#I just got a bad case of the FC5 brain worms

[aceghosts]

WIP Thursday

Hey Everyone! I’ve been tagged to share what I’m working on by @shallow-gravy, @scungilliwoman, @johnnycranes, @commander-krios, and @adelaidedrubman. Thank you for tagging me!

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Now to what y'all have been waiting for under the cut.

Since I published the second chapter to the Five Years Later AU, I decided to finally finish the first draft of one of the later chapters. Obviously, this is going to contain spoilers, but anyway have a snippet of Joseph and Blue being awkwardly soft with each other (also, warning for mention of vomit):

“When have you ever known me to cause-,’ Joseph opens his mouth, presumably to list all the times Blue has caused trouble, an extensive list so long they'll both be here till the next century, ‘Okay, I promise to not cause trouble. I’ll just try to make friends! I’m great at that!” Although, trying to make friends with former enemies might just be impossible.

He shakes his head, mumbling something that suspiciously sounds like ‘Lord Have Mercy on Us All’. “Please behave.” Joseph repeats, before turning to leave.

“Wait-!” Joseph stops, half turning to face Blue. They impulsively step towards him, leaning up to press a soft kiss on his cheek. “I know you probably did it because you didn’t want me puking all over you while trying to perform a cleansing, but thanks for agreeing not to put Bliss in the water.”

“Blue,’ He says their name so softly, like he’s hurt that Blue would even suggest that Joseph was only thinking of himself, ‘I did not do it for me. I did it for you; your cleansing should be a positive experience. After all, I l-.” Joseph catches himself, swallowing. “You don’t have to thank me.”

His eyes flicker down to their lips, instinctively leaning down towards them. They inhale sharply, almost letting him close the gap. Instead, Blue pulls away, laughing awkwardly. “I-uh-should-uh-get-uh-dinner! YEAH, DINNER!” They say, perhaps a little too loudly and strangely. Blue won’t let him back into their heart, not again. There are people waiting for Blue back in Hope County, where they belong.

This section is probably gonna get a heavy rewrite. I think Blue is being a little too soft, but honestly, I'd prefer to change once I get closer to putting this chapter out. At this point, first drafts are just to get ideas down on the page. Also a meme for what happens immediately afterwards:

And to prove that I don’t only work on stuff for Far Cry stuff, have a short snippet from a Mass Effect prompt (Which I admittedly haven’t touched in a while.):

“Thanks.” Well, that was an encouraging sign. Rooney steps into life support, finding Thane sitting in his usual spot. There’s no steam rising from the mug and Rooney wonders if it’s gone cold by now. “Thane,’ they greet, taking a seat across from him, ‘I wanted to check in on you. I know you went through a lot today.”

“I will be ready for our mission, Shepard. You need not worry about my resolve towards the mission.” He states calmly.

Rooney frowns, eyes narrowing. “I didn’t ask about your resolve towards the mission. I want to know that you are doing okay.” They take his hands into their hands; his green scales cool and rough against their skin. “You can’t lie to me that you weren’t scared for Kolyat.”