guy.

David and Lucas instantly recognize Gear-Rig.

LUCAS: Whooa, Heeey. I remember you.  You were that guy who helped is reroute Doppler's Satellite laser.

DAVID: Yeah!!! Genius move, man!  That was brilliant.

X: Guys.

X begins to look impatient as he waits for the Hunter Techs to finish setting up his pod.

LUCAS: Oh. Sorry, X.  We're all done.

X: Jeeeez.

He runs over to the pod with wide eyes and sort of an annoyed smile.

Lucas smiles sheepishly as David mans the Mother Computer.  David hacks inside the screen's programming as everyone witnesses the data constantly changing.

Gear-Rig watches wide-eyed and astounded.

GEAR-RIG: My word!

X and the rest watch the Computer Data as they learn about the situation.

DAVID: We were able to get this far, before our window closes us out.  But with X here, now we can zap him in there and it won’t matter how many times this Peacock closes the window.

GEAR-RIG: I see.  How fortuitous!!  So with a Genius-Level programmer like me, you'll be able to continuously hack into the Server, thus keeping the window open and X, safe from getting.. Lost in Cyber Space as it were.

Lucas makes wide eyes.

LUCAS: …Yes…

DAVID: ..I'm sorry, did you just say Server?

GEAR-RIG: Oh yeah! I can tell just by looking at that code that he's already eaten up your entire Mainframe and turned it into his own Server!!

X: WHAT!!?

GEAR-RIG: Its not as bad as it sounds. We just have to-

X: I've gotta get in there guys. Now!!  This is the one who's been interrupting our coms and teleporters, right?

LUCAS: At the very least…

DAVID: He's also probably stolen a lot of data at this point…

X: Damn him!

X gets into his Host Pod without a further moment's hesitation.  Lucas quickly closes the pod and sets up the final connection.

LUCAS: Don’t worry… We'll get this.  Just like last time…  Just close your eyes, and keep them shut.  When we tell you to open them, you'll be in the Data World again.

GEAR-RIG: His new Server..  As it were…

X: Hmph.  Alright…  Here goes nothing.

X closes his eyes.

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EXT.  OCEAN PORT – Gang Fight – DAY

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Caption:  10:37 AM

A wounded Zero and Takuma stand back to back with their weapons out.

Bleeding across his forehead, down both sides of the nose, while his sweat stings his eyes, Zero attempts to shake it off as he watches a few more Hornet Riders dock at the port.

ZERO: Screw this man.  We've gotta get out of here…

TAKUMA: I know! /Hey!! Wait!!

Suddenly a Maverick Hunter Jet flies overhead and fires at the soldiers around them before landing.

ZERO: (smiling, relieved) Hahah!  There we go!!

The cockpit opens. Tau and Venzo  jump out.

TAU: Sensei, are you okay!?

ZERO: (smiling) Heh.  I will be…

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On Storm Owl's Air Ship, the Commander of the Air Force is alerted to an attack from his home screen.  He widens his eyes, lets out a hoot and com-links over to his second in command.

STORM OWL: Skiver!  The Maverick Hunters have initiated an Air Strike on the remnants of our Navy! Get down there with a few Raidens and make them regret it.  

SPIRAL PEGASUS: (o.s, filtered) Yes sir!

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TAU: Come on, Sir.  Lets get out of here.

ZERO: (smiling) Don’t have to tell me twice.

Suddenly the Maverick Hunter Jet bends and twists under heavy winds until it suddenly explodes.

SPIRAL PEGASUS: (o.s) I think not.

Zero looks up at the shiny Repliforce Pegasus in anger.

ZERO: Wh-aaat!??

Venzo turns around with a shock.

VENZO: Reeeeeen!

When the smoke fades, we find a burnt and bleeding Ren, floating in mid-air by his back thrusters while an arm favors his right shoulder.

REN: Gaaaaahd Damn it…

STONE ROOK: Noooooo!

Stone Rook, Burn Bishop and Rayven catch up just in time to bear witness to their Leader's injury.

SPIRAL PEGASUS: You pesky Hunters have made an unsanctioned attack on our Forces for the last time.

BURN BISHOP: Oh Great! Now we're all stuck here!!!

TAKUMA: (hurt, sad) At least… We have company…

Spiral Pegasus, a group of four Raiden Armor Soldiers, a small group of Hornet Riders and one King Poseidon all look on at the stranded Maverick Hunters.

ZERO: Fuck that.  We have to go.. NOW!  Come HELL OR HIGH WATER!!!

Without thinking, Zero rushes over to the Raidens with his Saber out. Tau and Venzo quickly follow him with their blade and boomerangs ready.  Takuma carefully remains behind.  

ZERO: (shouting, resilient) NEW PLAN!!!  Cut them down and Bail!!!!

The Shinobi Hunters collectively run after the Air Force and Naval Forces.

A few feet higher in the air, Burn Bishop sets an aura of flame around his body, Rayven puts her hands together in a triangular fashion to form a charging beam, while Stone Rook creates an exterior of Solid Rock around his body.  They all join the fray and follow Zero’s lead.

ZERO: Just.. gotta.. Make it to their Ride Chasers!  And pray that somehow our teleporters get fixed in the meantime.

Both armies run and fly after each other as they inch closer.

ALL: (battle cry) HAAAARRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!

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- Fade in -

Amidst a white screen, X's consciousness forms a Data Body, which teleports into Cyberspace.  Quickly, the white space loads into a mechanized room.

DAVID: (o.s, far, hollow) Okay, X.  Open them!

X barely makes out the words, knowing that they came from the real world.  Despite doing this before, it is hard for him to imagine that he is truly resting in his Host Pod, while his mind is connected to Cyber Space.  He lets out a quick breath and opens his eyes.

X: (gasping) I'm in!

-Freeze Frame. Grainy Effect.-

NARRATOR: (o.s, v.o) After being stuck in a strange Laboratory over night, X has finally come home to face a new challenge.  While Zero is now the one, stuck in 'Enemy Territory'.  But are the Repliforce really enemies??  Or will this Feud with between the Maverick Hunters and Repliforce blow over after a discussion?  Iris seems to think so.  In the meantime, I can only hope that X will be able to solve his Network problems soon.  His best friend's life may depend on it…

-Fade to Black-